Privacy Policy

We take your privacy very seriously here at Media Blaze Group Ltd. In order to comply with GDPR, Version 1.3 of this privacy notice was updated on the 24th May and it tells you what to expect when Media Blaze Group Ltd collects personal information.

Who We Are

Media Blaze Group Ltd (‘we’ or ‘us’ or ‘our’) gather and process your personal information in accordance with this privacy notice and in compliance with the relevant data protection Regulation and laws.

This notice provides you with the necessary information regarding your rights and our obligations, and explains how, why and when we process your personal data.

Media Blaze Group Ltd’s registered office is at Moore House, 13 Black Lion Street, Brighton, East Sussex, England, BN1 1ND and we are a company registered in England and Wales under company number 08428712.

We are registered on the Information Commissioner’s Office Register and act as the data controller when processing your data.

Our designated Data Protection Officer is Roger Barr, who can be contacted at info@mediablaze.com.

How we will use your data

This privacy policy page applies to information we collect about:

  • visitors to our websites;

  • people who use our services, e.g. who subscribe to our newsletter or request a publication from us;

  • people who notify under the Data Protection Act;

  • job applicants and our current and former employees.

Visitors to our websites

When someone visits mediablaze.com we use a third party service, Google Analytics, to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site.

This information is only processed in a way which does not identify anyone. We have a data retention policy which means that after 50 months the visitor data in Google Analytics will expire.

We do not make, and do not allow Google to make, any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website. If we do want to collect personally identifiable information through our website, we will be up front about this.

We will make it clear when we collect personal information and will explain what we intend to do with it.

Our use of cookies

This site uses cookies - small text files that are placed on your machine to help the site provide a better user experience.

In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences, store information for things like shopping baskets, and provide anonymised tracking data to third party applications like Google Analytics.

As a rule, cookies will make your browsing experience better. However, you may prefer to disable cookies on this site and on others. The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser. We suggest consulting the Help section of your browser or taking a look at the About Cookies website which offers guidance for all modern browsers.

For more information on the cookies that will be stored on your device please see our cookie policy.

E-newsletter

We use a third party provider, Campaign Monitor, to deliver e-newsletters. We gather statistics around email opening and clicks using industry standard technologies including clear gifs to help us monitor and improve our e-newsletter.

For more information, please see Campaign Monitor’s privacy notice.

Surveys

We use a third party provide, Survey Monkey, to deliver surveys. We gather statistics around questions answered and data you have chosen to share with us; we use this to help us understand your marketing challenges.

For more information, please see Survey Monkey's privacy policy.

Website and hosting

This website is hosted by a third party service (Amazon Web Services infrastructure) and our website is published using Vercel. We use a standard service to collect anonymous information about users’ activity on the site, for example the number of users viewing pages on the site, to monitor and report on the effectiveness of the site and help us improve it.

People who contact us via social media

We use a third-party provider, Hootsuite to manage our social media interactions.

If you send us a private or direct message via social media the message will be stored by Hootsuite for three months. It will not be shared with any other organisations.

People who send us an email

We use Google's G-Suite product for email which includes Transport Layer Security (TLS) to encrypt and protect email traffic.

If your email service does not support TLS, you should be aware that any emails we send or receive may not be protected in transit.

We will also monitor any emails sent to us, including file attachments, for viruses or malicious software. We use Sophos Business for this.

Please be aware that you have a responsibility to ensure that any email you send is within the bounds of the law.

Job applicants, current and former employees

Media Blaze Group Ltd is the data controller for the information you provide during the process unless otherwise stated. If you have any queries about the process or how we handle your information please contact us at jobs@mediablaze.com.

All of the information you provide during the process will only be used for the purpose of progressing your application, or to fulfil legal or regulatory requirements if necessary.

We will not share any of the information you provide during the recruitment process with any third parties for marketing purposes or store any of your information outside of the European Economic Area.

The information you provide will be held securely by us and/or our data processors whether the information is in electronic or physical format.

We will use the contact details you provide to us to contact you to progress your application. We will use the other information you provide to assess your suitability for the role you have applied for.

We do not collect more information than we need to fulfil our stated purposes and will not retain it for longer than is necessary.

The information we ask for is used to assess your suitability for employment. You don’t have to provide what we ask for but it might affect your application if you don't.

How long we keep your data

We only ever retain personal information for as long as is necessary and we have strict review and retention policies in place to meet these obligations.

We are required under UK tax law to keep your basic personal data (name, address, contact details) for a minimum of 6 years after which time it will be destroyed.

Your rights

Under the Data Protection Act 1998, you have rights as an individual which you can exercise in relation to the information we hold about you. You can read more about these rights.

Complaints and queries

Media Blaze Group Ltd tries to meet the highest standards when collecting and using personal information. For this reason, we take any complaints we receive about this very seriously.

We encourage people to bring it to our attention if they think that our collection or use of information is unfair, misleading or inappropriate. We would also welcome any suggestions for improving our procedures.

This privacy notice was drafted with brevity and clarity in mind. It does not provide exhaustive detail of all aspects of Media Blaze Group Ltd’s collection and use of personal information.

However, we are happy to provide any additional information or explanation needed. Any requests for this should be sent to the address below.

If you want to make a complaint about the way we have processed your personal information, you can contact the ICO which is the statutory body which oversees data protection law.

Access to personal information

Media Blaze Group Ltd tries to be as open as it can be in terms of giving people access to their personal information. Individuals can find out if we hold any personal information by making a 'subject access request' under the Data Protection Act 1998.

If we do hold information about you we will: give you a description of it; tell you why we are holding it; tell you who it could be disclosed to; and let you have a copy of the information in an intelligible form.

To make a request to Media Blaze Group Ltd for any personal information we may hold you need to put the request in writing addressing it to our Data Protection Officer, or writing to the address provided below.

If you agree, we will try to deal with your request informally, for example by providing you with the specific information you need over the telephone.

If we do hold information about you, you can ask us to correct any mistakes or remove any personal data we may hold on you.

Links to other websites

This privacy notice does not cover the links within this site linking to other websites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit.

We keep our privacy notice under regular review. This privacy notice was last updated on 20th April 2018.

How to contact us

If you want to request information about our privacy policy you can email us or write to:

Data Protection Officer
30 Panton Street
London
SW1Y 4AJ

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