Privacy policy
1. Introduction
1.1 We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors, e-newsletter subscribers and online community.
1.2 This policy applies where we are acting as a data controller with respect to the personal data of our website visitors, e-newsletter subscribers and online community, in other words, where we determine the purposes and means of the processing of that personal data.
1.3 We may use cookies on our website. Insofar as those cookies are not strictly necessary for the provision of our website and services, we will ask you to consent to our use of cookies when you first visit our website.
1.4 Our website incorporates privacy controls which affect how we will process your personal data. By using the privacy controls, you can specify whether you would like to receive direct marketing communications and limit the publication of your information. You can access the privacy controls here
1.5 In this policy, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Brand by Me Ltd. For more information about us, see Section 11.
2. Credit
2.1 This document was created using a template from SEQ Legal (http://www.seqlegal.com).
3. Collecting personal information
3.1 We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal information:
(a) information about your computer and about your visits to and use of this website (including your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths)
(b) information that you provide to us when registering with our website (including your email address);
(d) information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our email notifications and/or newsletters (including your name and email address);
(e) information that you provide to us when using the services on our website, or that is generated in the course of the use of those services (including [the timing, frequency and pattern of service use);
(h) information contained in or relating to any communication that you send to us or send through our website (including the communication content and metadata associated with the communication); and
(i) any other personal information that you choose to send to us.
3.2 Please don’t disclose the personal information of another person to us, unless we expressly ask you to do so AND you have obtained that person’s consent to both the disclosure and the processing of that personal information in accordance with this policy.
4. Using personal information
4.1 Personal information submitted to us through our website will be used for the purposes specified in this policy or on the relevant pages of the website.
4.2 We may use your personal information to:
(a) administer our website and business;
(b) send you non-marketing commercial communications;
(c) send you email notifications that you have specifically requested;
(d) send you our email newsletter, if you have requested it (you can inform us at any time if you no longer require the newsletter);
(e) send you marketing communications relating to our business by email or similar technology (you can inform us at any time if you no longer require marketing communications);
(f) provide third parties, such Google or Mailchimp with anonymous statistical information about our users (but those third parties will not be able to identify any individual user from that information);
(g) deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to our website;
(h) keep our website secure and prevent fraud;
4.3 We will NEVER, without your express consent, supply your personal information to any third party for the purpose of their or any other third party’s direct marketing.
5. Disclosing personal information
5.1 We may disclose your personal information:
(a) to the extent that we are required to do so by law;
(b) in connection with any ongoing or prospective legal proceedings;
(c) in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk);
5.4 Except as provided in this policy, we will not provide your personal information to third parties.
6. International data transfers
6.1 If you submit personal information for publication on our website (such as in a comment on a blog post) on our website, please be aware that it may available, via the internet, around the world. We cannot prevent the use or misuse of such information by others although we will never knowingly publish comments or posts containing your personal information.
6.2 If you choose to submit personal information for publication on our website, you expressly agree to the conditions described in this Section 6 and we cannot take responsibility for the consequences.
7. Retaining personal information
7.1 This Section 7 sets out our data retention policies and procedure, which are designed to help ensure that we comply with our legal obligations in relation to the retention and deletion of personal information.
7.2 Personal information that we process for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.
7.3 Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 7, we will retain documents (including electronic documents) containing personal data:
(a) to the extent that we are required to do so by law;
(b) if we believe that the documents may be relevant to any ongoing or prospective legal proceedings; and
(c) in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk).
8. Security of personal information
8.1 We will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.
8.2 We will store all the personal information you provide on our secure (password- and firewall-protected) servers.
8.3 You acknowledge that the transmission of information over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.
9. Amendments
9.1 We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website.
9.2 You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes to this policy.
10. Your rights
10.1 You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you; provision of such information will be subject to:
(a) the payment of an administration fee (currently fixed at GBP 10); and
(b) the supply of appropriate evidence of your identity [(for this purpose, we will usually accept a photocopy of your passport certified by a solicitor or bank plus an original copy of a utility bill showing your current address)].
10.2 We may withhold personal information that you request to the extent permitted by law.
10.3 You may instruct us at any time not to process your personal information for marketing purposes. To do this, simply email hello@brandbyme.co.uk or, if you’re signed up to our email newsletter, you can unsubscribe here
11. Our details
11.1 This website is owned and operated by Brand by Me Ltd. Brand by Me Ltd is registered in England and Wales. Our company number is 10087454. Our registered office is at 111 Cambridge Road, Hitchin, SG4 0JH
11.2 You can contact us:
(a) using our website contact form
(c) by email