Last updated 15 August 2020

Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at Rival Content Ltd, doing business as RIVAL (“RIVAL”, “we”, “us”, or “our”). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy notice, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us at privacy@rivalcontent.co.uk.

SUMMARY

At RIVAL we respect your privacy and understand that you care about how your personal information is used and shared.

This Privacy Policy describes RIVAL practices concerning the information collected through the RIVAL Website; rivalcontent.co.uk and any of our related services (the “Services”).

Please read the following information to understand how your information may be collected, used and shared by RIVAL when using our Services. By using the Services, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT USE RIVAL SERVICES.

This Privacy Policy only applies to services RIVAL owns and operates. Our Services may provide links to third party sites, products and services that are not controlled by RIVAL and are not subject to this privacy policy. We recommend that you read the privacy policies of any other sites, products or services that you visit or use.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU

In General, we may collect personal information that can identify you such as your name and email address and other information that does not identify you.

(a) Information provided by you; We may collect and store any personal information you enter on the Website or provide to us in some other manner. This includes identifying information, such as your name, address, email address, telephone number, education, professional/freelance history and, if you transact business with us, financial information. This helps RIVAL to provide you with better services and opportunities based on the information provided.

(b) Information about Others; We may collect and store personal information about other people that you provide to us, such as their name, address, email address and telephone number.

(c) Information Collected Automatically. We automatically collect information from your browser when you visit the Website. This information includes your IP address, your browser type and language, access times, the content of any undeleted cookies that your browser previously accepted from us (see “Cookies” below), and the referring website address.

(d) Cookies and Use of Cookie Data. When you visit the Website, we may assign your computer one or more cookies, to facilitate access to our site and to personalise your online experience. Through the use of a cookie, we also may automatically collect information about your online activity on our site, such as the web pages you visit, the time and date of your visits, the links you click, and the searches you conduct on our site. Example of cookies used by the Service:

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors use the Site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. For more information about Google’s privacy policy, please visit https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/
If you do not wish to allow the use of Google Analytics cookies at all, Google provides an opt-out plug-in for most common website browsers https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. You can refuse cookies by adjusting your browser settings accordingly, doing so however may restrict your access to RIVAL.

HOW INFORMATION COLLECTED IS USED

We may use information that we collect about you to:

(a) Verify your eligibility to use the Website and our services;

(b) Provide services that you have requested;

(c) Provide you with customer support;

(d) Communicate with you by email, telephone and/or mobile devices about our products or services that may be of interest to you; New briefs etc.

(e) Enforce or exercise any rights in our Terms and Conditions;

WHAT INFORMATION IS SHARED

We do not share your personal information with others except as indicated below or when we inform you and give you an opportunity to opt out of having your personal information shared. We may share personal information with:

(a) Service Providers: We may share personal information with trusted third-party partners strictly for the sole purpose of performing services for RIVAL and providing better services for you. Third party partners do not have any right to use Personal Information we share with them beyond what is necessary to assist us, and they must provide a comparable level of protection for your Personal Information.

(b) We may also disclose personal information to third parties when obligated to do so by law for the purposes of investigating, preventing or taking action against suspected or actual prohibited activities including but not limited to potential threats to the safety of any person or fraud. We may share personal information in the event of the sale of company assets, any merger and acquisition, consolidation, transition of service to another provider or in the unlikely event of insolvency, bankruptcy or receivership.

RIVAL cannot guarantee but endeavours to ensure confidentiality in all situations, including those aforementioned in this privacy policy.

HOW WE PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We take appropriate security measures (including physical, electronic and procedural measures) to help safeguard your personal information from unauthorised access and disclosure.

RIVAL endeavours to safeguard against unauthorised disclosures of information, however we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information. Unauthorised entry or use, hardware or software failure, and other factors, may compromise the security of user information at any time.

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

This privacy policy is subject to change. If we make any changes, we will notify you by revising the date at the top of the policy. We encourage you to review the privacy policy whenever you access our Services to stay informed about our information practices and the ways you can help protect your privacy.

HOW CAN YOU ACCESS YOUR INFORMATION & DATA

More information about how to contact us regarding access to your information and data is provided below.

HOW LONG WE KEEP PERSONAL DATA FOR

We will keep your Personal Data for the duration of the Service and in accordance with your instructions or for such periods as may be required by law.

GETTING IN TOUCH

If you have any questions or comments in relation to this privacy policy, please contact us at privacy@rivalcontent.co.uk.