Privacy Policy
Ecclesiastical Insurance Office plc (Reg. No. 24869) of Beaufort House, Brunswick Road, Gloucester GL1 1JZ UK ("We" or “EIO”) are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
This policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, in each case in connection with our film competition “The True Meaning of Christmas” will be processed by us. We will collect, or you will provide to us, personal data in a number of ways, including (i) through your registration on this website www.truemeaning.co.uk, (ii) your participation in any film entered into the film competition, (iii) your submission or inclusion within a consent form, and (iv) your submission of a film for entry into the competition. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.
For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the Act), the data controller is EIO.
IP addresses and cookies
We may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers. This is statistical data about our users' browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.
For the same reason, we may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive. They help us to improve our site and to deliver a better and more personalised service. They enable us:
To estimate our audience size and usage pattern.
To store information about your preferences, and so allow us to customise our site according to your individual interests.
To speed up your searches.
To recognise you when you return to our site.
You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to our site.
Where we store your personal data
The data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area ("EEA"). Personal data taking in audio-visual or photographic form may also be accessed by authorised users of this website from anywhere in the world for the purpose of viewing film entries. It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us and the provision of support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. EIO will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.
Uses made of the information
We will use the information held about you only for the purposes of:
To organise and administer the film competition.
To ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer
To provide you with information, products or services that you request from us or which we feel may interest you, where you have consented to be contacted for such purposes.
To allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so.
To notify you about changes to our website or of information relating to our film competition.
We will not provide your personal information to third parties for marketing purposes.
Disclosure of your information
We may disclose your personal information to any member of our group, which means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries, as defined in the UK Companies Act 2006.
We may additionally disclose your personal information to third parties:
If we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets.
If EIO or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred assets.
If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our website terms of use or competition rules or to protect the rights, property, or safety of EIO, our customers, or others.
Access to information
The Act gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Act. Any access request may be subject to a fee of £10 to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you.
Changes to our privacy policy
Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page.
Contact
Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to Bruce Rickards at the above address or at Bruce Rickards at bruce.rickards@ecclesiastical.com.