PRIVACY pOLICY

1.         Who we are:

The Truth Is A Torch is owned by Mighty Village Records Limited (“We” or “us”)  a company registered in England and Wales [Company registration: 07180556]  with its registered office at 18 The Glasshouse Studios, Fryern Court Road, Fordingbridge Hants SP6 1QX. Any enquiries can be either be sent to us by email to thetruthisatorch@gmail.com or by post to:

The Truth Is A Torch

Mighty Village Records

18 The Glasshouse Studios,

Fryern Court Road,

Fordingbridge Hants SP6 1QX

 

2.         Scope of this Privacy Notice:

This Privacy Notice is to inform all users of the website (whether visitors or contributors of stories) how we process their personal data. We do not require any personal data to use the site or to contribute to the site but where we do receive personal data we are committed to processing that securely and responsibly and in accordance with the relevant legislation.

 

3.         How we collect your Personal Data 

If you share your story on The Truth Is A Torch website we intend this process to be completely anonymous and we don’t want to know your name, the name of any third party or any other information that could identify you or any third party. We actively take steps to ensure that wherever possible we do not collect or retain any personal information about you when you are completing the form to submit your story such as your IP address or location.

However, there may be times when we do obtain personal information from you. For example (but not limited to) if you were to contact us via email or post.

 

4.         Personal Information We Might Collect

If we do obtain personal information from you in the situation we have outlined above we might collect the following types of personal data including (but not limited to):

General personal data relating to age, gender, email addresses, names, social media addresses, telephone numbers and location. These might be collected when we interact with you through social media, by email or telephone or in correspondence.

 

5.         How We Might Use That Personal Information

We may process the information we receive to:

Conduct research and collate statistics to better to better understand the issues surrounding coercive control and assist in the knowledge base for parties working for the common goal to reduce and eradicate coercive control in society and assist those suffering from effects of coercive control. We might share this data on an anonymized basis with trusted parties who can help this cause and use the data to lobby for policy reform and better awareness including through the use of media. 

To comply with legal and regulatory obligations. 

No third party may use any story (or part thereof) without our explicit prior written consent

 

6.         Sharing Of Your Personal Information

We will not sell, rent or share your personal information other than with trusted third parties to help us develop and deliver a quality service. When we do we ensure that recipients are contractually bound to safeguard the data we entrust to them before we actually share the data. Examples of those trusted third parties could be:

·       Parties that support us as we provide our services (e.g cloud based software services)

·       Government and regulatory bodies or to other third parties as required by any applicable law or regulation

·       Trusted partners with whom we might agree to conduct research.

 

7.         How We Store Your Information

We use commercially reasonable precautions to help keep your personal information safe and stored securely however we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us or guarantee that information on the website may not be accessed, disclosed altered or destroyed.

 

8.         Cookies

We do not currently use cookies on the site. If cookies are used a statement will be sent to your browser explaining the use of cookies asking for your consent.

 

9.         Links to Third Party Websites

Our website will contain links to other third party websites that are not governed by the Privacy Policy and notice. Please ensure that you review those third party sites’ privacy policies before providing them with any personal data. We shall use our reasonable endeavours to only link to sites that share our respect for privacy but we are not liable or responsible for the content, security or privacy policies of those third party sites linked from our site.

 

10.       Your Data Protection Rights Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

You have the following rights in relation to any personal data that we process and you can exercise these rights by emailing us at thetruthisatorch@gmail.com

If you are a resident of the EEA, you have the following data protection rights:

If you wish to access, correct, update, or request deletion of your personal information, you can do so at any time by emailing us at thetruthisatorch@gmail.com

In addition, you can object to the processing of your personal information, ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information, or request portability of your personal information. Again, you can exercise these rights by emailing us at thetruthisatorch@gmail.com

  • Similarly, if we have collected and process your personal information with your consent, then you can withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing we conducted prior to your withdrawal, nor will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.

  • You have the right to complain to a data protection authority about our collection and use of your personal information.

  • For more information, please contact your local data protection authority which in the UK is the Information Commissioner’s Office (http://ico.org.ukconcerns/handling/).

We respond to all requests we receive from individuals wishing to exercise their data protection rights in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

 

11.       Changes To Our Privacy Policy

We may modify or update this Privacy Policy from time to time, so please review it periodically. We may provide you additional forms of notice of modifications or updates as appropriate under the circumstances. Your continued use of The Truth Is A Torch after any modification to this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such modification.