Privacy Policy

Facesinplaces.co.uk

Welcome to Facesinplaces.co.uk, the social networking site for club-goers. This site enables you to set-up your own profile and share information and photos with other members. Your profile contains personal information about you, your interests and the people you know. In order to protect your privacy, Facesinplaces.co.uk ensures you have complete control over what information you make public and how you would like it to be shared. Anyone can set-up a basic profile; however if you wish to set-up a more enhanced profile and have access to the advanced site tools, your photo must already have been published on the Website and you must tag yourself in that photo. This ensures that all full members within Facesinplaces.co.uk can be clearly identified within a photo. By tagging yourself in the photo you are consenting to us processing your personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Information collected by Facesinplaces.co.uk

When you visit Facesinplaces.co.uk you provide us with information as part of the registration process. The registration form includes information that is required as a minimum to set-up your online profile. This includes your name, gender, location, email address and date of birth. This information will be linked to the image of yourself that you have tagged. The registration process also allows you to set your username (this can be your real name or a screen name; but must be unique) and your password. Once these details are submitted you will have access to your profile and can begin to add additional information if you so wish. Please note the submission of a correct date of birth on the site is a Term and Condition of using the site and is used to verify you are 18 or over. Please note:

  • Additional information can be entered to enhance your profile. This may be viewed by other members and as such you post information at your own risk.
  • Information emailed to other users through the Facesinplaces.co.uk message service may remain in their inbox until removed by the receiver. Facesinplaces.co.uk cannot control the actions of other users and as such Facesinplaces.co.uk does not guarantee that such information will not be viewed by unauthorised persons. This information may be transferred; forwarded; copied or circulated to other users and to individuals outside of the Facesinplaces.co.uk website and as such any information you send using the message service is undertaken at your own risk.
  • Facesinplaces.co.uk enables you to invite individuals to visit the site and in doing so requires you to submit a contact name and contact email address. Facesinplaces.co.uk will use this information to send a single email to the individual and invite them to visit the site. The personal information associated with this invitation will be stored on the web server unless requested. Requests to remove information may be made by the individual receiving the invite and should be forwarded to privacy@facesinplaces.co.uk.
  • Facesinplaces.co.uk may run competitions that require your name, email address and other specific personal information as part of the entry process. This information is submitted at your own risk and may fall under additional terms and conditions specified and agreed to at the point of competition entry.
  • As part of your journey around the website, Facesinplaces.co.uk collects information such as your IP address, screen resolution and browser type. This information is collated and analysed with the purpose of improving your online experience. This data is collected anonymously and is not associated with your personal identity.
  • Back-ups of information collected by Facesinplaces.co.uk may remain on our servers for a reasonable period of time. This may include information subsequently changed by you at a later date.
  • Any improper collection or misuse of information on Facesinplaces.co.uk website should be reported instantly to privacy@facesinplaces.co.uk.

Use of Cookies

Facesinplaces.co.uk may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. They help us to improve the Website and to deliver a better and more personalised service. They enable us:

  • To estimate our audience size and usage pattern.
  • To store information about your preferences, and so allow us to customise the Website according to your individual interests.
  • To speed up your searches.
  • To recognise you when you return to the Website.

You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of the Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to the Website. Please note that our advertisers may also use cookies, over which we have no control. The Website may contain electronic images known as web beacons which allows us to count users who have visited those pages and deliver co-branded services. Web beacons are not used to access your personally identifiable information on the Website. They are a technique to compile aggregated statistics about the Website’s usage. Web beacons collect only a limited set of information including a cookie number, time and date of a page view and a description of the page on which the web beacon resides.

Use of information

In order to protect your privacy, Facesinplaces.co.uk ensures you have complete control over what information you make public and how you would like it to be shared. At any time you can access your personal settings and add; amend or remove the information you have provided. Please note:

  • Your real name, screen name and email address may be used by Facesinplaces.co.uk to send you emails containing announcements; enhancements to service, and other service related information that may enhance ythe Website experience. Facesinplaces.co.uk reserves the right to send you email notices about your account even if you select to opt out of all correspondence.
  • You may receive emails notifying you of friend alerts, photo tagging and messages associated with you.
  • Your basic profile information will be made available to other users of the site through the site search functionality. This information may also be picked-up and displayed by third party search engines such as Google.
  • Information in your profile may be used to analyse certain geographic or demographic trends in an aggregated manner. For example this may include identifying how many members in a certain location like a particular band or film. This information may be passed to a third party, however the data transferred is anonymous and is not associated with your personal identity.
  • Information you submit as part of a competition entry may be transferred to a third party in its entirety including any personal information submitted. Users submit this information at their own risk and should consult the specific terms and conditions of each competition before submitting their entry.
  • Information collected as part of your journey around the site may be used and analysed with the purpose of improving your online experience. This information may be passed to a third party, however the data transferred is anonymous and is not associated with your personal identity.

Sharing information

Subject to any user settings you set, information submitted by you within your personal profile will be visible to other Facesinplaces.co.uk members and as such you are responsible for your own content. Such information will be accessible by Third Parties to use in any way they want.

Facesinplaces.co.uk will use your information in the following ways:

  • To ensure that content from the Website is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.
  • To provide you with information, products or services that you request from us or which we feel may interest you, where you have consented to be contacted for such purposes.
  • To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us.
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so.
  • To notify you about changes to our service.
  • We may also use your data, or permit selected third parties to use your data, to provide you with information about goods and services which may be of interest to you and we or they may contact you about these by post or telephone.
  • If you are a member, we will only contact you by electronic means (e-mail or SMS) with information about goods and services similar to those which you have previously expressed an interest in.
  • If you do not want us to use your data in this way, or to pass your details on to third parties for marketing purposes, please tick the relevant box situated on the form on which we collect your data (the registration form).
  • If you are a new customer, and where we permit selected third parties to use your data, we (or they) will contact you by electronic means only if you have consented to this. [Note: In order to comply with the Data Protection Act 1998 your customers must actually OPT-IN to receive marketing materials by electronic means (i.e. SMS or e-mail) from third parties such as the venues. You should include a box on the registration form to this effect. However, in relation to telephone and postal marketing an OPT-OUT box will suffice.]
  • We do not disclose information about identifiable individuals to our advertisers (other than our venues), but we may provide them with aggregate information about our users (for example, we may inform them that 500 men aged under 30 have clicked on their advertisement on any given day). We may also use such aggregate information to help advertisers reach the kind of audience they want to target (for example, women in L1). We may make use of the personal data we have collected from you to enable us to comply with our advertisers‘ wishes by displaying their advertisement to that target audience.
  • To provide the features and functionality of the website and associated services. For example your details may be hosted and stored by third parties providing services such as hosting and bulk email distribution. Such providers are contractually bound not to share the information in their possession as part of their service.
  • To comply with any legal requirements. Facesinplaces.co.uk may be required to disclose user information pursuant to lawful requests, such as subpoenas or court orders, or in compliance with applicable laws. Additionally, we may share account or other information when we believe it is necessary to comply with law, to protect our interests or property, to prevent fraud or other illegal activity perpetrated through the Facesinplaces.co.uk or to prevent imminent bodily harm. This may include sharing information with other companies, lawyers, agents or government agencies.
  • To enforce the Terms of Use and protect the rights of Facesinplaces.co.uk

If the ownership of the Facesinplaces.co.uk site changes as a result of purchase or acquisition all personal information associated with the website will be transferred in its entirety to the new legal owners. The use and application of the information would remain bound by this Privacy Policy.

Changing or removing information

Facesinplaces.co.uk enables you to add, amend or delete information associated with your profile at any time. To do this simply log into the site and click on the Edit My Profile link associated with your profile. Please note:

  • You may only change the information directly associated with your account profile. This will include any tags associated with you in other user profiles and tags within any photos.
  • Any communication you have made with other users through the Facesinplaces.co.uk message service will remain unless deleted by the recipient of the message.
  • Back-ups of information collected by Facesinplaces.co.uk may remain on our servers for a reasonable period of time. This may include information subsequently changed by you at a later date.
  • Your user information will remain on the server for a reasonable period of time even if your account is deactivated. [Note: The Data Protection Act 1998 requires data controllers to purge their databases from time to time to ensure that they are up to date you cannot charge people to delete their information. You may only charge people an administration fee to see what information you hold about them.]
  • You have the right to access the information Facesinplaces.co.uk holds about you. If you would like to see what information Facesinplaces.co.uk holds about you, please submit your request in writing along with a £10.00 cheque made payable to Faces In Places Limited and send it to:

Faces In Places Ashdale House, Lockwood Avenue, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire FY6 7AB

Facesinplaces.co.uk reserve the right to carry out any processes or requests necessary to ensure the individual submitting the request is the deactivated user in question.

Security

Your personal information is stored within a database on a server protected by a firewall. Facesinplaces.co.uk takes every reasonable precaution to ensure this information is protected from data thieves and hackers. However not all systems are impenetrable and as such we cannot guarantee the security of user profile information as a result of unauthorised entry, software or hardware failure outside of the control of Facesinplaces.co.uk. Please note:

  • Any security procedures or requirements provided by third parties on eternal sites are the responsibility of the aforementioned third parties. For example the submission of credit card information encrypted by SSL on a third party secure server is their responsibility and falls under their terms and conditions of use.
  • Users should not send sensitive or private information through the Facesinplaces.co.uk message service to other users.

Changes to our Privacy Policy

Facesinplaces.co.uk reserves the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes will be published on the Facesinplaces.co.uk website on this page. Minor changes will be deemed to have been accepted by you when you enter the site after the changes have been published. Any major changes to this Policy that materially affect you and differ substantially from the statements made at the time of data collection will be published on the site 30 days in advance of the changes being implemented.

Contact details

If you have any questions concerning this Privacy Policy please contact us using the details below:

Faces in Places
Ashdale House
Lockwood Avenue
Poulton-le-Fylde
Lancashire
FY6 7AB
Telephone: 01253 887007
Fax: 01253 887007
Email: team@facesinplaces.co.uk



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