Outright Games privacy policy

(September-2021)

To read the basis on which we collect, use and disclose the personal data of our job applicants, as well as the rights in respect of such personal data, please click here.

1. Introduction

Our websites are operated by Outright Games Limited a limited company registered in England and Wales with registered number 10385931 which has its registered office at Unit 54 Merlin House, Meteor Way, Lee-On-The-Solent, Hants, England, PO13 9FU (“Outright”, “we”, “us” or “our”). We are committed to the protection of the personal data we process in line with the data protection principles set out in the UK General Data Protection Regulation and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (together the “GDPR”) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (“DPA18”).

We are committed to protecting your privacy. This privacy policy tells you how we collect, store, process and use your/your children’s personal information when you use this website.

Our legal status is that of a “data controller” and in this capacity we will securely store and process your/your children’s personal information which you/your children have provided to us or which we otherwise collect. Data controller is a legal term used in UK and EU legislation to signify the person who controls what to do with any given personal information.

2. Children

Our websites and products are designed partly for children. Therefore we are aware that we must be extra cautious when processing personal information. In most cases, we do not anticipate that we will be collecting personal information directly from any children. We anticipate and assume that we will be collecting personal information only from parents or guardians.

If you are under the age of 13, you may only use provide personal information if you have the consent of, and are supervised by, a parent or guardian.

If we believe a child has entered into any competitions or requested any newsletters or further publications from us and the child is under 13 we will not process any personal information of that child without the consent of the parent or guardian. If the user is 13 or over we will only collect and process personal information as the long as we believe the user understands what is involved.

3. Third party links

Our websites may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Please note that this privacy policy applies only to the personal information that we collect through our websites (or via competitions on our applications on third party websites including social networks), or receive from third parties and we cannot be responsible for personal information that third parties may collect, store and use through their own websites and services. You should always read carefully the privacy policy of each such third party website and service you visit or use.

In addition, when you provide to us information on a third party site or platform, (for example via our competitions on our applications on social networking sites), the information may also be collected by the third party website and may be subject to their privacy policy.

4. The personal data we collect about you/your children

Personal data includes any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. This does not include any information that does not, and cannot be used to, identify an individual.

We may collect personal information from you when you/your children:

• participate in, access or sign up to any of our websites activities, online content, newsletters, or competitions;
• create an online account or fill in any other forms;
• contact or request information from us in any other way;
• respond to communications from us;
• participate in surveys or other market research; or
• communicate with us via social networking websites, third party apps or similar technologies.

Please note, as you interact with our websites, we will automatically collect data about equipment, browsing actions and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, server logs and other similar technologies.

Finally, we collect personal data from analytics providers such as Google, which may be based outside the UK and the EU.

We will indicate where any personal information we have requested is mandatory or optional. Please note that if you decide not to provide certain information which we have indicated is mandatory, in some circumstances this may mean we are unable to provide you with a certain service or product.

We may 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 notice.

We do not collect any special categories of personal data nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offences.

5. How we use your personal data

We will only use personal data when the law allows us to and we do not use your personal data for activities where our interests are overridden by the impact on you (unless we have your consent or are otherwise required or permitted to by law). Most commonly, your use of our websites may lead us to using your personal data in the following circumstances:

​To provide our activities or online content and to provide information about our activities and online content which may be tailored to your/your children’s individual tastes;

• to contact prize winners of competitions;
• to identify you/your child as the winner of a particular competition;
• to send out newsletters you/your children have subscribed to;
• to provide you/your children with services that you request;
• for system administration purposes and for internal operations (including troubleshooting, data analysis, and testing) to ensure the Services operate properly;
• to analyse your use of our websites to improve the user experience and to ensure that content is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your device;
• to notify you of any changes to our websites;
• to provide customer support and ensure we provide a good level of customer service;
• where you have given us your consent or we are otherwise permitted by law, to contact you/your children (including by e-mail) with products and services which we think may interest you/your children – you can unsubscribe from our marketing communications at any time;
• where you have given your consent, to pass your personal information to selected third parties for marketing purposes; and
• for geo-based redirection (so that if you see the correct version of our websites depending on the country from which you are accessing the websites);
• for security and fraud prevention;
• to ensure that our websites are safe and secure; and
• to comply with applicable laws and regulations.

6. Legal basis for processing your personal information

We will only process your/your child’s personal information where we have a legal basis to do so. The legal basis will depend on the purposes for which we have collected and use the personal information. In almost every case the legal basis will be one of the following:

• Consent: For example, where you have provided your consent to receive certain marketing from us. You can withdraw your consent at any time, including by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of any marketing email we send you.
• Our legitimate business interests: Where it is necessary for us to understand our customers, promote our services and operate effectively as a provider of children’s content and related services, provided in each case that this is done in a legitimate way which does not unduly affect your or your child’s privacy and other rights.
• Compliance with law: where we are subject to a legal obligation and need to use your personal information in order to comply with that obligation.

7. Change of purpose 

We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it as detailed in this policy, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose.

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.

8. Marketing and exercising your right to opt-out of marketing

We strive to provide you with choices regarding certain personal data uses, particularly around marketing.

We may use your/your children’s personal data  to form a view on what we think you may want or need, or what may be of interest to you. This is how we decide which products, services and offers may be relevant for you.

You will receive marketing communications from us if you have requested information from us, signed up to receive a publication entered a competition and you have not opted out of receiving that marketing.

You can ask us or third parties to stop sending you marketing messages at any time by contacting us at any time at support@outrightgames.com.

Where you opt out of receiving these marketing messages, this will not apply to personal data collected in other ways as detailed in this policy.

9. Do we share personal information with any third parties?

We may share your personal information within our group of companies.

Where applicable, we may share your (or your child’s) personal information with our marketing /data processor, who hosts any of our websites and stores all associated data on our behalf, and sends out certain e-mails on our behalf.

If a third party acquires all (or substantially all) of our business and/or assets, we may disclose your/your children’s personal information to that third party in connection with the acquisition. We may also disclose your/your children’s personal information where we are required to do so by applicable law, by a governmental body or by a law enforcement agency. We may also disclose personal information to protect the rights, property or safety of us or our users, or others, and in order to enforce or apply our terms and conditions (this includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction) or where we are required to do so by applicable law, by a governmental body or by a law enforcement agency.

Other than as described in this privacy policy we will not disclose, sell or rent your/your children’s personal information to any third party unless you have consented to this. If you do consent but later change your mind, you may contact us and we will cease any such activity.

10. Cookies

Cookies are small bits of text that are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Your browser sends these cookies back to the website every time you visit the site again, so it can recognise you and can then tailor what you see on the screen.

Below is a list of the cookies we use and the purpose of use.

Cookies are used on our site to ensure that we give you the best experience on our websites. If you continue without changing your settings, we’ll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies on our website.

Some cookies are essential so you can move around our websites and use the features. These cookies don’t gather information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you’ve been on the internet. You can delete cookies via your browser should you wish to, but this will restrict the functions that you are able to carry out on our websites.

You’ll find more information about cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org, which gives details on how to delete cookies from your computer. For information on how to do this on your mobile phone browser, please see your handset manual.

11.International Transfers

Outright operates a global service. When your information is moved from your home country to another country, the laws and rules that protect your personal information in the country to which your information is transferred may be different from those in the country in which you live.

Whenever we transfer your/your child’s personal information, we will take steps which are reasonably necessary to ensure that adequate safeguards are in place to protect such personal information and to make sure it is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy. In these cases, we rely on approved data transfer mechanisms to ensure your information is subject to adequate safeguards in the recipient country.

12. Data security

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to safeguard the personal information that we hold about you and regularly review our security measures to consider new technologies and methods, to safeguard your data. Please note that no transmission over the internet can ever be guaranteed secure and we consequently cannot guarantee the security of any personal information that we receive over the Internet.

13. Data retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for. This includes for example the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, accounting, reporting requirements, to carry out legal work, for the establishment or defence of legal claims.

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

In some circumstances we may anonymise your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.

14. Your legal rights

You have the following rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data. Where you exercise these rights, we  will provide information to you as to what action has been taken, if any, within 30 calendar days of receipt of your request. Where no action has been taken, we will explain our reasons why.
Taking into account the complexity and number of requests, it may take us up to 90 calendar days to respond to your request. Where we intend to extend the deadline for responding, you will be informed within 30 calendar days of receipt of your request.

• right to be informed about how personal data is used;
• right to access personal data;
• right to have inaccurate personal data rectified;
• right to have personal data erased in certain circumstances. Please note this is not a blanket right to require all personal data to be deleted. We will consider each request carefully in accordance with the requirements of any laws relating to the processing of your personal data;
• right to restrict processing of personal data in certain circumstances;
• right to data portability – in certain circumstances you can request to receive a copy of your personal data in a commonly used electronic format. This only applies to personal data that you have provided to us. Information about you which has been gathered by monitoring your behaviour will also be subject to the right to data portability. The right to data portability only applies if the processing is based on your consent or if the personal data must be processed for the performance of a contract and the processing is carried out by automated means (i.e. electronically);
• right to object to processing of personal data in certain circumstances, including where personal data is used for marketing purposes; and
• right not to be subject to automated decisions where the decision produces a legal effect or a similarly significant effect – you have a right not to be subject to a decision which is based on automated processing where the decision will produce a legal effect or a similarly significant effect on you.

You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO so please contact us in the first instance.

15. Privacy Policy Changes

We may from time to time revise this privacy policy so please check back regularly to keep informed of updates. We will provide notice to you if these changes are material and will seek your consent if the change could have a detrimental effect on you.

​If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or would like to exercise any of the above rights, please contact us by e-mail: privacy@outrightgames.com

Please note, the email address above is for privacy related queries only. For other queries please use support@outrightgames.com

Alternatively, you can contact us in writing at our registered address above.