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Privacy and Cookie Policy

Why you should read this policy

We ask that you read this Privacy Policy carefully as it contains important information on who we are, how and why we collect, store, use and share personal information, your rights in relation to your personal information and on how to contact us and supervisory authorities in the event you have a complaint.

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Who we are

www.galacticcomics.co.uk (Website) is brought to you by Galactic Comics Limited, a company incorporated and registered in England and Wales under company number 11538318  whose registered office address is at 72 Acacia Road, Southampton, SO19 7JU.

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We take the privacy of our customer and Website visitors very seriously. We ask that you read this privacy policy (Policy) carefully as it contains important information about how we will use your personal data.

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Galactic Comics Limited (‘We’ or ‘us’) collect, use and are responsible for certain personal information about you. We are responsible as ‘controller’ of that personal information for the purposes of those laws.

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Our collection and use of your personal information

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Information that you provide

We will obtain personal information you provide when you send us feedback, submit data onto our website, post material, complete forms, report a problem with the website, contact us for any reason and by any medium, make purchases through our website or sign up for a subscription service and share information via the website’s social media functions.

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We do not collect, store or process data that is defined as sensitive.

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We may retain a record of any contact you make with us.

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The personal information we collect about you depends on the particular activities carried out and the reason for the processing. Such information includes, but is not limited to:

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  • your name, address and contact details;

  • details of any feedback you give us by phone, email, post or via social media; and

  • information about the services we provide to you.

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Information from third parties

Occasionally we may receive information about you from other sources, which will be added to the information already held about you in order for us to help supply our services and products to you.

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How your personal data will be used

Under data protection law, we can only use your personal information if we have a proper reason for doing so, e.g.:

  • to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations;

  • for the performance of our contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract;

  • for our legitimate interests or those of a third party; or

  • where you have given consent.

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A legitimate interest is when we have a business or commercial reason to use your information, so long as this is not overridden by your own rights and interests.

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The below explains what we use (process) your personal information for and our reasons for doing so:

  • To provide products and/or services to you;

  • To prevent and detect fraud against you or Galactic Comics;

  • Ensuring business policies are adhered to, e.g. policies covering security and internet use;

  • Operational reasons, such as improving efficiency, training and quality control;

  • Ensuring the confidentiality of commercially sensitive information;

  • Statistical analysis to help us manage our business, e.g. in relation to our financial performance, customer base, product range or other efficiency measures;

  • Preventing unauthorised access and modifications to systems;

  • Updating customer records;

  • Statutory returns;

  • Marketing our services and products to:

    • existing and former customers;

    • third parties who have previously expressed an interest in our services;

    • third parties with whom we have had no previous dealings;

  • Credit reference checks via external credit reference agencies;

  • We may monitor and record communications with you (such as telephone conversations and emails) for the purpose of quality assurance, training, fraud prevention and compliance; and

  • To notify you of changes to the Website or to our services or products that may affect you.

 

Disclosure of your personal data

We routinely share personal information with:

  • companies within the Galactic Comics group

  • third parties we use to help deliver our products and services to you, e.g. payment service providers, warehouses and delivery companies;

  • other third parties we use to help us run our business, e.g. marketing agencies or website hosts;

  • third parties approved by you, e.g. social media sites you choose to link your account to or third-party payment providers;

  • credit reference agencies; and

  • our bank.

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We only allow our service providers to handle your personal information if we are satisfied they take appropriate measures to protect your personal information. We also impose contractual obligations on service providers relating to ensure they can only use your personal information to provide services to us and to you. We may also share personal information with external auditors.

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We may disclose and exchange information with law enforcement agencies and regulatory bodies to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations.

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We may also need to share some personal information with other parties, such as potential buyers of some or all of our business or during a re-structuring. Usually, information will be anonymised but this may not always be possible. The recipient of the information will be bound by confidentiality obligations.

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Transfer of your information out of the EEA

To deliver services to you, it is sometimes necessary for us to share your personal information outside the European Economic Area (EEA), e.g.:

  • with your and our service providers located outside the EEA;

  • if you are based outside the EEA;

  • where there is an international dimension to the services we are providing to you.

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These transfers are subject to special rules under European and UK data protection law.

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Non-EEA countries do not have the same data protection laws as the United Kingdom and EEA. We will, however, ensure the transfer complies with data protection law and all personal information will be secure.

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Marketing

We may use your personal information to send you updates (by email, text message, telephone or post) about our products and services, including exclusive offers, promotions or new products or services.

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We have a legitimate interest in processing your personal information for promotional purposes. This means we do not usually need your consent to send you promotional communications. However, where consent is needed, we will ask for this consent separately and clearly.

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We will always treat your personal information with the utmost respect and never share it with other organisations outside the Galactic Comics group for marketing purposes.

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You have the right to opt out of receiving promotional communications at any time by:

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Your Rights

Under current legislation, you have the following rights:

  • You have the right to be informed about the collection and use of your personal data.

  • You have the right of access to your personal records or other information that we hold about you. We reserve the right to charge a reasonable fee for our administrative costs involved with providing you with access if we receive a request which is manifestly unfounded or excessive to access personal records. We may also charge a reasonable fee, in relation to administrative costs, if further copies of your data is requested following your initial request.

  • You have the right to rectify any errors in the data we hold about you. If any data or information we hold about you is inaccurate, or out of date, please contact us and we will correct this immediately.

  • You may have the right to have the data we hold about you erased.

  • You have the right to restrict processing.

  • You have the right to ask us to stop processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes. You may also specify that you object to direct marketing by particular channels such as by email or telephone. If this is the case, please specify the channels you are objecting to in your communications with us.

  • You have the right to data portability. If you wish to obtain your data for your own purposes across different services, we will provide this information to you in an electronic format such as a PDF file, CSV file or via other electronic means. We reserve the right to charge a reasonable fee for the administrative costs of complying with any requests that are manifestly unfounded or excessive.

  • You have the right not to be subject to automated decision-making, including profiling.

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To revise your consent, request access, amend or remove your records or assert any of your rights set out above, you should send your request in writing to us at galacticcomics@outlook.com.

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You may need to provide proof of identity and address (e.g. a copy of your driving licence or passport, and a recent utility or credit card bill); and specify the personal data you want access to, amended or removed.

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How long we will store your data

We will keep your personal information while you have an account with us or we are providing products and services to you. Thereafter, we will keep your personal information for as long as is necessary:

  • to respond to any questions, complaints or claims made by you or on your behalf;

  • to show that we treated you fairly;

  • to keep you updated with our services and products;

  • to keep records required by law.

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We will not retain your personal information for longer than necessary for the purposes set out in this policy. Different retention periods apply for different types of personal information.

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When it is no longer necessary to retain your personal information, we will delete or anonymise it.

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Keeping your personal information secure

We have appropriate security measures in place to prevent personal information from being accidentally lost or used or accessed in an unauthorised way. We limit access to your personal information to those who have a genuine business need to know it. Those processing your information will do so only in an authorised manner and are subject to a duty of confidentiality. We also confirm that your data will be stored on secure servers.

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Use of cookies

A cookie is a small text file which is placed onto your computer (or other electronic device) when you access the Website. We use cookies and other online tracking devices on the Website to:

  • obtain information about your website preferences and tailor its operations to your needs;

  • identify which pages are being used, helping us to analyse data about web page traffic and ways to improve our website in order to tailor it better to our customer needs.

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The information we obtain from the use of cookies will not usually contain your personal data. Although we may obtain information about your device such as your IP address, your browser and/or other internet log information, this will not usually identify you personally. In certain circumstances we may collect personal information about you, but only where you voluntarily provide it.

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In most cases we will need your consent in order to use cookies on this Website. The exception is where the cookie is essential in order for us to provide you with a service you have requested.

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Description of cookies

The cookies that we utilise on our Website are placed to fulfil such functions as analysing how you use the Website to give you a better and more personalised experience, generate statistical data and allow visitors to share content with a range of networking and sharing platforms.

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How to turn off cookies

If you do not want to accept cookies, you can change your browser settings so that cookies are not accepted. If you do this, please be aware that you may lose some of the functionality of the Website. For further information about cookies and how to disable them please go to: www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

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Changes to this Policy

This privacy notice was last updated on 16th January 2022.

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We may change this Policy from time to time. You should check this policy frequently to ensure you are aware of the most recent version that will apply each time you use the Website.

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How to contact us

Please contact us if you have any questions about this privacy notice or the information we hold about you.

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If you wish to contact us, please send an email to galacticcomics@outlook.com.

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Concerns and Questions

We hope that we can resolve any query or concern you raise about our use of your information.

The General Data Protection Regulation also gives you right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the European Union (or European Economic Area) state where you work, normally live or where any alleged infringement of data protection laws occurred. The supervisory authority in the UK is the Information Commissioner who may be contacted at https://ico.org.uk/concerns/ or telephone: 0303 123 1113.

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