Privacy Policy & GDPR
Blue2 Media are proud to provide services that are easy to understand, and we strive for the same level of clarity in the policies that govern our service.

As you may know, the European Union will begin enforcing new data protection legislation in May 2018 called the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It’s a huge step forward in holding service providers like ourselves accountable for how they store and use your personal data in the European Union, and we’ve taken this opportunity to review our practices for everyone. Most of our policies were already aligned with the GDPR’s requirements, but we did need to make a few changes to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

GDPR INFORMATION

On the 25th May 2018, these regulations will come into force. We have pulled together the information below to answer all your key questions to get you GDPR-ready.

PRIVACY POLICY

Blue2 Media respects your right to privacy. This privacy policy has been developed to inform you about the privacy practices followed by Blue2 Media in connection with its websites, products and services. This privacy policy will inform you about what data is collected, how we use such data, where data is processed, how you may opt out of your data being used, and the security provisions around storing your data and how to correct or update your data.

1. Data.

Who are we?
Blue2 Media is a provider of web design, graphic design and hosting services, based in Nantwich UK. In order to communicate with you and to provide our products and services and related support, it is necessary for Blue2 Media to transfer and store your personal data. In such case, the data controller for this data is Jez Huntington trading as Blue2 Media, having its Correspondence address Blue2 Media, 159 Welsh Row, Nantwich, Cheshire. CW5 5EY. All questions or requests regarding the processing of data may be addressed to: info@blue2media.co.uk

2. Collection of Personal Information

• We collect information from you when you place an order for a Blue2 Media service or product, fill out a form for pre/post sales assistance, or your use of social media. Blue2 Media is a third party domain registrar and webhosting service provider, we provide platforms for you to use such as email, web hosting and secure ecommerce. To fulfil requests for domain names, digital certificates or other products or services, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, physical address, phone number, credit card information and/or organisational details or other personal information.
• 2.1 domain name specific data As part of its duties as an domain name registrar, Blue2 Media is required to provide certain information about customers who register domain names with Blue2 Media to the relevant naming authority. This information will include personal data such as the customer’s name, address and telephone number.
• The relevant naming authority will make such information available to the public through publicly accessible directories of owners of domain names.
• It is a condition of the purchase of a domain name from Blue2 Media that the customer agrees to the transfer of his/her personal data to the relevant naming authority and agrees to the naming authority making that personal data available on a public database. Blue2 Media can provide its customers with details of the relevant naming authority on request.

3. Use of Personal Information

• Your information, whether public or private, will not be sold, exchanged, transferred outside of our company, or given to any other company for any reason without your consent, other than for the purposes specified in below:
• 3.1 To process applications for Blue2 Media products and services: Your information is used to provide our products and services and order processing as well as to conduct business transactions such as billing.
• 3.2 To improve customer service: Your information helps us to more effectively respond to your pre/post sales requests and provide technical support.
• 3.3 To send renewal notices: The email address you provide for order processing may be used to send you renewal notices for your services.
• 3.4 To send periodic emails: In addition, we may send you periodic company newsletters, new service updates, security updates, related product or service information, and status updates on maintenance windows or service availability.
• 3.5 To tell you about our products and services: We may send you information about our products and services that may be of interest to you based on your use of other Blue2 Media products and services.

4. Processing of Data and Consent

We will process your data for the purpose of performance of our contract with you or the legitimate interest of our business. In other cases, we will request your consent for the processing of the personal data you may submit. Your refusal to provide personal data to us for certain products and services may hinder us from fulfilling your order for those products or services. Also, if you deny or withdraw your consent to use personal data or opt out of receiving information about Blue2 Media products and services this may result in you not being made aware of sales promotions, renewal notices, periodic company newsletters, new service updates, security updates, related product or service information, and status updates on maintenance windows or service availability.

5. Use of Cookies

• Blue2 Media uses Cookies on our Website to help our users – nothing else!
• We do not give your details away, tell other companies what you attempted to buy (or looked at) and we do not follow you around the internet with adverts!
• We only allow Essential Cookies that will allow you to use our website to its full specification, and Anonymous Statistical Cookies that can help tell us what’s popular on our website.
• We do this to allow us to see trends on our website & products, but more importantly, so we can spot problems and improve communication.

6. Use of application logs for diagnostics or to gather statistical information

Our servers automatically record information (“Application Log Data”) created by your use of our services. Application Log Data may include information such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, the referring web page, pages visited, location, your mobile carrier, device and application IDs, search terms, and cookie information. We use this information to diagnose and improve our services. Except as stated in section 8 (Data Retention), we will either delete the Application Log Data or remove any account identifiers, such as your username, full IP address, or email address, after 12 months.

7. Sharing of Information and Transfers of Data

• We do not sell or trade your personal information to outside parties.
• Blue2 Media may share information about you within our company and transfer it to countries in the world where we do business in connection with the uses identified in section 3 above and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. In these cases, personal data will be transferred to countries that do not provide an adequate level of protection under European law so we ensure your data is protected by entering into agreements containing standard contract clauses with each of our group companies a copy of which may be obtained by contacting us as outlined in section 15 below.
• We may also transfer your personal data to trusted third parties in order to serve purposes that are specified in section 3 above. In circumstances where data is shared with such third parties, they are required to agree to confidentiality terms. This prohibits such third parties from selling, trading, using, marketing or otherwise distributing Blue2 Media customer data.
• We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law or protect our rights, property, or safety. It is our policy to notify customers of requests for their data from law enforcement unless we are prohibited from doing so by statute or court order. Law enforcement officials who believe that notification would jeopardise an investigation should obtain an appropriate court order or other process that specifically precludes member notification.
• We may also disclose your personal information to third parties who may take over the operation of our website or business or who may purchase any or all of our assets, including your personal information. We will contact you using the details you provide if there is any change in the person controlling your information.

8. Data retention

• The personal information we collect is retained for no longer than necessary to fulfil the stated purposes in section 2 above or for a period specifically required by law or regulation that Blue2 Media is obligated to follow.
• Personal data used to fulfil verification of certain types of products such as SSL certificates and Domain names, and this data will be retained for a minimum of 10 years depending on the class of product or service and may be retained in either a physical or electronic format.
• Even if you request deletion or erasure of your data, we may retain your personal data to the extent necessary and for so long as necessary for our legitimate business interests or performance of contractual obligations.
• After the retention period is over, Blue2 Media securely disposes or anonymises your personal information in order to prevent loss, theft, misuse, or unauthorised access.

9. Opting out; withdrawing consent

• If Blue2 Media is processing your personal data based on your consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us at one of the addresses shown below.

10. Access to your personal data

• You are responsible for providing Blue2 Media with true, accurate, current and complete personal information. You are also responsible to maintain and promptly update the information to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. .
• If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or if we have reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, we have the right to suspend or terminate your and refuse any and all current or future services.

11. How we protect your information

• We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you place an order or enter, submit, or access your personal information. All supplied sensitive/credit information is transmitted in an encrypted format via Secure Socket Layer (SSL).
• After a transaction, your transaction‐related information may be kept on file to meet audit requirements and facilitate renewals or future purchases.
• Blue2 Media uses a reputable third party to process credit card payments and needs to provide credit card numbers and identifying financial data directly to the third party credit card processor. Such information is shared securely.

12. Follow relevant laws

Blue2 Media commits itself to protect the personal information submitted by applicants and subscribers for its public certification services. Blue2 Media declares to fully respect all rights established and laid out in European laws and operates within the limits of the: European Directive 95/46 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data.

13. Your rights In compliance with the European Union rules on privacy

You have the following rights established by law:

• We use the data you submit only for purposes identified in section 3 of this privacy policy.
• You have the right to review your personal data that Blue2 Media holds and check it for accuracy.
• You have the right to correct data in the case that errors may be found in our records.
• You have the right to request that any of your personal data be erased. i.e. right to be forgotten.
• You have the right to obtain and reuse your personal data for your own purposes.
• You have the right to request that Blue2 Media restrict the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances.
• You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data.

14. Changes to our Privacy Policy

If we make material changes to our privacy policy, we will inform customers by publishing a notice the availability of a new version on our online portals.

15. Contact Us

If you have any inquires, or questions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us at:

Data Protection Officer
Jez Huntington
159 Welsh Row
Nantwich
Cheshire
CW5 5EY
England
United Kingdom
info@blue2media.co.uk
+44 (0)1270 485306

16. Our Location

Correspondence Address.
Blue2 Media, 159 Welsh Row, Nantwich, Cheshire. CW5 5EY.