Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

1.1     We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; in this policy we explain how we will treat your personal information.

1.2     This policy applies where we are acting as a data controller with respect to the personal data of our service users; in other words, where we determine the purposes and means of the processing of that personal data.

2. How We Use Your Personal Data

2.1     In this Section 2 we have set out:

(a)     the general categories of personal data that we may process;

(b)     the purposes for which we may process personal data; and

(c)      the legal bases of the processing.

2.2     We may process your information included in your personal profile on our website (“profile data“). The profile data may include your name, profile pictures, interests and hobbies, educational details and employment details. The legal basis for this processing is consent.

2.3     We may process information contained in or relating to any communication that you send to us (“correspondence data“). The correspondence data may include the communication content and metadata associated with the communication. The correspondence data may be processed for the purposes of communicating with you and record-keeping. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper administration of our website and business and communications with users.

2.4     In addition to the specific purposes for which we may process your personal data set out in this Section 2, we may also process any of your personal data where such processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.

3. Using Personal Information

3.1     Personal information submitted to us through our website will be used for the purposes specified in this policy or on the relevant pages of the website.

3.2     We may use your personal information to:
(a) administer our website and business;
(b) personalise our website for you;
(c) enable your use of the services available on our website;
(d) send statements, invoices and payment reminders to you, and collect payments from you;
(e) send you non-marketing commercial communications;
(f) send you email notifications that you have specifically requested;
(g) send you marketing communications relating to our business (you can inform us at any time if you no longer require marketing communications);
(h) keep our website secure and prevent fraud; and
(i) verify compliance with the terms and conditions governing the use of our website.

3.3     If you submit personal information for publication on our website, we will publish and otherwise use that information in accordance with the licence you grant to us.

3.4     We will not supply your personal information to any third party for the purpose of their or any other third party’s direct marketing.

4. Disclosing Personal Information

4.1       We may disclose your personal information to any of our employees, officers, insurers, professional advisers, agents, suppliers or subcontractors insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this policy.

4.2       We may disclose your personal information:
(a) to the extent that we are required to do so by law;
(b) in connection with any ongoing or prospective legal proceedings;
(c) in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk); and
(d) to any person who we reasonably believe may apply to a court or other competent authority for disclosure of that personal information where, in our reasonable opinion, such court or authority would be reasonably likely to order disclosure of that personal information.

4.3       Except as provided in this policy, we will not provide your personal information to third parties.

5. International Transfers of Your Personal Data

5.1       Information that we collect may be stored and processed in and transferred between any of the countries in which we operate in order to enable us to use the information in accordance with this policy.

5.2       Information that we collect may be transferred to the following countries which do not have data protection laws equivalent to those in force in the European Economic Area: the United States of America, Russia, Japan, China and India.

5.3       Personal information that you submit to Hyper Media Limited for publication on our website may be available, via the internet, around the world. We cannot prevent the use or misuse of such information by others.

5.4       You expressly agree to the transfers of personal information described in this Section 5.

5.5       You acknowledge that personal data that you submit for publication through our website or services may be available, via the internet, around the world. We cannot prevent the use or misuse of such personal data by others.

6.Retaining and Deleting Personal Data

6.1       This Section 6 sets out our data retention policies and procedure, which are designed to help ensure that we comply with our legal obligations in relation to the retention and deletion of personal data.

6.2       Personal data that we process for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.

6.3       Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 6, we may retain your personal data where such retention is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.

7. Amendments

7.1     We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website.

7.2     You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes to this policy.

7.3     We may notify you of changes to this policy by email. 

8. Your Rights

8.1       You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you; provision of such information will be subject to:
(a) the supply of appropriate evidence of your identity.

8.2       We may withhold personal information that you request to the extent permitted by law.

8.3       You may instruct us at any time not to process your personal information for marketing purposes.

8.4       In practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal information for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt out of the use of your personal information for marketing purposes.

9. Third Party Websites

9.1       Our website includes hyperlinks to, and details of, third party websites.

9.2       We have no control over, and are not responsible for, the privacy policies and practices of third parties.

10. Updating information

10.1     Please let us know if the personal information that we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated. 

11. Cookies

11.1     Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website.

11.2     A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.

11.3     Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

11.4     Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.

11.5     You can delete cookies already stored on your computer.

11.6     Deleting cookies will have a negative impact on the usability of many websites.

11.7    We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/. 

12. Our Details

12.1    This website is owned and operated by Hyper Media Limited. The website is designed and maintained by Ridgway Wilkes Graphic Design at: https://www.ridgwaywilkes.co.uk/

12.2    We are registered in England and Wales under registration number 10721900, and our registered office is at 31, Dashwood Avenue, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP12 3DZ England.

12.3    Our principal place of business is at Kemp House, 152, City Road, London EC1V 2NX England.

12.4    You can contact us:
(a) by post, using the postal address given above;
(b) using our website contact form;
(c) by telephone, on the contact number published on our website; or
(d) by email, using the email address published on our website.