Discover How We Safeguard Your Personal Information in Our Privacy Policy.
Updated 12th July 2023
This Privacy Policy ("Policy") explains how your information is collected, used and disclosed by 8 Million Stories Limited ("8MS Ltd." or "We" or "Us" or "our"). This policy applies where we are acting as a Data Controller with respect to the personal data of our website visitors and service users; in other words, where we determine the purposes and means of the processing of that personal data. We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors and service users. We will never sell, share, or use your personal information other than as described here. By using our website and agreeing to this Policy, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this Policy.
Who will use my data?
8 Million Stories Limited
What for?
8MS Ltd. is a creative Digital & Content Marketing Agency. We will store and process your data in order to allow us to provide our products and services, such as content marketing, SEO, paid media, social media and data analytics to you and run our company. We will also send any relevant details to authorities, when there is a legal obligation to do so.
What will happen if I contact you?
If you contact us, we will use your data to send you the information that you have requested and other information that we think you might be interested in.
What data will be stored?
We may store and process data about your use of our website and services ("usage data"). The usage data may include your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths, as well as information about the timing, frequency and pattern of your service use. The source of the usage data is our analytics tracking system. This usage data may be processed for the purposes of analysing the use of the website and services.
We may process your personal data that are provided in the course of the use of our services ("service data"). The service data may include name, email address, and/or phone number, address, billing details. The source of the service data is you or your employer. The service data may be processed for the purposes of providing our services, and communicating with you.
We may process information contained in any enquiry you submit to us regarding goods and/or services ("enquiry data"). The enquiry data may be processed for the purposes of offering, marketing and selling relevant goods and/or services to you.
In addition to the specific purposes for which we may store and process your personal data, we may do so where necessary for compliance with a legal obligation of for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court-procedure.
Moreover, we may store and process any of your personal data identified in this policy where necessary for the purposes of obtaining or maintaining insurance coverage, managing risks, or obtaining professional advice.
We may process your personal data that are provided in the course of the use of our services ("service data"). The service data may include name, email address, and/or phone number, address, billing details. The source of the service data is you or your employer. The service data may be processed for the purposes of providing our services, and communicating with you.
We may process information contained in any enquiry you submit to us regarding goods and/or services ("enquiry data"). The enquiry data may be processed for the purposes of offering, marketing and selling relevant goods and/or services to you.
In addition to the specific purposes for which we may store and process your personal data, we may do so where necessary for compliance with a legal obligation of for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court-procedure.
Moreover, we may store and process any of your personal data identified in this policy where necessary for the purposes of obtaining or maintaining insurance coverage, managing risks, or obtaining professional advice.
What data will be shared?
We may disclose service data to our partners or subcontractors identified in our contract with you, insofar as reasonably necessary for us to deliver our services to you.
We will moreover share your personal data if there is a legal obligation to do so, or to enforce or apply our contractual terms.
We will moreover share your personal data if there is a legal obligation to do so, or to enforce or apply our contractual terms.
How long?
Personal data that we process for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.
We will retain your personal data as follows:
usage data will be retained for a minimum period of 12 months following your first 8ms.com website session, with the data retention set to not automatically expiring, and resetting on each session.
enquiry data will be retained for a minimum period of 12 months following initial contact with us, and for a maximum period of 7 years following the termination of your contact with us.
In some cases it is not possible for us to specify in advance the periods for which your personal data will be retained. In such cases, we will determine the period of retention based on the following criteria:
the period of retention of service data will be determined based on the duration of the contract with us. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, we may retain your personal data where such retention is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.
We will retain your personal data as follows:
usage data will be retained for a minimum period of 12 months following your first 8ms.com website session, with the data retention set to not automatically expiring, and resetting on each session.
enquiry data will be retained for a minimum period of 12 months following initial contact with us, and for a maximum period of 7 years following the termination of your contact with us.
In some cases it is not possible for us to specify in advance the periods for which your personal data will be retained. In such cases, we will determine the period of retention based on the following criteria:
the period of retention of service data will be determined based on the duration of the contract with us. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, we may retain your personal data where such retention is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.
Who can access my data?
We will never sell, share or otherwise distribute your data to any other third party other than as described here. We will share your information with a regulator or legal body that requests it and we have a legal obligation to share your personal data with.
How is my data kept secure?
We will store and process your data on secure UK based servers. We use industry standard security protocols/technology to secure your data.