Silk Road Media Ltd (we) are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
This policy (together with our terms of use and any other documents referred to on it) sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.
For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the Act), the data controller is Association of Creative Professionals Ltd of HMS President 1918, Victoria Embankment, London, EC4Y 0HJ.
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 as a member, posting or uploading content or material, or requesting services. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our site;
A record of any correspondence between us;
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 transactions you carry out through our site such as the registration or renewal of your membership with us and your bank account details where you disclose these to us for payment purposes;
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.
IP addresses
We may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration.
Cookies
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. For detailed information on the cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them see our Cookie policy.
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 may be engaged in, among other things, 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. Any payment transactions will be encrypted using SSL technology. 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.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, 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.
Uses made of the information
We or, where applicable, our Affiliates, 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 and to enforce or apply our Terms of Use, Terms and Conditions of Membership and other agreements;
To take payments from you of any fees payable to us and authorised by you;
To allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so;
In respect of aggregate data about our members, for research and advocacy services relating to the Creative Arts sector; and
To notify you about changes to our service.
We may also use your data, or permit our Affiliates, to use your data, to provide you with information about services which may be of interest to you.
If you are an existing member, we will only contact you by electronic means (e-mail or SMS) with information about services similar to those which were the subject of a previous sale to you.
If you are a new member, and where we permit our Affiliates to use your data, we (or they) will contact you by electronic means only if you have consented to this.
If you do not want us to use your data or to pass it on to our Affiliates for marketing purposes, please tick the relevant boxes situated on the page on which we collect your data (the registration or renewal page) or e-mail us at info@eurasiancreativeguild.uk.
Disclosure of your information
We may disclose your personal information to any member of our group from time to time, which means our subsidiaries, any ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries, as defined in section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006. We may disclose your personal information to any of our Affiliates including, without limitation, where necessary for the provision of any membership benefits, for the provision of information about services which may be of interest to you, and for research and advocacy services relating to the Arts and Creative sector.
We may disclose your personal information to third parties:
In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets;
If we or substantially all of our assets are acquired by a third party, in which case your personal data will be one of the transferred assets;
If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation; or in order to enforce or apply our Terms of Use, Terms and Conditions of Membership and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Association of Creative Professionals Ltd, our customers, or others. This includes, without limitation, exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
Information available to other Members
When you register as a member, you can create a personal profile on our site. The following information will always be available on your profile to other members: your name, your main creative activity or activities and any profile picture or other material posted or uploaded to our site. We will not disclose your contact information to other members and all member contact shall be through our site, unless otherwise initiated between you directly.
Your rights
You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will usually inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by checking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data or following instructions in electronic communications. You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting us at info@eurasiancreativeguild.uk.
Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our Affiliates. 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.
Changes to our privacy policy
Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail.
Contact
Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to info@eurasiancreativeguild.uk.