ASBO Magazine Privacy Policy
Last Updated: 27 June 2025
1. Introduction
This Privacy Policy outlines how ASBO Magazine, a project of The D Foundation (Charity Commission for England and Wales registration number 1101179), collects, uses, and protects your personal information. We are committed to safeguarding your privacy and ensuring that your personal data is handled in a safe and responsible way.
This policy applies to our website (asbomagazine.com), our social media channels, our events, and any other services we provide. By using our services, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
2. Who We Are
ASBO Magazine is an independent publication that showcases and supports emerging creative talent. We operate under the auspices of The D Foundation, a UK-registered charity dedicated to providing opportunities for young creatives.
For the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the UK Data Protection Act 2018, The D Foundation is the data controller for any personal information we collect.
Our registered address is:
The D Foundation [Insert Address from Charity Commission if available, otherwise use a contact address] United Kingdom
3. What Information We Collect
We may collect the following types of personal information:
Identity Data: Including your name, username, or similar identifier.
Contact Data: Including your email address, postal address, and telephone numbers.
Financial Data: If you make a donation or purchase a product, we may collect payment card details. These are processed by our third-party payment processors and are not stored by us.
Technical Data: Including your internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access our website.
Usage Data: Including information about how you use our website, products, and services.
Marketing and Communications Data: Including your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences.
Submissions and Contributor Data: If you submit work for publication or contribute to the magazine, we will collect your name, contact details, and any other information you provide as part of your submission.
4. How We Use Your Information
We use your personal information for the following purposes:
To provide and maintain our services, including our website and magazine.
To process and publish submissions and contributions.
To process any purchases or donations you make.
To send you our newsletter and other marketing communications that you have opted into.
To respond to your inquiries and provide you with support.
To analyze the use of our website and services to improve them.
To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations.
5. Our Legal Basis for Processing Your Data
We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:
Consent: Where you have given us clear consent to process your personal data for a specific purpose.
Contract: Where the processing is necessary for a contract we have with you, or because you have asked us to take specific steps before entering into a contract.
Legitimate Interests: Where the processing is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
Legal Obligation: Where the processing is necessary for us to comply with the law.
6. Data Sharing and Disclosure
We will not sell or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share your information with trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. These may include:
Our IT and web hosting providers.
Our payment processing providers.
Our email marketing provider.
Our professional advisers, including lawyers, bankers, auditors, and insurers.
HM Revenue & Customs, regulators, and other authorities.
7. Data Storage and Security
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered, or disclosed. We limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know.
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
8. Your 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 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 information in certain circumstances.
Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the information you gave us to another organization, 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.
9. How to Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, or if you wish to make a request to exercise any of your rights, please contact us at:
Email: privacy@asbomagazine.com Post: 310 Stafford Road, Croydon, CRO 4NH.
You also have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk).
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page. You are advised to review this privacy policy periodically for any changes.