We welcome you to www.black-connection.com and thank you for your interest in this Privacy Policy!
In this Privacy Policy, we inform you about the scope of the processing of your personal data when visiting our website and using our services. In principle, we will only use your personal data in accordance with the applicable data protection laws, in particular the UK`s Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA), the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"), and only as described in this Privacy Policy.
Unfortunately, it is in the nature of things that these explanations sound very technical, but we have tried to describe the most important things as simply and clearly as possible.
What is Personal Data?
Personal data is any information relating to personal or material circumstances that relates to an identified or identifiable individual. This includes, for example, your name, date of birth, e-mail address, postal address, or telephone number as well as online identifiers such as your IP address. In contrast, information of a general nature that cannot be used to determine your identity is not personal data. This includes, for example, the number of users of a website.
The Data Controller
The responsible body within the meaning of the DPA and GDPR, is:
Kemp House
160 City Road
London EC1V 2NX
E-Mail: admin@black-connection.com
Collection and processing of personal data when visiting our website and services
a) Hosting
The hosting services used by us for the purpose of operating our website is SiteGround Hosting Ltd, 3rd Floor, 11-12 St James's Square, St. James's, London SW1Y 4LB, UK. In doing so SiteGround, processes inventory data, contact data, content data, usage data, meta data and communication data of customers, interested parties and visitors of our website and services, on the basis of our legitimate interests in an efficient and secure provision of the website and services in conjunction with the provision of contractual services and the conclusion of the contract for our services, including but not limited to our services).
b) Collection of access data and log files
We, or rather SiteGround on our behalf, collect data on every access to our website on the basis of our legitimate interest. The access data includes the name of the website accessed, file, date and time of access, amount of data transferred, notification of successful access, browser type and version, the user's operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page), IP address and the requesting provider.
Log file information is stored for security reasons (e.g., for the clarification of abuse or fraud) for a maximum of 7 days and then deleted. Data whose further storage is necessary for evidentiary purposes is exempt from deletion until the respective incident is finally clarified.
c) Use of cookies
We use so-called cookies on our web site. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your respective device (PC, smartphone, tablet, etc.) and saved by your browser. For further information please refer to our Cookie Policy. The legal basis for the use of cookies is your consent as well as our legitimate interest.
d) Registration on our website
When registering to use our services, personal data and non-personal data is collected: Username and e-mail address, gender and password. The data is entered into our registration form and transmitted to us and stored. The data is not passed on to third parties. The legal basis for the processing of the data is consent and the fulfilment of a contract. The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. As a user, you have the option to delete your registration and /or your account with us at any time. You can change your data stored with us at any time independently and/or delete or have deleted. If the data is necessary for the fulfilment of a contract or for the execution of pre-contractual measures, an early deletion of the data is only possible, as far as contractual or legal obligations do not oppose a deletion.
e) Profile
When you complete your profile, you can share with us additional information, as well as content such as photos and text. Some of the information you choose to provide us may be considered “special” or “sensitive” in certain jurisdictions, for example your racial or ethnic origins, sexual orientation, and religious beliefs.
By choosing to provide this information, you consent to our processing of that information. You have choices about the information on your profile. You don’t have to provide additional information on your profile; however, profile information helps you to get more from our Services. It’s your choice whether to include sensitive information on your profile and to make that sensitive information public. Please do not upload or add personal information to your profile that you would not want to be available.
f) Use of our Platform
If you wish to use the platform, you must register. The provision of the aforementioned data is mandatory.
We process personal data of users for the purpose of providing the platform and for the purpose of fulfilling the contract. The users can manage and change all information in the platform. If you use our platform, we store the data required for the fulfilment of the contract until final deletion of the access and/or after expiry of the statutory retention periods. For a longer period, the data could also be processed on the basis of our legitimate interest.
g) Contacting us
If you contact us, we process the following data from you for the purpose of processing and handling your enquiry: Name, contact details -if provided by you- and your message. The legal basis of the data processing is our obligation to fulfil the contract and/or to fulfil our pre-contractual obligations and/or our legitimate interest in processing your enquiry.
h) Information we receive from others
Of course, we also process your chats and communications with other members as well as the content you publish, as necessary for the operation of the services. In addition to the information, you may provide us directly, we receive information about you from others. Members may provide information about you as they use our services, for instance as they interact with you or if they submit a report involving you. The legal basis of the data processing is our obligation to fulfil the contract and/or to fulfil our pre-contractual obligations and/or our legitimate interest.
i) Administration, financial accounting and when placing ads
We process data within the scope of administrative tasks as well as organisation of our business, financial accounting, service organisation and compliance with legal obligations, such as archiving.
In doing so, we process the same data that we process in the context of providing our contractual services. The purpose and our interest in the processing lies in the administration, financial accounting, archiving of data, i.e., tasks that serve the maintenance of our business activities, performance of our tasks and provision of our services. In this context, we disclose or transmit data to the tax authorities, consultants such as tax advisors or auditors as well as other fee offices and payment service providers. Accordingly, the data is processed on the basis of fulfilling our contractual obligations as well as to fulfil our legal obligations.
We do not collect or store any payment transaction information such as credit card numbers or bank details during the payment process. You only provide this information directly to the respective payment service provider.
Transfer of personal data and Third-Party Services
We will not disclose or otherwise distribute your personal data to third parties unless this is necessary for the performance of our services, you have consented to the disclosure, or the disclosure of data is permitted by relevant legal provisions.
However, we are entitled to outsource the processing of your personal data in whole or in part to external service providers acting as processors for us and within the framework of the DPA and the GDPR.
External service providers support us, for example, in the technical operation and support of the website, data management, the provision and performance of services, marketing, as well as the implementation and fulfilment of reporting obligations.
The service providers commissioned by us process your data exclusively in accordance with our instructions. Nonetheless, we remain responsible for the protection of your data, which is ensured by strict contractual regulations, technical and organisational measures, and additional controls by us.
Personal data may also be disclosed to third parties if we are legally obliged to do so e.g., by court order or if this is necessary to support criminal or legal investigations or other legal investigations or proceedings at home or abroad or to fulfil our legitimate interests.
Accuracy and updating your information
If you believe that the information, we hold about you is inaccurate or that we are no longer entitled to use it and want to request its rectification, deletion, or object to its processing, please contact us or do so in your account. For your protection and the protection of all of our users, we may ask you to provide proof of identity before we can answer the above requests.
Keep in mind, we may reject requests for certain reasons, including if the request is unlawful or if it may infringe on trade secrets or intellectual property or the privacy of another user. Also, we may not be able to accommodate certain requests to object to the processing of Personal Data, notably where such requests would not allow us to provide our service to you anymore.
Deletion or blocking of data
We adhere to the principles of data avoidance and data economy. We therefore only store your personal data for as long as is necessary to achieve the purposes stated here or as stipulated by the various storage periods provided for by law. After the respective purpose has ceased to exist or these periods have expired, the corresponding data is routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions.
SSL encryption
In order to protect the data stored with us in the best possible way against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or access by unauthorised persons, we use appropriate technical and organisational security measures including encryption procedures (e.g., SSL) via HTTPS. Our security levels are continuously reviewed in cooperation with security experts and adapted to new security standards.
Obligation to provide personal data
You are not obliged to provide us with personal data. However, depending on the individual case as described above, the provision of certain personal data may be necessary for the provision of the services. If you do not provide us with this personal data, we may not be able to provide the requested service.
Your Rights
Below we inform you about the rights to which you as a Data Subject may be entitled to. These rights are standardised in both the DPA and GDPR and include:
· The right to information,
· The right to erasure,
· The right to rectification,
· The right to data portability,
· The right to restriction of data processing,
· The right to object to data processing.
To assert these rights, please contact us at any time using the details provided. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority or the Information Commissioner`s Office (ICO), which is the relevant authority in the UK.
The ICO is located at Wycliffe House, Water Ln, Wilmslow SK9 5AF, UK and their website can be found at www.ico.org.uk. We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO or any other supervisory authority.
The above rights may be limited in some circumstances, for example, if fulfilling your request would reveal Personal Data about another person, if you ask us to delete information which we are required to have by law, or if we have compelling legitimate interests to keep it.
We will let you know if that is the case and will then only use your information for these purposes. You may also be unable to continue using our services if you want us to stop processing your Personal Data.
When you send a data subject access request
The legal basis for the processing of your personal data in the context of handling your data subject access request is our legal obligation and the legal basis for the subsequent documentation of the data subject access request is both our legitimate interest and our legal obligation.
The purpose of processing your personal data in the context of processing data when you send a data subject access request is to respond to your request. The subsequent documentation of the data subject access request serves to fulfil the legally required accountability.
Your personal data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required to achieve the purpose for which they were collected. In the case of the processing of a data subject access request, this is three years after the end of the respective process.
You have the possibility at any time to object to the processing of your personal data in the context of the processing of a data subject access request for the future. In this case, however, we will not be able to further process your request. The documentation of the legally compliant processing of the respective data subject access request is mandatory. Consequently, there is no possibility for you to object.
External Links
Our platform contains links to the websites of other providers. We hereby point out that we have no influence on the content of the linked websites and the compliance with data protection regulations by their providers.
Changes and updates to the privacy policy
We kindly ask you to regularly inform yourself about the content of our Privacy Policy. We will amend the privacy policy as soon as changes to the data processing activities we carry out make this necessary. We will inform you as soon as the changes require an act of cooperation on your part (e.g., consent) or other individual notification.
Concerns and Contact
If you have any concerns about a possible compromise of your privacy or misuse of your personal data on our part, or any other questions or comments, you can contact us. This Privacy Policy was last updated on Sunday, 21 January 2024
