Privacy Policy
KM Creative (‘we’) are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
This policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you may provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to ensure you understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.
For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 as amended (‘the Act’), the data controller is KM Creative, App 4, 2 Walmer Road, Birkdale Southport. PR8 4SX
Our nominated representative for the purpose of the Act is Kirk Mackey
Information we may collect from you
We may collect and process the following data about you:
Information that you provide by filling in forms on / (‘our site’). This includes information provided at the time of registering to use our site, subscribing to our services, posting material and/or requesting further services. This may include but is not limited to your name and job title, contact information including e-mail address, gender, occupation and company details and interests in order to provide you with details of our products and services.
If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
Details of your visits to our site including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data, whether this is required for our own billing purposes or otherwise and the resources that you access. Information relevant to any recruitment process, IP addresses and cookies. This is usually done via Google analytics
We may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers. This is statistical data about our users’ browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.
For the same reason, we may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. They help us to improve our site and to deliver a better and more personalised service.
They enable us:
To estimate our audience size and usage pattern.
To store information about your preferences, and so allow us to customise our site according to your individual interests.
To speed up your searches.
To recognise you when you return to our site.
You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to our site.
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. Such staff maybe engaged in, among other things, the fulfilment of your order, the processing of your payment details and the provision of support services. 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.
All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.
Our Server providers are Smart Hosting (Krystal Hosting)
Even though the site uses SSL we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
We use information held about you in the following ways:
To ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.
To provide you with information, products or services that you request from us or which we feel may interest you, where you have consented to be contacted for such purposes.
To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us.
To allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so.
To notify you about changes to our services.
Internal record keeping.
Invoicing purposes.
Commuication relating to services provided.
To help amend/change any existing work carried out.
Direct marketing
If you are an existing customer, we may contact you by telephone or electronic means (e-mail or SMS) with information about services similar to those which were the subject of a previous sale to you.
Information will never be passed on to third parties
If you do not want us to use your data in this way, contact KM Creative at App4. 2 Walmer Road Birkdale, Southport. PR8 4SX
External links
Our site may, from time to time, contain links to websites and social media sites. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites 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
The Act gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Act
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Changes to our privacy policy
We may revise this privacy policy at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we make, as they are legally binding on you. Some of the provisions contained in this privacy policy may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on our site.
How long we retain your personal information
We retain personal data for as long as is necessary to achieve the purpose listed above and for any other permissible related purpose. For example, we retain most records until the time limit for claims arising from the activities has expired or otherwise to comply with statutory or regulatory requirements regarding the retention of such records.
Security
All IT equipment inlcuding laptops and private network are password protected are in a secure locked environment. Password managers are used for various sites which uses 256-bit AES encryption.
Changes to our privacy statement
We keep this privacy statement under regular review and will place any updates on our website. Paper copies of the privacy statement may also be obtained by writing to us at Kirk Mackey App4. 2 Walmer Road Birkdale, Southport. PR8 4SX.
This privacy statement was last updated on 23 May 2018.
Contact
Please send your questions, comments and requests in writing to Kirk Mackey App4. 2 Walmer Road Birkdale, Southport. PR8 4SX
