Scarecrows in Lapworth Festival · 2026
The Scarecrows in Lapworth Festival ("Scarecrow Festival") takes your privacy seriously and will only use your personal information for the purposes of administering the Scarecrows in Lapworth Festival.
The Scarecrows in Lapworth Festival Committee ("Scarecrow Festival Committee") is the data controller for the personal information you provide.
If you have any questions about how we use your data, please contact:
Email: scarecrowsatlapworth@gmail.com
Telephone: 07973 673787
We may collect:
We use your information to:
Where a scarecrow forms part of the public festival trail, the location of the scarecrow may be published in festival materials, maps, websites and social media to enable visitors to locate it.
We process your personal information because it is necessary for the legitimate interests of organising and administering the Scarecrows in Lapworth Festival.
Your information will only be accessed by members of the Scarecrow Festival Committee who need it for the administration of the event.
We will not sell your personal information or share it with third parties for marketing purposes.
We take reasonable steps to keep your information secure, including limiting access to committee members and using password-protected systems where possible.
Information submitted through our online entry form will be stored using the provider of that service and accessed only by authorised members of the Scarecrow Festival Committee.
We will keep your information only for as long as necessary to administer the festival and deal with any related enquiries.
Unless there is a good reason to retain it, personal information will normally be deleted within 12 months of the Scarecrow Festival.
Where you have consented to receive information about future Scarecrows in Lapworth Festivals and related community events, we will retain your contact details until you withdraw your consent or ask us to remove them.
Under UK data protection law, you have the right to:
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details above.
If you have concerns about how the Scarecrow Festival Committee has handled your personal information, please contact us in the first instance using the details above.
If you remain dissatisfied, you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). Further information is available at www.ico.org.uk.
If you would like us to contact you about future Scarecrow Festivals, please tick the box on our entry form:
You may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting the Scarecrow Festival Committee.