Terms and Conditions
This website (topclassical.com) is operated by GM Group, 1309 Coffeen Avenue Ste 1200 Sheridan, WY 82801, United States. Your use of the Website is subject to the following Terms & Conditions of Use, which you are deemed to accept by using the Website. If you are not prepared to comply with these terms, you must leave the website immediately.
Additional terms shall apply: to any purchases you make through the Website; to any booking you make through the Website; and where you are given an opportunity to place advertisements for goods or services on the Website.
Copyright
The copyright and all other rights in the material on the Website are owned by GM Group or are included with the permission of the owner of the rights. As a visitor to the Website, you may download a single copy of the material on the Website on a single computer for your own private viewing/listening purposes only. Single copies of pages from the Website may be printed out for the sole purposes of enabling the person printing the page to retain a copy for their own personal records. No copying or distribution of material on the Website for any commercial or business use is permitted without our prior written consent. No photography, filming, broadcast, alteration or modification of the pages of the Website is permitted without our prior written consent except as may be reasonably necessary to use the Website in good faith. Subject to this paragraph, all rights in material on the Website are reserved to GM Group.
Forbidden use
You agree not to use the Website: To create a database (electronic or otherwise) that includes material downloaded or otherwise obtained from the Website except where expressly permitted on the Website. To disseminate advertisements on the Website or use the Website for any other commercial purposes (which would include using the Website to promote or encourage the sale of your goods/services). To place links on the Website where those links take users to unlawful material or material that contravenes these Terms and Conditions. To transmit or re-circulate any material obtained from the Website to any third party except where expressly permitted on the Website. In such a way to remove the copyright or trademark notice(s) from any copies of any material made in accordance with these Terms and Conditions. To disseminate any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising, promotional materials, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” or any other form of solicitation. To disseminate any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, damage, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment. To disseminate any material which is or may infringe the rights (including intellectual property rights) of any third party or be unlawful, threatening, defamatory, obscene, indecent, offensive, pornographic, abusive, liable to incite racial hatred, discriminatory, menacing, scandalous, inflammatory, blasphemous, in breach of confidence, in breach of privacy, which may cause annoyance or inconvenience or may restrict or inhibit the use of the Website by any person or which constitutes or encourages conduct that may be considered a criminal offence or give rise to civil liability in any country in the world. To disseminate any material which compromises the privacy or security of anyone other than yourself. To disseminate any material which does or may bring GM Group or any of its brands or subsidiaries into dispute or in any way damage their reputation. To disseminate any material where use of the material by GM Group, or any third party licensed or permitted by GM Group, will give rise to any third party claims. Or to post link(s) that take users to material that contravenes any of the above restrictions.
Links to other websites
You may link to the Website but strictly only on the basis that you do not replicate the pages of the Website, and subject to the following conditions. You do not create a frame or any other browser or border environment around the Website. You do not in any way imply any endorsement by GM Group other than with its written consent or misrepresent your relationship with GM Group. You do not use any logos or trade marks displayed on the Website without the express written permission of GM Group. You do not link from a website that is not owned by you. Your website does not contain content that is distasteful, offensive or controversial, that infringes any intellectual property rights or other rights of any other person or otherwise does not comply with all applicable laws and regulations.
Trade Marks
All GM Group trade marks (whether registered or unregistered) and graphics, logos, designs, page headers and button icons are the intellectual property rights of GM Group and neither they nor any confusingly similar versions may be used by you including (but not limited to) as part of any trade marks and/or domain names without the prior written consent of GM group other than for the purpose of referring to GM Group and its associated brands lawfully and in good faith (only).
Registration
To access certain parts of the Website, GM Group may require you to register and provide certain information about yourself. Such registration shall be subject to specific terms of registration. Where you register you also agree to: Provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the relevant registration form (such information being the “Registration Data”). And maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it fully up to date. Where information (including sensitive financial or personal information) is provided to GM Group (whether directly through the Website or otherwise) you accept that these methods of communication cannot be 100% secure. Where sensitive financial information is provided to GM Group it uses encryption software to attempt to prevent unauthorised access to this information being obtained. However, GM Group cannot accept any responsibility or liability for any damages (other than liability for death or physical injury arising out of the negligence of GM Group or its officers or any liabilities that cannot, as a matter of law, be excluded) arising from the misuse or loss of data or information submitted by you to GM Group directly through the Website or otherwise. The provision of personal information by you and use of it by GM Group is subject to GM Group’s Privacy Policy (see below). Where you register on the Website, you will be allocated a user name and password. These account details must be used solely by you; sharing your user name and password with any other person or making it available to multiple users on a network is strictly prohibited. Accordingly, you agree to: Maintain the security of your user name and password and be fully responsible for all use of the Website made using your user name and password. Immediately notify GM Group if you become aware of any unauthorised use of your user name and password or any other breach of security by sending an appropriately worded email to the contact details shown on the “contact us” page of the Website; and ensure that you exit from your website account at the end of each session. GM Group cannot and will not be liable for any losses, damages or costs arising from your failure to comply with these requirements.
Disclaimer
Whilst GM Group endeavours to ensure that the Website is normally available 24 hours a day, due to the inherent nature of the Internet, errors, interruptions and delays may occur in the service at any time. Accordingly, the Website is provided on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis without any warranties of any kind and we do not accept any liability arising from any interruption in availability. Access to the Website may be suspended temporarily and without notice in the case of system failure, maintenance or repair or for any other reasonable cause. You acknowledge that whilst GM Group endeavours to ensure that information on the Website and any related material provided to you by GM Group, whether by email or otherwise (“GM Group”) is accurate and complete, it is provided only for general information, is not intended to address your particular requirements and does not constitute any form of advice or recommendation by GM Group. You acknowledge that the information on the Website does not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of GM Group or any of its brands, and that the GM Group should not be relied upon by you in making (or refraining from making) any specific investment or other business or personal decisions and acknowledge that professional advice should be obtained before making any such decision. You acknowledge that some of the content may be supplied by third parties and the accuracy and completeness of it will not have been checked by GM Group. No liability shall be accepted by GM Group for any inaccuracy or omission in the information provided on the Website or the GM Group Materials. All implied warranties are excluded from these Terms and Conditions to the extent that they may be excluded as a matter of law. GM Group will use reasonable endeavours to ensure that the Website and the GM Group Materials do not contain or promulgate any viruses or other malicious code. However, it is recommended that you should virus check all such materials and regularly check for the presence of viruses and other malicious code. GM Group excludes to the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws all liability in connection with any damage or loss caused by computer viruses or other malicious code originating or contracted from the Website or the GM Group Materials. GM Group will not be liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of the profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwise from your use or inability to use the Website or any content or from any action taken (or refrained from being taken) as a result of using the Website or any content of it, including in respect of infringement of third party rights arising from the your use of the content. Links on the Website to third party websites are provided solely for your convenience. If you use these links, you leave the Website. GM Group has not reviewed these third party websites and does not control and is not responsible for these websites or their content or availability. GM Group therefore does not endorse or make any representations about them, or any material found on them, or any results that may be obtained from using them. If you decide to access any of the third party websites linked to the Website, you do so entirely at your own risk. Please note that GM Group gives no warranty that links to third party sites on the Site shall be marked as such. The Website may contain links to third party websites where you may purchase items. You acknowledge that when making a purchase from a third party website you enter into a contract with that third party at your own risk and GM Group will bear no liability for that contract. Please note that third parties may operate such shopping sites with reference to the name of the Website, but that does not mean that GM Group are responsible for their conduct or any contracts that you enter into with them. The Website may from time to time contain advertising and sponsorship. GM Group is not responsible for either the content of the material provided by such advertisers and sponsors or their compliance with voluntary or statutory codes or provisions. In particular, GM Group can provide no warranty that it will not take advertisements or sponsorship from your competitors.
Suspension of access to the Website and User Indemnities
If, for any reason, GM Group believes that you have not complied with any of these Terms & Conditions it may, at its sole discretion, suspend or cancel your access to all or some of the Website immediately and without giving you any advance notice. Without prejudice to the provisions of this clause, you agree to compensate GM Group in respect of any claims, losses, expenses and/or liabilities (including legal fees) which arise from your use of the Website and/or the GM Group Materials (or by a third party using your user name and password) including in particular (but not limited to) any statements, contributions or other content posted on the Website.
Limitation of GM Group Liability
GM Group will not be liable to you for any loss or damage caused by GM Group or its employees or sub-contractors in circumstances where: There is no breach of a legal duty of care owed to you by GM Group (or its employees or sub-contractors); or such loss or damage is not a reasonably foreseeable result of any such breach; or in respect of any increase in the loss or damage resulting from your actions. Nothing in these Terms & Conditions shall exclude or limit GM Group liability for: death or personal injury caused by the negligence of GM Group and/or its employees negligence; or fraudulent misrepresentation by GM Group and/or its employees.
Competition terms and conditions
These rules (the “Rules”) apply to all prize promotions including free draws, prize competitions and instant win offers unless otherwise stated on the Website. Depending on the nature of the competition there may be additional rules imposed by us (or selected third parties) and each such offer may be subject to its own express terms and may not be available in all jurisdictions. All entrants to a Promotion must be at least 18 years of age at the date of entry and comply with any further age and/or other eligibility requirements set out in the Rules. Proof of age may be required before a prize-winner can claim a prize. The eligibility of any entrant is at the sole discretion of GM Group. Only one entry per person and per household is permitted and spammers will be disqualified. All entries must be made in accordance with the Rules and must be received by GM Group by the closing date. Entries made otherwise shall be invalid. GM Group accepts no responsibility or liability for any lost, damaged or incomplete entries and all such entries will be deemed invalid. Proof of despatch shall not be proof of entry. GM Group and the promoter reserve the right at its sole discretion to (without prior notice): cancel the Promotion; and/or to substitute the prize for another prize of equal value. By entering the prize draw, the entrant agrees to be bound by the Rules and by any other requirements set out in the promotional material accompanying the promotion. By entering the promotion, the entrant agrees to these Terms & Conditions including the Privacy Policy. In addition, GM Group may pass your personal information to the promoters and their data processors. However, we will always take all appropriate steps to protect your information. Prize-winners will be notified in writing within 6 weeks of the applicable closing date (or such other timeframe as is indicated on the Website). If a prize-winner fails to respond to claim his/her prize within 14 days of receipt of the notification, GM Group shall be entitled to select an alternative prize-winner. In such circumstances GM Group shall use reasonable endeavours to notify the alternative prize-winner within nine weeks of the closing date (or such other timeframe as is indicated on the Website). Prize draws are open to citizens worldwide, except employees of GM Group (and its subsidiaries), the promoter and their immediate families, the promoters advertising agency and sales promotion consultancy, and anyone else connected with the creation and administration of the promotion. GM Group decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. GM Group will not accept responsibility for loss through technical fault, incomplete, illegible or other damaged entries. Proof of entry is not automatically proof of receipt.Prize-winners will receive their prize within 6 weeks of notification unless otherwise specified on the Website. The terms and conditions of any third party supplier may apply and must be accepted and complied with by a prize-winner to accept the prize. GM Group will not be liable if a prize does not reach a prize-winner for any reason outside the control of GM Group or if a prize is damaged during delivery. It is your responsibility to ensure that when entering competitions which, if won, could result in time off work, your employer is in agreement to time off. When dates are specified they cannot be altered. Prizes are non-transferable, non-negotiable and no cash alternatives will be offered. Depending on the nature of the prize, its use or enjoyment may be subject to further conditions or restrictions. By entering the promotion, the winner(s) consent(s) to any publicity generated as a result of the promotion, and use on the Website at any time. Where relevant, all taxes, insurances, transfers, spending money and other expenses (including meals or personal expenses upgrades are, unless otherwise specifically stated, the sole responsibility of the prize-winner. Other than for death or personal injury arising from the negligence of GM Group, GM Group hereby excludes (so far as is permitted by law) all liability for any loss, damage, cost and expense, whether direct or indirect, howsoever caused in connection with any competition or any aspect of the prize. The promotional draw is held by GM Group.
Variation of these Terms & Conditions of Use
GM Group reserves the right to vary these Terms & Conditions of Use from time to time. Such variations become effective immediately upon the posting of the varied Terms & Conditions on the Website. By continuing to use the Website you will be deemed to accept such variations. You should therefore check the Website from time to time to review the then current Terms & Conditions. These Terms & Conditions were last updated in March 2020.
General
These Terms & Conditions shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, American law and the courts of Wyoming shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute which may arise out of, under, or in connection with these Terms & Conditions unless GM Group shall elect to bring proceedings in the courts of the country of the user’s residence or of principal place of business. These Terms & Conditions, as varied by GM Group from time to time form the entire understanding between us. Headings in these Terms & Conditions are for convenience only and will have no legal meaning or affect. No delay or indulgence by GM Group in enforcing the provisions of these Terms & Conditions shall affect GM Group’s rights under them nor shall any waiver of GM Group’s rights operate as a waiver of any subsequent breach. No right, power or remedy conferred upon or reserved for GM Group is exclusive of any other right, power or remedy available to GM Group provided either under these Terms & Conditions or as a matter of law and each such right, power or remedy shall be cumulative. You may not assign sub-license or otherwise transfer any of your rights or obligations under these Terms & Conditions. If any provision of these Terms & Conditions is found to be invalid, the invalidity of that provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms & Conditions, which shall remain valid and enforceable. Nothing in these Terms & Conditions shall operate to exclude liability that cannot as a matter of law be excluded and in particular, and notwithstanding the limitations of liability set out above, our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence shall not be excluded or limited in any way.
PRIVACY POLICY
GM Group (the “data controller”) takes the privacy of your personal information very seriously and is committed to safeguarding your privacy and your personal information, complying with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003. This Privacy Policy relates to our and our subsidiaries use, of any personal information we collect from you directly, or indirectly via 3rd party data providers, covering individuals who: visit our main website (topclassical.com), use our products and services; contact us concerning our products and services; are a subscribed reader or single requester of our publications; attend or register to attend our events (including online events) or other events in which GM Group participates; complete surveys GM Group has issued or commissioned; complete competition entries GM Group has issued or commissioned; through telephone research of your organisation and your role in the organisation; through research of public resources to identify organisations and your role in the organisation; are provided to us as part of 3rd party data for inclusion in our future marketing campaigns and where consent has been provided for 3rd party marketing campaigns; supply products or services to GM Group; have applied to work for GM Group, or are current or former employees of GM Group.
This Privacy Policy will explain the following: what personal information may be collected about you; how GM Group will use this personal information; when GM Group may use this personal information to contact you; how long will GM Group retain your personal information; how this personal information may be shared with other parties; how your personal information will be kept secure; your rights regarding the personal information you provide to us; the use of cookies on the GM Group websites; how to contact us.
In this policy, personal information means information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. An identifiable person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, and online identifier or to one or more factors specific to his/her physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity.
GM Group encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from GM Group so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. GM Group is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the GM Group and GM Group family of websites.
What personal information is held about you and how do we use it? Information you provide us. GM Group collects personal data, as a result of its various group activities. These activities are listed below, together with an explanation of the data collected and the lawful basis for processing.
Users of our products and services
GM Group collects personal information from you when you use our products or services, including name, email address, postal address, telephone number and job title.
We will use this personal information: To carry out obligations arising from being a registered user of our product and services. The lawful basis for processing your personal information for this purpose will be “Contractual Need”. To send you personalised communications which you have requested or may be of interest to you. These may include information about publications, webinars, events, surveys, product and service developments, promotions of our associated brands’ products and services. The lawful basis for processing your personal information for this purpose will be “Legitimate Interest”. GM Group uses automated decision making and profiling to personalise and ensure the communications are relevant to you, with no significant effect on you or your rights. The lawful basis for processing your personal information for this purpose will be “Legitimate Interest”. This personal information may be made available to 3rd party recipients. To provide this information to others for direct marketing of their product or services by inclusion in GM Group’s commercial dataset. The lawful basis for processing your personal information for this purpose will be “Legitimate Interest”. Individuals contacting us concerning our products and services. GM Group collects personal information from you when you contact us about our products or services or subscribe to our newsletters, including name, email address, postal address, telephone number and job title.
We will use this personal information: To send you personalised communications which you have requested or may be of interest to you. These may include information about publications, webinars, events, surveys, product and service developments, promotions of our associated brands’ products and services. The lawful basis for processing your personal information for this purpose will be “Legitimate Interest”. GM Group uses automated decision making and profiling to personalise and ensure the communications are relevant to you, with no significant effect on you or your rights. The lawful basis for processing your personal information for this purpose will be “Legitimate Interest”. This personal information may be made available to 3rd party recipients. To provide this information to others for direct marketing of their product or services by inclusion in GM Group’s commercial dataset. The lawful basis for processing your personal information for this purpose will be “Legitimate Interest”.
Subscribed reader or single request reader of our publications
GM Group collects personal information from you when you subscribe or request a single copy of our publications, including name, email address, postal address, telephone number and job title.
We will use this personal information: To carry out obligations arising from being a subscribed reader of our publication/s. The lawful basis for processing your personal information for this purpose will be “Contractual Need” for paid subscriptions and “Legitimate Interest” for free or single request subscriptions. To send you personalised communications which you have requested or may be of interest to you. These may include information about publications, webinars, events, surveys, product and service developments, promotions of our associated brands’ products and services. The lawful basis for processing your personal information for this purpose will be “Legitimate Interest”. GM Group uses automated decision making and profiling to personalise and ensure the communications are relevant to you, with no significant effect on you or your rights. The lawful basis for processing your personal information for this purpose will be “Legitimate Interest”. This personal information may be made available to 3rd party recipients. To provide this information to others for direct marketing of their product or services by inclusion in GM Group’s commercial dataset. The lawful basis for processing your personal information for this purpose will be “Legitimate Interest”. Attendees or registrants to our events (including online events) or other events which GM Group participates. GM Group collects personal information from you when you register at or register to attend an event hosted by or participated at by GM Group. The personal information collected will include your name, email address, telephone number and job title.
We will use this personal information: To carry out obligations arising from being a registered attendee of our event or other events which GM Group The lawful basis for processing your personal information for this purpose will be “Legitimate Interest”. To send you personalised communications which you have requested or may be of interest to you. These may include information about publications, webinars, events, surveys, product and service developments, promotions of our associated brands’ products and services. The lawful basis for processing your personal information for this purpose will be “Legitimate Interest”. GM Group uses automated decision making and profiling to personalise and ensure the communications are relevant to you, with no significant effect on you or your rights. The lawful basis for processing your personal information for this purpose will be “Legitimate Interest”. The personal information may be made available to 3rd party recipients. To provide this information to others for direct marketing of their product or services by inclusion in GM Group’s commercial dataset. The lawful basis for processing your personal information for this purpose will be “Legitimate Interest”. Individuals who complete surveys GM Group has issued or commissioned. GM Group collects personal information from you when you complete a survey we have issued or commissioned. The personal information collected will include your name, email address, postal address, telephone number and job title. We will use this personal information: To send you personalised communications which you have requested or may be of interest to you. These may include information about publications, webinars, events, surveys, product and service developments, promotions of our associated brands’ products and services. The lawful basis for processing your personal information for this purpose will be “Legitimate Interest”. GM Group uses automated decision making and profiling to personalise and ensure the communications are relevant to you, with no significant effect on you or your rights. The lawful basis for processing your personal information for this purpose will be “Legitimate Interest”. The personal information may be made available to 3rd party recipients. To provide this information to others for direct marketing of their product or services by inclusion in GM Group’s commercial dataset. The lawful basis for processing your personal information for this purpose will be “Legitimate Interest”. Individuals who enter competitions GM Group has issued or commissioned. GM Group collects personal information from you when you enter a competition we have issued or commissioned. The personal information collected will include your name, email address, postal address, telephone number and job title. We will use this personal information:To carry out obligations arising from entering the competition which GM Group has offered. The lawful basis for processing your personal information for this purpose will be “Legitimate Interest”. To send you personalised communications which you have requested or may be of interest to you. These may include information about publications, webinars, events, surveys, product and service developments, promotions of our associated brands’ products and services. The lawful basis for processing your personal information for this purpose will be “Legitimate Interest”. GM Group uses automated decision making and profiling to personalise and ensure the communications are relevant to you, with no significant effect on you or your rights. The lawful basis for processing your personal information for this purpose will be “Legitimate Interest”.The personal information may be made available to 3rd party recipients. To provide this information to others for direct marketing of their product or services by inclusion in GM Group’s commercial dataset. The lawful basis for processing your personal information for this purpose will be “Legitimate Interest”.
Individuals who have provided information through telephone research conducted by GM Group. GM Group collects personal information from you when you take part in telephone research on organisations conducted by GM Group. The personal information collected will include your name, email address, telephone number, postal address, company name and job title. We will use this personal information: To send you personalised communications which you have requested or may be of interest to you. These may include information about publications, webinars, events, surveys, product and service developments, promotions of our associated brands’ products and services. The lawful basis for processing your personal information for this purpose will be “Legitimate Interest”. GM Group uses automated decision making and profiling to personalise and ensure the communications are relevant to you, with no significant effect on you or your rights. The lawful basis for processing your personal information for this purpose will be “Legitimate Interest”. The personal data may be made available to 3rd party recipients. To provide this information to others for direct marketing of their product or services by inclusion in GM Group’s commercial dataset. The lawful basis for processing your personal information for this purpose will be “Legitimate Interest”.
Companies who supply products or services to GM Group: GM Group collects personal information from you when you supply products or services to GM Group, including name, email address, postal address, telephone number and job title. We will use this personal information: To carry out obligations arising from you providing us products or services. The lawful basis for processing your personal information for this purpose will be “Contractual Need”.
Individuals who have applied to work for GM Group. GM Group collects personal information from you when you apply to work for GM Group, including name, email address, postal address, telephone number, employment history, education history and details of referees. We will use this personal information: To complete the interview process, we will use your personal information to communicate with you, complete background checks where permitted by law and manage you application through the interview selection process. The lawful basis for processing your personal information for this purpose will be “Contractual Need”.
Individuals who are current or former employees of GM Group. GM Group collects personal information from you when you work for GM Group, including name, email address, postal address, telephone number, date of birth, employee identification number, bank details, national insurance number and emergency contact details. We will use this personal information: To enable us to employ, pay and manage your work. The lawful basis for processing your personal information for this purpose will be “Contractual Need”. In case of emergencies when will utilise your emergence contact details. The lawful basis for processing your personal information for this purpose will be in the employees “Vital Interests”. To comply with applicable tax, employment and health & safety laws. The lawful basis for processing your personal information for this purpose will be “Compliance with Legal Obligations”. Information provided to us by 3rd parties. GM Group obtains personal data from 3rd party sources. These sources are listed below, together with an explanation of the data collected and the lawful basis for processing.
Visitors to our website
When someone visits one of our sites we use a 3rd party service, Google Analytics to collect details of website traffic and visitor information, including browser type, internet service provider, URLs of referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, information you search for, locale and language preferences, identification numbers associated with your devices, your mobile carrier, and system configuration information. We use the website traffic and visitor information to improve our understanding of the use of the GM Group websites and in order to determine what GM Group services are the most popular. The lawful basis for processing your personal information for this purpose will be “Legitimate Interest”. Individuals provided to us as part of 3rd party data for inclusion in our future marketing campaigns and 3rd party marketing campaigns. GM Group obtain personal information from 3rd parties, including name, email address, postal address, telephone number and job title. We will use this personal information: To combine with information we have captured directly from you to send you personalised communications which may be of interest to you. These may include information about publications, webinars, events, surveys, product and service developments, promotions of our associated brands’ products and services. The lawful basis for processing your personal information for this purpose will be “Legitimate Interest”. To provide this information to others for direct marketing of their product or services by inclusion in GM Group’s commercial dataset. The lawful basis for processing your personal information for this purpose will be “Legitimate Interest”. All individual’s obtained from 3rd parties, for this purpose, will have been provided the opportunity to object to their use of personal.
How long will you retain my personal information? We will retain and process your personal information as long as is needed to provide the product or service that you’ve elected to receive from us. For personal information used by us for our own direct marketing purposes, we will retain the data whilst accurate or responsive and if not, no longer actively use after 5 years. Personal information obtained from 3rd parties for the GM Group Commercial dataset will be recompiled on a regular basis to ensure the data is fresh and relevant.
How will my personal information be shared? We share information, including personal information, with trusted third-party service providers, that we use to provide hosting for and maintenance of our websites, event management, customer relationship management, payment processing, support, accounts, analytics and other services for us. We do not permit our third-party service providers to use the personal information that we share with them for their marketing purposes or for any other purpose than in connection with the services they provide to us. To facilitate these services the personal information we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the United States), in order to conduct our business operations. In such cases a data processing agreement will be in place with the data processors and 3rd parties to ensure your personal information is processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act.
GM Group will in certain circumstance disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on GM Group; protect and defend the rights or property of GM Group; and, act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of GM Group, or the public. You can opt out of having your information shared with 3rd parties at the point at which you share it with us and when you receive any subsequent communication from us. We may share your personal data with a third-party auditing organisation so they can verify aggregated statistics about circulation and usage of our products or review our policies, processes and procedures for compliance with relevant standards. You can view their privacy policy by following this link.
How is my personal information kept secure? GM Group is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We will use a variety of security technologies and procedures to protect your personal information from unauthorised access, use or disclosure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access. GM Group secures the personal information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorised access, use or disclosure. GM Group ensures personal information is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol, when transmitted to other websites. We aim to have all our websites using SSL protocol.
What are my choices with my personal information? GM Group is committed to providing you with control on how your data is used and processed. You can review, edit or delete your personal information free of charge by contacting us directly at globalmusicstrategies@gmail.com. Your rights concerning your personal information are: you can ask about the personal information we hold about you and we will show you, free of charge; you can request your personal information is corrected and we will update the details and inform you when completed, free of charge; you can object to your data being processed and we will stop processing your data once no longer required for performance of contract or legal obligations, free of charge; you can object to receiving direct marketing communications from us and we will stop all communications by channel (email, post, telephone or SMS) or within certain subject areas, free of charge. In addition, any direct marketing communications you receive from us will always include a clear, simple method to ‘opt-out’ of future communications by channel; you can ask for your personal information to be erased, once no longer required for performance of contract or legal obligations, which we will complete bar keeping the minimal personal details to ensure we do not contact you again, free of charge;
Any request by you to no longer use your personal information by 3rd parties for commercial data information, will be completed free of charge.
How we use cookies on the GM Group websites
GM Group use “cookies” to help personalise and enhance your online experience when visiting our website. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. You can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level. If you elect not to activate the cookie or to later disable cookies, you may still visit our Websites, but your ability to use some features or areas of the website may be limited. For instructions on how to control, disable or delete cookies for your browser, please visit www.aboutcookies.org
Changes to this Policy: GM Group will occasionally update this Privacy Policy to reflect company and customer feedback. GM Group encourages you to periodically review this policy to be informed of how GM Group is protecting your information.
Contact Us: If you want to raise a question relating to this policy, or otherwise exercise your rights in respect of your personal data, writing an email to globalmusicstrategies@gmail.com. You can also write us an email if you wish to update your marketing communication preferences.