Your privacy is important to us, so we have developed a Privacy Policy that contains important information such as who we are, how and why we collect your personal information, as well as how we use, share, transfer and store this information, including in relation to your access and use of our website and services. We ask that you read it carefully as it contains important information and explains how to contact us if you have any questions. Our Privacy Policy can be found on the homepage of our website.
Also please note that by using our services, we assume that you are happy for us to process your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.
This Policy should be read in conjunction with our Terms and Conditions which are also on our website.
WHO WE ARE:
References to the Company, we, us, our or Hitomi in this Privacy Policy are to:
Hitomi Broadcast Ltd
Registered Office: Gardiners Barn, Courtyard Barns, Choke Lane, Cookham Dean, Berkshire SL6 6PT, UK, Telephone: +44 (0)1753 208803.
For the purposes of the Data Protection Act 2018 (the DPA), the UK GDPR (as section 3(10) of the Data Protection Act 2018, read with section 205(4) of that Act) and all successor legislation to the DPA and the GDPR (the “Data Protection Legislation”), the data controller is Hitomi Ltd.
THE TYPE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT:
When visiting our website or accessing our services, we may also collect and store the following details:
EXTERNAL WEBSITE LINKS:
Although the website only looks to include safe and relevant external links, users should always adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external web links mentioned throughout the website.
The website may from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partners and distributors. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.
HOW WE GET HTE PERSONAL INFORMATION AND WHY WE HAVE IT:
Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you for one of the following reasons:
We may also obtain personal information from other sources or third parties, including our affiliates or our distributors or others in your organisation.
We may also obtain personal information such as names, job titles and employer information that is publicly available via professional online networking sites or company websites.
COOKIES:
Cookies are small text files that a website can write to your computer. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. We use cookies to identify you and allow you to log in once to our web site and search or post without having to log in again and again. Cookies are also used by our affiliates or links to identify you as a User of https://hitomi.tv/
The following is a summary of the types of cookies that are being used on this site:
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org .
The Company does not use Cookies to store information such as credit card numbers, telephone numbers, or other information you provide.
This Privacy Policy only covers the use of Cookies by Hitomi Ltd. It does not cover the use of Cookies by any other 3rd-party or advertisers.
We use the information that you have given us in order to:
MARKETING:
The Company regularly sends out a Newsletter via email (hereinafter “Newsletter”) to all Users (unless they have ‘opted-out’). In these Newsletters, we may inform you about new features from Hitomi and about the upcoming week’s events or special promotions.
Users may choose to unsubscribe from the Newsletter, or any other marketing, at any time, by sending an email to enquiries@hitomi-broadcast.tv or clicking unsubscribe.
We may share this information with:
Where any of your data is required by a third party, we will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data will be handled safely, securely, and in accordance with your rights, our obligations, and the obligations of the third party under the law.
In cases where we could be led to transfer your data to a location outside the UK, the EEA or to a country that has an adequate level of data protection, we will ensure that your data is given a similar level of protection to that required under GDPR.
We may compile statistics about the use of our website including data on traffic, usage patterns, user numbers, sales, and other information. All such data will be anonymised and will not include any personally identifying data, or any anonymised data that can be combined with other data and used to identify you.
We will never sell user information to any third party not affiliated with the Company, without your specific and unambiguous consent, except in connection with the sale or merger of the Company or the division responsible for such services provided.
LAWFUL BASES:
Where the GDPR applies we rely on the following lawful bases to collect and use your personal data and on occasion more than one lawful reason (basis) set out below may apply to the processing:
Also please note that by using our services, we assume that you are happy for us to process your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.
This Policy should be read in conjunction with our Terms and Conditions which are also on our website.
WHO WE ARE:
References to the Company, we, us, our or Hitomi in this Privacy Policy are to:
Hitomi Broadcast Ltd
Registered Office: Gardiners Barn, Courtyard Barns, Choke Lane, Cookham Dean, Berkshire SL6 6PT, UK, Telephone: +44 (0)1753 208803.
For the purposes of the Data Protection Act 2018 (the DPA), the UK GDPR (as section 3(10) of the Data Protection Act 2018, read with section 205(4) of that Act) and all successor legislation to the DPA and the GDPR (the “Data Protection Legislation”), the data controller is Hitomi Ltd.
THE TYPE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT:
- Customers, distributors, suppliers, contractors - names and contact details including email addresses, employer details, postal address, telephone and mobile numbers.
- Names and contact details of those who visit our website and complete online Registration and/or Enquiry forms.
- Names and contact details of those who are interested in our products and services and who contact us directly either electronically, via telephone or at a trade show.
- Financial identifiers such as bank account numbers, for freelancers and sole traders.
When visiting our website or accessing our services, we may also collect and store the following details:
- IP address from which you access our website or services;
- the date and time you access our website or services;
- any third party website from which you linked to our website or accessed our Service;
- statistics on page views, traffic to-and-from our website and services; and
- other transactional information about your access to our website or services
EXTERNAL WEBSITE LINKS:
Although the website only looks to include safe and relevant external links, users should always adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external web links mentioned throughout the website.
The website may from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partners and distributors. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.
HOW WE GET HTE PERSONAL INFORMATION AND WHY WE HAVE IT:
Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you for one of the following reasons:
- You are our customer, or potential customer and have expressed an interest in our products.
- You have engaged with us at a trade show and similar events.
- You work with us as a contractor, supplier, partner, distributor or in another capacity.
- You have visited our website, completed an online form, or registered for our support area.
We may also obtain personal information from other sources or third parties, including our affiliates or our distributors or others in your organisation.
We may also obtain personal information such as names, job titles and employer information that is publicly available via professional online networking sites or company websites.
COOKIES:
Cookies are small text files that a website can write to your computer. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. We use cookies to identify you and allow you to log in once to our web site and search or post without having to log in again and again. Cookies are also used by our affiliates or links to identify you as a User of https://hitomi.tv/
The following is a summary of the types of cookies that are being used on this site:
- The _ga Cookie-This cookie is used by Google Analytics to distinguish users, it has an expiration time of 2 years
- The _gat Cookie-This cookie is used by Google Analytics to reduce the amount of requests sent. It has an expiration time of 10 minutes
- The _gid Cookie-This is used to distinguish users and has an expiration of 24-hours.
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org .
The Company does not use Cookies to store information such as credit card numbers, telephone numbers, or other information you provide.
This Privacy Policy only covers the use of Cookies by Hitomi Ltd. It does not cover the use of Cookies by any other 3rd-party or advertisers.
We use the information that you have given us in order to:
- fulfil a sale of a product or service
- carry out the service as requested by you
- support marketing activities
- to respond to other enquires or requests by you
- to verify your identity, respond to your requests, and contact you when necessary
- to monitor who is accessing our website or using our services
- to provide information about specials, sales or new products or services that we will introduce in the future
- We may also disclose personally identifiable information in the establishment or exercise of legal rights or defences against legal claims
- to comply with applicable laws or regulations
- to comply with a valid legal process, such as a search warrant, subpoena or court order
- to investigate suspected fraud or a violation of our Terms and Conditions of Use
MARKETING:
The Company regularly sends out a Newsletter via email (hereinafter “Newsletter”) to all Users (unless they have ‘opted-out’). In these Newsletters, we may inform you about new features from Hitomi and about the upcoming week’s events or special promotions.
Users may choose to unsubscribe from the Newsletter, or any other marketing, at any time, by sending an email to enquiries@hitomi-broadcast.tv or clicking unsubscribe.
We may share this information with:
- third parties which provide services to us (for example our business outsourcing providers who assist us in providing our services to you and providing finance and IT services);
- our partners, distributors, affiliates, suppliers, contractors and consultants, assisting us in the provision of services to you;
- government and regulatory authorities, as required or authorised by law (including to comply with any obligation we (or our service providers) may have to give notice of any eligible data breaches or another relevant jurisdiction).
- Marketing agencies working on behalf of the Company, for publication of the aforementioned Newsletter.
- other third parties as permitted by law.
Where any of your data is required by a third party, we will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data will be handled safely, securely, and in accordance with your rights, our obligations, and the obligations of the third party under the law.
In cases where we could be led to transfer your data to a location outside the UK, the EEA or to a country that has an adequate level of data protection, we will ensure that your data is given a similar level of protection to that required under GDPR.
We may compile statistics about the use of our website including data on traffic, usage patterns, user numbers, sales, and other information. All such data will be anonymised and will not include any personally identifying data, or any anonymised data that can be combined with other data and used to identify you.
We will never sell user information to any third party not affiliated with the Company, without your specific and unambiguous consent, except in connection with the sale or merger of the Company or the division responsible for such services provided.
LAWFUL BASES:
Where the GDPR applies we rely on the following lawful bases to collect and use your personal data and on occasion more than one lawful reason (basis) set out below may apply to the processing:
- our legitimate interests in marketing and providing our goods and services globally for both our benefit and that of our customers and contacts interested in what we provide;
- to perform or enter into any contract we may have with you;
- to comply with our legal obligations;
- to protect your vital interests or that of another person (e.g. in an emergency); or
- where you consent to the processing where we ask you to (e.g. for certain sorts of marketing or other processing where the law either requires this or where it is our policy from time to time to seek consent for such processing). You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting:enquiries@hitomi-broadcast.tv
HOW WE STORE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION:
We will take reasonable steps to protect all personal information which we hold from misuse, loss and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
We only keep your Personal Data for as long as necessary to meet legal, regulatory and business requirements. You have certain rights to have your Personal Data erased or corrected (see Your Data Protection Rights) Please inform us if you believe we hold inaccurate Personal Data about you.
Data security is very important to us, and to protect your data we have taken suitable measures to safeguard and secure data we hold. Unfortunately, the transmission of information and data via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect personal data relating to you, we cannot guarantee the security of such data transmitted to the Website; any transmission is at your own risk.
Once we have received personal data relating to you, we use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
The security of personal data regarding you is a high priority. We take such steps as are reasonable to securely store personal data regarding you so that it is protected from unauthorised use or access, misuse, loss, modification or unauthorised disclosure. This includes both physical and electronic security measures. Examples include the use of passwords.
Other features include:- storing information on secured networks consistent with industry standards, which are only accessible by those employees who have special access rights to such systems;
- using industry-standard encryption technologies when transferring or receiving personal data, such as SSL technology;
- restrictions are placed on the electronic transfer of files; and
- our IT networks undergo necessary vulnerability testing to continually identify and remediate potential opportunities for unauthorised data access.
We take steps to destroy or de-identify personal data when the information is no longer required for any purpose for which it may be used or disclosed by us and we are no longer required by law to retain the information.
YOUR DATA PROTECTION RIGHTS:
Under the GDPR (where it applies), you have a number of important rights free of charge. In summary, those include rights to:- The right to be informed about our collection and use of personal data;
- The right of access to the Personal Data we hold about you
- The right to rectification if any Personal Data we hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete
- The right to be forgotten – i.e. the right to ask us to delete any Personal Data we hold about you (we only hold your Personal Data for a limited time, as explained below but if you would like us to delete it sooner, please contact us using the details in this Policy);
- The right to restrict (i.e. prevent) the processing of your personal data;
- The right to data portability (obtaining a copy of your Personal Data to re-use with another service or organisation);
- The right to object to us using your Personal Data for particular purposes; and
- Rights with respect to automated decision making and profiling
Your ability to exercise these rights will depend on a number of factors and in some instances, we will not be able to comply with your request (for example because we have legitimate grounds for not doing so or where the right does not apply to the particular data we hold on you).
You should note that if you exercise certain of these rights we may be unable to continue to provide some or all of our services to you (for example where the personal data is required by us to comply with a statutory requirement, or is necessary in order for us to perform our obligations to you).
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY:
We may change this privacy notice from time to time (for example, if the law changes). Any changes will be immediately posted on our website, and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the privacy notice on your first use of our website following the alterations. We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up-to-date.
HOW TO CONTACT US OR COMPLAIN:
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to access or correct or make an enquiry regarding or request that we delete or cease processing any personal information relating to you which may be in our possession, have a query regarding our privacy practices, have a complaint in relation to a breach of applicable privacy or data protection laws, or would like to request a printed copy of this Privacy Policy, please contact our Director:
Postal address: Gardiners Barn, Courtyard Barns, Choke Lane, Cookham Dean, Berkshire SL6 6PT, UK.
Email: enquiries@hitomi-broadcast.tv
You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.
The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk
This Privacy Policy was last updated on 06.02.24