Privacy Policy

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Please read this privacy policy carefully. By entering or submitting information, you acknowledge and agree to this privacy policy. If you do not agree with this privacy policy, do not use this website.You have the right to object to a) processing based on legitimate interests (including profiling); b) direct marketing (including profiling); and c) processing for purposes of research and statistics.

General Summary

NectarContests.com (a tradename of FireBrick Media N.V., in this privacy policy states as “NC”) organizes contests where participants have a chance to win great prizes. Why? Our clients like to get in touch with potential customers to inform them about great offers of their products and services. This is done via email, phone, text messaging (SMS) and via personalized ads. By participating in our contests and promotions you agree for our clients to approach you accordingly.

NC collects wealth of lifestyle and demographic data directly and openly from consumers. We do this by publishing a variety of online consumer surveys and conducting a range of permission based direct mail and telemarketing activities on a range of different websites. nectarcontests.com allows consumers to engage with specific brands or categories of products and services they have indicated they wish to hear from. nectarcontests.com provides a range of other services to companies using our database.

The Data Controller is Firebrick Media NV. (NectarContests), located in "Groot Landhuis Kwartier, Groot Kwartierweg 12, Willemstad, Curaçao", registered with company number 151642 and with ICO registration number: ZA786855

In order to contact the Data Protection Officer, please send an email to dpo@nectarcontest.com

If you wish to participate without providing us advertisement consent, this is possible.

NC will transfer your data (in case you provided consent) in the EEA. In case we transfer the data outside the EEA, we will do so exclusively to countries which have been approved by the European Commission (an adequacy decision by the Commission exists) to have a similar level of personal data protection laws, or we will do so utilizing contractual clauses.

NC will store your data in the EEA.

Your data will be stored by us for a maximum of five (5) years after you provided marketing consent. After this period, your personal data will be automatically expunged from our Database. In case you have provided no marketing consent, your data will be expunged from our database as soon as a winner has been selected (and you are not the winner), or one (1) year after the delivery of the prize in case you are the winner. Our Sponsors have their own rules, please see their Privacy Policy for more details.

One of NC key business objectives is commitment to open and transparent information practices – informing individuals about how we collect and use personal information and protect the information privacy of those individuals. Personal information is information about an identified individual or one who is reasonably identifiable.

NC complies with the UK Data Protection Act 2018, General Data Protection Regulation 2018 (GDPR), the (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 which govern how it must handle personal information (Privacy Act) and the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act, 2013 (South Africa). Our Privacy Policy explains how we do this.

For UK residents to find out more information about your rights around the data protection act and GDPR please visit https://ico.org.uk

NC may change the Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our practices and privacy regulation. Any changes will come into effect when an updated Privacy Policy is posted to our website.

We collect your data on the lawfull basis of 'consent'.

You have the right to request from us access to and rectification or erasure of personal data as well as restriction of processing concerning your data or to object to processing as well as the right to data portability. Please contact us to exercise your rights.

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority for a breach of our obligations. You can do this either to the Data Protection Authority located in place of habitual residence, in your place of work, or where the infringement took place.

How and what personal Information we collect, and why (purpose)

Direct Collection

NC processes the personal information you provide us when entering our contests with consent and engage with our websites and any information you provide when entering prize draws, quizzes, surveys or competitions.

We are very careful to protect and maintain the highest security standards. Registration is required to participate in any of the branded surveys on the site, however merely browsing does not require registration..

Following an overview of the data that we process:

First and Last name, gender, date of birth, address, phone number, e-mail, demographic information, other personal information you actively provide, location data, information about your activity on our website, information about your browsing behavior across different websites, IP addres, internet browser and device type.

We do not collect or process sensitive data from you.

Indirect Collection

We may also collect information via technology including cookies about you from our websites when you visit which is added to your details if we have collected them and which is used in conjunction with the other information about you, including for enhancing your experience.

A cookie is a small piece of computer code which remains on your computer and contains information which helps us identify your browser and previous information viewed in relation to our service. When you visit our websites the cookie records certain details including the date, time and advertising content of that site. The information we collect in this way may include your Internet service provider’s address, date and time of your visit, Pages accessed and type of browser used.

If you do not want us to use cookies then you can easily stop them, or be notified when they are being used, by adopting the appropriate settings on your browser. If you do not allow cookies to be used, some or all of our website might not be accessible to you.

We may collect information about you from someone else but we will take reasonable steps to ensure you are aware of the information collected and the circumstances of collection.

Anonymous Third Party Cookies

When you visit our websites and you register or sign up we may set an anonymous third party cookie on your browser. When this cookie is set, all information that would make it personally identifiable is removed. The anonymous third party cookies allow advertisers to target or customize their online advertisements. For more information about behavioral advertising, please visit: https://www.oaic.gov.au/individuals/privacy-fact-sheets/general/privacy-fact-sheet-4-online-behavioural-advertising-know-your-options. You can discard cookies to be stored on your web browser. Alternatively, you can delete all the information stored previously on your browser setup. For more information. Please visit: http://www.aboutcookies.org/

LiveRamp

LiveRamp cookies allow advertisers to display on the websites you visit, relevant offers based on your consumption habits as well as measure the performance of their advertising campaigns. To work, this service is based on the deposit of a cookie on your browser when opening an email or your visit to the site of one of our partners. They only tell us your encrypted email address in an irreversible way and thus allowing us to create a technical key associated with our cookies. By depositing our cookies some technical information can be automatically collected (such as IP, your operating system or your browser type). Our cookies do not track your navigation. We do not store any information related to your connection. You can at any time easily oppose the deposit of our cookie by clicking on this link: https://liveramp.uk/privacy/

Why we collect Personal Information and what is it used for?

NC uses the personal information it collects for various purposes, including:

to send you information, offers and promotions about products and services based on your preferences and any prize notifications (Offers) by mail, phone/SMS/MMS, Push Notification or email;
to provide you with information about the products and services we offer.
in information products and information management services provided to clients and to assist clients to manage consumer information and strengthen communications between consumers, businesses and service providers;
to administer our database of personal information including improving and personalizing Offers, verifying and assessing your identity, maintaining and updating records, developing new products and services;
to enable brands and advertisers you select to communicate with you;
to provide information to third parties to enable them to give you Offers and additional information;
to improve the quality and quantity of information on our websites;
for statistical and marketing analysis and analytics.
to prefill third party offers: In some cases, we might re-direct or forward your browser to a page of a traffic partner of ours. In such a case and when possible, we might pre-fill the website to which you are being redirected to with the information you provided in our website. Please note that in no case will personal data be transmitted to the Company managing this third party website to which traffic is being sent to until you decide to engage with them.The legal basis for processing this information is: processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Controller (6.1.f) GDPR).

To whom do we disclose the Personal Information?

We disclose personal information to our clients and advertisers, third party agents, service providers and contractors only for purposes consistent with the reasons for collecting the information set out in this Privacy Policy. We may process your personal data ourselves or through data processors that will process data on our behalf (we retail full responsibility) for ensuring the data processor complies with this policy and all current data protection regulations).

Some of the recipients of the personal information, including some of our service providers, are based overseas, in a wide variety of countries (including NZ, US, EU, Philippines, India and South Africa). Before we disclose personal information to local or overseas recipients, we take reasonable steps to ensure they have privacy practices that are at least as protective as the AU Privacy Principles, the GDPR 2018 and the POPI Act, 2013. You consent to the disclosure of your personal information on that basis. We may disclose personal information to any person or authority where we are required to by law.

Other than set out in our Privacy Policy, we will not disclose your personal information without your prior consent.

What are your data protection rights?

NC would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

The right to access – You have the right to request NC for copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
The right to rectification – You have the right to request that NC correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request NC to complete the information you believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure – You have the right to request that NC erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that NC restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to NC's processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability – You have the right to request that NC transfers the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
The right to write to, report, or complain to your relevant supervisory authority, depending on your EU Member State (example, for UK data subjects, it is the ICO).

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our email: dpo@nectarcontests.com

(*) We may reserve the right to retain personal data where a reasonable expectation exists in order to fulfill an obligation. This may include suppression, ie. to “block” future communications received by request of the data subject, a regulatory authority or by law. In this event,the data subject will be informed accordingly of our reliance on this expectation(s).

With whom do we share your data?

We may process your personal data ourselves or through data processors that will process data on our behalf (we retail full responsibility) for ensuring the data processor complies with this policy and all current data protection regulations).

Depending on the consents that you set up at the time of registration and what personal data we hold about you, we may pass your personal data to Site Sponsors, Brand Partners or Data Partners and Marketing Service Providers (collectively “third parties”) who may contact you by post, email and telephone for direct marketing purposes. We will also share your data with the Marketing Services Providers who will process your data to better understand the likely characteristics of their customers; communicate with them more effectively; and find others like them across a range of marketing channels. This may mean that you receive advertising that is more relevant to you via direct mail/telemarketing/email or when you visit a website.

Email and Telephone data will only be released to third parties where you have given your positive consent (usually at the time of registration) allowing you to fully understand your registration preferences.

Our Partners and their Industry Sectors

We may share your information with carefully selected third parties where they are offering products or services that we believe will interest you. These will only be companies operating in the following sectors:

They may contact you by email, post, phone, SMS and push notifications, through on-line advertising or social media.

We will also share your data with the Marketing Services Providers listed below, who will use it to create products and services to help organizations better understand the likely characteristics of their customers; communicate with them more effectively; and find others like them across a range of marketing channels. This may mean that you receive advertising that is more relevant to you via direct mail or when you visit a website. Third party Marketing Service Providers include (but not limited to);

Click Labs Group & Client Portfolio

91 Waterloo Rd, Bishop's, London SE1 8RT, United Kingdom

Website

Privacy Statement

We Breathe Media & Client Portfolio

Website

Privacy Statement

Mdeg Ltd

The Core, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6AB

TDP Agency

Experian Ltd

GBG Plc

Permission Media Group Ltd
13th Floor, Piccadilly Plaza, Manchester, M1 4BT. Company Number: 09140601. Data Protection Number: ZA126165

At registration you have the option to opt-in to sponsors of our website. Website sponsors have their own privacy policies and some have their own opt-in statements, it is strongly recommended that you read and understand this information.

We collect, store and use data collected about you and your answers to specific questions asked by our question sponsors and/or selected third parties - (see Data Collection Notice section below). We, along with our opted in question sponsors and website sponsors, will contact you with offers and information which we/they feel will be of interest to you through post, email, social media, online advertising, telephone and/or mobile.

Website

Privacy Statement

Before entering your personal information on our websites, you have the option to opt-in to the sponsors of our website. Website sponsors have their own privacy policies, and some have their own opt-in statements, it is strongly recommended that you read and understand this information.

We collect, store and use data collected about you and your answers to specific questions asked by our question sponsors and/or selected third parties. We, along with our opted-in question sponsors and website sponsors, will contact you with offers and information which we/they feel will be of interest to you through post, email, social media, online advertising, telephone and/or mobile.

Advertisement communications from the sponsors and third parties will be sent via the following channels: email, SMS, WhatsApp, phone, post, push notifications and Facebook Messenger.

Opt-out from third parties

You may opt-out of receiving any Offers and information from our sponsors and third parties at any time simply by submitting a request in writing or under the relevant Offer or communication. You can opt out of receiving any Offers and information from a third party to whom we provide your information under the relevant Offer or communication, from that third party.

How do I unsubscribe from NC?

You may opt-out of receiving any Offers and information from NC at any time simply by submitting a request in writing or under the relevant Offer or communication or sending an email to unsubscribe@nectarcontests.com. You can opt out of receiving any Offers and information from a third party to whom we provide your information under the relevant Offer or communication, from that third party.

Our security and retention policies

We are committed to ensuring security of the personal information we hold. We take reasonable steps to protect any personal information to prevent misuse, interference and loss, and from unauthorized access, alteration and disclosure. NC holds personal information electronically and in hard copy form. Such information is stored both or own properties and with assistance of our service providers, we include the use of secure servers to store the data. These servers are based in the EU. Further, we secure the information that you provide us as following:

Security steps for access to our business holdings
Security procedures within our locations
IT security including high-end password protection, firewalls and site monitoring

In the case that NC no longer needs your personal information, we will take the necessary steps to destroy and dismiss it, though we may need to retain certain information to meet company related legal requirements. We keep your data in our databases for a maximum period of 3 years after last signup, after that period your data will be automaticaly removed form our databases.

NC does not have control over information while in transit over the internet. We cannot guarantee security of personal information during this form of transmission. Our website may include links to other websites as form of advertising, and we do not take responsibility for/nor endorse the content of those other websites or their privacy practices. You consent and understand that it is up to you to review the privacy policies of those websites.

How to access, correct or delete your Personal Information

NC works to ensure that all personal information about you that we collect, use or disclose is accurate, complete and up-to-date. Primarily, we do this by collecting information directly from you.

If you:

want to obtain access to any personal information that we hold about you, or believe any of your personal information that we hold is inaccurate, incomplete or it is not necessary to hold it; or
want to delete your personal information from our database,

you can contact us via email or post, and we will use reasonable efforts to resolve your request within 30 days. We may charge a reasonable fee to cover our costs of responding to your information requests.

If you wish to make a complaint about a breach of this Privacy Policy or the privacy laws of your local jurisdiction, you are entitled to contact us using the details below. You will need to provide us with details concerning your complaint, together with supporting evidence and a copy of your passport or driver’s license.

Security and Storage of Your personal data
We store all data collected in an encrypted environment and only for as long as is necessary However, despite our best efforts the Internet is not 100% secure and we cannot guarantee the security of any information you send to us via the Internet. We will not be responsible for any loss or damage you or others may suffer as a result of the loss of confidentiality of such information.

IP Address/Cookies

We automatically collect your IP address and record the web page from which you originated if you are using the service’s website. Cookies are used to increase your security, not infringe on your privacy. Cookies are needed to monitor, facilitate, administer and optimise the website and service for users and to earmark any possible technical issues that may arise within the website or the service. We may use your IP address to help identify you, tend to any difficulties and to gather demographic and profile information. We also use the ‘cookies’ to collect information about your online activity on our website, such as the web pages you visit, the links you click, and the searches you conduct on our website.

Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your web browser setting to decline cookies. If you choose to do this, you may not be able to avail yourself of some or all of the functionalities that the website or the service may offer.

The type of cookies that we use on our sites are:

How to contact NC

You can contact the Data Protection Officer on: dpo@nectarcontests.com

If you have a query related to this Privacy Policy, please contact us using the following information:

Nectarcontests / FireBrick media N.V.
Attn: Privacy Commissioner
Groot Landhuis Kwartier, Groot Kwartierweg 12, Willemstad, Curaçao

ICO registration number: ZA786855