RippedBay Privacy Policy
1. Introduction
RippedBay, located at 23 Elm Grove, Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO4 8PQ, United Kingdom, is committed to protecting your privacy, as outlined in this Privacy Policy. Our top priority is ensuring the confidentiality of our customers, subscribers, readers, visitors, and users. This policy provides detailed information about how we collect, use, and manage your data.
By using our services or accessing our websites and applications, you acknowledge and agree to the terms outlined in this privacy policy. RippedBay reserves the right to update this policy, with notifications provided through the website or email. Any changes will be effective immediately upon publication.
The handling of personal data within RippedBay complies with UK law and European privacy regulations.
This privacy policy may be updated periodically. For any inquiries or comments, please contact us at info@rippedbay.uk, and we will promptly address your concerns.
2. Data Collection
RippedBay gathers, records, and processes personal data from its customers, subscribers, readers, visitors, and users of its information, website, and events.
Personal data includes information about an identifiable individual and may be provided by you, generated through product and service usage, or obtained from third parties.
2.1. Voluntarily Provided Personal Data:
Certain personal data requires explicit disclosure, such as subscription details, community affiliation, product purchases, website interactions, event registrations, or user profile creation. This information is voluntarily provided by you.
Depending on the service used, this may include:
– Last name, first name
– Address, email address, phone number, bank account information
– Professional or educational background
– Subscription details or reasons for unsubscribing
– Preferences or interests expressed across various platforms
Sensitive data, such as racial or ethnic origin, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and health records, is not processed in violation of legal requirements.
You are responsible for the accuracy and completeness of the information provided. Providing inaccurate or third-party data may result in temporary or permanent denial of access to RippedBay’s updates and resources.
2.2. Automatically Collected Personal Data:
Data is automatically collected during the use of RippedBay’s website through cookies or similar technologies. This includes information such as IP address, device specifications, website or application usage, language preferences, and browser details.
Depending on the service or application, this may include:
– Geolocation data
– Time, frequency, and duration of use
– Interaction with newsletters, web pages, articles, multimedia content, or shared materials
– Referral sources, device specifications, operating system, or browser information
This data is used to enhance user experiences, customize offers, and improve products.
3. Storage and Access to Personal Data
Personal data, whether voluntarily disclosed or automatically collected, is stored and processed in RippedBay’s database, located at 23 Elm Grove, Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO4 8PQ, United Kingdom. RippedBay is responsible for processing this data and oversees processing by third parties upon their request.
RippedBay does not retain your data beyond legal requirements and the necessity for the purposes outlined in this document.
4. Legal Basis for Processing
RippedBay processes personal data based on legal grounds outlined in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Data collection is carried out for various purposes, ensuring that only relevant data is processed for the intended objectives. Processing includes collection, recording, organization, storage, updating, modification, retrieval, consultation, use, distribution, or provision, amalgamation, archiving, erasure, or destruction of personal data.
We engage in data processing when:
– Explicit consent is obtained
– In the context of contractual obligations
– To comply with legal or regulatory requirements
– When RippedBay has a legitimate interest, balanced with respecting the privacy of data subjects
Anonymous, aggregated data may be used for commercial purposes or external reporting but cannot be traced back to individual entities.