Linear B Media LLP, partnership number OC 386763 (“we”), are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. Linear B Media, trading as Linear B, is a content marketing agency.
This policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, that you provide to us, or that we may collect from other sources will be processed by us.
Links to anythird-party sites are not our responsibility, although we use our best efforts to choose them with care. You should read and satisfy yourself with those third parties’ privacy policies before using such linked sites.
1. What information do we collect from you?
1.1 Information you give us. This is information about you that you may give us by:
1.2. Information we collect about you. With regard to each of your visits to our sites we may automatically collect the following information:
1.3. Information we receive from other sources. We may receive information about you if you use any other websites we operate or other services we provide. We also work with third parties (including, for example, electronic analytics, business partners, sub-contractors in technical, payment and delivery services, advertising networks, analytics providers, search information providers, credit reference agencies) and may receive information about you from them.
1.4 The types of personal information we process. The personal information we collect can include:
2. How do we use your personal information?
2.1. We use information held about you in the following ways:
3. Our Legal Basis for processing data
3.1 Organisations that collect and use personal data must have a lawful basis for doing so under data protection law and we are required to let you know the lawful basis on which we rely to process your personal data. We rely upon the following lawful bases:
3.2 Personal data may be legally collected and used if it is necessary for a legitimate interest of the organisation using the data, as long as its use is fair and does not adversely impact the rights of the individual concerned. When we use your personal information, we will always consider if it is fair and balanced to do so and if it is within your reasonable expectations. We will balance your rights and our legitimate interests to ensure that we use your personal information in ways that are not unduly intrusive or unfair. Our legitimate interests include:
4. Will we share your information with others?
4.1 We may share your information with selected third parties including:
4.2 We may disclose your personal information to third parties:
4.3 We may allow our staff, consultants and/or external providers (data processors) acting on our behalf to access and use your information for the purposes for which you have provided to us (e.g. to analyse data and to process payments). We only provide them with the information they need to deliver the relevant service, and ensure that we take steps to ensure that they process personal data in a secure manner.
5. How do we protect the security of personal data?
5.1 We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal information from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed.
5.2 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 via the internet. If you have any particular concerns about your information, please contact us.
6 The information we collect from you may be transferred to and processed and/or stored at a destination outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). If we send your personal data outside the EEA we will take reasonable steps to ensure that the recipient implements appropriate measures to protect your information.
7. How long do we keep your data for?
7.1 We will only retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
7.2 In some circumstances we may anonymise your personal information so that it can no longer be associated with you, in which case we may use such information without further notice to you. Once you no longer have a relationship with us, we will retain and securely destroy your personal information in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
7.3 If you request to receive no further contact from us, we will keep some basic information about you on our suppression list in order to avoid sending you unwanted materials in the future.
8. Your privacy rights
8.1 You have a number of rights under data protection legislation. These include:
Complaints If you are unhappy with the way in which we have handled your personal information please contact us at info@linearB.media
9. How will we let you know of changes to our privacy policy?
We may update this policy from time to time without notice to you, so please check it regularly. We will however aim to bring any significant changes to your attention. The privacy policy was last updated in 24 May 2018.
10. How to contact us?
10.1 Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to info[at]linearB.media
10.2 Contact Office: 15 West Central Street, London, WC1 1JJ
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