Privacy Policy

Protecting your private information is our priority. This Privacy Policy applies to the website and deliverables or services of Plastic and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Plastic means Plastic Pictures Limited a company incorporated and registered in England and Wales with company number 05841439 whose registered office is at Plastic Pictures Limited 24a Kingsland Road, London, E2 8DA

This policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.

By using the Plastic websites, deliverables or services, you consent to the data practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with any part of this Privacy Policy, then we cannot make our website, deliverables or services available to you and you should stop accessing and using them.

Plastic encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to navigate to from Plastic so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. Plastic is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the Plastic websites.

This Privacy Policy is provided in accordance with Plastic’s obligations under applicable privacy and data protection law, including Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) (Applicable Data Protection Law). Definitions in this Privacy Policy shall be as set out in the Applicable Data Protection Law. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, the term “personal data” means any information which identifies you or which allows you to be identified when combined with other information. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data).

For the purposes of Applicable Data Protection Law, Plastic is a data controller (for example, when collecting personal data from our customers to provide them with deliverables and/or services, send them marketing information and collecting personal data from our staff and consultants). Plastic may also be a data processor where it processes personal data belonging to another party under their instruction and control. This Privacy Policy primarily applies in the context where Plastic is a data controller.

Collection of your Personal Information

Plastic may collect and process personal data, such as your name and email address if you enter these on the contact form on our website or to fulfil our contractual obligations - to provide our deliverables or services, invoice and receive payment for deliverables or services, send legal updates, and news and information about our deliverables or service. We may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:

Identity Data includes first name, maiden name, last name, username or similar identifier, marital status, title, date of birth, gender, and social media accounts.

Contact Data includes billing address, delivery address, email address and telephone numbers.
Financial Data includes bank account and payment card details.
Transaction Data includes details about payments to and from you and to others and other details of deliverable and/or services you have purchased from us.
Technical Data includes internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, device model and other technology on the devices you use to access this website or our deliverables.
Profile Data includes your username and password, purchases or orders made by you, your interests, preferences, feedback and survey responses. Usage Data includes information about how you use our website and services. Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences.

We also collect, use and share Aggregated Data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated Data may be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. However, if we combine or connect Aggregated Data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This information is used for the operation of the website and the services provided by Plastic, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Plastic website and services.

In the course of providing our services we may collect Special Categories of Personal Data (such as details about race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health and genetic and biometric data) and information about criminal convictions and offences.

How is your personal data collected?

We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:

Direct interactions. You may give us your name, email address and contact details in person, or by filling in forms on our website or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email, social media or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you:

• purchase a deliverable or services;
• access our websites;
• meet with one of our employees or consultants;
• participate in an event which we have organised;
• complete a form on our website requesting us to contact you;
• subscribe to our publications or newsletter;
• request marketing to be sent to you;
• enter a competition, promotion or survey;
• submit an application for a role within Plastic; or
• make a complaint or give us some feedback.

Automated technologies or interactions. As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies and other similar technologies. We may also receive Technical Data about you if you visit other websites employing our cookies. Please see Plastic Picture’s Cookie Policy for further details.

Automated technologies through the use of our website or services. In your use of our website or services (including receiving our newsletter), certain Usage Data is transmitted to us such as the device you are using, your IP address and other such data.

Third parties or publicly available sources. We may receive personal data about you from various third parties as set out below:

• Technical Data or Usage Data from analytics providers or search information providers.
• Employment, Identity and Contact Data from third party recruitment agencies.
If you fail to provide personal data
Where we need to collect personal data by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with you and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you (for example, to provide you with ours services). In this case, we may have to cancel the services you have with us but we will notify you if this is the case at the time.
Purposes for which we will process your personal data
Plastic collects and uses your personal information to operate its website(s) and deliver the services you have requested including processing your account application. We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

• Where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you.
• Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
• Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.

Generally we do not rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data other than in relation to sending third party direct marketing communications to you via email or text message (although we may also rely on legitimate interests). You have the right to withdraw consent to marketing at any time by contacting us.

We have set out below, in a table format, a description of all the ways we plan to use your personal data, and which of the legal bases we rely on to do so. We have also identified what our legitimate interests are where appropriate.

Note that we may process your personal data for more than one lawful ground depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your data. Please contact us if you need details about the specific legal ground we are relying on to process your personal data where more than one ground has been set out in the table below.

Plastic may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other deliverables or services available from Plastic and our partners. Plastic may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of our website and services. Plastic does not sell, rent or lease or provide in any other way its customer lists to third parties.

Plastic may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within Plastic and which services our users access. This data is used to deliver customised content within Plastic to customers whose behaviour indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Change of purpose

We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to get an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact us.

If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.

Please note that we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.

Transfer of Personal Data

We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions and applicable law. You agree that Plastic may share data with trusted partners to help provide our deliverables and services including to perform credit-checks, fraud prevention, analysis, provide you with deliverables or services, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support and IT support, market research, or securely store your data. All such third parties are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

We may also transfer your personal data to third parties to whom we may choose to sell, transfer, or merge parts of our business or our assets. Alternatively, we may seek to acquire other businesses or merge with them. If a change happens to our business, then the new owners may use your personal data in the same way as set out in this Privacy Policy.

Whenever we transfer your personal data out of the EEA or UK, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring at least one of the following safeguards is implemented:

• We will only transfer your personal data to countries that have been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data by the European Commission. For further details, see European Commission: Adequacy of the protection of personal data in non-EU countries.
• Where we use certain service providers, we may use specific contracts approved by the European Commission which give personal data the same protection it has in Europe. For further details, see European Commission: Model contracts for the transfer of personal data to third countries.
• Where we use providers based in the US, we may transfer data to them if they are part of the Privacy Shield which requires them to provide similar protection to personal data shared between the Europe and the US. For further details, see European Commission: EU-US Privacy Shield.

Plastic will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

(a) conform to the edicts of the law or regulation comply with legal process served on Plastic or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Plastic; and,

Additional Information regarding Third Party Tracking Services

Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:

• Analytics

The services contained in this section enable Plastic to monitor and analyse web traffic and can be used to keep track of your behaviour.

Google Analytics (Google Inc.)

Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of our websites, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services. Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.