Privacy Policy

ALTMedia Brands (“We”) are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

This policy (together with our terms of use and any other documents referred to in it) sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us.

Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. By visiting our site you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy.

Information about us

We are ALTMedia Brands and any company which is at the relevant time a subsidiary or holding company of and any subsidiary of any such holding company (and “subsidiary” and “holding company” shall have the meanings set out in sections 736 and 736A of the Companies Act 1985).

This Website may have links to another website hosted by ALTMedia Brands (“ALT Media Brands Website”) which enables you to access third party services.

INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT

We may collect and process the following data about you:

The information you give us.

You may give us information about you by filling in forms on our site, using social media logins and/or other plugins, participating in our surveys which may be sent to you from time to time or by corresponding with us by phone, email or otherwise.

This includes information you provide when you order products or services, download content,  or use some of the social media functions on our site. The information you give us may include (but is not necessarily limited to):

  • your personal name and address;
  • your business name and address;
  • your email address;
  • your phone number;
  • your financial and credit card information; and/or
  • your photograph

Information we collect about you. Each time you visit our site or interact with the emails we send to you, we may automatically collect the following information:

  • technical information, including the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the internet, your login information, browser type and version, operating system and platform;
  • information about your visit, including the URL clickstream to, through and from our site (including date and time); pages, resources and/or products you viewed or searched for; page response times, errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction, and methods used to browse away from the page;
  • information about your interaction with our emails, including whether you have opened the email, the number of times the email is accessed, and your interaction with email content including the links you have clicked.

Information we receive from other sources.

We may receive information about you if you use any of the other websites we or any of our group companies operate or the other services we provide.  We are also working 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). We may receive information about you from them.

We also receive information about you from third-party telemarketing companies. We or our partners will only you contact you where you have given the telemarketing companies your consent for us to do so.

The legal basis for processing your data

We may process your data because:

  • we are legally obliged to e.g. to confirm your identity;
  • the processing is necessary for the performance of the contract with you to provide our services; or
  • it is in ours or a third party’s legitimate interests to do so.

In some instances, we will rely on your consent to process Personal Data and where we do this, it will be flagged to you at the time.

USES MADE OF THE INFORMATION

We use information held about you in the following ways (the following lists are not exhaustive):

The information you give to us. We will use this information:

  • to enable you to access the content and functions available via the site, provide you with any products and services you request, and carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us;
  • to provide you with information about other resources, materials, goods, and services we offer that are similar to those that you have already accessed, purchased or enquired about;
  • to provide you, or permit selected third parties to provide you, with information about goods or services we feel may interest you.
  • to notify you about changes to our service;
  • to ensure that content from our site is presented most effectively for you and your computer.

Information we collect about you. We will use this information:

  • to administer our site and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes;
  • to improve our site;
  • to allow you to participate in interactive features when you choose to do so;
  • to measure or understand the effectiveness of advertising we serve to you and others, and to deliver relevant advertising to you;
  • to make suggestions and recommendations to you and other site users about content, goods or services that may interest you or them.

Information we receive from other sources. We may combine this information with information you give to us and the information we collect about you. We may use this information and the combined information for the purposes set out above (depending on the types of information we receive).

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION

We may share your personal information with any member of our group, which means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company, and its subsidiaries, as defined in section 1159 of the UK Companies Act 2006.

We may also share your information (including personal data) with selected third parties including:

  • Business partners, suppliers, and sub-contractors who help us deliver the site and our services to you.  This includes (but is not limited to) the following suppliers:
  • Opt-in Monster is a supplier with a cloud-based email capture tool. Which feeds the email address into our email tool listed above.
  • Third parties on whose behalf we have conducted surveys, competitions, promotions and other activities you have chosen to participate in.
  • Analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimization of our site.
  • In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets.
  • Parties to whom we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or to enforce or apply our terms of use or terms and conditions of supply and other agreements; or to whom we disclose or share data to protect the rights, property, or safety of the MediaDigi Limited group of companies, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Marketing

We want to send you information by post, email or telephone about our products and services, competitions, and special offers that may interest you.

Other businesses within our group or we work with may also send you similar marketing messages, depending on what you agree with us.

We will only ask whether you would like us and other businesses to send you marketing messages when you tick the relevant boxes when you create an account or complete online forms (for example for downloading a whitepaper).

We may send B2B marketing emails to you as a business contact where we believe we have legitimate interests for doing so. Such emails will always give the option to opt-out from future communications.

If you have consented to such receive marketing from us, our group or other businesses, you can opt out at any time. See ‘Access to information’ below for further information.

Keeping your data secure

We will use technical and organizational measures to safeguard your personal data, for example:

  • we store your personal data on secure servers; and
  • payment details are encrypted using SSL technology (typically you will see a lock icon or green address bar (or both) in your browser when we use this technology).

Our hosting provider is certified to ISO 27001. This family of standards helps us manage your information and keep it safe and secure. While we will use all reasonable efforts to safeguard your personal data, you acknowledge that the use of the internet is not entirely secure and for this reason, we cannot guarantee the security or integrity of any personal data that are transferred from you or to you via the internet. If you have any particular concerns about your information, please get in touch with us (see ‘Contact’ below).

What can I do to keep my information safe?

If you want detailed information from Get Safe Online on how to protect your information and your computers and devices against fraud, identity theft, viruses and many other online problems, please visit www.getsafeonline.org. Get Safe Online is supported by HM Government and leading businesses.

WHERE WE STORE YOUR PERSONAL DATA

The data that we collect from you may be transferred to and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us or for one of our suppliers. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.

Social media

Suppose you use social media plugins or features on our site, including but not limited to the LinkedIn login function. In that case, you agree that we may receive information about you from social media sites (including personal information such as your name, gender, date of birth and location) in order to enable us to provide you with an online account and to enable you to use the site and its features. Any information received by us via the use of social media functions shall be stored and used strictly in accordance with this privacy policy.

How long do we keep your personal information?

We keep your personal information for as long as we need to for the purposes for which it was collected or (if longer) for any period for which we must keep personal information to comply with our legal and regulatory requirements.

YOUR RIGHTS

You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data or to restrict our processing of your personal data (including for marketing purposes). You can do so at any time by contacting us at contact{@}mediadigi.com

You also have the right to ask us to correct any mistakes or inaccuracies in your information which we hold at any time by contacting us at contact{@}mediadigi.com. Please state the site(s) it is about.

Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers, and affiliates.  If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that they have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies.  Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

You have the right to obtain a copy of the personal data we hold about you. You can make your request here. Once we have received your request and verified your identity we will respond as soon as possible and in any event within one month.

COOKIES

Our website may use cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.

A notice on our home page describes how we use cookies and provides a link to our website privacy policy. This notice will allow you to consent to our use of cookies for the purposes described in this policy and our website privacy policy.

A cookie is a small text file written to your hard drive that contains information about your account and use of this site. Cookies do not contain any personal information about users. Cookies enable us to collect useful information and to improve your experience when accessing and using our site.

The cookies we use on our site include:

GOOGLE ANALYTICS

We use this service to improve your experience across the sites.

The service:

This service runs in the background and drops one or more cookies to your computer, or handheld device. It helps us measure how you interact with our website’s content by tracking your user journey and site interactions. The cookies store non-identifiable information about your browsing history, we use this data to analyze patterns and trends to help improve your experience.

The data Google Analytics stores about you:

Non-identifiable data such as visits, pages views, time on site, and the journey you take through the site.

For more details on Google Analytics please visit their website http://www.google.com/analytics/

Managing cookies

If you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by our site, you can do this through your browser settings. The “help” function within your browser should provide information about this. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by email. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.

Complaints

If you have any complaints about the way we use your personal information please contact contact{@}mediadigi.com who will try to resolve the issue. If we cannot resolve any issue, you have the right to complain to your country’s data protection authority (the UK Information Commissioner).

Contact

Questions, comments, and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to contact{@}mediadigi.com and please state the website it is about.

Thank you for visiting our site.