We take privacy rights and protection of the interests of whatwasHere.com and whatwasin users very seriously and we seek to ensure
the highest standards of compliance with UK Data Protection Laws and Regulations. whatwasHere.com Limited has an up-to-date data
protection notification registered with the Office of the Information Commissioner. This can be seen at:
http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk
This Privacy Policy is incorporated in and subject to the whatwasHere.com Terms of Use and
whatwasHere.com Service Terms and Conditions.
This Privacy Policy explains to you how whatwasHere.com Limited may use your personal data.
By registering via a whatwasHere.com or whatwasin website or otherwise using whatwasHere.com's services, You give your consent to the
use of your data in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you have any questions regarding this policy or whatwasHere.com Limited
then please contact us as set out at the end of this document.
1.1 "Your Data" means any information about you which is personally identifiable, including, without limitation, your name, address,
telephone numbers, email address, whatwasHere.com user name, password, comments, personal descriptions, photos and other information
from which you can be identified and which you may disclose to us or otherwise via whatwasHere.com at any time.
2.1.1 register via a whatwasHere.com or whatwasin website;
2.1.2 post an entry, message or comment on one of our websites;
2.1.3 make a complaint or enquiry or provide other feedback whether to other users or to us through one of our websites; and
2.1.4 choose to disclose your data to us or otherwise through one of our websites at any other point.
3.1.1 monitor, develop and improve our services, websites and your experience;
3.1.2 process and administer your registration as a whatwasHere.com or whatwasin User;
3.1.3 process and deal with any complaints or enquiries made by or about You;
3.1.4 monitor and investigate any suspected breach of the
whatwasHere.com Service Terms and Conditions or
whatwasHere.com Terms of Use made by or otherwise relating to you;
3.1.5 unless you have requested that we do not, to keep you updated with information by email or sms about existing
and new whatwasHere.com or whatwasin services that we think may be of interest to you. To opt-out of receiving any such information
you can make this clear on registering or by going to ‘view your profile’ on whatwasHere.com at any time.
3.2 Please note that although we do not monitor or vett entries and communications placed on or sent via any whatwasHere.com
websites, we do reserve the right to randomly check, amend, edit or remove information or data on the website that comes to
our attention and is in breach or potentially in breach of the whatwasHere.com Terms and Conditions or we may ask carefully selected
third parties to undertake such activities for us.
4.1.1 Your user name will be publicised on the relevant website against any entries that you post and this will be the identity by
which you are known on the website and will therefore be available to any other users of the website.
We therefore strongly recommend that you do not use your full name or disclose any other personal details about yourself that
you do not want to be publicised and available to other viewers.
4.1.2 To our employees, agents and partners to administer the services and whatwasHere.com Limited websites and the products and services
provided to you by whatwasHere.com now or in the future.
4.1.3 In some cases we may use a technical partner to conduct some processing of Your Data on our behalf in providing the services and
website, but this is always subject to strict contractual control and is in compliance with UK Data Protection Legislation.
4.1.4 Some general statistical information about the whatwasHere.com user base, use patterns, traffic volumes and related matters may be
passed on to reputable third parties but these details will not include information personally identifying you.
4.1.5 We may disclose Your Data to the police, regulatory bodies or legal advisers, your parents, teacher or legal guardian in
connection with any alleged criminal offence or suspected breach of the whatwasHere.com Terms and Conditions by you.
4.2
Always think carefully before disclosing Your Data or other information to other whatwasHere.com or whatwasin users or otherwise posting
Your Data on a whatwasHere.com or whatwasHere.com website.
It is important that you are aware that any of Your Data or other information which You choose to disclose on the website may then be
viewed and even used by other whatwasHere.com users. As stated in the
whatwasHere.com Service Terms and Conditions
and
whatwasHere.com Terms of Use, we have no responsibility or control over the contents of
communications made between users although you can make a complaint about another user as detailed in the
whatwasHere.com Service Terms and Conditions and
whatwasHere.com Terms of Use.
4.3 You must respect the privacy of others and you should not disclose any personal details about other people including your family, friends,
acquaintances, classmates, teachers or other persons that may be misleading or cause them harm or offence. It is your responsibility to obtain
their prior permission in respect of any mention of them where relevant.
4.4 Other than in the circumstances outlined in paragraph 4.1 above, we will not provide Your Data to any third party without your consent
or unless we are required to do so by law.
5.1 whatwasHere.com Limited endeavours to take all reasonable steps to protect Your Data. All the Data collected by us is stored on a secure server. The secure server software
encrypts all information you input before it is sent to us.
6.1 Cookies are small pieces of information stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. We use cookies to allow us to understand
who has seen which pages, to determine how frequently particular pages are visited and to determine the most popular areas of the
whatwasHere.com websites and services. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, though you do not have to. We do not control
the use of cookies by third parties. If you wish to disable cookies then you can do so by readjusting your browser settings although please
note that by disabling cookies you may not be able to register with or use all features of our websites.
6.2 For more information on cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information provided by the Interactive Advertising Bureau at
http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
7.1 We may supplement the information that you provide to us with information that we receive from third parties, for example, collected from
other members of your household, class or organisation.
8.1 You may access and update Your Data by selecting ‘view your profile’ you must make sure that you update Your Data as soon as possible with any and all relevant changes.
9.1 Please be aware that whatwasHere.com and whatwasin websites may link to other web sites, which may be accessed by you through our site. We are not responsible for the data
policies, content or security of these linked web sites.
If You have any comments or queries in connection with this privacy policy, please contact whatwasHere.com Limited by email at
or write to whatwasHere.com at Unit 240, Bon Marche Building, Ferndale Road, London, SW9 8BJ.
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