Your privacy
Why do we have a privacy policy?
Take time to BE YOU (from here on referred to as TTTBY) is committed to privacy for everyone who accesses the site. New laws mean we must comply with certain regulations which are designed to ensure that any data you provide to us is processed with due care and attention and giving you more control of what lands in your inbox.
TTTBY is committed to building your confidence and trust by complying with legislation and good market research practice that protects privacy and safeguards your personal data. We are compliant with the Data Protection Acts of 1984 and 1998, The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) and the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). This Privacy Policy explains how TTTBY collects, uses, stores, shares and protects your personal data as a data controller and a data processor.
Do we pass data to third parties?
When you enter your contact details on TTTBY, you consent to TTTBY using these details to contact you with our latest news, articles and offerings. Your details will not be passed on to any third parties unrelated to TTTBY.
We monitor information security compliance and have written contracts which obligate our partners or third-party providers to process your personal information only on our instructions and in accordance with applicable data protection and privacy laws.
TTTBY may be under duty to disclose your personal information where required in order to comply with any legal obligation.
How is this data safeguarded?
The security of your data is extremely important to us. Access to your personal data is only provided to our staff and third parties who help us to process data.
How do we let you know if our policy changes?
Any policy changes, either due to business reasons or future changes in legislation, will be posted on this page and, if substantial, may be promoted on the website or through e-mail notification. This notice was last updated in May 2018.
What are ‘cookies’ and why do we use them?
‘Cookies’ are ways of saving a small amount of user information. This allows easy access to our site, with previous search results that are relevant to you. See below to learn more about cookies used on this site. To disable cookies, please refer to your system help guide.
YOUR INFORMATION RIGHTS AND CHOICES
The Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) gives you the right:
The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) give you the right:
HOW LONG WE KEEP YOUR DATA
The length of time we hold your personal information for varies depending on the type of information and its use. TTTBY will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary to provide the services and/or products that you have requested, or for such other essential purposes such as, complying with our legal obligations, resolving disputes, investigating disciplinary matters and enforcing our agreements. We may also retain the data in accordance with statutory requirements.
If you have indicated that you do not wish to hear from us in the future, we will keep the minimum information necessary to ensure we avoid contacting you any further.
COMPLAINTS AND QUERIES
At SOFII we do our best to meet the highest standards when collecting and using personal information. For this reason, we take any complaints we receive about this very seriously. We encourage people to bring it to our attention if they think that our collection or use of information is unfair, misleading or inappropriate. We also welcome any suggestions for improving our procedures. Any correspondence should be sent to the address provided below.
HOW TO CONTACT US
You can contact us via e-mail at [email protected]
Why do we have a privacy policy?
Take time to BE YOU (from here on referred to as TTTBY) is committed to privacy for everyone who accesses the site. New laws mean we must comply with certain regulations which are designed to ensure that any data you provide to us is processed with due care and attention and giving you more control of what lands in your inbox.
TTTBY is committed to building your confidence and trust by complying with legislation and good market research practice that protects privacy and safeguards your personal data. We are compliant with the Data Protection Acts of 1984 and 1998, The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) and the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). This Privacy Policy explains how TTTBY collects, uses, stores, shares and protects your personal data as a data controller and a data processor.
Do we pass data to third parties?
When you enter your contact details on TTTBY, you consent to TTTBY using these details to contact you with our latest news, articles and offerings. Your details will not be passed on to any third parties unrelated to TTTBY.
We monitor information security compliance and have written contracts which obligate our partners or third-party providers to process your personal information only on our instructions and in accordance with applicable data protection and privacy laws.
TTTBY may be under duty to disclose your personal information where required in order to comply with any legal obligation.
How is this data safeguarded?
The security of your data is extremely important to us. Access to your personal data is only provided to our staff and third parties who help us to process data.
How do we let you know if our policy changes?
Any policy changes, either due to business reasons or future changes in legislation, will be posted on this page and, if substantial, may be promoted on the website or through e-mail notification. This notice was last updated in May 2018.
What are ‘cookies’ and why do we use them?
‘Cookies’ are ways of saving a small amount of user information. This allows easy access to our site, with previous search results that are relevant to you. See below to learn more about cookies used on this site. To disable cookies, please refer to your system help guide.
YOUR INFORMATION RIGHTS AND CHOICES
The Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) gives you the right:
- To request in writing and securely obtain copies of the personal information that TTTBY holds about you.
- To correct or update your personal information processed by TTTBY.
- To request that TTTBY stops using your personal information for marketing purposes or for any other purpose where there is no legal requirement for continued processing.
The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) give you the right:
- To choose whether or not to receive marketing communication from us by email, text or telephone.
- To know about the cookies TTTBY uses, so that you can decide whether to give us permission to store a cookie on your device. Please see the Cookies section below for more information.
HOW LONG WE KEEP YOUR DATA
The length of time we hold your personal information for varies depending on the type of information and its use. TTTBY will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary to provide the services and/or products that you have requested, or for such other essential purposes such as, complying with our legal obligations, resolving disputes, investigating disciplinary matters and enforcing our agreements. We may also retain the data in accordance with statutory requirements.
If you have indicated that you do not wish to hear from us in the future, we will keep the minimum information necessary to ensure we avoid contacting you any further.
COMPLAINTS AND QUERIES
At SOFII we do our best to meet the highest standards when collecting and using personal information. For this reason, we take any complaints we receive about this very seriously. We encourage people to bring it to our attention if they think that our collection or use of information is unfair, misleading or inappropriate. We also welcome any suggestions for improving our procedures. Any correspondence should be sent to the address provided below.
HOW TO CONTACT US
You can contact us via e-mail at [email protected]
Our cookie policy
What are cookies?A cookie is a piece of information in the form of a very small text file that is placed on an internet user’s computer. It is generated by a web page server (which is basically the computer that operates the web site) and can be used by that server whenever the user visits the site. A cookie can be thought of as an internet user’s identification card, which tells a web site when the user has returned.
Cookies can’t harm your computer and we don’t store any personally identifiable information about you on any of our cookies.
Why do we use cookies?
TTTBY uses two types of cookies: cookies set by TTTBY and cookies set by third parties (i.e. other websites or services).
If you would like more information about the cookies we use, as well as details on how to opt-out, please see below.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to monitor traffic levels, search queries and visits to this website. Google Analytics stores IP address anonymously on its servers in the US, Google never associate your IP address with any personally identifiable information. These cookies enable Google to determine whether you are a return visitor to the site, and to track the pages that you visit during your session.This in turns helps us to improve our efficiency and generate more income for our charitable work. To reject or delete these cookies: http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacypolicy.html
Twitter
If you use a ‘Tweet’ link on TTTBY to share content on twitter, twitter sets a cookie to remember that you’ve already shared this information.
To reject or delete these cookies: http://twitter.com/privacy
Facebook
If you use a ‘like’ or ‘send’ link on TTTBY to share content on Facebook, Facebook sets a cookie to remember that you’ve already shared this information.
To reject or delete these cookies: http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
Cookies on third party sites
When you click a link on TTTBY (for example to visit another site) you may be redirected to an external site. These external sites may use cookies and will have their own cookie policy.
How can I manage my cookies on TTTBY?
If you wish to stop accepting cookies, you can do so through the Privacy Settings option in your browser.
Please be aware that by not accepting cookies you will not be able to use some of the key functions of TTTBY, including:
What are cookies?A cookie is a piece of information in the form of a very small text file that is placed on an internet user’s computer. It is generated by a web page server (which is basically the computer that operates the web site) and can be used by that server whenever the user visits the site. A cookie can be thought of as an internet user’s identification card, which tells a web site when the user has returned.
Cookies can’t harm your computer and we don’t store any personally identifiable information about you on any of our cookies.
Why do we use cookies?
TTTBY uses two types of cookies: cookies set by TTTBY and cookies set by third parties (i.e. other websites or services).
If you would like more information about the cookies we use, as well as details on how to opt-out, please see below.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to monitor traffic levels, search queries and visits to this website. Google Analytics stores IP address anonymously on its servers in the US, Google never associate your IP address with any personally identifiable information. These cookies enable Google to determine whether you are a return visitor to the site, and to track the pages that you visit during your session.This in turns helps us to improve our efficiency and generate more income for our charitable work. To reject or delete these cookies: http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacypolicy.html
If you use a ‘Tweet’ link on TTTBY to share content on twitter, twitter sets a cookie to remember that you’ve already shared this information.
To reject or delete these cookies: http://twitter.com/privacy
If you use a ‘like’ or ‘send’ link on TTTBY to share content on Facebook, Facebook sets a cookie to remember that you’ve already shared this information.
To reject or delete these cookies: http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
Cookies on third party sites
When you click a link on TTTBY (for example to visit another site) you may be redirected to an external site. These external sites may use cookies and will have their own cookie policy.
How can I manage my cookies on TTTBY?
If you wish to stop accepting cookies, you can do so through the Privacy Settings option in your browser.
Please be aware that by not accepting cookies you will not be able to use some of the key functions of TTTBY, including:
- Logging in
- Using social media