privacy policy

Our privacy policy covers visitors to our website: www.pennypoppinsmusic.co.uk and outlines how we work within the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) guidelines.

Our role at Penny Poppins

As controllers or processors of data, we need to follow the GDPR ruling and state how and why personal data is processed. We ensure personal data is processed lawfully, transparently, and for a specific purpose (in our case to keep you up-to-date on all the great work we’re doing and what we’re up to).

What is GDPR

In a nutshell, GDPR is the result of four years of work by the EU to bring data protection legislation up to date with the new, previously unforeseen ways that data is now being used.

Why is GDPR needed?

Firstly, the EU wants to give people more control over how their personal data is used. And secondly, the EU wants to give businesses a simpler, clearer legal environment in which to operate – making data protection law the same across the single market.

What exactly is personal data?

Anything that counted as personal data under the Data Protection Act also qualifies as personal data under GDPR. Data like economic, cultural or mental health information is also considered personally identifiable information. However, when you contact us, we don’t ask for to know you inside out, we simply ask for things that help us talk to you, such as your name and email. We also ask for your explicit permission and let you know what your data will be used for.

To explain the legal bases for using your personal data, we will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data (name and email) to contact you via email, your details securely stored in our CRM system. Generally, we do not rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data other than where the law requires it. Where our legal basis is consent, you have the right to withdraw consent at any time, just let us know should you wish to do so.

How do we collect information?

When it comes to visiting our website, we automatically log every visitor’s domain and IP address. We do not identify the user, just the computer being used to view our site. This data is used to help us in a couple of ways. Firstly, to ensure we have coverage and secondly, to do our own click stream analysis so that we can better understand how our site is being used. Ultimately, it’s all about improving our service for users – in other words, you.

How about security?

You can be reassured that Penny Poppins has taken all the relevant security measures to protect any personal data from loss, misuse and alterations of customer data under our control. While we cannot guarantee that loss, misuse or alteration of data will not occur, we do our utmost to prevent this.

Can I access information Penny Poppins holds on me?

You have the right to access any personal information we hold on you and the right to know why that data is being processed; how long it’s being stored for; and who gets to see it. If you’d like more information on this, please just let us know.

Your acceptance

By using this site you consent to the collection and use of this information by Penny Poppins and to this privacy policy. If we change our privacy policy in any way, we will post these changes on this page.

Useful contacts

If you’d like to speak to us about our privacy policy in more detail, please feel free to contact us via email.