Privacy policy

This privacy policy sets out how McKenna Townsend PR, acting on behalf of SUBWAY® Development Agents in the United Kingdom and Republic Of Ireland will use and protect any information that you provide when using this website.

McKenna Townsend PR is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should McKenna Townsend PR ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

McKenna Townsend PR may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 23rd March 2009.

What we collect

McKenna Townsend PR collects the following information on behalf of the SUBWAY® Development Agents in the UK and Republic of Ireland from those enquiring about franchisee opportunities:

  • Name
  • Contact information including email address

If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at administrator@mckennatownsendpr.com. McKenna Townsend PR will not sell or lease your personal information to third parties unless we are required by law to do so.

Collection and Use of Prospective Franchisee Information

By applying to become a SUBWAY® franchisee, a prospective franchisee consents to the collection and use of personal information in order to send an information pack.

A prospective franchisee's information will be shared with a third party service provider and/or the Development Agent in their area. A Development Agent is an independent contractor of Subway International B.V., the franchisor for the SUBWAY® system in the UK and Ireland. Development Agents assist with franchise sales, site location, training, and provide operational assistance. Development Agents also make recommendations as to whether a prospective franchisee in their territory should be granted a franchise.

Any potential franchisee information sent to subway.co.uk and subway.ie is stored on a server located in London. The server is managed by third party service provider, Katotomic based in Cheshire, England. Information on this server is shared with:

  • Subway Realty Limited, a UK corporation dedicated to leasing properties for Subway franchisees based in Cambridge, England and SIBV (Subway International Besloten Venootschap) which is a Limited Liability Company and the franchisor of the SUBWAY® system for Europe. SIBV retains the information to have a record of all the data for Europe. Both use this purely for data gathering purposes
  • Doctor's Associates Inc., the owner and licensor of the SUBWAY® system, based in Milford, Connecticut, USA
  • Relevant Development Agents in the UK and Ireland

McKenna Townsend PR will retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose(s) for which it was collected and to comply with applicable laws, and your consent to such purpose(s) remains valid after termination of our relationship with you.

Security

McKenna Townsend PR is committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

How we use cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

McKenna Townsend PR uses traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. McKenna Townsend PR only uses this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system. This data is also shared with Subway Franchisee Advertising Fund Trust, BV ("SFAFT BV") who manages the marketing for SUBWAY® stores in the UK and Ireland.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Links to other websites

The subway.co.uk and subway.co.ie website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that McKenna Townsend PR does not have any control over that other website. Therefore, McKenna Townsend PR cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Controlling your personal information

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please contact the Privacy Officer as described below in "Contact Information".

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email the Privacy Officer as described below as soon as possible, and we will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect. In order to accomplish this, we may share your information with our third party service provider.

Contact Information

McKenna Townsend PR
Bridge House
Pullman Business Park
Ringwood
BH24 1EX

administrator@mckennatownsendpr.com


Safe Harbor Compliance

Doctor's Associates Inc, an affiliated company of Subway International B.V. is in compliance with the U.S. Department of Commerce Safe Harbor requirements regarding the transfer of personal information from European Union member countries to the United States. Doctor's Associates Inc. has been Self-Certified in accordance with the EU Directive on Personal Data Protection. The principles of Safe Harbor compliance are notice, choice, onward transfer, security, data integrity, access and enforcement. Additional information about Safe Harbor principles and certification process can be found at www.export.gov/safeharbor. Subway International B.V, is a Netherlands entity and thus as a member of the EU, acknowledges the principles of Safe Harbor and strives to meet these requirements.

In addition, the U.S. Department of Commerce maintains a list of all compliant organizations, which can be accessed at http://web.ita.doc.gov/


Website

Both subway.co.uk and subway.ie are hosted on a web server provided by Rackspace and managed by Katatomic Limited, based in Cheshire, England. The content of subway.co.uk and subway.ie is managed by Katatomic based in Cheshire, England, McKenna Townsend PR and SFAFT BV. The domain names subway.co.uk and subway.co.ie are owned by Doctor's Associates Inc.