Background

&Social understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits www.andsocial.co.uk and to whom we provide contracted services and we will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described here, and in a way that is consistent with our obligations and your rights under the law.

 Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it.

Definitions and Interpretation

In this Policy the following terms shall have the following meanings: 

“Cookie”

means a small text file placed on your computer or device by www.andsocial.co.uk when you visit certain parts of the site and when you use certain features of the site. Details of the Cookies used by www.andsocial.co.uk are set out below; and

“Cookie Law”

means the relevant parts of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003;

What Does This Policy Cover?

This Privacy Policy applies only to your use of www.andsocial.co.uk and to whom we provide contracted services. Our site may contain links to other websites. Please note that we have no control over how your data is collected, stored, or used by other websites and we advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.

What Is Personal Data?

Personal data is defined by the General Data Protection Regulation (EU Regulation 2016/679) (the “GDPR”) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (collectively, “the Data Protection Legislation”) as ‘any information relating to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified in particular by reference to an identifier’.

Personal data is, in simple terms, any information about you that enables you to be identified. Personal data covers obvious information such as your name and contact details, but it also covers less obvious information such as identification numbers, electronic location data, and other online identifiers.

What Are My Rights?

Under the Data Protection Legislation, you have the following rights, which &Social will always work to uphold:

• The right to be informed about &Social’s collection and use of your personal data.

• The right to access the personal data we hold about you.

• The right to have your personal data rectified if any of your personal data held by us is inaccurate or incomplete.

• The right to be forgotten, i.e. the right to ask us to delete or otherwise dispose of any of your personal data that we hold.

• The right to restrict (i.e. prevent) the processing of your personal data.

• The right to object to us using your personal data for a particular purpose or purposes.

• The right to withdraw consent. This means that, if we are relying on your consent as the legal basis for using your personal data, you are free to withdraw that consent at any time.

• The right to data portability. This means that, if you have provided personal data to us directly, we are using it with your consent or for the performance of a contract, and that data is processed using automated means, you can ask us for a copy of that personal data to re-use with another service or business in many cases.

• Rights relating to automated decision-making and profiling. We do not use your personal data in this way.

For more information about &Social’s use of your personal data or exercising your rights as outlined above, please contact jenny@andsocial.co.uk

Further information about your rights can also be obtained from the Information Commissioner’s Office or your local Citizens Advice Bureau.

If you have any cause for complaint about our use of your personal data please get in touch first at jenny@andsocia.co.ukl

What Data Do You Collect and How?

Depending upon your use of www.andsocial.co.uk and the provision of any contracted services to you, we may collect and hold some or all of the personal and non-personal data set out below. We do not collect any ‘special category’ or ‘sensitive’ personal data and personal data relating to children or data relating to criminal convictions and/or offences.

While using www.andsocial.co.uk or during the provision by &Social of any contracted services, we may ask you to provide us with certain personal data that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). Personal Data may include, but is not limited to

• Email address

• First name and last name

• Phone number

• Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City

How Do You Use Cookies?

www.andsocial.co.uk may place and access certain first party Cookies on your computer or device. First party Cookies are those placed directly by &Social and are used only by &Social. We use Cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of www.andsocial.co.uk and to provide and improve our products and services. We have carefully chosen these Cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy and personal data is protected and respected at all times.

We may use some or all of the following types of Cookie:

Strictly Necessary Cookies

A Cookie falls into this category if it is essential to the operation of www.fountdigital.com, supporting functions such as logging in, your shopping basket, and payment transactions

Analytics Cookies

It is important for &Social to understand how you use www.andsocial.co.uk, for example, how efficiently you are able to navigate around it, and what features you use. Analytics Cookies enable us to gather this information, helping &Social to improve www.andsocial.co.uk and your experience of it. www.fountdigital.com uses analytics services provided by Google Analytics.

Functionality Cookies

Functionality Cookies enable &Social to provide additional functions to you on www.andsocial.co.uk such as personalisation and remembering your saved preferences. Some functionality Cookies may also be strictly necessary Cookies, but not all necessarily fall into that category.

Targeting Cookies

It is important for &Social to know when and how often you visit www.andsocial.co.uk, and which parts of it you have used (including which pages you have visited and which links you have visited). As with analytics Cookies, this information helps us to better understand you and, in turn, to make www.fountdigital.com and advertising more relevant to your interests. Some information gathered by targeting Cookies may also be shared with third parties.

Third Party Cookies

Third party Cookies are not placed by &Social; instead, they are placed by third parties that provide services to &Sociall and/or to you. Third party Cookies may be used by advertising services to serve up tailored advertising to you on www.andsocial.co.uk, or by third parties providing analytics services to &Social (these Cookies will work in the same way as analytics Cookies described above).

Persistent Cookies

Any of the above types of Cookie may be a persistent Cookie. Persistent Cookies are those which remain on your computer or device for a predetermined period and are activated each time you visit www.andsocial.co.uk

Session Cookies

Any of the above types of Cookie may be a session Cookie. Session Cookies are temporary and only remain on your computer or device from the point at which you visit www.andsocial.co.uk until you close your browser. Session Cookies are deleted when you close your browser.

All Cookies used by and on www.fountdigital.com are used in accordance with current Cookie Law.

You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of Cookies however certain features of www.andsocial.co.uk may not function fully or as intended.

In addition to the controls that &Social provide, you can choose to enable or disable Cookies in your internet browser. By default, most internet browsers accept Cookies but this can be changed. For further details, please consult the help menu in your internet browser or the documentation that came with your device.

We may alter this Cookie Policy at any time. Any such changes will become binding on you on your first use of www.andsocial.co.uk after the changes have been made or, to the extent that &Social are providing contracted services to you, on the date such changes are notified to you.

How Do You Use My Personal Data?

• Under the Data Protection Legislation, we must always have a lawful basis for using personal data. Set out below is how we may use your personal data:

• Registering you on www.andsocial.co.uk

• Providing and managing your account.

• Providing and managing your access to www.andsocial.co.uk

• Personalising and tailoring your experience on www.andsocial.co.uk

• Administering www.andsocial.co.uk

• Supplying products and services to you

• Managing payments for products and services.

• Personalising and tailoring products and services.

• Supplying you with information by email that you have opted-in-to (you may opt-out at any time).

With your permission and where permitted by law, we may also use your personal data for marketing purposes, which may include contacting you by email with information, news, and offers on &Social’s products and services. You will not be sent any unlawful marketing or spam. We will always work to fully protect your rights and comply with &Social’s obligations under the Data Protection Legislation and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, and you will always have the opportunity to opt-out.

If we need to use your personal data for a purpose that is unrelated to, or incompatible with, the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected, we will inform you and explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.

In some circumstances, where permitted or required by law, we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent. This will only be done within the bounds of the Data Protection Legislation and your legal rights.

How Long Will You Keep My Personal Data?

We will not keep your personal data for any longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. We will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce any legal agreements and policies.

www.andsocial.co.uk will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our services, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

How and Where Do You Store or Transfer My Personal Data?

We will only store or transfer your personal data within the European Economic Area (the “EEA”) and the UK. The EEA consists of all EU member states, plus Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein. This means that your personal data will be fully protected under the Data Protection Legislation, GDPR, and/or to equivalent standards by law.

The security of your personal data is essential to us, and to protect your data, we take a number of important measures, including the following:

• limiting access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties with a legitimate need to know and ensuring that they are subject to duties of confidentiality;

• procedures for dealing with data breaches (the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, your personal data) including notifying you and/or the Information Commissioner’s Office where we are legally required to do so

Do You Share My Personal Data?

We will not share any of your personal data with any third parties for any purposes, subject to the following exceptions.

If we sell, transfer, or merge parts of &Social or its assets, your personal data may be transferred to a third party. Any new owner of &Social may continue to use your personal data in the same way(s) that &Social have used it, as specified in this Privacy Policy.

In some limited circumstances, &Social may be legally required to share certain personal data, which might include yours, if &Social are involved in legal proceedings or complying with legal obligations, a court order, or the instructions of a government authority.

How Can I Control My Personal Data?

You may access www.andsocial.co.uk  without providing any personal data at all. You may restrict our use of Cookies.

How Can I Access My Personal Data?

If you want to know what personal data &Social have about you, you can email a request to jenny@andsocial.co.uk for details of that personal data and for a copy of it (where any such personal data is held). This is known as a “subject access request”.

There is not normally any charge for a subject access request. If your request, however, is ‘manifestly unfounded or excessive’ (for example, if you make repetitive requests) a fee may be charged to cover &Social’s administrative costs in responding to your request.

&Social will respond to your subject access request within 2 weeks and, in any case, not more than one month of receiving it. In some cases, however, particularly if your request is more complex, more time may be required up to a maximum of three months from the date we receive your request. You will be kept fully informed of our progress.

How Do I Contact &Social?

To contact &Social about anything to do with your personal data and data protection, including to make a subject access request, please use the following details: jenny@andsocial.co.uk

Changes to this Privacy Policy

&Social may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. This may be necessary, for example, if the law changes, or if &Social changes its business in a way that affects personal data protection.

Any changes will be immediately posted on www.andsocial.co.uk and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Privacy Policy on your first use of www.andsocial.co.uk following the alterations or, to the extent that &Social are providing contracted services to you, on the date such changes are notified to you.

We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up-to-date. This Privacy Policy was last updated on 16th June 2021.