Privacy Policy
Last updated on 4 Nov 2020
We are extremely protective over your privacy and confidentiality. We understand that all users of our site are quite rightly concerned to know that their data will not be used for any purpose not permitted by them, and will not illegally fall into the hands of a third party.
 
This Privacy Policy sets out the data processing practices carried out by us in relation to the information that we hold relating to you.
 
Ideal Media Group is governed by EUGDPR for the collection of data under Registration Number ZA129993. Our registered office is 5 West Court, Enterprise Road, Maidstone, Kent ME15 6JD and our company is incorporated in UK.
 
If you wish to find out more about the Data Protection Act 2018 and your rights then please visit ico.org.uk.
 
Our policy is both specific and strict. If you think our policy falls short of your expectations or that we are failing to abide by our policy, please let us know. In extreme cases data provided by you may be unlawfully available to hackers and snoopers, unfortunately we are unable to accept responsibility for this. The risk is no different from a similar risk of burglary, in a bricks and mortar establishment you can lock the doors but they may still find a way in. Except as set out below, we do not share, or sell, or disclose to a third party, any personally identifiable information collected on this site or any other site operated by Ideal Media Group. If this policy should change in the future, then we will provide notification in advance and users have the opportunity to indicate whether or not they would prefer that we do not provide the information to third parties as proposed.
 
The information we collect and process, and why it is necessary to collect it:
 
Personal information such as names, addresses, telephone number, e-mail addresses, date of birth and other information such as IP address, date and time stamp which relates to you or the industry or business of the third party may be disclosed to specific third parties for the following reasons:
 
 
When supplying your information to our clients for the purpose of postal direct marketing, online linkage, profiling, identity verification, enforcement, fraud prevention and tracing, Ideal Media Group will rely upon legitimate interests as our legal basis for processing your data. If we are processing your details in your business capacity, we will rely on legitimate interest as the legal basis for processing your details for all of our purposes including email marketing.
 
Direct marketing has been recognised explicitly as a legitimate interest in the GDPR (recital 47).
 
Ideal Media Group and our clients can rely on legitimate interest as a legal basis to process your information where our or our client’s commercial interests do not override the rights of the data subject. Ideal Media Group and its clients will make decisions to ensure we are only processing your data when it’s been collected fairly and lawfully and that you would have a reasonable expectation of the data processing activities.
 
It is your right to ask us not to process your personal information for marketing purposes and to do this please Click Here or use the information in this Privacy Policy.
 
You can withdraw your consent globally and also opt out from receiving marketing messages via specific method Click Here.
 
We have also added some links to industry used suppression files that are free to record your data and this will be used by reputable marketing companies to suppress your details from their marketing activity.
 
Postal Marketing: you may register your opt out from receiving marketing materials by post using the following link: www.mpsonline.org.uk
 
Email or SMS messaging can be stopped by hitting the unsubscribe link in the emails sent to you or by replying to SMS messages with the word STOP.
 
Telephone calls can be prevented by registering your telephone number, mobile or landline with the Telephone preference Service TPS using this link: www.tpsonline.org.uk
 
www.youronlinechoices.com is also a site that holds information as to what you can do to enhance your digital communications.
 
You have the right to see the information we hold about you and can ask to make any changes to ensure the information we hold is accurate and up to date. To do this, please contact us using the contact details on the website or from the information in this Privacy Policy.
 
You have the right to complain to the ICO by visiting their website at ico.org.uk, or by telephoning 0303 123 1113, or by post at Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.
 
Your personal information that has been collected by us using our website will be held by us for a period of 5 years.
 
During this time we will use the information for marketing purposes for the first 3 years and then afterwards for modelling, analysis, segmentation or suppression and any other purpose that enables us to gain understand on how we can provide a better marketing service for you and our clients.
 
 
We are collecting your data and will share it for commercial gain, including Revenue Collection with third parties. These organisations will have a relationship with you or it may be used where they have a lawful reason, which may include these organisation's own legitimate interest. Use includes tracing of individuals, verification and/or validation of the identity of individuals for the purposes of, but not limited to, anti-money laundering regulations, national security, crime prevention and detection, anti-fraud processes, asset recovery and asset reunification. Your data will also be used for the purpose of analysis or to create a data product. In this case your information is aggregated and in line with the ICO code of practice and anonymously used for marketing purposes.
 
We will share your data with the Marketing Services Providers and specialist Marketing Agencies listed below, who will use it to create products and services to help organisations better understand the likely characteristics of their customers; communicate with them more effectively; and find others like them across a range of marketing channels. This may mean that you receive advertising that is more relevant to you via direct mail or when you visit a website.
 
Additionally under data protection laws we are permitted to share some information where the reason for doing so is legitimate and isn't outweighed by the effects on the relevant individuals. On the basis, to help make advertising more relevant to you and full of offers that we hope you'll find relevant, we may pass your data to the companies listed below. They may combine the information with data from other sources, analyse and profile it, model the data (such as predicting product preferences) and pass their knowledge on to other companies that you are already a customer of or to help them find the perfect offer for you. They may also pass on your name and address and any relevant additional data so that other companies can contact you about products, services and offers that they think may be relevant to you.
 
These companies may also help to match up your different online identities so that the companies that you already deal with can reach you online. These companies may also use this data to help make their products and adverts even better. Your data may also be used by research organisations to help add insight to their analysis - but these companies will never use the data to contact you.
 
To understand more about what these companies do then please click the link to their websites for further information.
 
If you do not wish for your data to be used this way then please Click Here or email ourselves or the specific company concerned.
 
 
Acxiom Ltd
Blueberry Wave Ltd
Bluesky Media LLC
Bownty
Bridge Marketing LLC
CACI Ltd
Carphone Warehouse    More Information 
Cloud Digital Communications Ltd
Data OD Ltd    Show clients and More Information 
DataMixx Ltd    Show clients 
DBS Data Ltd
Direct Data Services (DDS) Ltd
DLG-PDV
Email Marketing PVT Ltd
Experian Ltd
Equifax Ltd
Equinity Data Ltd
FinTrace
GB Group Ltd
Global Telemarketing Services BV
Ideal Media Today Ltd
Indicia Ltd
Intelligent Communications Ltd
Invive Limited    Show clients 
LiveRamp
Looker & Looker Ltd
Merkle UK One Limited
[link: http://modernbusinesssolutions.net/ || Modern Business Solutions LLC ]]
Newscore Media LLC
Omnis Data Ltd    Show clients 
REaD Group
The Ark (CM) Ltd
Edit. St Ives Group
Zeta Global LLC
 
 
We are committed to protecting the security of your personal information and use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorised access, use, or disclosure.
 
Your personal information may be transferred to and stored at a destination outside the European Economic Area (EEA). It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us or for one of our suppliers or third party partners. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure your personal information is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.
 
We are also permitted under the Data Protection Act to share some information with third parties who use such data for non marketing purposes including credit risk management, identification and prevention of fraud, debt collection, enforcement and returning assets to you, this would include the data you provide to us today, in the past or at any time in the future.
 
This website uses cookies as do all our websites so that we can distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps provide a good experience for your website visit when you browse our website and also allows us to monitor the site usage and improve our site experience. For detailed information on the cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them see our Cookie Policy.
 
If you have questions regarding this privacy policy, please contact The Data Protection Officer, Ideal Media Group by following this link: or by writing to: Ideal Media Group, 5 West Court, Enterprise Road, Maidstone, Kent ME15 6JD.