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Privacy Policy

Website Privacy Policy for Real World Holdings Limited

This privacy policy explains how we will process the data relating to you that you provide to us (or that we may collect) when you visit our website at www.realworld.co.uk (Website), which also contains links to our websites for our Real World group of companies, including:

Together, these make up the Real World group websites.

The Website is operated by Real World Holdings Limited (we, us, our, Real World), a company incorporated in England & Wales with registered company number 02226749 and registered office at Mill Lane, Box, Corsham, Wiltshire SN13 8PL. Where we decide the purpose or means for the processing of the personal data that you provide via our Website, we are the “data controller”. As data controller, we will comply with all applicable data protection laws.

This policy should be read together with our Website Terms and Conditions. You can find the Terms and Conditions for each of our group websites on their respective homepages.

Our Website (as well as our Real World group websites) may contain hyperlinks to third party websites.  These third party websites operate independently from us, and we cannot accept any responsibility or liability for the privacy practices of such third parties nor the availability of these external sites or resources.  The appearance of such links on our Website is not an endorsement.  Should you use any of these websites, such use is at your own risk and we would advise that you review their respective privacy policies.

  1. WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU?

When you visit our Website (or any of our Real World group websites), we may collect and process the following information which may include your personal information.

Type of information

Purpose of the processing and legal basis for the processing

Who is this information shared with?

  1. OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES

Type of information

Purpose of the processing and legal basis for the processing

Who is this information shared with?

  1. OUR WEBSITE PURCHASING PLATFORMS (E-STORE AND TICKET SALES)

Type of information

Purpose of the processing and legal basis for the processing

Who is this information shared with?

  1. OUR APPROACH TO MARKETING

Type of information

–      Your name (first and last);

–      Your artist name (if applicable);

–      Your email address;

–      Your telephone number(s); and

–      Any other personal information that you may provide in a message you submit to us.

Purpose of the processing and legal basis for the processing

Who is this information shared with?

  1. OUR APPROACH TO OBJECTIONABLE CONTENT

Type of information

Purpose of the processing and legal basis for the processing

–      Ensuring that the use of our Website is lawful;

–      Ensuring that users do not disrupt or harass our staff, clients or other Website users; and

–      Enforcing our legal rights and complying with our legal obligations.

Who is this information shared with?

–      Your email or internet provider; or

–      Law enforcement agencies.

  1. DATA SHARING WITH OTHER PARTIES

In addition to the processing that we undertake ourselves, we also use third party processors to collect, export, store and otherwise process our data, include personal data, on our behalf.  The processors that we engage include (without limitation):

  1. COOKIES & ANALYTICS

Our Website uses cookies and other mechanisms to collect log and analytical information, to help analyse how visitors use the site, to personalise content, support our security function and to compile statistical reports on Website activity.

To find out more about how we use cookies, please click on the Cookie Policy links on the homepages of the Real World group websites.  To find out more about the use of cookies generally, please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/.

Our Website also uses website analytics, including Google Analytics, to evaluate and improve our Website, personalise your experience and to offer the best, most accessible service possible to all of our customers.

To find out more about Google Analytics and to learn how to opt out, please visit:

When you visit our Website, these analytics service providers may collect the following data, which will almost always be anonymised and aggregated before reporting back to us:

We process this information to understand how visitors use our Website and to compile statistical reports regarding that activity (for example, your IP address is used to approximate the country from which you access our Website, and we aggregate this information together so we know that, for example, whether most of the visitors to our Website come from the EU or from elsewhere).

This processing is crucial to the running of our online business and we therefore undertake such monitoring in the pursuit of our legitimate interests in improving our Website to provide a better service and source of information to visitors.

This information is not used to develop a personal profile of you.

  1. YOUR RIGHTS IN RELATION TO THE PERSONAL DATA THAT WE PROCESS

You have the following rights over the way we process personal data relating to you.  We aim to comply without undue delay, and within one month at the latest:

To make a request in relation to any of the aforementioned rights, please contact us at Mill Lane, Box, Corsham, Wiltshire SN13 8PL.

If you are unhappy with the way that we are processing your personal data, please let us know.  The best way to bring this to our attention is by contact us at Mill Lane, Box, Corsham, Wiltshire SN13 8PL.

  1. CHILDREN

We do not knowingly use the Website to solicit data from or market to children under the age of 13 or sell any of our products or services to children.

If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with information or may be receiving communications from us or has been otherwise interacting with us via our Website (or Real World group websites) without consent of a parent or guardian, we ask that this be brought to our immediate attention. We will make it our priority to address this situation and delete information relating to a child as soon as practicable.  In such an event, please contact us at Mill Lane, Box, Corsham, Wiltshire SN13 8PL.

  1. SECURITY

We will take commercially reasonable, appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk that could be encountered via the use of our Website and services, taking into account the likelihood and severity those risks might pose to the rights and freedoms of our Website visitors.

In particular, we will take precautions to protect against the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss or alteration, and unauthorised disclosure of or access to the personal information transmitted, stored or otherwise processed by us. Please be aware that, while we make the security of our Website and your personal information a high priority and devote considerable time and resources to maintain robust IT security, no security system can prevent all security breaches. When you choose to share your personal information with us, you accept the aforesaid and provide your information at your own risk.

  1. RETENTION

In accordance with data protection laws and good commercial practice, we do not retain data in a form that permits identification of the person(s) to whom it relates for any longer than is necessary. Once the purpose for which information has been collected has been fulfilled, we will either permanently delete your personal information or remove all identifiers within it so that it is no longer personal data.  We may use such anonymised data for research and/or business analysis purposes.

Where you have provided us with personal information in order to set up an account with us, we will retain those details for as long as your account remains active.

Where you have signed up to our mailing list, we will retain your details for as long as you remain on that list. If you unsubscribe, we will remove your details from the list.

Where we obtain your personal data in relation to the use or purchase of our services or products, including VAT or invoicing information, we are obligated by law to keep this for a minimum of 6 years.

If you would like us to stop using your personal information or restrict its use, please contact us at Mill Lane, Box, Corsham, Wiltshire SN13 8PL.

  1. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS

Our servers are located in the European Union and the information that we collect directly from you will be stored in these servers. We may also transfer your personal data to our third party service providers, many of whom may be located outside of the EU, operate from multiple locations including non-EU based operations or engage sub-processors located outside the EU.

There are agreements in place to ensure that any international transfers of personal data to our affiliates or third party service providers have appropriate safeguards that meet the requirements of EU data protection laws.

Such appropriate safeguards may include standard data protection clauses adopted by a data protection regulator and approved by the European Commission, such as the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses. Alternatively, where personal data is transferred to the US, many of those US third party service providers are certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield framework approved by the European Commission.

To find out more about the standard contractual clauses, please visit:https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/data-transfers-outside-eu/model-contracts-transfer-personal-data-third-countries_en

To find out more about the EU-US Privacy Shield certification, please visit:https://www.privacyshield.gov/Program-Overview

If you would like to find out more about these safeguards or about our international transfer of data, please let us know by contact us at Mill Lane, Box, Corsham, Wiltshire SN13 8PL.

  1. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

This privacy policy may be updated from time to time. We will notify you of any changes to our privacy policy by posting the new privacy policy on our Website. You are advised to consult this privacy policy webpage regularly for any changes.

  1. CONTACT

Questions, comments and requests in relation to this privacy policy are welcome and should be addressed to Mill Lane, Box, Corsham, Wiltshire SN13 8PL.

Alternatively, you may address these to David Hatchman (Data Protection Representative) at Real World Holdings Limited, Box Mill, Mill Lane, Box, Wiltshire SN13 8PL.