privacy policy_

At somewhereto_, we are committed to maintaining your privacy in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 (the, "Act"). Our Privacy Policy explains our commitment to data protection and how your personal information (e.g. your name, email address) ("Information", for short) may be used and stored. This Privacy Policy should be read in conjunction with our website Terms of Use. Unless stated otherwise, all terms beginning with a capital letter shall have the meaning given to them in the website Terms of Use.

By visiting this website, you accept the terms of this Privacy Policy and you consent to the use of your Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. All your Information shall be used in accordance with the Act. If you want to know what Information we collect and hold about you, please write to us at: Data Protection Officer, somewhereto_ c/o Livity, Unit 11, Piano House, 9 Brighton Terrace, London SW9 8DJ.

Livity Limited is the data controller of your Information for the purposes of the Act. 
Information collected through any on-site registration process or by means of any offline channel (e.g. by completing any consent forms associated with the somewhereto_ project) may be used by somewhereto_ and carefully chosen third parties to contact you by various means, including but not limited to mail, telephone, SMS, MMS, fax or email to:
•    send you information about somewhereto_, its newsletter and offers and competitions
•    notify you about spaces or users which may be of interest to you
•    to alert you to changes to the terms and conditions of the project
•    to inform you of how the project is developing/changing, such as post 2012
•    where relevant, in an emergency regarding an active somewhereto_ space and a user
•    for social impact monitoring purposes

other than where you have indicated you do not wish to receive such information.

disclosing your Information to third parties_
We may disclose your Information to the following types of third parties:
•    to Livity's Approved Partners who will facilitate and increase the number of opportunities available for finding and matching Users and Space-holders (a list of our Approved Partners (as updated from time to time) is available here: www.somewhereto.com/our-partners. Just, by way of example, a local authority which can provide access to further spaces and users may be an 'Approved Partner'.
•    In the event that we sell any business or assets we may disclose your Information to the potential buyer(s) of such business or assets (or their respective professional advisers);
•    To pass your Information to our affiliates or certain suppliers/sub-contractors to supply goods, services or information requested by you
•    If we are under a duty to disclose or share your Information to comply with any legal obligation or to enforce or apply our terms and conditions and other agreements or protect our rights or property, our customers, or others. This may include exchanging information with other companies and organisations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction;
•    Such as advertisers (for the purpose of serving advertisements), suppliers, potential suppliers and our potential customers and those of our affiliated companies with details about our services, but we will not provide them with any information which can be used to identify you.

You are entitled by law, upon the payment of a fee (£10), to receive a copy of the information and personal data held by somewhereto_ and to correct any inaccuracies in it. Any such requests must be made in writing to: Subject Access Requests, Data Protection Officer, Livity Limited at the address above.

We will take reasonable care to keep your Information secure and to prevent any unauthorised use of it. We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time and the change will take 30 days after the revised Privacy Policy is available on our homepage or if you continue to use and access our website after such changes are posted on our website homepage (whichever is earlier). Please refer to this Privacy Policy each time you submit your personal Information.

use of registered user information by somewhereto_
Personal information collected is used for the following purposes:
•    registration, membership and general administration
•    providing site access for you
•    sending information of other users, newsletters and materials to you on spaces or users either requested directly by you through the website or deemed appropriate in accordance with your consents
•    statistical analysis, market research and website use evaluation.

cookies and use of casual visitor information_
This website uses cookies (messages stored by your web browser) to enable you to navigate the website. These cookies are only used for the proper operation of the website. [We or our Partners or designated third party advertisers may in the future use these cookies to build a user profile relating to your browsing history or interests. You will not be identifiable from this user profile but this user profile may be used to serve you targeted advertising or provide you with loyalty discounts. If a user profile is used in this way at any time in the future, we will make this known to you beforehand and will explain how you may opt-out from any such targeted advertising. If in doubt, always check and adjust your browser settings to determine whether you wish to accept cookies.]
 
international Transfers of Personal Data_
Your Information may be transferred outside the European Economic Area ('EEA') to the US ("Data Export Country") for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. To ensure that we can provide the most economical and efficient service facilitating the connection of Users and Space-holders, we are using a centralised database located in the Data Export Country. Your submission of the Information constitutes your consent to such transfer of your Information to the Data Export Country.

security of Information on the internet_
Unfortunately, the transmission of Information via the internet is not completely secure. So, whilst we will do our best to protect your Information, we cannot ensure the security of the Information which you transmit to our website. Any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your Information we will use strict procedures and security features to prevent unauthorised access, but we cannot absolutely guarantee it will always kept completely secure because of the nature of the internet.

third party websites_
This Privacy Policy applies only to this website. somewhereto_ does not control any third party websites linked to this website and we are not responsible for the privacy practices of these sites.
We encourage our users to be aware of this when they leave our website and to read the privacy statements applicable on those other websites.

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