Privacy

We take your privacy very seriously here at Foreman. Your data is important to you and is important to us. We do everything we can to protect your data in trasit and at rest.

INTRODUCTION

Foreman are committed to protecting and respecting the privacy of your personal data. This privacy notice explains how your data is collected, used, transferred and disclosed. It applies to data collected when you use our website/apps, iOS and android applications, when you interact with us through social media, email, or phone, or when you participate in our competitions or events. It covers:

  • The personal data we collect
  • How we collect your data
  • How we use your data
  • Marketing preferences, adverts and cookies
  • Links to other website/apps and third parties
  • How we share your data
  • Your rights
  • Changes to this privacy notice
  • How to contact us

WHO IS FOREMAN?

Foreman was founded by Ian Hannaford and Brad Monks in 2020 with an idea that culminated into a business to provide a single and easy to use interface for syndication of content in real time across website and various other platforms.

OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU

We take the protection of your personal data seriously and will process your personal data fairly, lawfully and transparently. This privacy notice describes the personal data we are collecting about you and how it is used.

We will only collect and use your personal data for the following purposes, to:

  • fulfil functionality of the Foreman app and associated applications
  • keep you up to date with the latest associated developments and progressions
  • improve our services
  • meet our legal responsibilities

HOW WE KEEP YOUR DATA SAFE AND SECURE

We have appropriate organisational safeguards and security measures in place to protect your data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed.

The communication between your browser and our website/app uses a secure encrypted connection wherever your personal data is involved.

We require any third party who is contracted to process your personal data on our behalf to have security measures in place to protect your data and to treat such data in accordance with the law.

In the unfortunate event of a personal data breach, we will notify you and any applicable regulator when we are legally required to do so.

THE PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT

Personal data means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include anonymised data, where the identity and identifying information has been removed.

While our website/app is designed for a general audience, we will not knowingly collect any data from children under the age of 13 or sell products to children. If you are under the age of 13, you are not permitted to use or submit your data to the website/app.

The following groups of personal data are collected:

  • Identity Data includes information such as: first name, last name, title, date of birth (optional), occupation, personal description, photo and gender.
  • Contact Data includes information such as: email address, billing address, delivery address, location, country, telephone number, and social media information relative to the functionality of the Foreman app.
  • Financial Data includes information such as: payment card details and bank account.
  • Technical Data includes information such as: details of the device(s) you use to access our services, your internet protocol (IP) address, login data, your username and password, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform.
  • Location Data includes information relevant to the functionality of the Foreman app.
  • Profile Data includes information such as: product, preferences, feedback, and survey responses.

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 as this data does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific website/app feature. 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 notice.

HOW WE COLLECT YOUR DATA

We may collect personal data about you in the following ways:

Direct interactions – you may give us your Identity, Contact, Financial, Transaction, Profile, and Marketing and Communications data (as described above) by filling in forms, entering information online or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email, telephone or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide, for example, when you:

  • Create an account or purchase products on our website/app;
  • Subscribe to newsletter, discussion boards, social media sites;
  • Join a Foreman loyalty or referral programme;
  • Complete a voluntary market research survey;
  • Contact us with an enquiry or to report a problem (by phone, email, social media, or messaging service);
  • Use a “referral” function on our app; or
  • When you log in to our app and connect to social media.

Automated technologies or interactions – as you interact with our app, we may automatically collect the following types of data (all as described above): Technical Data about your equipment, Usage Data about your browsing actions and patterns, and Contact Data where tasks carried out via our app remain uncompleted. We collect this data by using cookies, server logs and other similar technologies. Please see our Cookies Policy for further details.

Third parties – we may receive personal data about you from various third parties, including:

  • Technical Data from third parties, including analytics providers such as Google. Please see further information in the section entitled ‘Marketing preferences, adverts and cookies’.
  • Technical Data from affiliate networks through whom you have accessed our website/app;
  • Identity and Contact Data from social media platforms when you log in to our app and use social media platforms;
  • Contact, Financial and Transaction Data from providers of technical services.
  • Identity and Contact data from third parties, including organisations (including law enforcement agencies), associations and groups, who share data for the purposes of fraud prevention and detection and credit risk reduction;

HOW WE USE YOUR DATA

The legal basis for processing your personal data

We will only collect and process your personal data where we have a legal basis to do so. As a data controller, the legal basis for our collection and use of your personal data varies depending on the manner and purpose for which we collected it.

We will only collect personal data from you when:

  • we have your consent to do so, or
  • we need your personal data to perform a contract with you. For example, to process a payment from you, fulfil app functionality or provide customer support, or
  • the processing is in our legitimate interests and not overridden by your rights, or
  • we have a legal obligation to collect or disclose personal data from you.

USES MADE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

Your personal data is used by Foreman to support a range of different activities. These are listed in the table below together with the types of data used and the legal bases we rely on when processing them, including where appropriate, our legitimate interests. Please be aware that we may process your personal data using more than one lawful basis, depending on the specific activity involved. 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.

Purpose/Activity Type of data Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest
To create an account and register you as a new customer (either directly or via other sources).
  • Identity
  • Contact
  • Performance of a contract with you
To administer, protect and improve our business and our website/app, including: troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, data analysis, reporting and hosting of data; setting default options for you, such as language and currency.
  • Identity
  • Contact
  • Profile
  • Technical
  • Transaction
  • Marketing and Communications
  • Necessary for our legitimate interests (for running our business, provision of administration and IT services, network security, and to detect and prevent fraud)
  • Necessary to comply with a legal obligation
To deliver relevant website/app content, online advertisements and information for you; and measure the effectiveness of the advertising provided.
  • Identity
  • Contact
  • Profile
  • Usage
  • Marketing and Communications
  • Technical
  • Necessary for our legitimate interests (to study how customers use our products and services, to develop them, to grow our business and to inform our marketing strategy)
To use data analytics to: improve our website/app, app, products, services, marketing, customer relationships and experiences; and for market research, statistical and survey purposes.
  • Technical
  • Usage
  • Necessary for our legitimate interests (to define types of customers for our products and services, to keep our website/app updated and relevant, to develop our business and to inform our marketing strategy)
To recommend products, services discounts and offers that may be of interest to you, including to send you such information by email, post or SMS.
  • Identity
  • Contact
  • Technical
  • Usage
  • Profile
  • Marketing and Communications
  • Necessary for our legitimate interests (to develop our products and services and grow our business) or
  • Consent. See further details in the section 'Marketing preferences, adverts and cookies'
To inform or remind you by email of any task carried out via our website/app which remains uncompleted
  • Identity
  • Contact
  • Usage
  • Necessary for our legitimate interests (to improve the user experience of our customers)

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

If you have any questions about how Foreman use any of your personal data, please contact us at info@getforeman.com

HOW LONG WE KEEP YOUR DATA FOR

We will keep your personal data for no longer than is necessary for the purpose(s) it was provided for and to meet our legal obligations. If you delete your account, we'll initiate deletion of this information after 30 days. Please note: There might be some latency in deleting this information from our servers and back-up storage; and we may retain this information if necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce our agreements.

Further details of the periods for which we retain data are available on request.

MARKETING PREFERENCE, ADVERTS & COOKIES

Marketing - your preferences

We may send you marketing communications and promotional offers:

  • if you have an account with us or and you have not opted out of receiving that marketing (in accordance with your preferences, as explained below);
  • by email if you have signed up for email newsletters;

We may use your Identity, Contact, Technical, Transactional, Usage, Profile Data and Marketing and Communications Data to form a view on what we think you may like, or what may be of interest to you, and to send you details of products and offers which may be relevant for you.

We will ask you for your preferences in relation to receiving marketing communications by email, post, SMS and other communication channels.

From time to time we may also inform you of services or offers from other third-party companies that you may be interested in.

In respect of third party marketing communications, we will obtain your express opt-in consent before we share your personal data with any third party for marketing purposes.

You will always have full control of your marketing preferences. If you do not wish to continue receiving marketing information from us (or any third party, if applicable) at any time:

  • you can unsubscribe or 'opt-out' by following the link included in the footer of any marketing email; or
  • account holders may withdraw their consent via the app settings section.
  • you can unsubscribe or 'opt-out' by following the link included in the footer of any marketing email; or
  • Our systems currently don't respond to DNT:1 signals from browsers visiting our websites

We will process all opt-out requests as soon as possible, but please note that due to the nature of our IT systems and servers it may take a few days for any opt-out request to be implemented. Please be aware that opting out on one of our Services, does not opt you out from any of our other Services unless that option is specifically provided. Please note that despite unsubscribing from such communications, Foreman may still contact you in relation to any issues relating any business you conduct with Foreman .

COOKIES

Our app uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website/app and to keep track of your visits. They help us to provide you with the very best experience when you browse our website/app and to make improvements to our website/app. They also help us and our advertising networks to make advertising relevant to you and your interests.

You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when website/apps set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of our website/app may become inaccessible or not function properly.

For detailed information on the cookies which we and our third-party providers use and the reasons why we use them, please refer to our Cookie Policy.

OUR USE OF ANALYSIS & TARGETING TOOLS

We use a range of analytics and targeted advertising tools to display relevant website/app content on our website/app and online advertisements on other website/apps and apps (as described above) to you, deliver relevant content to you in marketing communications (where applicable), and to measure the effectiveness of the advertising provided. For example, we use tools such as Google Analytics to analyse Google's interest-based advertising data and/or third-party audience data (such as age, marital status, life event, gender and interests) to target and improve our marketing campaigns, marketing strategies and website/app/app content. We may also use tools provided by other third parties, such as Facebook, Adroll, Rakuten Marketing, Dash Hudson, Responsys, Criteo and Bing to perform similar tasks, using your Contact, Technical, Usage and Profile Data.

In order to opt out of targeted advertising you need to disable your 'cookies' in your browser settings (see Cookie Policy for details) or opt-out of the relevant third-party Ad Settings. For example, you can opt-out of the Google Display Advertising Features using their Ad Settings. As an added privacy measure, you can also use the Google Analytics opt-out browser add on.

The Digital Advertising Alliance (which includes companies such as Google, Responsys and Facebook) provides a tool called WebChoices that can perform a quick scan of your computer or mobile devices, find out which participating companies have enabled customised ads for your browser, and adjust your browser preferences accordingly.

If you would like any further information about the data collected by these third parties or the way in which the data is used, please contact us.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITE/APPS & THIRD PARTIES

Our website/app may include links to and from the website/apps of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates, or to social media platforms. If you follow a link to any of these website/apps, please note that these website/apps 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 their website/apps.

HOW WE SHARE YOUR DATA

We may disclose and share your personal data with the parties set out below:

  • where you have consented for us to do so. For example, if you have consented to receive marketing materials from third parties, or in respect of third parties' (including co-branded or jointly promoted) products and services, we may pass your data on to the relevant third parties for the purpose of sending you such marketing communications;
  • to business partners, suppliers, sub-contractors and other third parties that we use in connection with the running of our business for the purposes set out in the table above in the section 'How we use your data', such as:
    • third party service providers that we engage to provide IT systems and software, and to host our website/app;
    • third-party payment processing services (including Worldpay, Adyen, Paypal) to process your payment to us. Foreman does not store your payment information. Your payment details are provided to the payment processing service you have selected, who are required to comply with applicable regulations and data protection laws. Please refer to the privacy policy of the relevant provider for details of how they process your personal data. These third party payment providers process your data as a data controller;
    • third party service providers that we engage to deliver goods you have ordered and to manage any returns;
    • third party service providers that we engage to send emails and postal mail on our behalf including in relation to marketing communications, to provide data cleansing services and to provide marketing and advertising services;
    • analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimisation of our website/app;
    • affiliate networks through whom you have accessed our website/app;
  • to any third party 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 notice.
  • to protect our customers, and website/app from fraud and theft, we may share your personal data with fraud prevention and analysis service providers, in order to carry out fraud prevention checks on our behalf. We may further share personal data that is required to make identity checks and personal data that we obtain from making identity checks (including data relating to your age, name and location), together with account information, with third party organisations (including law enforcement agencies), involved in fraud prevention and detection and credit risk reduction. Please note these third parties may retain a record of the information that we provide to them for this purpose;
  • if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation; or
  • to our professional advisers including lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers who provide consultancy, banking, legal, insurance and accounting services.

OUR DATA & COUNTRIES OUTSIDE OF EUROPE

The personal data we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, destinations outside the European Economic Area ("EEA") using legally-provided mechanisms to lawfully transfer data across borders. It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us or for one of our suppliers. Such staff may be engaged in, among other things, the fulfilment of your order, the processing of your payment details and the provision of support services. We will take all steps necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy notice.

Whenever we transfer personal data outside the EEA, we will ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring appropriate safeguards, as required by law, are in place. This may include using specific contractual clauses approved by the European Commission which give personal data the same protection as it has in Europe. More information about these is available here: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32010D0087

Please contact us if you want further information on the countries to which we may transfer personal data and the specific mechanism used by us when transferring your personal data outside the EEA.

YOUR RIGHTS

You have several rights under the data privacy legislation. This includes, under certain circumstances, the right to:

  • request access to your personal data
  • request correction of your personal data
  • request erasure of your personal data
  • request restriction of processing of your personal data
  • request the transfer of your personal data
  • object to processing of your personal data
  • request human intervention for automated decision making

Brief details of each of these rights are set out below. If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please email us at info@getforeman.com

REQUEST ACCESS TO YOUR PERSONAL DATA

You have the right to obtain a copy of the personal data we hold about you and certain information relating to our processing of your personal data.

REQUEST CORRECTION TO YOUR PERSONAL DATA

You are entitled to have your personal data corrected if it is inaccurate or incomplete. You can update your personal data at any time by logging into your account and updating your details directly, or by emailing us at info@getforeman.com

REQUEST ERASURE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

This enables you to request that Foreman delete your personal data, where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it. Note, however, that we may not always be able to comply with your request of erasure for specific legal reasons which will be notified to you, if applicable, at the time of your request.

REQUEST RESTRICTION OF PROCESSING YOUR PERSONAL DATA

You have a right to ask Foreman to suspend the processing of your personal data in certain scenarios, for example if you want us to establish the accuracy of the data, or you have objected to our use of your data but we need to verify whether we have overriding legitimate grounds to use it. Where processing is restricted, we are allowed to retain sufficient information about you to ensure that the restriction is respected in future.

REQUEST THE TRANSFER OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

You have the right to obtain a digital copy of your personal data or request the transfer of your personal data to another company. Please note though that this right only applies to automated data which you initially provided consent for us to use or where we used the data to perform a contract with you.

REQUEST HUMAN INTERVENTION FOR AUTOMATED DECISION MAKING & PROFILING

You have the right to request human intervention where we are carrying out automated decision making when processing your personal. This form of processing is permitted where it is necessary as part of our contract with you, providing that appropriate safeguards are in place or your explicit consent has been obtained.

We will try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally, it may take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated. We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to exercise any of the above rights. This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it.

RIGHT TO LODGE A COMPLAINT

If you have any concerns or complaints regarding the way in which we process your data, please email us directly at info@getforeman.com. You also have the right to make a complaint to the ICO (the data protection regulator in the UK). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO, so please do contact us in the first instance.

CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY NOTICE

From time to time we may change this privacy notice. If there are any significant changes we will post updates on our website/app, applications or let you know by email.

OBJECT TO PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data where we believe we have a legitimate interest in processing it (as explained above). You also have the right to object to our processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes. In some cases, we may demonstrate that we have compelling legitimate grounds to process your data which override your rights and freedoms

HOW TO CONTACT US

We welcome feedback and are happy to answer any questions you may have about your data.

Please send any questions, comments or requests for more information to info@getforeman.com

This privacy notice was last updated on 23rd March 2020

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