Blam Connected Privacy Policy  

This Privacy Policy outlines Blam Websites Ltd (" we ", " our " or " the Company ") practices with respect to information collected from users who access our website at https://connected.blam.online (" Site "), or otherwise share personal information with us (collectively: " Users "). 

Processing of your personal information (meaning, any information which may potentially allow your identification with reasonable means; hereinafter " Personal Information ") is necessary for the performance of our contractual obligations towards you and providing you with our services, to protect our legitimate interests and for compliance with legal and financial regulatory obligations to which we are subject.

When you use the Site, you consent to the collection, storage, use, disclosure and other uses of your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy.

We encourage our Users to carefully read the Privacy Policy and use it to make informed decisions. 

We collect two types of data and information from Users. 

The first type of information is un-identified and non-identifiable information pertaining to a User(s), which may be made available or gathered via your use of the Site (“ Non-personal Information ”). We are not aware of the identity of a User from which the Non-personal Information was collected. Non-personal Information which is being collected may include your aggregated usage information and technical information transmitted by your device, including certain software and hardware information (e.g. the type of browser and operating system your device uses, language preference, access time, etc.) in order to enhance the functionality of our Site. We may also collect information on your activity on the Site (e.g. pages viewed, online browsing, clicks, actions, etc.).

The second type of information Personal Information which is individually identifiable information, namely information that identifies an individual or may with reasonable effort identify an individual. Such information includes:

• Device Information: We collect Personal Information from your device. Such information includes geolocation data, IP address, unique identifiers (e.g. MAC address and UUID) and other information which relates to your activity through the Site.
• User information: When you are created a user to our Site your email, phone number, first name and last name will be stored
• Google information: When logging in with your Google account we will store only your API refresh token to enhance user experience

We do not rent, sell, or share Users’ information with third parties except as described in this Privacy Policy.

We may use the information for the following:

• Communicating with you – sending you notices regarding our services, providing you with technical information and
  
• To serve you confirmation emails on the progress of ongoing jobs

In addition to the different uses listed above, we may transfer or disclose Personal Information to our subsidiaries, affiliated companies and subcontractors.

In addition to the purposes listed in this Privacy Policy, we may share Personal Information with our trusted third party providers, who may be located in different jurisdictions across the world, for any of the following purposes: 

• Outsourcing design work to freelancers

We may also disclose information if we have good faith to believe that disclosure of such information is helpful or reasonably necessary to: (i) comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request; (ii) enforce our policies (including our Agreement), including investigations of potential violations thereof; (iii) investigate, detect, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities or other wrongdoing, suspected fraud or security issues; (iv) to establish or exercise our rights to defend against legal claims; (v) prevent harm to the rights, property or safety of us, our users, yourself or any third party; or (vi) for the purpose of collaborating with law enforcement agencies and/or in case we find it necessary in order to enforce intellectual property or other legal rights.

Our site allows the ability to sign in with Google, this is the recommended procedure to sign into Blam Connected. The scope at which what data we can access from your Google account is limited to the below:

• Basic personal information - Such as your email address and name
• Google Calendar - We will have full access to your Google Calendar, including reading, modifying and added events

How will we use your Google data?

None of your Google data will be stored, when signing in with Google we will access the email address of your Google account and see if matches any user accounts on Blam Connected, if a match is found then you will be logged in and your API refresh token will be stored (See below for how we will use this). If a match is not found then you will be re-directed back to the login screen and no data stored.

How will we use your Google API Refresh Token:

If you are a partner (standard user) we will not use your Refresh Token.

If you are a member of Blam Staff or an outsource designer/freelancer then we will use your Google Refresh Token to access your Google Calendar, this will be used in a variety of ways to manage our ongoing job flow. When a job is created, assigned to you and allocated a design date our API will create an event in your calendar. If the design date is changed at any point then our API will modify the event to the correct date. When accessing the job pipeline we will use your Google Refresh token to check the date of the event matches to the date in our records. Finally, if the job is deleted we will use our API to delete the event from your calendar.

You may request to: 

1. Receive confirmation as to whether or not personal information concerning you is being processed, and access your stored personal information, together with supplementary information.
   
2. Receive a copy of personal information you directly volunteer to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. 
3. Request rectification of your personal information that is in our control.
4. Request erasure of your personal information. 
5. Object to the processing of personal information by us. 
6. Request to restrict processing of your personal information by us.
7. Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

However, please note that these rights are not absolute, and may be subject to our own legitimate interests and regulatory requirements. 

If you wish to exercise any of the aforementioned rights, or receive more information, please contact our Data Protection Officer (“DPO”) using the details provided below:

Grant Stain

Blam Websites Ltd

Somerset House, Temple Street, 

Birmingham, B2 5DP

Email: info@blam.online

Phone: 0121 295 1969

We and our trusted partners use cookies and other technologies in our related services, including when you visit our Site or access our services. 

A "cookie" is a small piece of information that a website assign to your device while you are viewing a website. Cookies are very helpful and can be used for various different purposes. These purposes include allowing you to navigate between pages efficiently, enable automatic activation of certain features, remembering your preferences and making the interaction between you and our Services quicker and easier. Cookies are also used to help ensure that the advertisements you see are relevant to you and your interests and to compile statistical data on your use of our Services. 

The Site uses the following types of cookies:

a. 'session cookies' which are stored only temporarily during a browsing session in order to allow normal use of the system and are deleted from your device when the browser is closed; 

b. 'persistent cookies ' which are read only by the Site, saved on your computer for a fixed period and are not deleted when the browser is closed. Such cookies are used where we need to know who you are for repeat visits, for example to allow us to store your preferences for the next sign-in; 

c. 'third party cookies' which are set by other online services who run content on the page you are viewing, for example by third party analytics companies who monitor and analyze our web access.

Cookies do not contain any information that personally identifies you, but Personal Information that we store about you may be linked, by us, to the information stored in and obtained from cookies. You may remove the cookies by following the instructions of your device preferences; however, if you choose to disable cookies, some features of our Site may not operate properly and your online experience may be limited.

We take great care in implementing and maintaining the security of the Site and your information. we employ industry standard procedures and policies to ensure the safety of the information we collect and retain, and prevent unauthorized use of any such information, and we require any third party to comply with similar security requirements, in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Although we take reasonable steps to safeguard information, we cannot be responsible for the acts of those who gain unauthorized access or abuse our Site, and we make no warranty, express, implied or otherwise, that we will prevent such access.

We understand the importance of protecting children’s privacy, especially in an online environment. The Site is not designed for or directed at children. Under no circumstances shall we allow use of our services by minors without prior consent or authorization by a parent or legal guardian. We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from minors. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with Personal Information without their consent, he or she should contact us at info@blam.online .

If you have any general questions about the Site or the information we collect about you and how we use it, you can contact us at info@blam.online .

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Last Modified 25/01/2021