This privacy policy sets out how Spotwot Limited uses, shares and protects any information that you give Spotwot via the website located at www.spotwot.com (‘site’)
Spotwot is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. We process personal data in strict compliance with the Data Protection Act1998 and associated legislation. Any third party website that you may connect to from the site is not covered by this Privacy Policy.
Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
Spotwot may change this policy from time to time by updating this privacy statement. You should check it from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.
WHAT WE COLLECT
In creating an account within the Spotwot website we require you to provide us with a valid unique mobile phone number and email address.
In addition to this we request that you provide additional information in your profile section :
- name
- URL if you have your own web site.
- Gender, Ethnicity, Relationship, Salary and Age ranges, selected from dropdown menus
- demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests.
This requested information is not mandatory either in part or whole but, as we hope is obvious, the more information you provide offers the greater assurance of relevant responses from Brands you have spotted which is a key aspiration of our service.
By entering the profile information you accept that we may retain your information and that it may be held by us or any third party company which processes it on our behalf.
WHAT WE DO WITH THE INFORMATION WE GATHER
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a unique service: in particular where you have spotted a brand you have consented to us providing your profile information to enable that brand to deliver you relevant up to date information, products and services via email or text.
Only those Businesses, Brands and organisations that you have spotted and consented to receive information from will have access to your profile details.
Personal profile data is only made available collectively through the Spotwot site to the Business Brands for campaign filtering purposes.
SECURITY
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. We have put in place suitable electronic procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
HOW WE USE COOKIES
A cookie is a small file, which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other websites. Accordingly, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
CONTROLLING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
- whenever you are asked to fill in a question in the profile section in your account, look for the box where you can click to indicate who you want to allow access to this information.
- In the profile section of your account at any time you can change the access rights to your personal information. Changes to these access rights will take effect immediately following your acceptance to save the relevant changes.
You can choose at any time not to receive any further communication from a business or organisation by selecting the appropriate "unspot" button online or texting the stop command in association with the appropriate spotword via your mobile.
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee of £10 will be payable to cover the cost of providing this information to you. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please email or write to the contact details below.
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please email or write, as soon as possible, to the contact details below. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
CONTACTING US
If you have any queries, requests or comments about this Privacy Policy, please do not hesitate to contact us at info@spotwot.com or Spotwot Ltd, Atrium Court, The Ring, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 1BW