Privacy Policy Version 1.0

Last Updated: August 24, 2023

B-Sides, a trading name and registered trademark of Burn The Boats Limited (company number: 13651217) a legal entity (“B-Sides”, “us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the https://www.bsidescomic.com/ website (hereinafter referred to as the “Service”). Please carefully read this page, which informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data. We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

Service

Service is the https://www.bsidescomic.com/ website domain.

Personal Data

Personal Data means data about a living individual who can be identified from those data (or from those and other information either in our possession or likely to come into our possession).

Usage Data

Usage Data is data collected automatically either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

Cookies

Cookies are small files stored on your device (computer or mobile device).

Data Controller

Data Controller means the natural or legal person who (either alone or jointly or in common with other persons) determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal information are, or are to be, processed. For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, we are a Data Controller of your Personal Data.

Data Processors (or Service Providers)

Data Processor (or Service Provider) means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Data Controller. We may use the services of various Service Providers in order to process your data more effectively. Data Subject (or User) Data Subject is any living individual who is using our Service and is the subject of Personal Data.

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.

1. Personal Data

   While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
   Email address
   First name and last name

2. Social Media Handles, Cookies and Usage Data

   We may use your Personal Data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send or by contacting us.

3. Usage Data

   We may also collect information on how the Service is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

4. Tracking Cookies Data

   We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and we hold certain information.Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Other tracking technologies are also used such as beacons, tags and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyse our Service.You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.
   Examples of Cookies we use:
   Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
   Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
   Security Cookies. We use Security Cookies for security purposes.

We collected data for various purposes:
To provide and maintain our Service
To notify you about changes to our Service
To provide customer support
To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service
To monitor the usage of our Service
To detect, prevent and address technical issues
To provide you with news and updates about us
To send you a welcome email
To assist with our analytical data

You have the right to opt out of any data communication by unsubscribing, by clicking on ‘unsubscribe’ where written on all electronic marketing communication data material

Our Service may contain links to third-party websites. When you click on a link to any other website or location, you will leave our Service and go to another site, and another entity may collect Personal Data from you. We have no control over, do not review, and cannot be responsible for these third-party websites or their content. Please be aware that the terms of this Privacy Policy do not apply to these third-party websites or their content, or to any collection of your Personal Data after you click on links to such third-party websites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of every website you visit. Any links to third-party websites or locations are for your convenience and do not signify our endorsement of such third parties or their products, content, or websites.

1. In providing our products and services, or collecting and using your personal data, we are required to comply with the GDPR where you are a European Union resident. If you are a resident of the European Union for the purposes of the GDPR, then in addition to what is set out in Sections 1-5 above, the following applies to you. Under the GDPR, we are considered a “data processor” in the provision of our retail services to you.
2. The following defined terms have the associated meanings:
   1. “data subject” has the meaning attributed to that term in the GDPR.
   2. “GDPR” means Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC; and
   3. “personal data” means the personal data (having the meaning attributed to that term in the GDPR) of the data subjects whose data is processed for the purposes of the provision of our retail services.
3. In addition to your rights of access and correction as set out above, as a data subject you may:
   1. (access) request access to your personal data held by B-Sides;
   2. (rectification) request to update or rectify any of the personal data that we hold about you by contacting us at the details specified above and request personal data updates;
   3. (erasure) withdraw your consent to B-Sides’s use of your personal data as described in this policy by deletion or erasure of your personal data that we hold where that data is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected;
   4. (restriction on processing) obtain from the controller (usually, this is your employer) a restriction on processing of your personal data where:
      1. accuracy of the personal data is contested;
      2. the processing by the processor is unlawful (and you oppose erasure but request restriction of use);
      3. B-Sides no longer needs your personal data; or
      4. you have objected to processing pursuant to your right to object under Article 21(1) of the GDPR;
   5. (data portability) request that B-Sides:
      1. provides you with a copy of the personal data that B-Sides holds about you in a portable and machine readable form; or
      2. share your personal data with a nominated third party.
4. If you wish to exercise any of your data subject rights, then please send your request in writing to the details below in section 12.1. We will process your request promptly and in any event, within one month of receipt of receiving it.
5. If you have any concerns in relation to B-Sides’s collection or processing of your personal data, then you also have a right to complain to a supervisory authority (within the meaning of the GDPR).

B-Sides will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes and enforce our legal agreements and policies. B-Sides will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer periods.

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to – and maintained on – computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer. B-Sides will take all the steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organisation or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

Disclosure for Law Enforcement. Under certain circumstances, B-Sides may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Legal Requirements B-Sides may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
To comply with a legal obligation
To protect and defend the rights or property of B-Sides
To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
To protect against legal liability

The security of your data is important to B-Sides but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”), provide the Service on our behalf, perform Service-related services or assist us in analysing how our Service is used. These Services providers include but are not limited to website service providers or email outreach tools such as Mailchimp. These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyse the use of our Service including Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualise and personalise the ads of its own advertising network.You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 (“Children”). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Child has provided B-Sides with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email: [email protected]