Knude Society Privacy Policy

Our contact details 

Name: Knude Society

Address: 7 Bell Yard, London, WC2A 2JR

E-mail: data@theknudesociety.com  

 

The type of personal information we collect 

We currently collect and process the following information:

  • Personal identifiers, contacts and characteristics (for example, name and contact details).

  • Financial information (for example, bank account and payment card details.

  • Technical data (for example, internet protocol address, browser details and data about how you access our website).

  • Marketing data (for example, your preferences in receiving marketing from us).

  • “Profile Information” (for example, your username and password for our website and purchases made by you).

  • Information about your body (for example, height, weight, genitalia and health). 

  • Information about your sexuality, (for example, your sex life, sexual history and experiences, gender identity, sexual desires/ fantasies, relationship status and any reproductive milestones). 

This is not an exhaustive list, and in other instances we may need to collect further data. 

 

How we get the 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:

  • Setting up a profile on our website.

  • Ordering products or services from our company. 

  • Requesting marketing information from our company. 

  • Responding to our surveys or taking part in our research.

  • Engaging with our company on social media. 

This is not an exhaustive list, and we may collect personal data directly from you in other ways. 

We also receive personal information indirectly, from the following sources in the following scenarios:

  • From how you access our website (such as browser information). 

  • From someone providing information about you in response to a survey or research. (However, please note that we expressly discourage survey/ research responders from providing identifying information regarding people other than themselves and will seek to anonymise it, if they do, where possible).

We use the information that you have given us in order to:

  • Create your profile on our website.

  • Provide you with goods and services.

  • Market our goods and services to you.

  • Conduct research and market research. 

  • Develop new products.

  • Perform administrative tasks in relation to running our business. 

  • Comply with the law. 

This is not an exhaustive list, and we may use your personal data for other reasons. 

We may share this information with:

  • Our suppliers.

  • Our vendors, including our banking/ payment vendors.

  • Our advisors (such as legal and financial advisors). 

  • Education partners.

  • Governmental authorities, where required (for example, as required by a court order). 

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are: 

  • We have a contractual obligation.

  • We have a legal obligation.

  • We have a legitimate interest.

  • Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting data@theknudesociety.com

How we store your personal information 

Your information is securely stored primarily in the USA, but could be anywhere in the world. 

We keep personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the lawful purposes for which we have collected it or when a data subject requests for their personal data to be deleted. We will then take reasonable steps to dispose or limit access to personal data information, as required. 

Your data protection rights

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. 

Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete. 

Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances. 

Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances. 

Your right to object to processing - You have the the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.

You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

Please contact us at data@theknudesociety.com if you wish to make a request.

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at hello@theknudesociety.com

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