The Burlington Magazine Publications Limited ("We") are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

This policy (together with our TERMS OF USE and any other documents referred to on it) 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. We keep certain basic information when you visit our website and recognise the importance of keeping that information secure and letting you know what we will do with it.

For the purpose of the The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679 (the Act), the data controller The Burlington Magazine Publications Limited of 14-16 Duke’s Road, London, WC1H 9SZ (company registration number 790136, registered charity number 295020).

This policy only applies to our site. If you leave our site via a link or otherwise, you will be subject to the policy of that website provider. We have no control over that policy or the terms of the website and you should check their policy before continuing to access the site.

INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT FROM YOU

We may collect and process the following data about you:

•    Information that you provide by filling in forms on our site staging.burlington.org.uk or bur-dev.escosubs.co.uk (our site). This includes information provided at the time of registering to use our site, subscribing to our newsletter or information service, or requesting further services. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our site.
•    If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
•    We may also ask you to complete surveys that we use for research purposes, although you do not have to respond to them.
•    Details of your visits to our site including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs, operating system, browser usage and other communication data, whether this is required for our own billing purposes or otherwise and the resources that you access.

IP ADDRESSES AND COOKIES

We may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers. This is statistical data about our users' browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual and we will not collect personal information in this way.

We may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive. They help us to improve our site and to deliver a better and more personalised service. They enable us:

•    To estimate our audience size and usage pattern.
•    To make purchases from our website and web store.
•    To store information about your preferences, and so allow us to customise our site according to your individual interests.
•    To speed up your searches.
•    To recognise you when you return to our site.

You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to our site.

WHERE WE STORE YOUR PERSONAL DATA

The data that we collect from you 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. Such staff maybe engaged in, among other things, the fulfilment of your order, the processing of your payment details and the provision of support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.

All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. Any payment transactions will be encrypted. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

USES MADE OF THE INFORMATION AND THE LAWFUL BASIS FOR PROCESSING DATA

We use information held about you in the following ways:

•    To ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.
•    To provide you with information, products or services that you request from us or which we feel may interest you.
•    To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts already entered into between you and us, or to complete a new contract.
•    To allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so.
•    To notify you about changes to our service.

LENGTH OF DATA RETENTION

If you have received our newsletter or marketing updates or signed-up to any of our web services, information newsletters or marketing newsletters, we will retain your data until you unsubscribe.

If you are a subscriber, we will retain your data for five years after your last subscription has expired.

If you are a customer who has purchased a product online, other than a subscription, through our web store, we will retain your data for five years after your last purchase.

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION
We do not sell or pass on your data to any third parties; however, we may disclose your personal information to third parties:

•    In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets.
•    If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

YOUR RIGHTS

Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates.  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.

You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing or information purposes. You have the right to unsubscribe at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe option included in the communication. You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting us at burlington@burlington.org.uk.

You have the right to ask for your data to be removed.

You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office if you feel we have not processed your data according to the terms of the Act.

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

The Act gives you the right to access information held about you. You can ask for any data we may hold on you by contacting burlington@burlington.org.uk and we will respond within 28 days.

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on our website and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail. If you use the Site after we have published or notified you of the changes, you are agreeing to be bound by those changes. We advise that you check this page regularly to keep up to date with any necessary changes.

CONTACT

Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to burlington@burlington.org.uk.