Privacy Policy
Introduction
At Young African Designers Agency Ltd (referred to as “YADA”, “we”, “our” or “us”) we are committed to safeguarding the privacy of your data whilst providing personalised and valuable service. This privacy policy is an integral part of our culture when it comes to the building of every client relationship with trust.
This policy governs your visit to www.startwithyada.com (hereinafter referred to as “website”) and explains how we collect, safeguard and disclose information that results from your use of our website.
Who we are
Young African Designers Agency Ltd, trading as YADA (Company Number 13833450) with its registered office address at Suite 1038 Unit 3A, 34-35 Hatton Garden, Holborn, London EC1N 8DX UK, collect, use and are responsible for storing certain personal information about you. When we do so, we are regulated under the General Data Protection Regulation which apply across the European Union (including the United Kingdom), and we are responsible as a ‘controller’ of that personal information for the purposes of those laws.
Information we collect
In running and maintaining our website we may collect and process the following data about you:
1. Personal Data
While using our site, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
(a) Email address
(b) First name and last name
(c) Phone number
(d) Cookies and Usage Data
We may use your Personal Data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt-out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by submitting a request by email to info@startwithyada.com. Additionally, our email communications contain an “unsubscribe” function which if used will tell us that you no longer wish to receive that particular communication.
2. Usage Data
We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our website or when you access our website by or through a mobile device (“Usage Data”).
This Usage Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
When you access our website with a mobile device, this Usage Data may include information such as the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
3. Tracking Cookies Data
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our website and we hold certain information.
Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognises that cookie. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognise a user’s device. You can find more information about cookies at: www.allaboutcookies.org and www.youronlinechoices.eu
Other tracking technologies are also used such as beacons, tags and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyse our website.
Examples of Cookies we use:
(a) Session Cookies: We use Session Cookies to operate our website.
(b) Preference Cookies: We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
(c) Security Cookies: We use Security Cookies for security purposes.
(d) Advertising Cookies: Advertising Cookies are used to serve you with advertisements that may be relevant to you and your interests.
(e) Google Analytics: We use these cookies to collect information on how visitors use our website. This information helps us to compile reports and help us improve our website. These cookies collect information in an anonymous form, the information collected is the number of visitors to the site, how visitors have arrived at our website and all the pages that are visited. For further information, you can visit http:// www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html
It is possible to switch off cookies by setting your browser preferences. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our website.
To opt-out of Google Analytics visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Use of Data
Your information will be held by us and may be used by us for the following purposes:
(a) to provide (or continue to provide) any of our services;
(b) to notify you about changes to our services;
(c) to allow you to participate in interactive features of our website when you choose to do so;
(d) to provide customer support;
(e) to gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our website;
(f) to monitor the usage of our website;
(g) to detect, prevent and address technical issues;
(h) to fulfil any other purpose for which you provide it;
(I) to carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection;
(j) to provide you with notices about your account and/or subscription, including expiration and renewal notices, email instructions, etc.;
(k) to provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information;
(l) in any other way we may describe when you provide the information;
(m) for any other purpose with your consent.
Service Providers
We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our services (“Service Providers”), provide service on our behalf, perform service-related services or assist us in analysing how our website is used.
These third parties have access to your personal data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Transfer of Data
Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to – and maintained on – computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
YADA will take all the steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organisation or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.
Retention of Data
We will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
We will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our website, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer periods.
Disclosure of Data
We may disclose personal information that we collect, or you provide:
(a) Disclosure for Law Enforcement.
Under certain circumstances, we may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
(b) Other cases. We may disclose your information also:
(i) to our subsidiaries and affiliates;
(ii) to contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business;
(iii) to fulfil the purpose for which you provide it;
(iv) for any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information;
(v) if we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Company, our customers, or others.
Security of Data
Under the Data Protection Act 1998, we have a legal duty to protect information we collect from you.
The security of your data is important to us but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Links to Other Sites
Our website may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
Children's Privacy
Where we obtain consent from any user we will take reasonable steps to ascertain whether the user is over 13 years of age and whether the child is sufficiently informed to give valid consent. If the user is not, parental consent will be required to provide consent for the processing of any personal information.
We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 18. If you become aware that a child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
Your Right
If you are a resident of the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA), you have important rights free of charge, covered by the General Data Protection Regulation.
We aim to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.
If you wish to be informed what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please email us at info@startwithyada.com.
In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:
(a) the right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you;
(b) the right of rectification. You have the right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete;
(c) the right to object. You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data;
(d) the right of restriction. You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information;
(e) the right to data portability. You have the right to be provided with a copy of your Personal Data in a structured, machine-readable and commonly used format;
(f) the right to withdraw consent. You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where we rely on your consent to process your personal information;
Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests. Please note, we may not able to provide service without some necessary data.
(g) the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the European Economic Area (EEA). For further information on each of those rights, including the circumstances in which they apply, see the Guidance from the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on individual’s rights under the General Data Protection Regulations
If you would like to exercise any of these rights please contact us using the information in the contact is part of this policy.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
This privacy policy was published on 1st January 2022
We may change this privacy policy from time to time so please review occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes. We will also attempt to notify users of any changes by email if you have opted to receive emails.
Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
By email: info@startwithyada.com
By post:
Suite 1038
Unit 3A,
34-35 Hatton Garden,
Holborn,
London
EC1N 8DX
UK