Privacy Policy
Last updated: 2 September 2026
Lord Porkingtons is a brand operated by Brooks Brands Limited, a private limited company registered in England and Wales under company number 08795349.
Registered office: Unit 1 Low Hall Business Park, Low Hall Road, Horsforth, Leeds, England, LS18 4EG
Email: info@brooksbrands.co.uk
This Privacy Policy explains how Brooks Brands Limited collects, uses, stores and protects personal information when you visit the Lord Porkingtons website, contact us, request samples or otherwise interact with the Lord Porkingtons brand.
For the purposes of UK data protection law, Brooks Brands Limited is the data controller for the personal information described in this policy.
Information we collect
When you use the Lord Porkingtons website, contact us or submit a sample request, we may collect:
your name
business, pub or organisation name
postcode or business location
email address
telephone number
information about your current pork snack supplier or products stocked
information you provide in a message or enquiry
information relating to your interest in Lord Porkingtons products
records of correspondence and sales discussions with us
We may also collect limited technical information about how visitors use our website through cookies and similar technologies, where permitted by your cookie preferences. This may include information such as device type, browser type, pages visited, referring website or source, and interactions with the website.
Further information about the use of cookies and similar technologies is available in our Cookie Policy.
How we use your information
We may use your personal information to:
respond to enquiries and sample requests
arrange or discuss the supply of product samples
contact you regarding your interest in stocking Lord Porkingtons
understand your feedback and interest in Lord Porkingtons products
manage prospective customer relationships
maintain records of enquiries and sales discussions
improve our products, services and sales process
measure and improve the performance of our website
comply with legal and regulatory requirements
Where you express an interest in stocking Lord Porkingtons, we may use your information to manage that enquiry and develop a prospective customer relationship with your business.
Sales and marketing communications
Submitting an enquiry or requesting samples does not automatically subscribe you to our general marketing communications.
We may send you an initial email in response to your enquiry or sample request. This may include information about Lord Porkingtons and may give you the opportunity to choose whether you would like to receive future marketing communications.
You will only be added to ongoing promotional marketing communications where an appropriate lawful basis exists and, where required, you have actively chosen to opt in.
We may separately contact businesses regarding a genuine sales enquiry connected with stocking or distributing Lord Porkingtons products where permitted by applicable data protection and electronic marketing law.
You can ask us to stop using your personal information for direct marketing at any time by contacting info@brooksbrands.co.uk.
Our lawful bases for using your information
Depending on the circumstances, we may rely on the following lawful bases:
Legitimate interests
Where we have a legitimate commercial interest in responding to enquiries, managing prospective customer relationships, understanding product interest and developing the Lord Porkingtons brand, provided those interests do not override your rights and freedoms.
Steps before entering into a contract or performance of a contract
Where you ask us to provide samples, discuss supply arrangements or take other steps before entering into a business relationship.
Consent
Where you actively choose to receive certain marketing communications, or where consent is otherwise required by law.
Legal obligation
Where processing is necessary for us to comply with applicable legal or regulatory requirements.
How we store and protect your information
We store personal information using secure business systems used to manage enquiries, prospective customers, sales activity and customer relationships.
Access to personal information is restricted to authorised personnel who require it for legitimate business purposes.
We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration or disclosure.
While we take reasonable precautions to protect personal information, no method of transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Sharing information with J L Brooks Limited
J L Brooks Limited is the distributor of Lord Porkingtons products.
Where appropriate, information relating to a prospective or existing customer may be shared with J L Brooks Limited so that its sales or distribution team can:
respond to enquiries
arrange or follow up sample requests
discuss stocking Lord Porkingtons products
manage prospective customer relationships
fulfil orders
provide customer support
Information shared with J L Brooks Limited will only be used for legitimate business purposes connected with Lord Porkingtons and related customer or sales activity.
We do not sell personal information to third parties.
Service providers
We may use trusted service providers to support the operation of our business, including providers of:
customer relationship management systems
website hosting and maintenance
email and communications services
analytics services
IT, security and data storage services
Where these providers process personal information on our behalf, they are required to handle it in accordance with applicable data protection law and appropriate contractual safeguards.
International data transfers
Some of the service providers we use may process or store personal information outside the United Kingdom.
Where personal information is transferred internationally, we will take appropriate steps to ensure that the transfer complies with UK data protection law and that suitable safeguards are in place where required.
How long we keep your information
Where you make an enquiry or request samples but do not subsequently become a customer, we will normally retain your information for up to 24 months from our last meaningful interaction with you.
We retain this information so that we can:
understand previous enquiries
maintain an appropriate sales history
avoid repeatedly requesting information you have already provided
understand interest and feedback relating to Lord Porkingtons products
If you become a customer, relevant information may be retained for longer in accordance with our customer, contractual, accounting and legal record-retention requirements.
Information may be deleted earlier where it is no longer required, or retained for longer where we have a lawful reason to do so.
Your data protection rights
Depending on the circumstances, you may have the right to:
request access to the personal information we hold about you
ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information
ask us to delete your personal information
ask us to restrict how your personal information is used
object to certain uses of your personal information, including direct marketing
request the transfer of certain personal information
withdraw consent where we rely on consent
These rights are subject to applicable legal conditions and exemptions.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact:
You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) if you are unhappy with how your personal information has been handled.
Cookies and analytics
The Lord Porkingtons website may use cookies and similar technologies to provide essential website functionality and, where permitted, to understand how visitors use the website.
Non-essential analytics or marketing technologies will be used in accordance with applicable consent requirements.
Further information is available in our Cookie Policy.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to websites operated by other organisations. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content or security of websites that we do not control.
If you follow a link to another website, we recommend reviewing that organisation’s privacy information to understand how it collects and uses personal information.
Legal disclosures
We may disclose personal information where we are required to do so by law, regulation, court order or another lawful request from a competent authority.
We may also disclose information where reasonably necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal rights, prevent fraud or protect the rights, property or safety of Brooks Brands Limited, our customers or others.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our website, services, technology or legal obligations.
Where appropriate, we will update the date shown at the top of this policy.
Contact us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we use your personal information, please contact:
Brooks Brands Limited
Unit 1 Low Hall Business Park
Low Hall Road
Horsforth
Leeds
England
LS18 4EG
Email: info@brooksbrands.co.uk