Privacy Policy
Any information you provide about yourself, referred to as “personal information”, will only be used by Margate Soul Festival in accordance with this privacy policy.
This privacy policy outlines how we collect and use personal information, and explains your rights regarding the personal information you provide to us. This privacy policy does not apply to websites or text services operated by third parties.
1. Collection of Information
We collect personal information from you through your interaction with our websites or other media. This may occur when you participate in, or sign up to, any of Margate Soul Festival’s services, such as competitions, apps or subscription services.
The information we collect will vary depending on the service you request, but could include your name, address, phone number, email address, username, password, age, gender, date of birth, comments and competition answers. We may also ask for additional information depending on the nature of the service provided. Unless stated, the data fields we request must be completed.
We will not normally collect any sensitive personal information from you. If we do, we will request your express consent before doing so.
If you use any of our apps, we may collect location information when you first use the app and grant permission for location access. This data may be used to offer relevant services. If you do not allow location access, some location-based services may not be available.
If you access our services from a device such as a mobile phone running an application, we may uniquely identify each instance of the application. This does not allow us to personally identify you from this information.
Cookies
We also collect certain information through the use of cookies and similar automated means.
Cookies are small pieces of information stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. For more information about cookies and how they are used, please read our cookie policy.
2. Use of Information
We will use your personal information for a number of purposes. These may include providing, administering and communicating with you about our services and promotions, such as enabling you to log in to your account, enter competitions, or receive updates about services you have requested.
We may also use your personal information to analyse and improve the services we offer.
We may send you marketing communications about content, products, events and promotions from Margate Soul Festival that we think may interest you. If you are a registered user, these communications may be personalised based on your browsing preferences.
We may send you marketing communications about products, events and promotions from third parties only if you have specifically opted in to receive those communications when your personal information was collected.
We may also use your personal information in other ways, but will ensure that we notify you where required.
3. Sharing Information
We will not sell, trade, rent or otherwise pass on your personal information to others, including personal information collected through cookies, except as described in this privacy policy or with your prior consent.
We may share personal information with service providers who perform functions and services on our behalf. These third parties will only be provided with the personal information needed to perform those services and are not authorised to use it for any other purpose.
Only where you have agreed to receive marketing communications from third parties will we pass on your personal information for that purpose.
We may disclose your personal information when you enter a competition or when you provide material we wish to publish. We will only do so with your prior consent.
We may carry out research or analysis using personal information via our sites. Any pooled responses to questions may also be shared with partner organisations.
We may disclose personal information about you to comply with applicable laws, or when requested to do so by law enforcement agencies or government bodies.
We reserve the right to transfer personal information we hold about you if we sell or transfer all or part of our business or assets. If such a sale or transfer occurs, we will use reasonable efforts to ensure the transferee uses the personal information you have provided in a way that is consistent with this privacy policy. After such a sale or transfer, you may contact the entity to which we transferred your personal information with any questions about the processing of that information.
We may share anonymous aggregate statistics about our users, sales and traffic patterns with advertisers and other third parties. It will not be possible to identify you from this information. For example, we may report to potential advertisers that a certain percentage of our users are interested in their products based on information requests. Some of this information may be collected using cookies, as described above and in our cookie policy.
4. Transferring Data
We may transfer the personal information we collect about you to countries other than the country in which the information was originally collected. Those countries may not have the same data protection laws as the country in which you initially provided the information.
When we transfer your personal information to other countries, we will protect it as described in this privacy policy.
Our servers are situated in the UK. When you submit your details, regardless of the country you are in, you agree to your data being transferred to the UK and processed under the terms of applicable data protection legislation. If you do not agree, please do not submit your personal details through the website.
5. Your Rights
You have certain rights in relation to the personal information we process about you.
You have the right to request that we stop sending marketing communications to you, whether by email or otherwise. You can do this by checking the relevant boxes when we collect your personal information, by clicking the unsubscribe link in marketing emails you receive from us, or by contacting us at info@margatesoulweekend.co.uk with “PRIVACY” in the subject line.
If you registered for the ezine or any other subscription service, the email messages you receive from us will, where appropriate, explain how to unsubscribe or change your details.
You may request access to the personal information we hold about you. To submit a request, please contact us at info@margatesoulweekend.co.uk with “Personal Information Request” in the subject line.
6. Leaving Our Website and Moving to Third Party Websites
When you click on advertisements or links on any of our sites, you may leave our site and go to a third-party site that is outside our control.
When we place an advertisement on one of our sites, it does not mean we endorse that advertiser’s product or service.
We do not accept responsibility for third-party content, and we have no control over third-party websites, services or privacy practices. This privacy policy does not apply to those companies, sites or content.
If third-party sites collect personal data, we cannot control how that data is processed, stored or used. We recommend that you read their data collection statements and privacy policies before submitting your personal information.
7. Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to update this privacy policy from time to time to comply with relevant legislation or for other operational reasons.
All changes will be posted on this page. Where changes are significant, we may also choose to email registered users with the updated privacy policy.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions or comments about this privacy policy, please contact us at info@margatesoulweekend.co.uk with “PRIVACY” in the subject line.