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Privacy Policy

Last Updated: August 2021

Introduction

Welcome to our privacy policy.

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you as to how we look after your personal data when you visit our website (regardless of where you visit it from) and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

This privacy policy is provided in a layered format so you can click through to the specific areas set out below.

Important information and who we are

This privacy policy aims to give you information on how we collect and process your personal data through your use of this website, including any data you may provide through this website when you register for FREE membership or purchase individual digital content.

This website is not intended for children and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children. It is important that you read this privacy policy together with any other privacy policy or fair processing policy we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal data about you so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data. This privacy policy supplements other notices and privacy policies and is not intended to override them.

Controller

DIGITAL MEDIA CONSULT LTD is the controller and responsible for your personal data (collectively referred to as  “we”, “us”, or “our” in this privacy policy).

We have appointed a data privacy manager who is responsible for overseeing questions in relation to this privacy policy. If you have any questions about this privacy policy, including any requests to exercise your EEA/UK legal rights, please contact the data privacy manager using the details set out below.

Contact details

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, please contact our data privacy manager in the following ways:

Full name of legal entity: DIGITAL MEDIA CONSULT LTD

Email address: privacy@digitalmediaconsult.uk

Postal address: 196 High Road, London, United Kingdom

If you reside in the United Kingdom (UK), you have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). If you reside within the European Economic Area (EEA), you have the right to make a complaint at any time to the appropriate supervisory authority for your country of residence. See ec.europa.eu for these details. If you reside outside the EEA or the UK, we will apply your legal rights as applicable to the data laws in the jurisdiction you are in. We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach your supervisory authority so please contact us in the first instance.

Changes to the privacy policy and your duty to inform us of changes

We keep our privacy policy under regular review. This version was last updated on February 20, 2020. Historic versions can be obtained by contacting us.

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.

Third-party links

This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins, and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.

Information we collect

There are three categories of information we collect:

  • Information you choose to give us.
  • Information we get when you use our services.
  • Information we get from third parties.

Information you choose to give us

In order to open an account and use our services you will disclose to us:

1. Your name;

2. home address;

3. email address;

4. your date of birth;

5. a valid, unexpired copy of your passport or other verified government ID;

We may also ask you to provide us with some additional information that will be publicly visible on our services, such as profile pictures, a profile name or other useful identifying information.

If you have any reason to contact us separately for example to discuss concerns with customer services then we will collect the information you volunteer.

Information we get when you use our services

When you use our services, we collect information about the content you have viewed or shared.

  • Usage information. We collect information about content that Fans have accessed. We may highlight to that user similar content;
  • Device information. We collect IP addresses or other identification data from and about the devices you use. For example, we collect:
    information about your hardware and software, such as the hardware model, operating system version, device memory, advertising identifiers, unique application identifiers, apps installed, unique device identifiers, browser type, language, battery level and time zone;
  • Location information. When you use our services, we may collect information about your location. With your consent, we may also collect information about your precise location using methods that include GPS, wireless networks, cell towers, Wi-Fi access points and other sensors such as gyroscopes, accelerometers and compasses.
  • Information collected by cookies and other technologies. Like most online services we use cookies. The cookies we use are the usual analytics and session cookies
    (For your information: most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually remove or reject browser cookies through the settings on your browser or device. Keep in mind, though, that removing or rejecting cookies could affect the availability and functionality of our services.)
  • Log information. We also collect log information when you use our website. That information includes:

1. details about how you have used our services;

2. device information, such as your web browser type and language;

3. access times;

4. pages viewed;

5. IP address;

6. identifiers associated with cookies or other technologies that may uniquely identify your device or browser.

How we use information

We use this information to ensure that the content can be enjoyed by everyone. Our objective is to strive to keep the content appropriate, tasteful and lawful. Here are some of the ways we do that:

  • develop, operate, improve, deliver, maintain and protect our products and services.
  • send you communications, including by email. We may use email to respond to support enquiries or to share information about our site.
  • monitor and analyse trends and usage.
  • verify your identity and prevent fraud or other unauthorised or illegal activity.
  • use information we’ve collected from cookies and other technology to enhance the services and your experience with them. This includes use for our referral scheme and different user visual settings.
  • enforce our Terms of Service and other usage policies.

We may also store or use information locally on your device.

International transfers

We may share information about you in the following ways:

With third parties. We may share your information with the following third parties:

  • With service providers. We may share information about you with service providers who perform services on our behalf. This includes Zendesk, Aristotle and Sight Engine.
  • With third parties for legal reasons. We may share information about you if we reasonably believe that disclosing the information is needed to:
    • comply with any valid legal process, governmental request, or applicable law, rule or regulation, investigation, remedy, or enforce potential Terms of Service violations; protect our, our users' or others' rights, property and safety; detect and resolve any fraud or security concerns.
  • With third parties as part of a merger or acquisition. If we are involved in a merger, asset sale, financing, or acquisition of all or some portion of our business to another company, we may share your information with that company before and after the transaction closes.

How long we keep your personal data

Personal Data

If any User closes the account the personal data that relates to your use of miasummers.com and bank details we hold about you will be deleted after six months.

DIGITAL MEDIA CONSULT LTD has to retain financial information for 7 years This is a legal requirement as HMRC can investigate our financial records for that period and we need to retain details of payments made by you and to you.

This paragraph satisfies the provisions of Article 13(2)(b&c) GDPR.