Privacy Policy (EU)

Pop the Cork Publishing

EU / EEA / UK Privacy Notice

Last updated: October 29, 2023

This EU / EEA / UK Privacy Notice supplements our Pop the Cork Publishing Privacy Policy and applies solely to all users of our services who reside in the EEA (“you”). We adopt this notice to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). “EEA” means the European Economic Area, United Kingdom and Switzerland.

The Pop the Cork Publishing Privacy Notice details: 1) the information we collect and how we use it; 2) our sharing of your Personal Data and other information; 3) Your Personal Data Rights, and 4) your choices.

1. Purposes and Legal Bases for Our Using of Your Information

We do not sell your personal data – such as your name and contact information – to third parties to use for their own marketing purposes. Pop the Cork Publishing uses the information we collect for our legitimate interests which include the following:

Provide Our Services. To provide you the service we offer, communicate with you about your use of our App and Website, respond to your inquiries, provide troubleshooting, and for other customer service purposes.
Personalization. To personalize your experiences while using our App and Website.
Analytics. To gather metrics to better understand how users access and use the App and Website; to evaluate and improve our platform, and to develop new products and services.
Comply With Law. To comply with legal obligations, as part of our general business operations, and for other business administration purposes.
Prevent Misuse. Where we believe necessary to investigate, prevent or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, potential safety threats, or violations of our Terms & Conditions or this Privacy Policy.

Personal Data Collected	Purposes of Processing	Legal Bases of Processing (EU Users)
Membership and Profile Information Your Content Communication Automatically Collected Information	– Provide our Services – Personalization – Analytics – Comply with Law – Prevent Misuse	– Our Legitimate Business Interests (e.g., to efficiently conduct our business, where necessary to establish, exercise or defend against legal claims, make our service more user-friendly and secure) – Compliance with Law – With your Consent
Integrated Service Providers	– Provide our Services – Comply with Law – Prevent Misuse	– Our Legitimate Business Interests e.g., in providing a user-friendly service with value-added features – With your Consent – Compliance with Law
Automatically Collected Information	– Provide our Services – Personalization – Analytics – Prevent Misuse	– Our Legitimate Business Interests (e.g., to efficiently conduct our business, where necessary to establish, exercise or defend against legal claims, make our services more user-friendly and secure) – With your Consent
Engagement	– Personalization – Analytics	– Our Legitimate Business Interests in providing a user-friendly service and where necessary to establish, exercise or defend against legal claims – With your Consent

2. Transferring Your Data

Pop the Cork Publishing is headquartered in the United States and has its App and Website available throughout the world. As such, we may transfer your personal information to, or access it in, jurisdictions (including the United States) that may not provide equivalent levels of data protection as your home jurisdiction. We will take steps to ensure that your personal information receives an adequate level of protection in the jurisdictions in which we process it, including through putting in place appropriate written data processing terms and/or data transfer agreements, using the standard contractual clauses as approved by the European Commission June 4, 2021, or following an adequacy decision by the EU Commission.

3. Complaints

Please contact us with any complaints.

Although we hope to have the opportunity to resolve any concerns you have directly, you may also make a privacy or data use complaint about us to the Data Protection Authority in the UK or EU/EEA Member State where you live or work by visiting the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner list of Data Protection Authorities at https://www.dataprotection.ie/en/individuals.