Privacy Policy

Notorious Communications (referred to as “NOTORIOUS COMMUNICATIONS” “our”, “us” and “we” in this notice) is a media planning and buying Agency. We help our clients to improve how they advertise and market, whether by print, post, email or on websites. We believe that the responsible use of data supports business growth and builds strong relationships between brand and consumer. As a business, we are committed to respecting and protecting the privacy of all individuals with whom we interact. We are committed to being transparent in our handling and processing of personal data at all times in accordance with applicable privacy and data protection laws. 

This Privacy Notice explains in detail the types of personal data we may collect about you when you interact with us. NOTORIOUS COMMUNICATIONS is the data controller of any personal data you provide to us, including in relation to this website. 

This Privacy Notice explains the following:

In the  Supplementary Information section of this Privacy Notice, we explain what is meant by “personal data” and other terms used in this notice. 

  1. Information we may collect 

The type of information we collect will depend on the circumstances and the service you are using. Generally speaking, we will collect information relating to you and/or your use of our services in the following ways: 

We collect information about how you use our website. This includes information relating to the pages you visit on our website, the services or information your search for and the links and content you choose to access. We may also use the personal information you provide through your use of our website to provide you with relevant content and to inform our marketing strategy.  This type of activity is known as “profiling” – using automated means to process your personal data to analyse or predict your personal preferences, interest or behaviours. You can object to profiling (see section 7 of this Notice, below).

We collect information about the device(s) you use to access our site. This includes collecting unique mobile device ID or the internet protocol (IP) address online identifiers, which are numbers that can uniquely identify a specific computer or other network device on the internet. This information is linked to a cookie ID, which we receive and process. You may find more information on the cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them on our separate Cookie Notice.

Contact data

We collect contact details when you sign-up to receive email alerts, attend one of our events, download our content, subscribe to our newsletters or where you ask us to respond to a query you have. The personal data we collect includes your name, email address, job title, and location. 

Marketing and communications data

We collect information about your preferences in receiving marketing information from us and your communication preferences. 

Children

We do not actively seek to collect information about children aged 16 or under. If you have any concerns about your child’s privacy in relation to our services, or if you believe that your child may have entered personal data onto our website, please contact us at Steven@notorious.above.agency. We will delete such information from our records within a reasonable time. 

  1. How we use this information

Except where required by law, we use the personal data you provide for the following purposes: 

Under data protection law we are required to advise you on the legal basis for processing your personal data. For the most part, the processing of your personal information is based either on a) our legitimate interests related to us providing you services you have requested or otherwise your customer relationship with us, or b) your consent, where requested.  

In the table below we set out further information about the purposes for which we use your personal data and the legal basis we rely on for its use. Note that we may process your personal data for more than one lawful basis depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your data.

Purpose/Activity Types of personal data that may be processed Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest
To send you information about our services: ·  To send you information which you have requested e.g. newsletters or publications in accordance with your specified preferences (a)  Name (b)  Email address (c)  Company(d)  Location Where you have requested information from us, such as newsletters, publications or event invitations, we send such communications based on your consent. You can ask us to stop such communications at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the message.
To improve and develop our website:  ·  We conduct statistical analysis on your usage of the website e.g. to enable us to improve our website, offer new features and material etc. (a)  Technical (b)  Usage Necessary for our legitimate interest (to define types of clients for our services, to keep our website updated and relevant, to develop our business and to inform our marketing strategy).
To deliver relevant content to you and measure or understand the effectiveness of the content we serve to you. (a)  Name(b)  Email address (c)  Company (d)  Location (e)  Usage (f)  Marketing and communications  (g)  Technical Necessary for our legitimate interests (to study how clients use our service and engage with our content. To develop our service, to grow our business and to inform our marketing strategy).
·  To respond to any enquiries or feedback that you send us·  To update you with any changes to our terms and conditions/other policies (a)  Name (b)  Email address (c)  Company(d)  Location It is in our legitimate interest to respond to communications that you send to us, inform you of relevant information in relation to the services that we provide and utilise your information to improve our business.
To reach out with information on our products and services relevant to your needs (a)  Name (b)  Email address (c)  Location (d)  Usage It is our legitimate interests to work out which of our products or services may interest you and tell you about them.
To share information with our service providers. (a)  Name (b)  Email address (c)  Usage (d)  Marketing and communications (e)  Technical It is our legitimate business interest to share your data with trusted third parties who provide us with services relevant to the provision of our website.
To share information with other third parties, such as regulator and law enforcement agencies (a)  Name (b)  Email address(c)  Location (d)  Usage (e)  Technical We share your data as necessary for compliance with any legal obligation to which we are subject or in order to satisfy our legitimate business interests.
  1. How long we will keep your information 

We will keep your personal data for as long as is necessary for the relevant service, in accordance with our legal obligations. After this time, your personal data will either be securely deleted or anonymised so that it can be used for analytical purposes. You may request further information via the contact details given in this Privacy Notice.

  1. How we secure your information  

We maintain appropriate organisational and technological safeguards to help protect against unauthorised use, access to or accidental loss, alteration or destruction of personal data. We also seek to ensure our service providers do the same. 

  1.  Information Sharing and Disclosure

Information shared with our third-party service providers

We use a number of third parties to perform business functions on our behalf, such as sending our newsletters and hosting our online services and customer relationship management. We will only disclose the information necessary to enable these third parties to perform their services. Our service providers are contracted to comply with our instructions and we require that they do not use your personal data for their own business purpose. 

Information shared with other parties 

Where required or permitted by law, personal data may be provided to others, such as regulator and law enforcement agencies, for example in response to a court order or a subpoena, or in response to a law enforcement agency’s request, or where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent or take action regarding illegal activities, and as otherwise required by law. 

We do not sell or rent any personal data about you to any third party.

  1. Your rights

If you exercise the rights above and there is any question about who you are, we may require you to provide information from which we can satisfy ourselves as to your identity. 

  1. Our responsibility for website links

This Privacy Notice is limited to the personal data collected by NOTORIOUS COMMUNICATIONS. We do provide links within this site to other websites, including social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn. If you follow these links, you should use these sites in conjunction with their applicable user and privacy notices as their data practices fall outside the scope of this Privacy Notice. Further, we can have no responsibility for or control over the information collected by any third-party website and we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you may provide on such websites.

  1. Updates

This Privacy Notice may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in law, best practice or a change in our practices regarding the treatment of personal data.  The date of the most recent revision will appear at the top of this page. If you do not agree to the changes, please do not continue to use our services and please refrain from sharing your personal data with us. You should check this notice frequently for updates. 

9.Contact us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice, our approach to privacy or you would like to exercise any of the rights mentioned in this Privacy Notice you can contact our Data Protection Officer in any of the following ways:

Address: Jessica Scott, Notorious Communications

Telephone

Email:  jessica@notoriouscommunications.com

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

In this Supplementary Information section, we explain some of terminology used in this Privacy Notice. 

“data controller” – the person or company that controls the purposes and means of processing personal data. 

personal data” – any information that relates to you (or from which you can be identified). 

 “processing”– means doing anything with data. For example, it includes collecting it, holding it, disclosing it and deleting it. 

“profiling”– using automated means to process personal data in order to work out certain things about people, like analysing or predicting their performance at work, reliability, economic situation, personal preferences, interests, behaviour, location or movements.

transfer” – sending personal information outside the European Economic Area (e.g. by storing it on equipment located outside the European Economic Area), or allowing someone from outside the European Economic Area to access the personal information.