INTRODUCTION

PRIVACY NOTICE 

 

This website is owned and managed by Uptown Style (“Uptownstyleblog”). The term “our services” refers to our online services and any other products and services as offered from time to time.

Data privacy is very important to Uptown Style, we want to be open and transparent about our processing of your personal data.

 This is why we have a Privacy Policy (“the Policy”) that establishes how your personal data will be processed and protected.

 By visiting Uptown-Style.com (“the Site”) or accessing and using our services, you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in the Policy and our Cookie Policy.

 You are, of course, free to use the majority of the Site without providing any information to us.

TYPES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

The personal information we collect may include the following:

• name;
• email address;
• social media information;
• telephone number and other contact details;
• age;
• date of birth;
• information about your business or personal circumstances;
• information in connection with client surveys, questionnaires and promotions;
• your device identity and type, I.P. address, geo-location information, page view statistics, advertising data and standard web log information;
• information about third parties; and
• any other information provided by you to us via our website or our online presence, or otherwise required by us or provided by you.

 

HOW WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may collect personal information either directly from you, or from third parties, including where you:

• contact us through our website;
• submit any of our online sign up forms;
• communicate with us via email, telephone, SMS, social applications (such as LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter) or otherwise;
• interact with our website, social applications, services, content and advertising; and
• invest in our business or enquire as to a potential purchase in our business.

We may also collect personal information from you when you use or access our website or our social media pages. This may be done through use of web analytics tools, ‘cookies’ or other similar tracking technologies that allow us to track and analyse your website usage. Cookies are small files that store information on your computer, mobile phone or other device and enable and allow the creator of the cookie to identify when you visit different websites. If you do not wish information to be stored as a cookie, you can disable cookies in your web browser.

 

USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We collect and use personal information for the following purposes:

• to provide services or information to you;
• for record keeping and administrative purposes;
• to provide information about you to our contractors, employees, consultants, agents or other third parties for the purpose of providing goods or services to you;
• to improve and optimise our service offering and customer experience;
• to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes or enforce our agreements with third parties;
• to send you marketing and promotional messages and other information that may be of interest to you and for the purpose of direct marketing. In this regard, we may use email, SMS, social media or mail to send you direct marketing communications. You can opt out of receiving marketing materials from us by using the opt-out facility provided (e.g. an unsubscribe link);
• to send you administrative messages, reminders, notices, updates, security alerts, and other information requested by you; and
• to consider an application of employment from you.

We may disclose your personal information to cloud-providers, contractors and other third parties that we use for customer support enquiries, processing transactions or customer freight shipping located inside or outside of the United Kingdom. If we do so, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that any overseas recipient deals with such personal information in a manner consistent with how we deal with it.

COMPETITIONS

We will process your data when you enter our competitions. Your personal data will be used for Uptown Style Media to contact you regarding the competition, to identify contestants, to contact winners and to follow up on prize deliveries. The processing of your personal data is based on the consent you provide when you choose to enter a competition. Data that is forwarded to third parties, is only used to provide you with relevant marketing.

HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR DATA FOR?

We will keep your data for as long as you are an active member. If you do not interact with the Uptown Style Media bi-weekly digital newsletter for a period of three months, we will stop sending emails to you. If you receive any other publishing from us and do not interact with the material for a period of six months, these will no longer be sent to you. All data held by Uptown Style will be anonymised after it has been inactive for a period of twelve months. This means it can no longer be associated with you. Anonymised data is kept indefinitely for research or statistical purposes. We will keep your personal data if there are any legal requirements or if there is an open dispute. You can re-subscribe to Uptown Style at any time, subject to our Terms and Conditions.

SECURITY

We take reasonable steps to ensure your personal information is secure and protected from misuse or unauthorised access. Our information technology systems are password protected, and we use a range of administrative and technical measure to protect these systems. However, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information.

 

LINKS

Our website may contain links to other websites. Those links are provided for convenience and may not remain current or be maintained. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those linked websites and we suggest you review the privacy policies of those websites before using them.

 

REQUESTING ACCESS OR CORRECTING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

If you wish to request access to the personal information we hold about you, please contact us using the contact details set out below including your name and contact details. We may need to verify your identity before providing you with your personal information. In some cases, we may be unable to provide you with access to all your personal information and where this occurs, we will explain why. We will deal with all requests for access to personal information within a reasonable timeframe.

If you think that any personal information we hold about you is inaccurate, please contact us using the contact details set out below and we will take reasonable steps to ensure that it is corrected.

COMPLAINTS

If you wish to complain about how we handle your personal information held by us, please contact us using the details set out below including your name and contact details. We will investigate your complaint promptly and respond to you within a reasonable timeframe. Media@uptown-style.com

CONTACT US

For further information about our privacy policy or practices, or to access or correct your personal information, or make a complaint, please contact us using the details set out below:

Name: ———: Privacy Policy
Address: ————– 
Email: media@uptown-style.com

Our privacy policy was last updated on 1st October 2022