KIDS COOKING ACADEMY
Last Updated: July 2026
Kids Cooking Academy is operated by Eugene Martin Haynes, trading as Kids Cooking Academy.
Trading Name: Kids Cooking Academy Legal Name: Eugene Martin Haynes Website: www.kidscookingacademy.org Email: hello@kidscookingacademy.org ICO Registration Number: C1971566
For the purposes of UK GDPR, Eugene Martin Haynes (trading as Kids Cooking Academy) is the data controller responsible for your personal data.
This Privacy Policy explains how Kids Cooking Academy collects, uses, stores, and protects your personal data when you:
Visit our website at www.kidscookingacademy.org
Sign up for our free 5-Day Kickstarter Challenge
Purchase any of our programmes or products
Subscribe to The Cooking Academy Journal newsletter
Contact us by email or through our contact form
We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal data responsibly, transparently, and in compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
We only collect the minimum personal data necessary to provide our services. This includes:
From parents and adult learners:
First name
Email address
Payment information (processed securely by Stripe and/or Podia — we do not store card details)
From programme sign-ups:
Child's age range (for example, "aged 4–10") provided voluntarily by parents to help us recommend the most appropriate programme — this information is used solely for that purpose
Automatically collected when you visit our website:
IP address
Browser type
Pages visited
Time spent on pages
This technical data is collected automatically by our website platform (Podia) and analytics tools and is used solely to improve our website and user experience.
We use your personal data only for the following purposes:
Purpose Legal Basis
To deliver the free 5-Day Kickstarter Challenge to you
Contractual necessity
To provide access to purchased programmes and resources
To send The Cooking Academy Journal newsletter (if you have subscribed)
To improve our website and user experience
Consent
To respond to your enquiries and provide customer support
Legitimate interest
To process payments securely
To comply with our legal obligations
Legal obligation
We will never use your personal data for any purpose other than those listed above without first obtaining your explicit consent.
If you sign up for our free challenge or subscribe to The Cooking Academy Journal newsletter or Blog, we will send you regular emails containing recipes, kitchen tips, educational resources, and information about our programmes.
You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any email we send you
Unsubscribing will not affect your access to any programmes you have purchased
We will never send you marketing emails from third parties
Kids Cooking Academy's programmes are designed for children but purchased and managed by parents and adult guardians. We do not knowingly collect personal data directly from children under the age of 18.
All account registrations, programme purchases, and newsletter subscriptions must be completed by a parent or adult guardian aged 18 or over.
If a parent voluntarily provides their child's age range to help us recommend an appropriate programme, this information is:
Used solely to provide programme recommendations
Never shared with third parties
Never used for marketing purposes
Stored only as long as necessary to provide our services
If you believe a child under 18 has provided us with personal data without parental consent, please contact us immediately at hello@kidscookingacademy.org and we will delete that information promptly.
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data with any third party for marketing purposes.
We share your data only with the following trusted third party service providers who help us operate our business. Each provider is contractually required to handle your data securely and in accordance with UK GDPR:
Third Party
Purpose Privacy Policy Podia Labs Inc. Website hosting and course delivery platform podia.com/privacy
Stripe Secure payment processing stripe.com/gb/privacy
Google Analytics and productivity toolspolicies.google.com/privacy
Buffer Social media scheduling (no customer data shared)
We may also disclose your personal data if required to do so by law, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Kids Cooking Academy, our customers, or others.
We keep your personal data only for as long as necessary to provide our services and comply with our legal obligations:
Data Type Retention
Period Email address and name (newsletter subscribers)
Until you unsubscribe Email address and name (programme purchasers)7 years (legal requirement for financial records)
Payment records7 years (HMRC legal requirement)Website analytics data26 monthsEnquiry and support emails2 years
Under UK GDPR you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
Right of Access — You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you at any time.
Right to Rectification — You can ask us to correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data we hold about you.
Right to Erasure — You can ask us to delete your personal data where there is no longer a legitimate reason for us to hold it.
Right to Restrict Processing — You can ask us to pause our use of your personal data in certain circumstances.
Right to Data Portability — You can request a copy of your personal data in a commonly used, machine-readable format.
Right to Object — You can object to our processing of your personal data for marketing purposes at any time.
Right to Withdraw Consent — Where we rely on your consent to process your personal data (for example, newsletter subscription), you can withdraw that consent at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at: 📧 hello@kidscookingacademy.org
We will respond to all requests within 30 days. We will never charge a fee for exercising your rights.
Our website uses cookies — small text files stored on your device — to help us provide a better experience. These include:
Essential cookies — required for the website to function correctly
Analytics cookies — help us understand how visitors use our site (Google Analytics)
Functional cookies — remember your preferences
You can control and manage cookies through your browser settings at any time. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect your experience on our website.
For more information about cookies visit: ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies
We take the security of your personal data seriously. We use the following measures to protect your information:
Our website is hosted on Podia, which uses SSL encryption (https) across all pages
Payment processing is handled entirely by Stripe, which is PCI DSS compliant
We use strong password protection on all accounts connected to your data
We limit access to your personal data to only those who need it to provide our services
No method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure. While we take all reasonable steps to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Our website platform (Podia) is hosted in the United States. By using our website and services, you acknowledge that your personal data may be transferred to and processed in the United States, which may have different data protection laws to the UK.
Where we transfer data outside the UK we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place in accordance with UK GDPR requirements.
If you are unhappy with how we have handled your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK's data protection regulator:
Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) Website: ico.org.uk Helpline: 0303 123 1113
We would always appreciate the opportunity to address your concerns directly before you contact the ICO — please email us first at hello@kidscookingacademy.org.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. When we make significant changes we will notify you by email or by posting a notice on our website.
The date at the top of this policy indicates when it was last updated. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal data, please contact us:
Kids Cooking Academy Eugene Martin Haynes (trading as Kids Cooking Academy) 📧 hello@kidscookingacademy.org 🌐 www.kidscookingacademy.org
A note on our platform provider
Kids Cooking Academy is hosted on Podia, which also acts as a data processor for certain functions of this site, including checkout, payment processing, and account hosting. Podia processes some of your data on our behalf, under its own privacy policy, available at podia.com/privacy. Kids Cooking Academy remains the data controller for your Personal Data at all times, and this Privacy Policy governs how we, as the Academy, collect and use your information.
Eugene Martin Haynes trading as Kids Cooking Academy is registered with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). Registration Number: C1971566.