BACKGROUND:
Be Inspired Today understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used and shared online. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who use the SE Folk Platform. We do not collect personal data about you unless you have entered this information into your profile, or provided it with a post, message or discussion. Any personal data we do collect will only be used as permitted by law, and for the purpose of developing the SE Folk Community
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of Our Privacy Policy is deemed to occur upon your completion of the Membership Application.
If you do not accept and agree with this Privacy Policy, you must stop using your SE Folk Membership immediately, and cancel your subscription.
Definitions and Interpretation
In this Policy, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“personal data” means any and all data that relates to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified from that data. In this case, it means personal data that you give to us via this Platform.
“We/Us/Our” means Be Inspired Today Ltd.
Information About Us
Our SE Folk Platform is owned and operated by Be Inspired Today Ltd, a social enterprise company.
Our Data Protection Officer is Robert Whitwood. If you have any questions regarding this policy, please contact us via the SE Folk Administration Team.
What Does This Policy Cover?
This Privacy Policy applies only to your use of this Platform, and your membership to SE Folk community. Our Platform may contain links to other websites. Please note that we have no control over how your data is collected, stored, or used by other websites and we advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.
Your Rights
As a data subject, you have the following rights under the GDPR, which this Policy and our use of personal data have been designed to uphold:
The right to be informed about our collection and use of personal data;
The right of access to the personal data we hold about you;
The right to rectification if any personal data We hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete;
The right to be forgotten – i.e. the right to ask us to delete any personal data We hold about you on the cancellation of your Membership.
The right to restrict (i.e. prevent) the processing of your personal data;
The right to data portability (obtaining a copy of your personal data to re-use with another service or organisation);
The right to object to us using your personal data for particular purposes; and
Rights with respect to automated decision making and profiling.
If you have any cause for complaint about our use of your personal data, please contact us, and we will do our best to solve the problem for you. If we are unable to help, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK’s supervisory authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office.
What Data Do We Collect?
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information.
Cookies are files with small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service. If you wish so, you can easily disable cookies on your web browsing software by following the step-by-step guides located at www.allaboutcookies.org and at www.youronlinechoices.com.
By agreeing to accept our use of cookies, you are giving us, and the third parties we partner with, permission to place, store, and access some or all the cookies described below on your device.
Examples of Cookies we use:
Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
Security Cookies. We use Security Cookies for security purposes.
Necessary Cookies. These cookies are necessary for proper functioning of our Services, such as displaying content, logging in, validating your session, responding to your request for services, and other functions.
Functional Cookies. These cookies enable the Site to remember a user’s choices – such as their language, user name, and other personal choices – while using our Services. They can also be used to deliver services, such as letting a user make a blog post, listen to audio, or watch videos on the Site.
Efficiency Cookies. These cookies collect information about how you use Be Inspired Today Ltd. (e.g. which pages you visit, and if you experience any errors). This helps us to improve the way our Services work, understand the interests of our users, and measure the effectiveness of our advertising. Some of our efficiency cookies are managed for us by third parties, and these cookies do not collect information that could identify you.
Demographics and Interests Reporting Cookies. These cookies allow websites to link the actions of a user during a browser session. They may be used for a variety of purposes, such as remembering what a user has put in their shopping cart as they browse a website. Session cookies also permit users to be recognized as they navigate a website so that any item or page changes they make are remembered from page to page. Session cookies expire after a browser session; thus, they are not stored long term.
We may also collect and use the data contained in log files, which may include your IP address, your ISP, the browser you used to visit our platform, the time you visited our platform and which sections you visited.
When you access our platform via a mobile device, we may use your mobile device ID (i.e. the unique identifier assigned to a mobile device by the manufacturer) and/or Advertising ID (for Apple iOS) instead of cookies in order to recognize you and track displayed web pages, along with their performance. For the latest versions of Apple iOS, your device would request you one or more times for your express consent for advertising tracking.Your Personal Information – Any information that you enter into your profile or create by way of participating in a conversation or contributing to a conversation within the platform.
How Do We Use Your Data?
If we do collect any personal data, it will be processed and stored securely. We will comply with our obligations and safeguard your rights under GDPR at all times.
We will not share any of your data with any third parties for any purposes.
You have the right to limit access to your personal information via your profile security when your membership is active. It solely your responsibility to adjust any privacy settings on receiving access to your membership. If you do not adjust your privacy settings, other uses of the platform may contact you through the platform.
How And Where Do We Store Your Data?
Your data will only be stored in our database
Data security is very important to Us, and to protect your data We have taken suitable measures to safeguard and secure any data We hold about you.
How Can You Access Your Data?
You have the right to ask for a copy of any of your personal data held by Us (where such data is held) and we will provide any and all information in response to your request free of charge.
Changes To Our Privacy Policy
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time (for example, if the law changes). Any changes will be immediately posted on our website and Platform, and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Privacy Policy on your first use of the Platform following the alterations.