Privacy Policy

Introduction

Emirates Flight Catering Company LLC ("we" "us" or "our", as the context may be) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data in accordance with the Federal Law No. (45) of 2021 (“PDP Law”) and applicable data protection regulations in the United Arab Emirates. This Privacy Policy (together with our Terms of Use) describes how we look after your personal data when you visit our website https://www.emiratesflightcatering.com/ and our mobile websites (“Platforms”) and tells you about your privacy rights and how the PDP Law protects you.

We keep our Privacy Policy under regular review. This version was last updated on 23 January 2023. It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.

Important information and who we are

About us 

The Platforms are owned and operated by Emirates Flight Catering Company, a limited liability company incorporated in Dubai, whose principal office is at Airport Road, PO Box 22525, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
We are part of a wider group called the Emirates Group (" Emirates Group "), which includes (but is not limited to) the following entities and/or divisions: Emirates, dnata, dnata World Travel, Emirates Skycargo, Emirates Skywards, Emirates Business Rewards, Emirates Holidays, dnata Travel Arabian Adventures, Wolgan Valley Resort & Spa and associated brands and/or companies from time to time. A list is available here, and a list of our controlled subsidiaries is in our Annual Report here.

You can contact us:

  • By post, to PO Box 22525, Dubai International Airport Road, Dubai, UAE;
  • Using our website contact form;
  • By telephone, on the contact number published on our website from time to time; or
  • By email, using the email address published on our website from time to time.

How this Privacy Policy applies

This Privacy Policy applies where we are acting as a data controller with respect to your personal data as a visitor of our website and/or user of our products or services; in other words, where we determine the purposes and means of the processing of your personal data.
We will only process your personal data in the manner set out in this Privacy Policy if you have specifically agreed or consented to us doing so (for example through your explicit acceptance of this Privacy Policy or via an electronic tick-box or other similar measures as required by the PDP Law).

Third-party links

Our Platforms may contain links, plug-ins and applications to third-party websites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy statements and privacy practices of websites not operated by us or an entity in the Emirates Group. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of each and every website you visit. This
Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by our Platforms.

Data we collect about you

About us

Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data).
We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:
  • Identity Data includes title, first name, last name, username, profession, function, educational
    attainment, nationality and gender.
  • Contact Data includes address, email address and telephone numbers.
  • Technical Data includes internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the internet, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website, information about your visit, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL), clickstream to, through and from our site (including date and time), products you viewed or searched for page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs)and methods used to browse away from the page.
  • Profile Data includes your username and password, your interests, preferences, feedback and survey responses.
  • Usage Data includes information about how you use our website, products and services.
  • Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences.

Aggregated data, data analytics and social media functionality

We also collect, use and share Aggregated Data such as statistical or demographic data in order to analyse patterns and improve our marketing and promotional efforts, to analyse Platform use, to improve our content and product offerings, and to customize our Platforms’ content, layout, products and services, and we may appoint third parties to do this on our behalf. Aggregated Data could be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data will not  directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific website feature.
However, if we combine or connect Aggregated Data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
If you use buttons on our Platforms linked to social media or similar sites (for example "Like" and/or "Share" buttons), content from our Platforms may be sent back to that other website or service and, depending on your privacy settings, may be privately or publicly visible (for example to friends, followers or generally to anyone who has access to your profile page).
Where we process special categories of personal data relating to your health such as information on allergies, we will always obtain your explicit consent to those activities unless this is not required by law or the information is required to protect your health in an emergency.
Where we are processing data based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.

If you fail to provide personal data

Where we need to collect personal data by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with you, and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you (for example, to provide you with goods or services). In this case, we may have to cancel a product or service you have with us but we will notify you if this is the case at the time.

How is your personal data collected?

We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:

  • Direct interactions: You may give us your Identity and Contact Data by filling in forms on the Platforms or by corresponding with us by phone, e-mail or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you:
    1. apply for a vacancy;
    2. register on our website;
    3. give us feedback or contact us.
  • Automated technologies or interactions: As you interact with our website, we will automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies and other similar technologies. We may also receive Technical Data about you if you visit other websites employing our cookies. Please see our cookie policy below for further details.
  • Third parties or publicly available sources: . This is information we receive about you if you use any of the other sites we operate or the other services we provide. We may work closely with third parties (including, for example, business partners, sub-contractors in technical, payment and delivery services, advertising networks, analytics providers, search information providers, credit reference agencies).

From time to time we may update the methods of collection and data fields above. Where there are significant changes we will endeavour to notify you in accordance with the section "Notification of changes to this Privacy Policy" below.

How we use your personal data

We will only use your personal data when the PDP Law allows us to. Most commonly, we use your personal data in the following circumstances:

  • Where you have given your consent to process your personal data;
  • Where we exercise our legally established rights in the field of employment;
  • Where we need to conclude, amend, perform or terminate an agreement with you;
  • Where we need to comply with a legal obligation.

Purposes for which we will use your personal data

We have set out below, in a table format, a description of all the ways we plan to use your personal data, and which of the legal bases we rely on to do so.

Note that we may process your personal data for more than one lawful ground depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your data.

Purpose/Activity Type of data Lawful basis for processing
To process your application for a vacancy
  • Identity
  • Contact

Yourconsent(Art. 4 PDP Law)

Exercising our legally established rights in the field of employment (Art. 4 para.9 PDP Law)

TTo register you as an existing or prospective supplier
  • Identity
  • Contact

Performance of the agreement and consent

To register you as a customer
  • Identity
  • Contact

Your consent (Art. 4 PDP Law).

Your request for registration with the aim of concluding a contract (Art. 4 para.10 PDP Law)

To register you as a customer
  • Identity
  • Contact

Your consent (Art. 4 PDP Law).

Your request for registration with the aim of concluding a contract (Art. 4 para.10 PDP Law)

To answer any queries submitted through the Website or sent to us by email or other forms of communication
  • Identity
  • Contact

Your consent (Art. 4 PDP Law).

To process and deliver your order
  • Identity
  • Contact
  • Transaction
  • Marketing and Communications

Your consent (Art. 4 PDP Law).

Your request with the aim of performing a contract (Art. 4 para.10PDP Law)

To manage our relationship with you which will include:
  • Notifying you about changes to our terms or Privacy Policy
  • Asking you to leave a review or take a survey
  • Identity
  • Contact
  • Profile
  • Marketing and Communications

Your consent (Art. 4 PDP Law).

To enable you to complete a survey
  • Identity
  • Contact
  • Profile
  • Usage
  • Marketing and Communications

Your consent (Art. 4 PDP Law).

To administer and protect our business and this website (including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, reporting and hosting of data)
  • Identity
  • Contact
  • Technical
Necessary to comply with a legal obligation
To deliver relevant website content and advertisements to you and measure or understand the effectiveness of the advertising we serve to you
  • Identity
  • Contact
  • Profile
  • Usage
  • Marketing and Communications
  • Technical

Your consent (Art. 4 PDP Law).

To use data analytics to improve our website, products/services, marketing, customer relationships and experiences
  • Technical
  • Usage

Your consent (Art. 4 PDP Law).

To make suggestions and recommendations to you about goods or services that may be of interest to you
  • Identity
  • Contact
  • Technical
  • Usage
  • Profile
  • Marketing and Communications

Your consent (Art. 4 PDP Law).

The above reasons may not be exhaustive, and we may at any time process your Personal Data for any other lawful ground listed in the PDP Law. In such cases, we will notify you as soon as possible of the reason. Updates of this Privacy Policy may constitute such a notification.

Please note that we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.

Direct Marketing

Provided you have given your express opt-in consent, we will use your personal data for direct marketing purposes. This enables us to keep you informed about news updates through our newsletters. You may withdraw your consent at any time.

Promotional offers from us

We may use your Identity, Contact, Technical, Usage and Profile Data to form a view on what we think you may want or need, or what may be of interest to you. This is how we decide which products, services and offers may be relevant for you. Provided you have given your express opt-in consent, you will receive marketing communications from us if you have requested information from us or purchased goods or services from us.

Third-party marketing

We will get your express opt-in consent before we share your personal data with any third party for marketing purposes

Opting out

You can ask us or third parties to stop sending you marketing messages at any time.

Cookies and other tracking technologies

We use cookies on our website. A “cookie” is a small computer file which is downloaded to your device. It collects information as to how you navigate our Platforms and the Internet and helps us provide better Platform services to you and tailor certain content. Insofar as those cookies are not strictly necessary for the provision of our website, products and services, we will ask you to consent to our use of cookies when you first visit our website.

For more information on how we use cookies please read our Cookie Policy, where you can also find information so you can delete cookies or block certain types of cookie. You should note that this may have an impact on our ability to provide the Platform services to you.

Do Not Track

Currently, our systems do not honour browser do-not-track requests; you may delete cookies and other tracking technologies using the processes specified in our Cookie Policy.

How we use your personal data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we use your personal data in the following circumstances:

  • Where we need to perform the agreement we are about to enter into or have entered into with you;
  • Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests; Legitimate Interest means the interest of our business in conducting and managing our business to enable us to give you the best service/product and the best and most secure experience. We make sure we consider and balance any potential impact on you (both positive and negative) and your rights before we process your personal data for our legitimate interests. We do not use your personal data for activities where our interests are overridden by the impact on you (unless we have your consent or are otherwise required or permitted to by law).
  • Where we need to comply with a legal obligation.

Purposes for which we will use your personal data

We have set out below, in a table format, a description of all the ways we plan to use your personal data, and which of the legal bases we rely on to do so. We have also identified what our legitimate interests are where appropriate.

Note that we may process your personal data for more than one lawful ground depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your data.

Purpose/Activity

To process your application for a vacancy

Type of data

  • Identity
  • Contact

Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest

Performance of the agreement and consent

Purpose/Activity

To register you as an existing or prospective supplier

Type of data

  • Identity
  • Contact

Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest

Performance of the agreement and consent

Purpose/Activity

To register you as a customer

Type of data

  • Identity
  • Contact

Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest

Performance of the agreement and consent

Purpose/Activity

To answer any queries submitted through the Website or sent to us by email or other forms of communication

Type of data

  • Identity
  • Contact

Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest

Performance of the agreement and consent

Purpose/Activity

To process and deliver your order

Type of data

  • Identity
  • Contact
  • Transaction
  • Marketing and Communications

Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest

  • Performance of a contract with you
  • Necessary for our legitimate interests (to recover debts due to us)

Purpose/Activity

To manage our relationship with you which will include:

  • Notifying you about changes to our terms or Privacy Policy
  • Asking you to leave a review or take a survey

Type of data

  • Identity
  • Contact
  • Transaction
  • Marketing and Communications

Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest

  • Performance of a contract with you
  • Necessary to comply with a legal obligation
  • Necessary for our legitimate interests (to keep our records updated and to study how customers use our products/services)

Purpose/Activity

To enable you to complete a survey

Type of data

  • Identity
  • Contact
  • Transaction
  • Marketing and Communications

Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest

  • Performance of a contract with you
  • Necessary for our legitimate interests (to study how customers use our products/services, to develop them and grow our business)

Purpose/Activity

To administer and protect our business and this website (including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, reporting and hosting of data)

Type of data

  • Identity
  • Contact
  • Technical

Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest

  • Necessary for our legitimate interests (for running our business, provision of administration and IT services, network security, to prevent fraud and in the context of a business reorganisation or group restructuring exercise)
  • Necessary to comply with a legal obligation

Purpose/Activity

To deliver relevant website content and advertisements to you and measure or understand the effectiveness of the advertising we serve to you

Type of data

  • Identity
  • Contact
  • Profile
  • Usage
  • Marketing and Communications
  • Technical

Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest

Necessary for our legitimate interests (to study how customers use our products/services, to develop them, to grow our business and to inform our marketing strategy)

Purpose/Activity

To use data analytics to improve our website, products/services, marketing, customer relationships and experiences

Type of data

  • Technical
  • Usage

Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest

Necessary for our legitimate interests (to define types of customers for our products and services, to keep our website updated and relevant, to develop our business and to inform our marketing strategy)

Purpose/Activity

To make suggestions and recommendations to you about goods or services that may be of interest to you

Type of data

  • Identity
  • Contact
  • Profile
  • Usage
  • Marketing and Communications
  • Technical

Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest

Necessary for our legitimate interests (to develop our products/services and grow our business)

Direct Marketing

We will also use your personal data for direct marketing purposes. This enables us to keep you informed about news updates through our newsletters. You give your explicit consent for this, but you may withdraw this at any time.

Promotional offers from us

We may use your Identity, Contact, Technical, Usage and Profile Data to form a view on what we think you may want or need, or what may be of interest to you. This is how we decide which products, services and offers may be relevant for you.

You will receive marketing communications from us if you have requested information from us or purchased goods or services from us and you have not opted out of receiving that marketing.

Third-party marketing

We will get your express opt-in consent before we share your personal data with any third party for marketing purposes.

Opting out

You can ask us or third parties to stop sending you marketing messages at any time.

Where you opt out of receiving these marketing messages, this will not apply to personal data provided to us as a result of a product/service purchase.

Cookies and other tracking technologies

We use cookies on our website. A “cookie” is a small computer file which is downloaded to your device. It collects information as to how you navigate our Platforms and the Internet and helps us provide better Platform services to you and tailor certain content. Insofar as those cookies are not strictly necessary for the provision of our website, products and services, we will ask you to consent to our use of cookies when you first visit our website.

We use cookies on our website. A “cookie” is a small computer file which is downloaded to your device. It collects information as to how you navigate our Platforms and the Internet and helps us provide better Platform services to you and tailor certain content. Insofar as those cookies are not strictly necessary for the provision of our website, products and services, we will ask you to consent to our use of cookies when you first visit our website.

Do Not Track

Currently, our systems do not honour browser do-not-track requests; you may delete cookies and other tracking technologies using the processes specified in our Cookie Policy.

Disclosures of your personal data

For operational reasons, insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes, and on the legal bases, set out in this Privacy Policy, we may share your personal data with:

  • Other companies in the Emirates Group who provide airport ground handling services or catering services.
  • External third-party service providers who administer our Platforms and provide internet services and host our facilities, provide data warehousing services, customer relationship management services, marketing services, car services or customer survey services.
  • Professional advisers including lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers who provide consultancy, banking, legal, insurance and accounting services.
  • Third parties to whom we may choose to sell, transfer or merge parts of our business or our assets. Alternatively, we may seek to acquire other businesses or merge with them.

We have implemented safeguards to ensure that our service providers treat personal data in a way that is consistent with the terms of this Privacy Policy and the PDP Law, and that it is not used except to fulfil products or services to us or where we believe there is a lawful basis for processing of your personal data.

These service providers and group companies may be located in your country, countries in the European Economic Area, in the United Arab Emirates or elsewhere in the world. Different privacy laws may apply in these countries. See further detail in our "International Transfers" section below.

International transfers

SOME PARTIES THAT PROCESS OR STORE PERSONAL DATA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY MAY BE LOCATED IN JURISDICTIONS OUTSIDE YOUR COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE OR OUR COUNTRY OF INCORPORATION. THEREFORE, BY GIVING YOUR CONSENT, YOU UNDERSTAND AND UNAMBIGUOUSLY AGREE THAT YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE PROCESSED AND STORED IN THESE JURISDICTIONS AND THAT DIFFERENT PRIVACY LAWS MAY APPLY IN THESE COUNTRIES WHICH MAY NOT ENSURE THE SAME LEVEL OF DATA PROTECTION AS GRANTED IN YOUR COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE.

We only make these arrangements or transfers where we are satisfied that adequate levels of protection are in place to protect any information held in that country or that the service provider acts at all times in compliance with applicable privacy laws. Where required under applicable laws we will take measures to ensure that personal data handled in other countries will receive at least the same level of protection as it is given in your home country.

Transfers will be protected by appropriate safeguards, namely the use of standard data protection clauses, a copy of which can be obtained from our legal team.

In the event your personal data is transferred to a foreign jurisdiction, it may be subject to the laws of that jurisdiction and we may be required to disclose it to the courts, law enforcement or governmental authorities in those jurisdictions but we will only do so where required by applicable laws.

Data security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and the UAE Data Office of a breach where we are legally required to do so.

However, no internet-based site can be 100% secure and we cannot be held responsible for unauthorised or unintended access that is beyond our control.

Protecting your details and protecting yourself against internet fraud

Here are some simple steps you can take to ensure your information is kept securely: Be aware of "Phishing", which is where someone tries to represent themselves as someone else to gain information from you - always check whether emails from any sender are actually from them, and if in doubt, go directly to their website and do not click on links in emails, as these may take you to "clone" websites which use your information illegally.

Data retention

How long will you use my personal data for?

We will only retain your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or reporting requirements. We may retain your personal data for a longer period in the event of a complaint or if we reasonably believe there is a prospect of litigation in respect to our relationship with you.

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or other requirements.

We apply the following retention periods for your data

Identity Data 12 months
Contact Data 12 months
Profile Data Until removal of the data
Cookies Maximum 30 days

In some circumstances we will anonymise your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes, in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.

Data retention

How long will you use my personal data for?

We will only retain your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or reporting requirements. We may retain your personal data for a longer period in the event of a complaint or if we reasonably believe there is a prospect of litigation in respect to our relationship with you.

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or other requirements.

We apply the following retention periods for your data

Direct Marketing

12 months

Contact Data

12 months

Profile Data

Until removal of the data

Cookies

Maximum 30 days

In some circumstances we will anonymise your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes, in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.

Notification of changes to this privacy policy

If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes on our Platforms. If at any point we decide to use personal data in a manner materially different from that stated at the time it was collected (and/or where we are required under applicable law) we will notify you. You will have a choice as to whether or not we use your personal data in this different manner. We will use personal data in accordance with the Privacy Policy under which the personal data was collected until you agree otherwise, but if you do not accept the amended Privacy Policy please stop using our Platforms. Each version has a version number and date so you can check this easily.

Contact

If you experience any technical problems during your interaction with the Platforms, please contact us here

Queries, concerns or complaints regarding your privacy or this Privacy Policy: If you have queries regarding this Privacy Policy please contact legal@ekfc.ae