Privacy policy

BeatPoll (“BeatPoll”, “we” and “us”) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we protect and process your data collected on www.BeatPoll.com (the “Site”).

The Site may contain links to third party sites which are not subject to this privacy policy. We recommend that you read the privacy policy of any such sites that you visit.

Data protection compliance

We comply with the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.

For the purposes of the Data Protection Act, the Data Controller is BeatPoll, 36 Crown Rise, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD25 0NE.

We will always ask you how you would like us (or our partners) to communicate with you. Compliance with the Data Protection Act is regulated by the Information Commissioner. For more information, please visit http://www.dataprotection.gov.uk/.

Information we may collect

We may collect information about you (“Data”) including some which is personally identifiable through:

• the registration process on the Site and any subsequent update you provide
• you posting any material or completing any form on the Site (including the posting of a poll or comment)
• your requesting further services from BeatPoll

We also collect information automatically about your visit to our sites. Please see the Use of Cookies section below for more details.

Please ensure you update your Data if it changes or is inaccurate. We will only store your Data as long as is necessary. Data from closed accounts is retained in order to comply with legal obligations, prevent fraud, collect any fees owed, resolve disputes and troubleshoot problems but always done within a legal framework.

How we use personal data

We use Data held about you for purposes which may include:

• providing users with a personalised service
• processing orders, registrations and enquiries
• conducting surveys
• running competitions
• providing you with information about products and services we offer (provided you have agreed to receive such information)
• sharing your information with third party organisations who offer products or services which we feel may be of interest to you (provided you have agreed to receive such information)
• see Use of Cookies section below

If you wish to receive information about BeatPoll products or services or from other carefully selected organisations about products or services they offer, please indicate your preferences using the consent boxes when providing us with your information.

You may also exercise your right to opt out of the use of your information being supplied to a third party for marketing purposes at any time, by contacting us.

We may also disclose your Data to business partners and to third party suppliers we engage to provide services which involve processing data on our behalf, successors in title to our business or in accordance with a properly executed court order or otherwise required to do so by law.

Additionally, if you post or send offensive or objectionable content anywhere on or to the Site or otherwise engage in any disruptive behaviour on the Site, we reserve the right to use whatever information is available to us about you to stop such behaviour. This may involve informing relevant third parties about the content and your behaviour.

Use of cookies

We use cookies to help personalise your use of the Site. A cookie is a small piece of information which is sent to your computer's hard drive by the web server so that the website can remember who you are. This may include information relating to your use of the Site, information about your computer such as the computer's IP address and browser type, demographic data and, if you arrived at the Site via a link from third party site, the URL of the linking page. If you are a registered user or subscriber this may include your name and email address for verification purposes.

We use information from cookies for purposes which may include:

• identifying returning and registered users
• enabling you to move more easily around the Site
• tracking your use of the Site to better develop the Site in accordance with your requirements
• building up a demographic profile

You can delete cookies from your hard drive at any time however this will mean that any settings such as your stored username and password will have to be reset. You can set your internet browser so that it will not allow cookies to be stored on your computer. This may reduce functionality of the site, prevent access to certain areas of the site and mean that certain features or content will not be available to you.

Public areas

Certain functions on the Site such as the ability to submit a poll allow for the sharing of information. You should remember that any personal data you submit to such areas will be viewed by other third parties. As such, your personal data may be viewed, collected and used by third parties over whom we have no control. We are not responsible for either the information you submit or otherwise make available in such public areas or any use that may be made of such information by any third party.

Access to information

The Data Protection Act gives you the right to access information held about you. Any access request may be subject to a fee to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you.

Notification of changes

From time to time, we may make changes to the Privacy Policy. This may be in relation to changes in the law, best practice or changes in our services. Any such changes will be posted on this page.

How to contact BeatPoll:

By email:

info@beatpoll.com

By telephone:

01295 810 604

By mail:

BeatPoll, 36 Crown Rise, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD25 0NE.