privacy policy
1. HOW WE MAY USE PERSONAL DETAILS SUPPLIED TO US
This website (www.viralacademy.co.uk) ("Website" or "Academy") is provided by Ann Summers Limited, a private limited company registered under number 01034349, whose registered office address is at Gold Group House, Godstone Road, Whyteleafe, Surrey, CR3 OGG ("Ann Summers", "we" or "us").
If you have signed up to the Academy, we will use personal data which you submit to us for the purposes of running the Academy, communicating with you about your Submissions (as defined in the Academy Terms), notifying you when a new brief is posted on the Website and if any of the Academy Terms change, and also in connection with the exercise of our rights in relation to any Submission you make and any resulting Viral (as defined in the Academy Terms). This may include, amongst other things, communicating with you about your registration or user log in and/or rights queries about your Submission, notifying you when the successful Submission(s) have been chosen and/or when the Viral (as defined in the Academy Terms) has been seeded.
If your Submission is successful we will also identify you as the creator of the Viral (as defined in the Academy Terms) in accordance with the Academy Terms, and may use the personal data you submit to us for the purposes of promoting the Viral in accordance with the Academy Terms. The name of the successful individual or agency will be posted on the Website and we may also notify others who have signed up to the Academy of the identity of the successful individual or agency.
We will not give out your contact details directly to third parties, except as stated in this Privacy Policy. We may communicate with you using any of the methods for which you have supplied us contact details (including but not limited to any electronic means, such as email).
You agree that if you provide us with personal information about another person, then that person has consented to you providing such personal data to us and that he or she is aware of the purposes for which that data may be used.
In addition, we may use your data in connection with analysing Website visitor profiles, monitoring or investigating compliance with the Website Terms and/or Academy Terms, and taking appropriate action in response to any actual or suspected breaches. The latter scenario may involve us passing your details on to relevant third parties such as rights owners or law enforcement authorities.
2. COOKIES
We may also store information about you using cookies (files which are sent by us to your computer or other access device) which we can access when you open an email from us or visit the Website in future. We do this to remember your log in details, monitor Website traffic, and assist us in analysing visitor profiles and in giving users a better online experience. If you want to delete any cookies that are already on your computer, please refer to the instructions for your file management software to locate the file or directory that stores cookies. Information on deleting or controlling cookies is available at www.aboutcookies.org. Please note that by deleting our cookies or disabling future cookies you may not be able to access certain areas or features of the Website.
When you visit the Website, we may also log your IP address, a unique identifier for your computer or other access device.
3. INFORMATION REQUESTS
You can ask for a copy of the information we hold about you at any time (for which we may charge a small fee). We will also correct any inaccuracies in your information at your request.
4. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
If we make changes to our Privacy Policy that affect how we handle your data, we will let you know by email if you have signed up to the Academy. You can check our Privacy Policy at this page at any time.