Here at Puur we’re committed to maintaining the trust and confidence of the visitors to puurcreative.com. We want to ensure that you understand that Puur isn’t in the business of selling, renting or trading email lists with other companies or businesses for marketing purposes. We really don’t do that sort of thing. But just in case, this Privacy Policy gives lots of detailed information on when and why we collect your personal information, how we use it and how we keep it secure. Sit back and have a read – it’s a bit legal sounding. If you don’t agree with all we’re about to tell you though, you may want to leave the website (which we really don’t want).
Policy key definitions:
“I”, “our”, “us”, or “we” refer to the business, Puur.
“you”, “the user” refer to the person(s) using this website.
GDPR means General Data Protection Act.
PECR means Privacy & Electronic Communications Regulation.
ICO means Information Commissioner’s Office.
Cookies mean small files stored on a users computer or device.
Processing of your personal data
Under the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) we control and / or process any personal information about you electronically using the following lawful bases.
Your individual rights
Under the GDPR your rights are as follows. You can read more about your rights in details here;the right to be informed;
• the right of access;
• the right to rectification;
• the right to erasure;
• the right to restrict processing;
• the right to data portability;
• the right to object; and
• the right not to be subject to automated decision-making including profiling.
You also have the right to complain to the ICO [www.ico.org.uk] if you feel there is a problem with the way we are handling your data.
The policy
www.puurcreative.com (‘Website’) is provided by Puur Creative Ltd. (‘we’/’us’/’our’). In doing so, we may be in a position to receive and process personal information relating to you. As the controller of this information, we’re providing this Privacy Notice (‘Notice’) to explain our approach to personal information. This Notice forms part of our Puur Terms and Conditions, which governs the use of this Website.
We intend only to process personal information fairly and transparently as required by data protection law including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In particular, before obtaining information from you we intend to alert you to this Notice, let you know how we intend to process the information and (unless processing is necessary for at least one of the 5 reasons outlined in clause 2 below) we’ll only process the information if you consent to that processing. The GDPR also defines certain ‘special categories’ of personal information that’s considered more sensitive. These categories require a higher level of protection, as explained below.
Of course, you’ll be able to browse parts of this Website without providing any information about yourself and without accepting cookies. In that case, it’s unlikely we’ll possess and process any information relating to you.
We’ll start this Notice by setting out the conditions we must satisfy before processing your data. However, you may wish to skip to clause 4, which summarises what we intend to collect. The Notice also explains some of the security measures we take to protect your personal information, and tells you certain things we will or won’t do. You should read this Notice in conjunction with the Puur Terms and Conditions.
Sometimes, when you take a new service or product from us, or discuss taking a new service or product but decide against, we might wish to provide you with further information about similar services or products by email or other written electronic communication. In that situation, we will always give you the opportunity to refuse to receive that further information and if you change your mind please let us know. We’ll endeavour to remind you of your right to opt-out on each occasion that we provide such information.
1 Identity and contact details
1.1 Puur Creative Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 8165098
1.2 Registered office: Ground Floor, Southway House, 29 Southway. Colchester CO2 7BA
1.3 design@puurcreative.com
2 When we’re allowed to collect information from you
We will only collect personal information relating to you if one of the following conditions have been
satisfied:
2.1 You have clearly told us that you are content for us to collect that information for the certain
purpose or purposes that we will have specified.
2.2 The processing is necessary for the performance a contract that we have with you.
2.3 The processing is necessary so that we can comply with the law.
2.4 The processing is necessary to protect someone’s life.
2.5 The processing is necessary for performance of a task that’s in the public interest.
2.6 The processing is necessary for our or another’s legitimate interest – but in this case, we’ll balance
those interests against your interests.
3 How to consent
3.1 At the point of collecting the information, we’ll endeavour to explain how we intend to use the information and which of these purposes apply. If we rely on consent, we’ll provide you with the opportunity to tell us that you’re happy to provide the information.
3.2 If at any point in time you change your mind and decide that you don’t consent, please let us know and we’ll endeavour to stop processing your information in the specified manner, or we’ll delete your data if there is no continuing reason for possessing it.
3.3 If you don’t consent to a particular bit of processing, we’ll endeavour to ensure that the Website and our service continue to operate without the need for that information.
4 Information we expect to collect from you
4.1 We envisage asking for the following types of information from you. When you:
4.1.1 Comment on articles or work
When you submit a comment through a ‘Leave a comment’ form on our site we collect your name, e-mail address, and comment. From time to time we may publish your name and comment on our site. Comments are vetted via the Akismet anti-spam service in order to detect and block spam. For more information on how Automattic (Akismet) handles the data it collects, see Automattic’s privacy policy. You can always delete your comment by contacting us with your request.
Lawful basis for processing: Consent given by data subject
Why are we doing this?: You have given your consent by checking the box on the ‘Leave a comment’ form
4.1.2 You fill out a form
When you submit a request through one of our ‘contact’ form on our site we collect your e-mail address, and comment. With the default configuration, the form plugin (Contact form 7), in itself, does not:
• track users by stealth;
• write any user personal data to the database;
• send any data to external servers;
• use cookies.
Lawful basis for processing: Consent given by data subject
Why are we doing this?: You have given your consent by checking the box on the ‘email’ form
4.1.3 Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to track visitor interaction with our site in order to produce statistical reports. Google collects details of the pages you view and the time you viewed them, the features of your browser, and your IP address. For more information on how Google handles the data it collects, see Google’s privacy policy.
Lawful basis for processing: Pursuance of our legitimate interests
Why are we doing this?: To allow us to analyse how visitors interaction with our site in order to improve our site and our services
4.2 We may collect personal information about you from a number of sources, including the following:
4.2.1 For contract purposes. When you contract us to carry out work for you, we will use your data in order to fulfil our contract with you. We will keep this data in order to make your future transactions with us easier. If you ask us to stop processing or delete your information while we still have an open contractual obligation to you, such as an incomplete job or outstanding invoice, we will only do so after the contract has been completed and all debts settled.
4.2.2 For legitimate business interests. We collect and process your personal data for purposes that are in our legitimate organisational interests. We process your data in order to: inform you of our services that we believe you will be interested in; for administrative purposes such as accounting. We will always consider your right to privacy and ensure that our use of data is proportionate.
4.2.3 From third parties to whom you have provided information with your consent to pass it on to other organisations or persons – when we receive such information we will let you know as soon as is reasonably practicable.
4.3 If you refuse to provide information requested, then if that information is necessary for a service we provide to you we may need to stop providing that service.
4.4 At the time of collecting information, by whichever method is used, we’ll endeavour to alert you and inform you about our purposes and legal basis for processing that information, as well as whether we intend to share the information with anyone else or send it outside of the European Economic Area. If at any point you think we’ve invited you to provide information without explaining why, feel free to object and ask for our reasons.