This policy covers
THE SMALLS’ use of personal information that is collected when you provide
THE SMALLS with personal information including but not limited to when you use the Website, when you register your details via our Website in relation to set up an account or make User Comments. Unless otherwise specified, the definitions as set out in
THE SMALLS terms and conditions as set out at
www.thesmalls.tv/legal-notice.go apply to this Privacy Policy.
1. DATA CONTROLLER For the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1988, the data controller is
THE SMALLS Limited, registration number 05968558 with registered address at 167 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2EA.
2. STORAGE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION When you supply any personal information to
THE SMALLS, we have legal obligations towards you in the way we use this data. We must collect the information fairly, that is, we must explain how we will use it, and tell you if we want to pass the information on to anyone else. When using your personal information,
THE SMALLS will act in accordance with current legislation and is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. We will ensure that all personal information supplied is held securely, in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.
The information that we may collect and process from you could be:
Information that you provide by filling in forms on our Website. This includes information provided at the time of registering to use our Website, subscribing to our Service, or posting material. We may also ask you for information when you enter a competition or a promotion, or when you report a problem with the Website.
- If you make User Comments.
- If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
- We may also ask you to complete surveys that we use for research purposes, although you do not have to respond to them.
- Details of your visits to the Website and the resources that you access.
3. USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
In general, any information you provide to THE SMALLS will only be used within THE SMALLS and our group companies for the purposes of providing the Services.
We will use information held about you in the following ways:
- to ensure that content from the Website 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 Service; and
- to pass your personal details to a Bona Fide Purchaser, when you have given us your consent to do so.
We may also use your email address to inform you of goods and services similar to those provided by THE SMALLS. If you do not want us to use your data in this way, please tick the relevant box on your registration form.
Otherwise, your information will only be disclosed where we are obliged or permitted by law.
If you post or send offensive, inappropriate or objectionable Content on our Website, or to THE SMALLS via any other means, THE SMALLS can use whatever information that is available to us about you to stop such behaviour. This may involve informing relevant third parties such as your employer, e-mail/Internet provider and law enforcement agencies about the Content and your behaviour. Your information will never be passed to any third parties for marketing or sales purposes without first contacting you to request and receive your explicit written consent.
We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as you use the Services, and remove it in the event that you request us to discontinue your registration.
4. IP ADDRESSES AND COOKIES
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 the Website 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 the Website according to your individual interests;
- to speed up your searches; and
- to recognise you when you return to the Website.
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. Please note that our advertisers may also use cookies, over which we have no control. For more information on cookies, please go to http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
5. MEMBER SUBMISSIONS
Any personal information or video Content which you voluntarily disclose online becomes publicly available and can be collected and used by others. Your account name is displayed to other Users when you upload videos or send messages through the Website and other Users can contact you through User Comments. Any videos that you submit to the Website may be redistributed through the internet and other media channels, and may be viewed by the general public.
6. ACCESS TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
You have the right to request a copy of the personal information which we hold about you and to have any inaccuracies corrected. We charge £10 for information requests. Please address requests to Data Protection Enquiries, THE SMALLS, 55 Neal Street, London WC2H 9PJ.