Data Controller

Any personal information that you provide on this website is controlled by SlingShot Effect Limited hereafter known as SlingShot, save where that information is posted by you where you will be the data controller.

Privacy Statement

The protection of your privacy in the processing of your personal data is an important concern to SlingShot, and any personal data collected during visits to our websites is processed by us according to the legal provisions valid for the countries in which the websites are maintained. Our websites may include links to other sites whose content is not under our control and Simon Games cannot accept any responsibility for the content within these websites.

From time to time we may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in the way in which we use and process your personal information. We will indicate at the top of this page the date the Privacy Policy was last revised. By continuing to use the website you indicate your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy. It is important that you review the Privacy Policy regularly to ensure you are aware of any updates.

By submitting your personal information to the website (whether during the registration process or when posting your own content), you are agreeing to the processing of your information by us and our agents in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Please note that this Privacy Policy only relates to this SlingShot website. If you move to another SlingShot website then the privacy policy in respect of that website applies.

Use and storage of your personal information

When you supply any personal information to SlingShot we have legal obligations towards you in the way we deal with that information. We must collect the information fairly, that is, we must explain how we will use it. This Privacy Policy explains how we will use your personal information. The 'Data Protection Notice' that you will find present whenever personal information is collected will provide additional information about how your personal information will be used by SlingShot.

You will find the 'Information Padlock' symbol wherever we collect personal information from you. The Information Commissioner and the National Consumer Council have devised this symbol to alert consumers that their personal information is being collected and processed. Wherever you see this symbol you should read the information carefully as it will explain exactly how, and for what purpose(s), your information will be processed.

We collect the following information from you in order to register you on the website: your name, site username, e-mail address, password and preferred social networks ("Registration Data").

We also collect the following related information about you: name of internet server provider, website from which you visit us, web pages on our web site that you visit and the date and length of your visit ("Related Information").

All other information submitted to the website by you is voluntary ("Posted Information") and may include personal information.  You may submit Posted Information to the website in the interactive section of the website.  You should be aware that other users will be able to view information posted on the website.

We use your Registration Data in order to register you as a user of this website, to administer your use of the website, to provide you with services available through the website, such as gaming experiences, and to manage your participation in games. We also use your Registration Data in order to contact you by email with gaming and other service-related announcements. We may use your Registration Data to contact you about games, events, products and services that we think may be of interest to you and to request your participation in surveys or other activities.

We use Related Information to manage and improve the website and services available through the website, to track and analyse usage of the  website and for security purposes.

We store Posted Information on your behalf.  We may use Posted Information on the website for promotional purposes but we will not otherwise use personal information contained in Posted Information for our own purposes.  Posted information will, however, be automatically uploaded by Us to your personalised web pages on your preferred third party social networking sites.

Sharing of your personal information

SlingShot may share your personal information with third parties in the following ways:

• We sometimes use agents and service providers to process personal information on our behalf. For example, we use third parties to carry out inspections, to send postal mail and to maintain our IT systems. Where we use agents and service providers to process your personal information, we will ensure that they have adequate security measures in place and are governed by our privacy policies in respect of the use of your personal information

• We sometimes provide a gaming experience in collaboration with, or which is sponsored by, a third party partner.  We will share your Registration Data with our carefully selected partners who may contact you in connection with games, events, products or services that we think may be of interest to you
• We will release your personal information when we are required to do so by law
• We will release your personal information to others when you have given your consent to that release

Use of Cookies

During the course of any visit to a SlingShot website, the pages you see, along with something called a cookie, are downloaded to your computer. Most, if not all, websites do this, because cookies allow the website publisher to accumulate useful data such as whether the computer (and sometimes its user) has visited the site before. This is done on a repeat visit by checking to see, and finding, the cookie left there on the last visit.

We use cookies to help us to provide you with a better service and to assist us to analyse the profile of our visitors. From time to time we will review the information cookies provide on how the site is used in order to improve navigation and increase the relevance of content.
What is a Cookie?

When you enter a site your computer will automatically be issued with a cookie. Cookies are text files that identify your computer to our server. Cookies in themselves do not identify the individual user, just the computer used. Many websites do this whenever a user visits their site in order to track traffic flows.

Cookies themselves only record those areas of the site that have been visited by the computer in question, and for how long. Users have the opportunity to set their computers to accept all cookies, to notify them when a cookie is issued, or not to receive cookies at any time. The last of these, of course, means that certain personalised services cannot then be provided to that user.

Access to your personal information

You have the right to request a copy of the personal information SlingShot holds about you and to have any inaccuracies corrected. We will ask for confirmation of identity before we disclose any personal information and may charge a £10 administration fee to process the request. Please address requests to the Data Protection Officer, SlingShot Effect Limited, 11 St Nicholas St, Bristol, BS1 1EU or via the contact form on this website.