Who we are

Our website address is: https://tap2connect.uk.

At BRCT Supply Services TA Tap2Connect (tap2connect), we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal data is collected, processed, and stored in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

1. What data do we collect and why?

When you use Tap2Connect’s digital business card services, we may collect and process the following personal data:

Contact information: This includes your name, email address, phone number, and any other information you choose to include on your digital business card. We collect this information to create and share your digital business card with others.

Usage information: We may collect data on how you use our services, such as how often you view or share your digital business card. We collect this information to improve our services and provide better user experiences.

Technical information: We may collect information about your device and internet connection, such as your IP address, browser type, and operating system. We collect this information to ensure the security and integrity of our services and to diagnose and fix any technical issues that may arise.

We require you to provide your name, address, delivery address (if different) and bank details so that we can take payment from you and deliver products to enable us to deliver products to you. We will inform you at the point of collecting information from you, whether you are required to provide the information to us.

Payment information, including bank account information (We do not keep your payment information; rather, we only enable our payment gateway providers to process it. The relevant payment providers listed in our Terms of Use hold all payment data.)

2. How do we use your data?

We may use your personal data for the following purposes:

• To establish and maintain an account with us and verify your identification, providing you with services. Children are not allowed to use this website, and we do not intentionally collect or use any personal data about them.
• To create and share your digital business card with others.
• To communicate with you about our services, such as to provide customer support or notify you of updates or changes to our services.
• To improve our services and provide better user experiences.
• To comply with legal obligations or regulatory requirements.

We will only process your personal data for the purposes for which it was collected and will not use it for any other purposes without your consent.

3. Legal basis for processing your personal information.

We are required to have a legal justification for using your personal information whenever we do so. Depending on what personal information we process and why, we may rely on a variety of different legal bases.

Consent: Where you have expressly authorised us to treat your personal data for a certain purpose.

Contract:  If we need to use your personal information to fulfill the terms of a contract we have with you, or if you requested that we take particular action before entering into a contract. We may need to use your personal information to comply with the law.

4. How do we store and protect your data?

We take the security and privacy of your personal data very seriously and have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure that your data is protected against unauthorized access, alteration, or disclosure.

Your personal data is stored on secure servers located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or other countries deemed to have adequate data protection standards. We will not transfer your personal data outside of the EEA unless we have ensured that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your data.

5. Cookies and Tracking

When you use our website, a cookie, which is a little text file, is stored on your device (such as a computer, smartphone, or other electronic device). On our website, cookies are used. These assist us in identifying you and your device and enable us to preserve some details about your preferences or previous deeds.

This section (“Cookie Policy”) is applicable to all information obtained through our website, including automated data-collecting methods used by us, our partners, and other third parties. We may access or retain Your Data using cookies and other tracking technologies (such as web beacons and pixels). This Cookie Policy describes the many cookie types used on our website and how to manage them. This Cookie Policy is subject to modification at any time.

Categories of Cookies:

Necessary:

Running our website and identifying and preventing security risks.

Preferences:

Remembering your settings and preferences and improving your experience on our website.

Performance:

Collecting information about how you use our website and monitoring and improving our website’s performance.

Marketing:

Delivering advertisements to make them more relevant and meaningful to consumers and tracking the efficiency of our advertising campaigns on other sites.

Where applicable, we provide you with the opportunity to opt out of the use of Cookies.

6. How long do we keep your data?

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by law. We will securely delete or anonymize your data when it is no longer needed.

7. What are your rights?

Under GDPR, you have the following rights with respect to your personal data:

– The right to access your personal data and obtain a copy of it.

– The right to request the correction or deletion of your personal data.

– The right to object to the processing of your personal data.

– The right to withdraw your consent at any time, if we are processing your data based on your consent.

– The right to request the transfer of your personal data to another organization.

You may exercise these rights by contacting us using the contact information provided below.

8. Limitation of Liability

Although we make all reasonable efforts to preserve the security and privacy of your personal information, transmissions secured by industry-recognized technology and handled by people cannot be guaranteed to be secure. We won’t be held responsible for unauthorised disclosure of personal information that happens for reasons beyond our control, such as transmission errors, unauthorised access to your account by someone other than you, unauthorised use of your user ID or password by a third party, your failure to uphold your security responsibilities, or unauthorised actions by tap2connect employees.

We do not advocate, authorise, or suggest that we are affiliated with the social networking platforms or other websites to which we link. We have no control over websites run by third parties. These other websites follow their own rules regarding the use or disclosure of the personal information you submit to them. The privacy policies of the organisations offering these other websites and/or features will apply to your dealings with them. We advise reading the privacy statements or policies on these other websites.

9. How can you contact us?

If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy policy or how we handle your personal data, please contact us at privacy@tap2connect.co.uk. We will respond to your request as soon as possible and in compliance with GDPR requirements.

10. Changes to our privacy policy

We reserve the right to update or modify our privacy policy at any time, in response to changes in our business practices or legal obligations. Any updates or modifications will be posted on our website and will take effect immediately upon posting.

Last updated: 1 January 2023.