MPG Entertainments Privacy Policy

We recognise that respecting user privacy over the Internet is of utmost importance. This privacy statement is designed to provide information about the privacy and data collection practices for the site: http://www.mpgentertainments.com which is owned by PATRICK GORDON at the address below.

Identifying Information

In general you can visit this Site without telling us who you are or providing any information about yourself. In some areas of the Site we ask you to provide information that will enable us to process an enquiry, to help you in some other way or to follow up with you (with your consent). Generally, we request identifying information when you:

Request a Quotation.
Send an online Enquiry Form.
Provide feedback to an online survey or tell us about an idea or suggestion.
Request information to be posted to you.

In these instances we will ask for your name, email address, phone number and other appropriate information needed to provide you with these services. In some instances, such as during contract signing or booking confirmation, we may also ask for your postal address to help generate invoices or fulfil our service obligations.

How We Will Use Your Information

If you choose to give us personal information for any of the purposes above, this information is retained by us and will only be used to support your customer relationship with us. The information you provide will be held by us whilst you are a customer, however you also have the right to request that we delete/remove the details we hold about you at any time (see below).

This may include creating invoices via our accounting platform (Xero) or securely storing booking details for administrative purposes.

Booking, Invoicing & Payment Data

When you make a booking or sign a contract with us, we may collect additional details such as your postal address and event date. This information is used to:

Issue invoices and receipts
Generate contracts
Track event-related records
Comply with legal and financial obligations

We securely store this data in third-party services including:

Google Workspace (Google Sheets) – for managing client information
Xero – for invoicing and accounting
Zapier – to automate the flow of data between systems
SignRequest – for digital contract signing
Crezco – to enable secure, fee-free Open Banking bank transfers
Stripe – to facilitate online card and bank payments

These services may process data in the UK, EU, or other countries with appropriate data protection agreements. We do not use this information for marketing unless you’ve explicitly opted in.

We retain invoice and contract-related data for a minimum of 7 years in line with legal, tax, and financial record-keeping requirements. In some cases, we may retain booking or client data for longer where necessary — for example, to maintain service history or respond to future client queries.

Cookies

Cookies are small text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information. This information is used to track visitor use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity.

For further information visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

You can set your browser not to accept cookies and the above websites tell you how to remove cookies from your browser. However in a few cases some of our website features may not function as a result.

This site sets the following cookies:

Crumb

Session

Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF). CSRF is an attack vector that tricks a browser into taking unwanted action in an application when someone’s logged in.

RecentRedirect

30 minutes

Prevents redirect loops if a site has custom URL redirects. Redirect loops are bad for SEO.

CART

2 weeks

Shows when a visitor adds a product to their cart

hasCart

2 weeks

Tells Squarespace that the visitor has a cart

Locked

Session

Prevents the password-protected screen from displaying if a visitor enters the correct site-wide password.

SiteUserInfo

3 years

Identifies a visitor who logs into a customer account

SiteUserSecureAuthToken

3 years

Authenticates a visitor who logs into a customer account

Commerce-checkout-state

Session

Stores state of checkout while the visitor is completing their order in PayPal

squarespace-popup-overlay

Persistent

Prevents the Promotional Pop-Up from displaying if a visitor dismisses it

squarespace-announcement-bar

Persistent

Prevents the Announcement Bar from displaying if a visitor dismisses it

Analytics and Performance Cookies

Squarespace use Analytics and Performance cookies to collect information on your behalf about how visitors interact with http://www.mpgentertainments.com. Storing these cookies is how they populate the data http://mpgentertainments.com will find in Squarespace Analytics, such as traffic sources, unique visitors, and cart abandonment.

ss_cid

2 years