Hewes Productions understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used. We respect the privacy of all our customers, and of everyone who visits this website, www.HewesProductions.co.uk and will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described here, and in a way that is consistent with our obligations and your rights under the law.

 

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. 

 

When using our website, your acceptance of this Privacy Policy is deemed to occur upon your first use of our website and You will be required to read and accept this Privacy Policy when signing up for an Account. If you do not accept and agree with this Privacy Policy, you must stop using our website immediately.

 

1. Information About Us

 

Hewes Productions. Registered in England. Our Website is owned and operated by Hewes Productions.

 

2. What Does This Policy Cover?

 

This privacy Policy explains how we use your personal data: how it is collected, how it is held, and how it is processed.

 

This Privacy Policy also applies to your use of our website. our website 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.

 

3. What is Personal Data?

 

Personal data is defined by the General Data Protection Regulation (EU Regulation 2016/679) (the “GDPR”) as ‘any information relating to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified in particular by reference to an identifier’.

Personal data is, in simpler terms, any information about you that enables you to be identified. Personal data covers obvious information such as your name and contact details, but it also covers less obvious information such as identification numbers, electronic location data, and other online identifiers.

 

4. What Are My Rights?

 

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights, which we will always work to uphold:

 

a)                The right to be informed about our collection and use of your personal data. This Privacy Policy should tell you everything you need to                        know, but you can always contact us to find out more or to ask any questions using the details in Part 14.

b)                The right to access the personal data we hold about you. Part 12 will tell you how to do this.

c)                The right to have your personal data rectified if any of your personal data held by us is inaccurate or incomplete. Please contact us using                    the details in Part 14 to find out more.

d)                The right to be forgotten, i.e. the right to ask us to delete or otherwise dispose of any of your personal data that we have. Please                                contact us using the details in Part 14 to find out more.

e)                The right to restrict (i.e. prevent) the processing of your personal data.

f)                 The right to object to us using your personal data for a particular purpose or purposes.

g)                The right to data portability. This means that, if you have provided personal data to us directly, we am using it with your consent or for                        the performance of a contract, and that data is processed using automated means, you can ask us for a copy of that personal data to re-                    use with another service or business in many cases.

h)               Rights relating to automated decision-making and profiling. We do not use your personal data in this way.

For more information about our use of your personal data or exercising your rights as outlined above, please contact us using the details provided in Part 14.

Further information about your rights can also be obtained from the Information Commissioner’s Office or your local Citizens Advice Bureau.

 

If you have any cause for complaint about our use of your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office.

 

5. What Data Do We Collect?

 

Depending upon your relationship with us and/or your use of our website, we may collect some or all of the following personal data, please also see Part 13 on our use of Cookies and similar technologies:

 

• Name; Email address; Telephone number; Login passwords; Job title; Address; IP address;

• Payment information; Business particulars;

   

6. How Do You Use My Personal Data?

 

Under the GDPR, we must always have a lawful basis for using personal data. This may be because the data is necessary for our performance of a contract with you, because you have consented to our use of your personal data, or because it is in our legitimate business interests to use it. Your personal data will be used for the following purposes:

 

• Providing and managing your account, your personal details are required in order for us to enter a contract with you.

• Supplying or purchasing products or services to or from you. Your personal details are required in order for us to enter a contract with you.

• Communicating with you. This may include responding to emails or calls from you.

• Providing and managing your access to our website;

• Gathering feedback to enable us to continually improve our products, service, our website and your user experience.

         

With your permission and/or where permitted by law, we may also use your personal data for marketing purposes, which may include contacting you by email Or telephone Or text message Or post with information, news, and offers on our products and services. You will not be sent any unlawful marketing or spam. We will always work to fully protect your rights and comply with our obligations under the GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, and you will always have the opportunity to opt-out.

 

7. How Long Will You Keep My Personal Data?

 

We will not keep your personal data for any longer than is necessary considering the reason(s) for which it was first collected. Personal data collected in relation to product or technical specifications will be retained for 10 years, personal data collected for contractual purposes will be retained for up to 7 years. All personal data will be continually reviewed and destroyed or deleted as soon as it is no longer required.   

 

8. How and Where Do You Store or Transfer My Personal Data?

 

The security of your personal data is essential to us, and to protect your data it will be stored securely at our registered office address, and access to it shall be controlled.

 

Where we transfer your data to a third party based in the US, this may be protected if they are part of the EU-US Privacy Shield. This requires that third party to provide data protection to standards similar to those in Europe. More information is available from the European Commission; https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/data-transfers-outside-eu/eu-us-privacy-shield_en

 

9. Do You Share My Personal Data?

 

We may sometimes contract with the following third parties to supply certain products and services. These may include payment processing, delivery, and marketing. In some cases, those third parties may require access to some or all of your personal data that we hold.

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• Our preferred carrier. Please contact us for more information.

• Our Preferred payment processor. Please contact us for more information.

   

If any personal data is transferred outside of the EEA, we will take suitable steps in order to ensure that your personal data is treated just as safely and securely as it would be within the UK and under the GDPR, as explained above in Part 8.

 

In some limited circumstances, we may be legally required to share certain personal data, which might include yours, if we are involved in legal proceedings or complying with legal obligations, a court order, or the instructions of a government authority.

 

10. How Can I Control My Personal Data?

 

10.1 In addition to your rights under the GDPR, set out in Part 4, when you submit personal data via our website, you may be given options to restrict our use of your personal data. In particular, weaim to give you strong controls on our use of your data for direct marketing purposes (including the ability to opt-out of receiving emails from us which you may do by unsubscribing using the links provided in our emails).

 

10.2 You may also wish to sign up to one or more of the preference services operating in the UK: The Telephone Preference Service (“the TPS”), the Corporate Telephone Preference Service (“the CTPS”), and the Mailing Preference Service (“the MPS”). These may help to prevent you receiving unsolicited marketing. Please note, however, that these services will not prevent you from receiving marketing communications that you have consented to receiving.

 

11. Can I Withhold Information when Using Your Website?

 

You may access certain areas of our website without providing any personal data at all. However, to use all features and functions available on our website you may be required to submit or allow for the collection of certain data.

 

You may restrict our use of Cookies. For more information, see Part 13.

 

12. How Can I Access My Personal Data?

 

If you want to know what personal data we have about you, you can ask us for details of that personal data and for a copy of it (where any such personal data is held). This is known as a “subject access request”.

All subject access requests should be made in writing and sent to the postal addresses shown in Part 15.

 

13. How Do You Use Cookies and Similar Technologies?

 

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site

 

Certain features of Our website depend on Cookies to function. The relevant parts of Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, deems these Cookies to be “strictly necessary”. Your consent will not be sought to place these Cookies, but it is still important that you are aware of them. You may still block these Cookies by changing your internet browser’s settings as detailed below, but please be aware that our website may not work properly if you do so. We have taken great care to ensure that your privacy is not at risk by allowing them.

 

Most internet browsers also enable you to choose whether you wish to disable all Cookies or only third-party Cookies. By default, most internet browsers accept Cookies, but this can be changed. For further details, please consult the help menu in your internet browser or the documentation that came with your device.

 

You can choose to delete Cookies on your computer or device at any time, however you may lose any information that enables you to access our website more quickly and efficiently including, but not limited to, login and personalisation settings.

 

It is recommended that you keep your internet browser and operating system up-to-date and that you consult the help and guidance provided by the developer of your internet browser and manufacturer of your computer or device if you are unsure about adjusting your privacy settings.

 

All Cookies used by, and on our website are used in accordance with the relevant parts of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.

 

Analytics

 

Our website uses analytics services provided by Google Analytics. Website analytics refers to a set of tools used to collect and analyse anonymous usage information, enabling us to better understand how our website is used. This, in turn, enables us to improve our website and the products and services offered through it.

 

The analytics service(s) used by our website use(s) Cookies to gather the required information. You do not have to allow us to use these Cookies, however whilst our use of them does not pose any risk to your privacy or your safe use of our website, it does enable us to continually improve our website, making it a better and more useful experience for you.

 

To find out more visit, “How Google uses data when you use our partners, sites or apps”.

http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/      

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit:

https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

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14. How Do I Contact You?

 

To contact us about anything to do with your personal data and data protection, including to make a subject access request, please use the contact page to contact us.

 

15. Changes to this Privacy Policy

 

We may change this Privacy Notice from time to time. This may be necessary, for example, if the law changes, or if we change our business in a way that affects personal data protection.

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In using our website, you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Privacy Policy on your first use of our website following the alterations. We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up-to-date.