1. Introduction and Definitions
Groupe Eurocom Digital Limited understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used and shared online. We value and respect the privacy of everyone who visits The Beauty Awards website (“Our Site”) and will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described here, and in a manner that is consistent with Our obligations and your rights under the law.
Please read this Privacy Policy and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of Our Privacy Policy is deemed to occur upon your first use of Our Site. If you do not accept and agree with this Privacy Policy you must stop using Our Site immediately.
This policy covers the processing of Personal Data by Groupe Eurocom Digital Limited (GED) (registered in England & Wales; Company No 09821377) whose registered address is at First Floor, 677 High Road, London, N12 0DA, United Kingdom (“GED”, “We”, “Our” or “Us”).
GED is committed to protecting the privacy of your personal information whilst striving to provide the very best user experience. We want The Beauty Awards website to be safe and enjoyable for everyone. Under Data Protection legislation, We have a legal duty to protect the Personal Data We collect from you. If you have any concerns, questions or comments about this Privacy Policy you can contact Us using the contact details in paragraph 14 of this Policy. It is important that you read this document in conjunction with Our Site’s Terms and Conditions.
In this Policy the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Cookie” means a small text file placed on your computer when you visit certain parts of The Beauty Awards. Details of the cookies used by The Beauty Awards are set out in Our Cookie Policy
“Data” and/or “Personal Data” means any and all data that relates to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified from that data. In this case it means collectively all the personal data you submit or provide to Us via Our Site. This definition shall, where applicable, incorporate the definition provided in the General Data Protection Regulation and Data Protection Act 2018 (“GDPR”)
“GDPR” means the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ((EU) 2016/679) until GDPR is no longer directly applicable in the UK and any national implementing laws, regulations and secondary legislation, as amended or updated from time to time, in England and Wales and successor legislation to GDPR.
“User” means anyone singularly or in groups or as part of an organisation that accesses The Beauty Awards website and is not an employee of GED acting in the course of their employment.
2. Scope of this Policy
This Privacy Policy applies only to your use of Our Site. If Our Site contains links to other websites please note that We have no control over how your Personal 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. Your Rights
3.1 As a data subject, you have the following rights under the GDPR, which this Policy and Our use of Personal Data have been designed to uphold:
3.1.1 the right to be informed about Our collection and use of Personal Data;
3.1.2 the right of access to the Personal Data We hold about you (see paragraph 13);
3.1.3 the right to rectification if any Personal Data We hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete (please contact Us using the details in paragraph 14);
3.1.4 the right to be forgotten – the right to ask Us to delete any Personal Data We hold about you (We only hold your Personal Data for a limited time, as explained in paragraph 5, but if you would like Us to delete it sooner, please contact Us using the details in paragraph 14);
3.1.5 the right to restrict the processing of your Personal Data;
3.1.6 the right to data portability (obtaining a copy of your Personal Data to re-use with another service or organisation);
3.1.7 the right to object to Us using your Personal Data for particular purposes; and
3.1.8 rights with respect to automated decision making and profiling.
3.2 If you have any cause for complaint about Our use of your Personal Data please contact Us using the details provided in paragraph 14 and We will do our utmost to solve the problem for you. If We are unable to resolve the matter, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK’s supervisory authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office.
3.3 If you need further information about your rights, please contact the Information Commissioner’s Office (https://ico.org.uk) or your local Citizens Advice Bureau.
4. The types of Data We collect and how We collect it:
4.1 The Data We collect
Depending on your use of Our Site, We may collect some or all of the following personal and non-personal Data (please also see Our Cookie Policy on Our use of Cookies and similar technologies):
4.1.1 name;
4.1.2 date of birth;
4.1.3 gender;
4.1.4 job title/profession;
4.1.5 company/business name;
4.1.6 contact information such as e-mail addresses and telephone numbers;
4.1.7 IP address;
4.1.8 demographic information such as post code, preferences and interests;
4.1.9 web browser type and version;
4.1.10 operating system and a list of URLs starting with a referring site; and
4.1.11 your activity on Our Site and the website you exit to.
4.2 How We collect the Data
4.2.1 Information you provide through The Beauty Awards website may be used marketing purposes. We will only use your Data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
4.2.2 Information you provide upon ordering a product or service from Us: if you order a product or service from Us (for example training plans), you will need to provide certain personal details/Data so that the order can be fulfilled. In some cases, We will direct you to a third-party partner site which will collect this information from you and fulfil your order.
4.2.3 Information you provide upon entering a promotion or competition: if you enter a promotion or competition you will need to provide certain Personal Data which will be used in accordance with the terms of the promotion or competition.
4.2.4 Information you provide when taking part in a poll or survey: if you take part in a poll or survey you will need provide certain Personal Data to Us which We will use in accordance with the terms of the relevant poll or survey.
4.2.5 Demographic and other data: The Beauty Awards uses Cookies, web analytics and web logs to collect information about your use The Beauty Awards, information about your computer such as your computer’s IP address and browser type, demographic data and, if you arrived at Our Site via a link from a third-party site, the URL of the linking page. If you have registered with Us or submitted an entry form, it may also collect your name and email address. The Data collected through Cookies, web analytics and web logs may be transferred to third parties.
4.2.6 Email communications: We use web beacons in Our emails to track the success of Our marketing campaigns. If you open an email from Us, We can see which of the pages of Our Site that you visited. Our web beacons don’t store any information on your computer but, by communicating with Our Cookies on your computer, they can tell Us when you have opened an email from Us. We may keep track of the emails that We send you. We also keep a record of what communications you have selected to receive or not to receive. If you would like to opt out of receiving such emails, please click the “unsubscribe” link in the email and follow the instructions.
5. How We use the Data that We collect:
5.1 All Personal Data is processed and stored securely for no longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was collected. We will comply with Our obligations and safeguard your rights under the GDPR at all times. For more details on security see paragraph 7 below.
5.2 Our use of your Personal Data will always have a lawful basis, either because you have consented to Our use of your Personal Data, because it is necessary for Our performance of a contract with you, or because it is in Our legitimate interests.
5.3 Specifically the Data may be used for the following purposes:
to provide you with information that you have requested
to send you email newsletters
to inform you if you have won a prize
to monitor or improve the performance of, and services available through, The Beauty Awards website.
to monitor compliance with Our Terms and Conditions of Use of The Beauty Awards website, enforce Our rights and protect the safety of others including investigating and if necessary removing any content about which We receive a complaint
to send you promotional materials, special offers or competitions on Our behalf or on behalf of Our group companies and marketing partners.
to send you invitations to take part in research, surveys and polls
for internal record keeping
replying to e-mails from you
providing and managing your access to Our Site
for any purpose if we are required to do so by any law or other regulatory or government authority.
5.4 By providing us with your Personal Data, you consent to Us processing your information as set out in this Privacy Policy.
5.5 You have the right to withdraw your consent to Us using your Personal Data at any time and to request that We delete it.
5.6 We will not keep your Personal Data for any longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was collected.
6. Sharing of Personal Data:
6.1 We may share your Data with other companies in our Group (this means our subsidiaries and associated companies) insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes and on the legal bases set out in this Policy.
6.2 We may use third parties to perform certain functions on Our behalf including fulfilling orders, sending emails, organising and managing competitions, promotions, surveys or polls, removing repetitive information from customer lists, comment hosting, traffic analysis, data analysis, translation services, audience auditing, and processing credit card payments. These third parties may have access to your Data to perform their services, but any Data used by such parties is used only to the extent required by them to perform the services that GED request. Further, any Data that is processed by third parties shall be processed within the terms of this Policy and in accordance with the GDPR. To request a list of these third parties please contact Us using the details in paragraph 14.
6.3 Aggregate Information: We may share aggregate, non-personally identifiable information, such as demographics and usage statistics with other organisations.
6.4 Audience and Traffic Measurement Services: We may use third party services that allow Us to collect anonymous traffic and behavioural information by monitoring anonymous visitor activity. If you do not wish to have cookies enabled please update your device settings.
6.5 In specific circumstances We may have to share your Data with other third parties for their own purposes. Such specific circumstances include, but are not limited to:
For fraud management, We may share information about fraudulent or potentially fraudulent activity on Our Site. This may include sharing Data with law enforcement bodies.
We may be required to disclose your Personal Data to the police or other enforcement, regulatory or Government body, in your country of origin or elsewhere, upon a valid request to do so. These requests are assessed on a case-by-case basis and take your privacy into consideration.
We may, from time to time, expand, reduce or sell GED and this may involve the transfer of divisions of GED, or the whole business, to new owners. Any Personal Data that you have provided will, where it is relevant to any part of GED’s business that is being transferred, be transferred along with that part and the new owner or controlling party will, under the terms of this Privacy Policy, be permitted to use that Data only for the same purposes for which it was originally collected by Us.
7. How and where We store your Data:
7.1 We only keep your Personal Data for as long as We need and/or for as long as We have your permission to keep it.
7.2 We primarily store and process your Personal Data in the EU/European Economic Area (“the EEA”) (The EEA consists of all EU member states plus Norway, Iceland and Lichtenstein). If we do transfer your Personal Data outside the EEA it will be because we have a legal reason to do so. Some examples of reasons your data may be processed outside of the EEA include:
Order fulfilment
Payment processing
Technical support services
If your Personal Data cannot be processed within the EEA, we will:
Comply with all other data protection principles
Where possible, process in a country that is on the list of the EU Commissions’ countries that provide adequate protections for the rights and freedoms of data subjects
If the transfer is to the United States of America, use reasonable endeavours to make sure they participate in the Privacy Shield program
Make sure we have assessed the adequacy of protections in all other cases.
7.3 Data security is of vital importance to Us, and to protect your Data We have taken suitable measures to safeguard and secure Data collected through Our Site. Steps We take to secure and protect your Data include:
7.3.1 ensuring all web pages are secure utilising https protocol; ensuring that all Personal Data at registration and login is transmitted in an encrypted form utilising a secure socket layer; using the industry standard AES-256 encryption algorithm to encrypt and store your Data on our hosting providers servers.
7.3.2 using a secure ISO27001 compliant data centre and hosting provider.
8. Links to other websites:
GED has no control over any links to other websites in Our Site and is in no way responsible for the content thereof. This Policy does not extend to your use of such websites. Users are advised to read the privacy policy of such websites prior to using them.
9. Security/Transmission:
In accordance with Our responsibilities under the GDPR, We adopt appropriate security procedures (suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures) to seek to safeguard against unauthorised access to your information. (See in particular paragraph 7 above). Please be aware, however, that the transmission of data via the internet is never completely secure. Whilst GED has taken all reasonable steps to ensure that the Data you provide will be kept secure from unauthorised access We cannot guarantee the security of your Data as it is transmitted to and from Our Site.
10. Policy changes:
By using The Beauty Awards, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, Our Cookie Policy and Our Terms and Conditions of Use. We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time or as may be required by law. If we do so, we will post an updated version on The Beauty Awards website and you are deemed to have accepted the revised terms on your first use of The Beauty Awards website following the alterations.
11. How can you control your Data?
In addition to your rights under the GDPR, set out in paragraph 3 above you may be given options to restrict Our use of your Data e.g. the ability to opt-out of receiving e-mails from Us which you may do by unsubscribing using the links provided in Our e-mails.
12. Your right to withhold information:
12.1 You may access certain areas of Our Site without providing any data at all. However, to use all features and functions available on Our Site you may be required to submit or allow for the collection of certain Data.
12.2 You may restrict Our use of Cookies. For more information see our Cookie Policy.
13. Accessing your own Data:
You have the right to ask for a copy of any of your Personal Data held by GED (where such data is held) by contacting our Data Protection Compliance Manager at the address given in paragraph
13.1. Under the GDPR no fee is payable and We will provide any and all information in response to your request free of charge.
14. Questions about The Beauty Awards and the information we hold about you:
If you have any general questions about The Beauty Awards or the information We have collected about you and how We use it, you can contact our Data Protection Compliance Manager, Pete Robbins, by e-mail at datacompliance@1530.com or by telephone on +44(0) 20 7434 1530.
This version of the Privacy Policy is effective as of July 2023
