Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions
Data controllers of your personal information
Any personal information provided to or gathered by britclassact.co.uk is controlled by the business partners that make up Class Act Music Limited. These partners are: First News who are owned by Newsbridge Limted, 95 The Street, Horsley, Surrey, KT24 6DD and The Media Spot, Grand Prix House, 126 - 129 Power Road, London W4 5PY.
Terms and conditions of Class Act
In order to participate in britclassact.co.uk and organised BRIT Class Act activities and events, such as competitions, giveaways, prize draws, website voting and to receive our newsletter you must first join BRIT Class Act using out sign up form.
To participate in the Brit Class Act music competition you must be at school or sixth form college and be no older than 19 years of age at the time of entry and for the duration of the competition.
What we do with the personal information we gather
The information we gather on britclassact.co.uk from the students, teachers, friends, fans and family members who join BRIT Class Act helps us personalise and continually improve the experience we offer you. We use the information to create tools, information packs, competitions, prize draws; and to communicate music industry news and information, make promotional offers, update our records and generally maintain your account with us. We will identify, display and recommend merchandise and services that might be of interest to you. We will also use this information to improve our platform, prevent or detect abuses of our website and enable third parties to carry out technical, logistical or other functions on our behalf.
We store the information you give us via our website or via any other way, such as email, post or phone call, in our secure database.
You can choose not to provide certain information but then you might not be able to take advantage of some of our special events or features. We use the information that you provide for such purposes as responding to your requests, customising future events for your school or community, improving services, and communicating with you.
We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. For example, like many websites, we use "cookies" and we obtain certain types of information when your Web browser accesses britclassact.co.uk or advertisements and other content served by or on behalf of britclassact.co.uk on other websites.
To help us make e-mails more useful and interesting, we often receive a confirmation when you open e-mail from britclassact.co.uk if your computer supports such capabilities. We also compare our customer list to lists received from other companies in an effort to avoid sending unnecessary messages to our customers. If you do not want to receive e-mail or other mail from us, please email us with an unsubscribe request.
We might receive information about you from other sources and add it to our account information.
About Cookies
Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser to enable our systems to recognise your browser.
The Help menu on the menu bar of most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie and how to disable cookies altogether. Additionally, you can disable or delete similar data used by browser add-ons, such as Flash cookies, by changing the add-on's settings or visiting the website of its manufacturer.
Your Information
Information about our customers is an important part of our business and we are not in the business of selling it or giving it to others. britclassact.co.uk shares customer information only with our business partners for the purposes of managing your account and running our website.
Your personal data will not be given to any third party without your prior consent and permission.
From time to time we may employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. Examples include providing competition assistance, analysing uploaded music tracks, processing credit card payments and providing customer service. They have access to personal information needed to perform their functions, but may not use it for other purposes. Further, they must process the personal information in accordance with this Privacy Notice and as permitted by the UK's Data Protection Act.
Promotional Offers
Sometimes we will send offers to selected groups of customers on behalf of other businesses. When we do this, we do not give that business your name and address. If you do not want to receive such offers, please tell us by email request.
About Third-Party Advertisers and Links to Other Web sites
Our site may include third-party advertising and links to other Web sites. We do not provide any personally identifiable customer information to these advertisers or third-party Web sites.
These third-party websites and advertisers, or Internet advertising companies working on their behalf, sometimes use technology to send (or "serve") the advertisements that appear on our website directly to your browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this happens. They may also use cookies, JavaScript, web beacons (also known as action tags or single-pixel gifs), and other technologies to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalise advertising content. We do not have access to or control over cookies or other features that they may use, and the information practices of these advertisers and third-party websites are not covered by this Privacy Notice. Please contact them directly for more information about their privacy practices.
How to access your information
You may request a copy of all your personal information held by BRIT Class Act by writing to Class Act Music Limited, 126-129 Power Road, London, W4 5PY. We may seek validation of your request prior to fulfilment.
