PRIVACY POLICY.
PRIVACY POLICY.
Privacy policy
We are committed to protecting your personal information and to being transparent about what we do.
Purpose of our policy
SOAP is committed to protecting your personal information and to being transparent about what we do with the information that we hold about you.
The purpose of this policy is to give you a clear explanation about how we use the information that we collect from you directly, and from third parties.
We use your information in accordance with applicable laws concerning the protection of personal information. This policy explains:
What information we may collect about you
How we may use that information
In what situations we may disclose your details to third parties
Our use of cookies to improve your experience of visiting our websites
Information about how we keep your personal information secure, how long we retain it for and your rights to be able to access it
If you have any queries about this policy, please contact SOAP by emailing team@soapevents.co.uk
Who we are
This privacy policy refers to data collection and processing undertaken by SOAP. SOAP is a brand specialising in nightclub promotions including nighttime and daytime party sessions, promotional operations and equipment hire.
Information collection
We collect customer information in a number of different ways:
Information that you give us;
When you purchase a ticket through our third party ticketing service or sign up for a discount card via a club or society, we will store the personal information that you give us including: your name, date of birth, email address and telephone number. We may also store preferences which may help us personalise our service to you.
Occasionally your data will be stored alongside details of the specific event you have purchased tickets for in order for us to contact you about that specific event.
Information about your interactions with us;
We collect information about how you interact with us when you visit our website or read our emails. This allows us to make our communications relevant to you and to understand how we can make them more effective.
Information is collected in the following ways:
When you visit our website: where we collect information about how you interact with our show pages and content.
When we send you a mailing: where we store a record of this. In the case of emails, we also store a record of which emails you have opened and which links that you have clicked on. This helps us to make sure that our communications with you are relevant and effective.
Sensitive personal data;
Data Protection law recognises that certain categories of personal information are more sensitive such as health information, race, religious beliefs and political opinions.
We do not collect this type of information. In the case that you contact us disclosing any of this information, such as requesting details about access at our events, we do not keep a record of this alongside any information we may have collected about you.
How we process your information
There are certain lawful bases under which we may process your data:
Contract purposes
We use the lawful basis of performance of a contract for the following:
Your purchase
When you make a purchase from us you are entering into a contract with us. In order to perform this contract we need to process and store your data. We may occasionally need to contact you by email, SMS or telephone about your purchase with us, such as in the case of a cancelled event, or should there be problems with your payment.
When purchasing a ticket from us we may from time to time use your e-mail address and mobile number to notify you of similar events and services we offer which we think may be of interest to you. You will have the option to opt-out of any messages we send you at anytime
Joining our discount card scheme via a club or society
When you join our discount scheme via a club or society, we may contact you by email, telephone or SMS with information regarding the benefits on offer. This allows us to provide the benefits that are promised. You have the right to object to any of this processing at any time. If you wish to object, please use the contact details provided at the end of this policy. However, if you object this may affect our ability to carry out the benefits which you are signing up for.
Consent;
For any situation where contract purposes or legitimate organisational interest are not appropriate as a lawful basis for the processing of your data, we will instead ask for your consent before using your personal information in that specific situation.
Situations when we use consent to process your data or contact you include:
Sharing your data with another organisation: Your data may be shared with the venue where you attend our event. In other situations we may ask you if you would like your data to be shared with another organisation. We only do this if you give us your active consent.
Legitimate organisational interest;
In certain situations we may collect and process your personal information for purposes under the lawful basis of legitimate organisational interest.
However, we only do this if there is no overriding prejudice to you caused by us through using your personal information in this way. In these cases we will always keep your fundamental rights and freedoms at the forefront or what we do.
We describe below all of the situations where we may use Legitimate Organisational Interest as the basis for processing your information, or contacting you.
Marketing communications
We aim to communicate with you about the work that we do in ways that you find relevant, timely and respectful. To do this, we use data that we have stored about you, such as information on which brands/events you have booked for in the past, as well as any preferences you may have told us about.
We use legitimate organisational interest as the legal basis for sending you marketing communications by SMS and email. Communications that we send to you may include relevant information about future events.
SMS Communications: In the case of SMS communications, we will contact you about upcoming events/products directly related to the brands and locations you have expressed interest in or we think may be an interest. At the end of every communication, we will provide you with an option to unsubscribe. You can withdraw your consent to receive SMS at any time by using the contact details provided at the end of this policy.
However, we may still contact you by SMS for matters relating to your purchases (such as in the event of a cancelled performance or a problem with your payment).
We do not accept any responsibility for any monetary loss due to a withdrawal of communication consent.
Email communications: In the case of email communications, we will contact you about upcoming events/products directly related to the brands and locations you have expressed interest in or we think may be an interest. At the end of every communication, we will provide you with an option to unsubscribe. You can withdraw your consent to receive email at any time by using the contact details provided at the end of this policy.
However, we may still contact you by email for matters relating to your purchases (such as in the event of a cancelled performance or a problem with your payment).
We do not accept any responsibility for any monetary loss due to a withdrawal of communication consent.
Analysis of our SMS and email communications
We may analyse data that we hold about you (such as brands and locations you have expressed prior interest in) to help us ensure that the content and timing of communications that we send you by SMS or email are as relevant to you as possible.
Fraud prevention
We may analyse data we hold about you in order to identify and prevent fraud.
Analysis of our website
In order to improve our website, we may analyse information about how you use it and how you interact with the show pages and content that it contains.
Third parties
Data Collection
When you purchase a ticket online, you are purchasing from a third party website. This website will share your data with us after you have purchased a ticket. Any purchase you make is also subject to the privacy policy of the third party company.
Data Sharing
There are certain circumstances under which we may disclose your personal information to third parties (other than sharing your information with the venue where you attend our event) This will only occur where we are under a duty to disclose your personal information in order to comply with any legal obligation (for example to government bodies and law enforcement agencies).
Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are automatically placed onto your device by some websites that you visit. They are widely used to allow a website to function (for example to keep track of your online shopping basket) as well as to provide website operators with information on how the site is being used.
We use cookies to keep track of your basket, to identify how the website is being used and to help inform improvements to the overall customer experience that it offers.
Your debit and credit card information
We do not store any credit or debit card information, and this information is not shared with us by our third party ticketing service. To learn more about your credit and debit card information, and how it may be used, please refer to the Licklist privacy policy, which can be found here: https://licklist.co.uk/privacy
Maintaining your personal information
We store your personal information for eight years so that, for any subsequent purchases you make, we are able to link them back to a single unique record that we hold for you on our system.
If there are aspects of your record that are inaccurate or that you would like to remove, you can use the contact details provided at the end of this policy.
Any objections that you make to any processing of your data will be stored against your record on our system so that we can comply with your requests.
Security of your personal information
We will put in place appropriate safeguards (both in terms of our procedures and the technology that we use) to keep your personal information as secure as possible. We will ensure that any third parties we use for processing your personal information do the same.
Your rights to your personal information
You have a right to request a copy of the personal information that we hold about you and to have any inaccuracies in this data corrected.
Please use the contact details provided at the end of this policy if you would like to exercise this right.
Contact details and further information
Please get in touch with us via the contact details below if you have any questions about any aspect of this privacy policy and, in particular if you would like to object to any processing of your personal information that we carry out for our legitimate organisational interests.
You can contact us at team@soapevents.co.uk