HAINES & GOPTHAL LTD respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you as to how we collect, use and store your personal data when you visit our website and when you provide your data through forms on this website, and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

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WHO WE ARE

Purpose of this Privacy Policy

This privacy policy aims to give you information on how HAINES & GOPTHAL LTD collects and processes your personal data through your use of this website, including any data you may provide through this website when registering to stay informed on latest updates and launch information. This website is not intended for children and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children.

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Contact details

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, please contact us in the following ways:

Full name of legal entity: HAINES & GOPTHAL LTD

Trading as: Strong Socials

Contact email: support@strongsocials.fit (this address is managed by HAINES & GOPTHAL LTD, the data controller)

Registered address of legal entity: 71-75 Sheldon Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ

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You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK regulator for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO, so please contact us in the first instance.

 

WE COLLECT THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF INFORMATION

 

1. Information you provide to us directly: when you register to stay informed on latest updates via email, we collect your email address. 

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2. Technical information we collect:

• When you use our website, we may automatically collect limited technical information (such as your computer's IP address and/or browser type), to help us improve site performance and understand usage trends.

• We may use third-party analytics in the future to help us measure how you use our website. These tools collect information sent by your device, including how you like to use our website, which can help us in improving our Service.

• HAINES & GOPTHAL LTD may occasionally invite feedback via email to help us improve our communications; we may send out e-mails inviting feedback or offering products and services; or we may ask you for information concerning interest and/or support of our products or services. Your response to these communications may require you to submit personal information and opinions.

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HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

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We may use information that we receive to:

• Share updates and news, including launch information and community announcements

• Improve our website and communications

• Analyse site traffic and user engagement (where analytics tools are used)

• Diagnose or fix technology problems

• Comply with legal or regulatory requirements

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We have set out below a description of all of the ways we plan to use your personal data, and which of the legal bases we rely on to do so. We have also identified what our legitimate interests are where appropriate. Note that we may process your personal data for more than one lawful ground depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your data. Please contact us if you need details about the specific legal ground we are relying on to process your personal data where more than one ground has been set out below.

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Purpose/Activity:

We process your data only where we have a lawful basis to do so, which is usually your consent (for marketing and updates) or our legitimate business interests (to maintain and improve our website).

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Type of data

Marketing and communications

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Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest

• Performance of a contract with you

• Necessary to comply with a legal obligation

• Necessary for our legitimate interests (to recover debts due to us)

• Necessary for our legitimate interests (to keep our records updated and to study how customers use our products/services, to study how customers use our products/services, to develop them and grow our business)

• Necessary for our legitimate interests (for running our business, provision of administration and IT services, network security, to prevent fraud and in the context of a business reorganisation or group restructuring exercise)

• Necessary for our legitimate interests (to study how customers use our products/services, to develop them, to grow our business and to inform our marketing strategy)

• Necessary for our legitimate interests (to develop our products/services and grow our business)

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We rely on your consent to collect and use your data. You can withdraw this consent at any time by clicking "unsubscribe" in any email or contacting us directly.

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PURPOSE OF USING YOUR INFORMATION

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Marketing

We strive to provide you with choice regarding personal data uses, particularly around marketing and advertising.

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Promotional offers from us

We may use your contact information to form a view on what we think you may want or need, or what may be of interest to you. This is how we decide which products, services and offers may be relevant for you. You may receive occasional marketing communications from us if you have registered to stay informed on latest updates and launch information, and you have not opted out of receiving that marketing.

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Third-party marketing

We will get your express opt-in consent before we share your personal data with any third party for marketing purposes. You can ask us or third parties to stop sending you marketing messages at any time by following the opt-out links on any marketing message sent to you or by contacting us at any time. Where you opt out of receiving these marketing messages, this will not apply to personal data provided to us as a result of a product/service purchase, warranty registration, product/service experience or other transactions.

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Cookies

We currently do not use non-essential cookies. If this changes, a cookie banner will appear when you visit our site. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this website may become inaccessible or not function properly.

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Change of purpose

We will only use your personal data for the purposes which will collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to get an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact us. If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so. Please note that we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law. 

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SHARING OF YOUR INFORMATION

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We will not rent or sell your information to third parties outside of HAINES & GOPTHAL LTD without your consent, except as noted in this Policy. Parties with whom we may share your information:‍

• We may share User Content not personal information with potential business partners, service providers as a way of improving our service and providing relevant content. This will be done under confidentiality terms.

• We may remove parts of data that can identify you and share anonymised data with other parties. We may also combine your information with other information in a way that it is no longer associated with you and share that aggregated information.

• We may be required to disclose your information without your prior consent by law for the following reasons:

  • Comply with law or legal process

  • Protect and defend our rights and property, or the rights and property of a third party

  • Protect us against misuse or unauthorised use of any of HAINES & GOPTHAL LTD’s products, software, services, or other proprietary materials

  • Prevent death or imminent bodily harm, prevent and address fraud and other illegal activity

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HOW WE STORE YOUR INFORMATION

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Your data is securely stored and managed by our email service provider, who acts as our data processor. They comply with UK GDPR and, where applicable, the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. We retain your data only as long as necessary for the purposes described in this policy.

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OTHER WEBSITES AND SERVICES

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‍We are not responsible for the practices employed by any websites or services linked to or from our Service, including the information or content contained within them. Please remember that when you use a link to go from our Service to another website or service, our Privacy Policy does not apply to those third-party websites or services. Your browsing and interaction on any third-party website or service, including those that have a link on our website/software, or are accessed through our web/in-app browser are subject to that third party's own rules and policies. In addition, you agree that we are not responsible and do not have control over any third-parties that you authorize to access your User Content. If you are using a third-party website or service and you allow them to access your User Content you do so at your own risk.
 

YOUR DATA PROTECTION RIGHTS
 

‍If you are a resident of the EEA or the UK, you have the following data protection rights:

• If you wish to access, correct, update, or request deletion of your personal information, you can do so at any time by emailing us at support@strongsocials.fit.

• In addition, you can object to the processing of your personal information, ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information, or request portability of your personal information. Again, you can exercise these rights by emailing us.

• You have the right to opt-out of marketing communications we send you at any time. You can exercise this right by clicking on the "unsubscribe" link in the marketing emails we send you. To opt-out of other forms of marketing, please contact us by email.

• Similarly, if we have collected and process your personal information with your consent, then you can withdraw your consent at any time.  Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing we conducted prior to your withdrawal, nor will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.

• You have the right to complain to a data protection authority about our collection and use of your personal information. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority.

 

We respond to all requests we receive from individuals wishing to exercise their data protection rights in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

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QUESTIONS

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the Service, please contact us at support@strongsocials.fit.

‍CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

HAINES & GOPTHAL LTD may modify or update this Privacy Policy from time to time, so please review it periodically. We may provide you additional forms of notice of modifications or updates as appropriate under the circumstances. Your continued use of the website or the Service after any modification to this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such modification.