Shoreditch Map Online Privacy Policy

We take the privacy rights of users of www.shoreditchmap.co.uk (the “Site”) very seriously and seek to ensure the highest standards of compliance with UK Data Protection Laws and Regulations.

This Privacy Policy is incorporated in and subject to the Site Terms of Use. This Privacy Policy explains to You how We may use Your Data. You expressly consent to the use of Your Data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

1.    Your Data
In this Privacy Policy “Your Data” means any information about You which is personally identifiable, including, without limitation, Your name, address, telephone number, email address, financial details, Member Name, Password, comments, profiles, personal descriptions, photos/videos/QTVR and other information from which You can be identified and which You may disclose to Us or otherwise via the Site at any time.

2.    ST Commercial Limited

2.1    This Site is operated by ST Commercial Limited, a company incorporated in England with company number 05416572 and with registered office address of 27 Provost Street, Shoreditch, London N1 7NH.  ST Commercial Limited is registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office as a data controller with number Z9262332.  If you have any questions in relation to this Privacy Policy you can either write to our Data Protection Officer at the address above or you can email Us at privacypolicy@shoreditchmap.co.uk .

3.    When do We collect Your Data?

3.1    If You register as a Member, We collect Data when You:

(a)    register as a Member;

(b)    update Your Member Profile or Settings;

(c)    post an entry on the Site; and

(d)    if You send any other communication to Us.

3.2    In addition, if You use the Site whether or not You are a Member, We collect Your Data from You:

(a)    when You make a complaint or enquiry or provide other feedback to Us;

(b)    when You submit an entry to a competition or prize draw;

(c)    when You request to be sent Our Newsletter;

(d)    in monitoring Your use of or Your communications sent via the Site to ensure and check compliance with the Terms of Use or otherwise as required by law; and

(e)    when You disclose Your Data to Us or otherwise through the Site at any other point.

4.    How do We use Your Data:

4.1    We use Your Data to:

(a)    monitor, develop and improve the Site, Services and Your user experience;

(b)    process Your registration as a Member and to process and administer Your Membership and any subscriptions (where appropriate);

(c)    process and deal with any complaints or enquiries made by or about You;

(d)    investigate any suspected breach of the Conditions of Use or Membership Terms and Conditions (as relevant) made by or otherwise relating to You and to monitor compliance including by way of checking postings to the Site, retaining forum or chat room exchanges and using keyword triggers to investigate usage that may be inappropriate;

(e)    where (and only where) requested by You, to send You and keep You updated with information by email about existing and new services and special offers from Us;

(f)    where (and only where) requested by You, to send You information by e-mail about related products or services of selected third parties that may be of interest to You;

(g)    where you are a prize winner, to publish or otherwise make available a list of prize winners; and

(h)    otherwise as may be permitted or required by applicable law, including without limitation the Data Protection Act 1998.

4.2    If, having previously requested to receive information described at clauses 4.1(e) and (f) above, you wish to opt-out of receiving any such information, You can:

(a)    amend Your preferences accordingly in Your Profile or Settings;

(b)    use the facility contained in any such communication; or

(c)    email us at privacypolicy@shoreditchmap.co.uk stating Your Username you are registered with and who You do not wish to receive further communications from.

5.    Will we pass on Your Data to third parties?

5.1    We may pass Your Data to other parties as follows:

(a)    Where relevant, contact details and information you voluntarily provide in Your Business profile will be published on the site and this will be the identity by which You are known on the Site. Where other Members wish to contact You, they will be able to identify You by Your Business Profile and any other information You may yourself disclose via the Site.

(b)    To Our employees and agents to administer Your Membership and the services provided to You by Us now or in the future.

(c)    We may disclose Your Data to the police, regulatory bodies or legal advisers in connection with any alleged criminal offence or suspected breach of the Terms of Use or otherwise where required by law.

5.2    We do not pass or sell Your Data to third persons for any other purpose than those set out in clause 5.1 above. Any marketing under clauses 4.1(e) or (f) above is conducted by Us on behalf of third parties and they do not have any access to Your Data (other than as may be contained in Your Business profile, if applicable) unless You yourself choose to contact them.

5.3    Always think carefully before disclosing Your Data or other information to other Members or otherwise posting Your Data on the Site, including as part of Your Business Profile. It is important that You are aware that any of Your Data or other information which You disclose to another Member may then be disclosed on the Site by that Member. As stated in the Terms of Use, We have no responsibility or control over the contents of communications made between Members.

5.4    Some general statistical information about the Site User base, sales patterns, traffic volumes and related matters may be passed on to reputable third parties but these details will not include information personally identifying You.

6.    Data Security

6.1    We endeavour to take all reasonable steps to protect Your Data. All the Data collected by Us is stored on a secure server. The secure server software encrypts all information You input before it is sent to Us.

7.    Cookies

7.1    Cookies are small pieces of information stored by Your browser on Your computer’s hard drive. We use cookies to allow Us to understand who has seen which pages and advertisements, to determine how frequently particular pages are visited, to determine the most popular areas of the Site and generally in order to monitor usage of the Site. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, though You do not have to. We do not control the use of cookies by third parties. If You wish to disable cookies then You can do so by readjusting Your browser settings although please note that by disabling cookies You may not be able to register with or use all features of the Site.

7.2    For more information on cookies and how to disable them, You can consult the information provided by the Interactive Advertising Bureau at www.allaboutcookies.org.

8.    Access to and Updating Your Data

8.1    Where You are a Member, You may access and update Your Data contained in Your Member Account by logging in with the Username & password that has been supplied to you. You must make sure that You update Your Data as soon as possible with any and all relevant changes.

8.2    Whether You are a member or not You have the right to receive copies of all of Your Data that we hold.  If you wish to exercise that right, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this Privacy Policy.  Please note that We are entitled to charge an administration fee to deal with Your request.

8.3    You may withdraw Your consent for us to process Your data at any time by notifying us in writing, but if you withdraw Your consent to certain types of processing described above we may be unable to maintain your membership of the Site.

9.    Other links

9.1    The Site may contain links to websites and microsites that are operated by third parties.  We do not control those websites and microsites and We do not have any control over the use to which third parties may put Your Data where You choose to purchase products or services or otherwise to contact them via this Site.  This Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use do not apply to those websites and microsites.  Please consult the terms and conditions and Privacy Policy of those third party websites and microsites to find out how they collect and use Your personal data and to establish whether and for what purpose they use cookies.

9.2    Advertisements contained on our Site operate as links to that advertiser’s Business Profile page or websites and as such any information they collect by virtue of Your clicking on that link will be collected and used in accordance with the Privacy Policy of that advertiser.

10.    Transfer Outside the EEA

10.1    This Site is accessible via the internet and therefore may potentially be accessed by anyone around the world. Other Members may also be or access the Site from outside the European Economic Area. This means that, where You post Your Data on the public elements of the Site (such as the Your Business profile), this could be accessed from anywhere around the world and therefore a transfer of Your Data outside of the European Economic Area may be deemed to have occurred. You consent to such transfer of Your Data for and by way of this purpose.

11.    Changes To Our Privacy Policy

11.1    We reserve the right to make changes to the Privacy Policy from time to time.  Any such changes to our Privacy Policy will be posted to the Site and, where appropriate, through e-mail notification.