Privacy & Cookie Policy

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All or partial advertising on this Website or App is managed by Playwire LLC. If Playwire publisher advertising services are used, Playwire LLC may collect and use certain aggregated and anonymized data for advertising purposes. To learn more about the types of data collected, how data is used and your choices as a user, please visit https://www.playwire.com/privacy-policy.

For EU Users only: If you are located in countries that are part of the European Economic Area, in the United Kingdom or Switzerland, and publisher advertising services are being provided by Playwire LLC, you were presented with messaging from our Consent Management Platform (CMP) around your privacy choices as a user in regards to digital advertising, applicable vendors, cookie usage and more. If you’d like to revisit the choices you have made previously on this Website or App, please click here.

Definitions and interpretation

In this privacy policy, the following definitions are used:

In this privacy policy, unless the context requires a different interpretation:

• the singular includes the plural and vice versa;
• references to sub-clauses, clauses, schedules or appendices are to sub-clauses, clauses, schedules or appendices of this privacy policy;
• a reference to a person includes firms, companies, government entities, trusts and partnerships;
• “including” is understood to mean “including without limitation”;
• reference to any statutory provision includes any modification or amendment of it;
• the headings and sub-headings do not form part of this privacy policy.

Scope of this privacy policy
This privacy policy applies only to the actions of Ginx TV Limited and Users with respect to this Website. It does not extend to any websites that can be accessed from this Website including, but not limited to, any links we may provide to social media websites.

Data collected
Like most websites this site uses Google Analytics (GA) to track user interaction.  Although GA records data such as your geographical location, device, internet browser and operating system, non of this information personally identifies you to us. GA also records your computer’s IP address which could be used to personally identify you but Google do not grant us to this. We consider Google to be a third party processor.
We may collect the following Data, which includes personal Data, from you:

• Name
• Date of Birth;
• Gender;
• Contact Information such as email addresses and telephone numbers;
• Demographic information such as post code, preferences and interests;
• Financial information such as credit / debit card numbers;
• IP address (automatically collected);
• Web browser type and version (automatically collected);
• Operating system (automatically collected);
• A list of URLs starting with a referring site, your activity on this Website, and the site you exit to (automatically collected);

Should you choose to add a comment to any post that we have published on our website, the name and email address you enter with your comment will be saved to this website’s database, along with the computer’s IP address and the time and date that you submitted the comment. Only your name will be shown on the public-facing website.

Should you choose to contact us using the contact form on our Contact us page, or an email link like this one, non of the data you supply will be stored by this website or passed to/be processed by any of the third party data processors defined in this policy. Instead the data will be collated into an email and sent to us over SMTP. Our own SMTP servers are protected by TLS (also known as SSL) meaning that the email content is encrypted. However, not all email servers are secured in such a way. Therefore, we would suggest that you always consider email as an insecure medium and not include personal, confidential or otherwise sensitive information within an email.

If you choose to join our email newsletter, the email address that you submit will be forwarded to MailChimp who provide us email marketing services. We consider MailChimp to be a third party data processor. The email address will not be stored withing this website’s own database or in any of our computer systems.

Your email address will remain within MailChimp’s database for as long as we continue to use MailChimp’ services for email marketing or until you specifically request removal from the list. You can do this by unsubscribing using the unsubscribe links contained in any email newsletters that we send you or by requesting removal by email at [email protected]. When requesting removal via email, please use the email account that is subscribed to the mailing list.

in each case, in accordance with this privacy policy.

Our use of Data
For purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998, Ginx TV Limited is the “data controller”.

We will retain any Data you submit for 12 months.

Unless we are obliged or permitted by law to do so, and subject to any third party disclosures specifically set out in this policy, your Data will not be disclosed to third parties. This does not include our affiliates and / or other companies within our group.

All personal Data is stored securely in accordance with the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998. For more details on security see the clause below (Security).

Any or all of the above Data may be required by us from time to time in order to provide you with the best possible service and experience when using our Website. Specifically, Data may be used by us for the following reasons:

• internal record keeping;
• improvement of our products / services;
• transmission by email of promotional materials that may be of interest to you;

If you are under 16 years of age, you MUST obtain parental consent before joining our email newsletter.

Contact for market research purposes which may be done using email, telephone, fax or mail. Such information may be used to customise or update the Website;

identify you as a contributor to the comment section of the respective website post. Your comment and its associated personal data will remain on this site until we see fit to either 1/remove the comment 2/ remove the post. Should you wish to have the comment and it’s associated personal data deleted, please email us at [email protected] using the email address you commented with.

If you are under 16 years of age you MUST obtain parental consent before posting a comment on our blog.

Note: you should avoid entering personally identifiable information to the actual comment field of any post that you submit on this website in each case, in accordance with this privacy policy.

Data storage
If you submit a comment to a post or register on the website, some personal information will be stored withing this website’s database. This data is currently stored in an identifiable fashion; a limitation of the content management system that this website is build on (wordpress). We aim to change the storage of this data to a pseudonymous fashion meaning that the data would require additional processing using a separately stored “Key” before it could be used to identify an individual. Pseudonymisation is a recent requirement of GDPR which many web application developers are currently working to fully implement. We are committed to keeping it as a high priority and will implement it on this website as soon as we are able to.

Third party websites and services
Ginx TV Limited may, from time to time, employ the services of other parties for dealing with certain processes necessary for the operation of the Website. The providers of such services have access to certain personal Data provided by Users of this Website.

Any Data used by such parties is used only to the extent required by them to perform the services that we request. Any use for other purposes is strictly prohibited. Furthermore, any Data that is processed by third parties will be processed within the terms of this privacy policy and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

Links to other websites
This Website may, from time to time, provide links to other websites. We have no control over such websites and are not responsible for the content of these websites. This privacy policy does not extend to your use of such websites. You are advised to read the privacy policy or statement of other websites prior to using them.

Changes of business ownership and control
Ginx TV Limited may, from time to time, expand or reduce our business and this may involve the sale and/or the transfer of control of all or part of Ginx TV Limited. Data provided by Users will, where it is relevant to any part of our business so transferred, be transferred along with that part and the new owner or newly controlling party will, under the terms of this privacy policy, be permitted to use the Data for the purposes for which it was originally supplied to us.

We may also disclose Data to a prospective purchaser of our business or any part of it.

In the above instances, we will take steps with the aim of ensuring your privacy is protected.

Controlling use of your Data
Wherever you are required to submit Data, you will be given options to restrict our use of that Data. This may include the following:

• use of Data for direct marketing purposes;
• sharing Data with third parties.

Functionality of the Website
To use all features and functions available on the Website, you may be required to submit certain Data.

You may restrict your internet browser’s use of Cookies. For more information see the clause below (Cookies).

Accessing your own Data
You have the right to ask for a copy of any of your personal Data held by Ginx TV Limited (where such Data is held) free of charge, in an electronic format. To do so, please contact GINX TV limited by email at [email protected].

You have the right to have your personal data erased, further dissemination of the data ceased and third parties halt processing your data. You will be given options to restrict our use of that Data on your account on your Account page and/or wherever you are required to submit Data. You can also contact us by email at [email protected].

Security
Data security is of great importance to Ginx TV Limited and to protect your Data we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure Data collected via this Website.
If password access is required for certain parts of the Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential.

We endeavour to do our best to protect your personal Data. However, transmission of information over the internet is not entirely secure and is done at your own risk. We cannot ensure the security of your Data transmitted to the Website.

Cookies
This Website may place and access certain Cookies on your computer. Ginx TV Limited uses Cookies to improve your experience of using the Website and to improve our range of products and services. Ginx TV Limited has carefully chosen these Cookies and has taken steps to ensure that your privacy is protected and respected at all times.

All Cookies used by this Website are used in accordance with current UK and EU Cookie Law.

Before the Website places Cookies on your computer, you will be presented with a message bar requesting your consent to set those Cookies. By giving your consent to the placing of Cookies, you are enabling Ginx TV Limited to provide a better experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of Cookies; however certain features of the Website may not function fully or as intended.

This Website may place the following Cookies:

• Analytical/performance Cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
• Functionality Cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
• Targeting Cookies. These Cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.

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.

You can choose to delete Cookies at any time; however, you may lose any information that enables you to access the Website more quickly and efficiently including, but not limited to, personalisation settings.

It is recommended that you ensure that your internet browser is up-to-date and that you consult the help and guidance provided by the developer of your internet browser if you are unsure about adjusting your privacy settings.

General
You may not transfer any of your rights under this privacy policy to any other person. We may transfer our rights under this privacy policy where we reasonably believe your rights will not be affected.

If any court or competent authority finds that any provision of this privacy policy (or part of any provision) is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that provision or part-provision will, to the extent required, be deemed to be deleted, and the validity and enforceability of the other provisions of this privacy policy will not be affected.

Unless otherwise agreed, no delay, act or omission by a party in exercising any right or remedy will be deemed a waiver of that, or any other, right or remedy.

This Agreement will be governed by and interpreted according to the law of England and Wales. All disputes arising under the Agreement will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English and Welsh courts.

Data Breaches
We will report any unlawful data breach of this website’s database or the database(s) of any of our third party data processors to any and all relevant persons and authorities within 72 hours of the breach if it is apparent that personal data stored in an identifiable manner has been stolen.

Data controller
The data controller of this website is: Ginx TV Limited, a UK Private limited company with company number 07106615 whose registered office is: Unit 8 Acorn Production Centre, R/O 105 Blundell Street, London, England, N7 9BN.

Changes to this privacy policy
Ginx TV Limited reserves the right to change this privacy policy as we may deem necessary from time to time or as may be required by law. Any changes will be immediately posted on the Website and you are deemed to have accepted the terms of the privacy policy on your first use of the Website following the alterations. You may contact Ginx TV Limited by email at [email protected].

Last updated 16 May 2018.