Privacy Policy for FanCradle.com

1. Introduction

Welcome to FanCradle.com ("we," "our," "us"). We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy in compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, particularly our message board and associated services. Please read this policy carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect and process the following data about you:

  • Personal Identification Information: Name, email address, username, and other identifiers.
  • Technical Data: Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.
  • Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, products, and services.
  • Marketing and Communications Data: Your preferences in receiving marketing from us and your communication preferences.

3. How We Collect Your Data

We use different methods to collect data from and about you including:

  • Direct Interactions: You may provide data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email, or otherwise.
  • Automated Technologies or Interactions: As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns. We collect this data by using cookies, server logs, and other similar technologies.

4. How We Use 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:

  • To Provide and Maintain Our Services: Including our message board, AutoBlogger, ProductPage, KeyWord Categories, Scrapped Profile (Summary Grok), and Aggregated Map (For the providers).
  • To Manage Your Account: Including managing your preferences and settings.
  • To Improve Our Services: We may use your information to understand how our services are being used and to make improvements.
  • To Communicate with You: Including responding to your inquiries, notifying you about changes to our services, and providing you with information that you request from us.
  • To Comply with Legal Obligations: We may process your data to comply with legal requirements.

5. Legal Basis for Processing Your Data

We will process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:

  • Consent: Where you have given clear consent for us 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.
  • Legal Obligation: Where the processing is necessary for us to comply with the law.
  • 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.

6. Sharing Your Data

We may share your personal data with:

  • Service Providers: Third parties who provide services on our behalf.
  • Professional Advisers: Including lawyers, bankers, auditors, and insurers.
  • Regulatory Authorities: HM Revenue & Customs, regulators, and other authorities based in the United Kingdom.

7. International Transfers

We do not transfer your personal data outside the UK.

8. Data 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.

9. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data, and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

10. Your Legal Rights

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data. These include the right to:

  • Request access to your personal data.
  • Request correction of your personal data.
  • Request erasure of your personal data.
  • Object to processing of your personal data.
  • Request restriction of processing your personal data.
  • Request transfer of your personal data.
  • Right to withdraw consent.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided below.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: Email: privacy@fancradle.com Address: 128 City Road London, England EC1V 2NX Last updated: 03-12-2025