Who We Are
Beyond the Badge is a cultural brand partnership agency based in the United Kingdom. For the purposes of this privacy policy, we are the data controller responsible for your personal data.
If you have any questions about this policy or your personal data, please contact us at info@beyondthebadge.agency.
Information We Collect
We may collect and process the following categories of personal data:
Information you provide directly — When you contact us through our website or by email, we collect your name, email address, and the content of your message.
Usage data — We may collect anonymised information about how you interact with our website, including pages visited, time spent on pages, and referring URLs. This data does not identify you personally.
Technical data — This includes your IP address, browser type and version, operating system, and device information, collected automatically when you visit our Site.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
To respond to your enquiries — When you contact us, we use your details to respond to your message and manage our relationship with you.
To improve our website — We use anonymised usage data to understand how visitors interact with our Site and to make improvements to content and user experience.
To comply with legal obligations — In certain circumstances we may be required to process your data to comply with applicable laws and regulations.
We will not sell, rent, or otherwise share your personal data with third parties for marketing purposes.
Legal Basis for Processing
Under UK GDPR, we process your personal data on the following legal bases:
Legitimate interests — When you make an enquiry, it is in our legitimate interest to respond and maintain business communications with you.
Consent — Where we process data for marketing or non-essential purposes, we will ask for your explicit consent beforehand.
Legal obligation — We may be required to process certain data to comply with our legal and regulatory responsibilities.
Cookies
Our website may use cookies — small text files stored on your device — to enhance your browsing experience. We use only the cookies necessary to operate the Site effectively.
You can control and manage cookies through your browser settings. Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of certain parts of the Site. We do not use third-party advertising or tracking cookies.
Sharing Your Data
We do not sell or trade your personal data. We may share your information in the following limited circumstances:
Service providers — We may share data with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website and business, subject to strict confidentiality agreements.
Legal requirements — We may disclose your data where required to do so by law, or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
Your Rights
Under UK GDPR, you have the following rights in relation to your personal data:
The right to access — You may request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
The right to rectification — You may ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
The right to erasure — You may request that we delete your personal data in certain circumstances.
The right to restrict processing — You may ask us to limit how we use your data.
The right to data portability — You may request a copy of your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
The right to object — You may object to processing based on our legitimate interests.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@beyondthebadge.agency. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.
Data Retention
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected, or as required by applicable law. When your data is no longer needed, we will securely delete or anonymise it.
Enquiry and contact data is generally retained for up to two years unless an ongoing relationship warrants a longer period.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The most current version will always be available on this page, along with the date it was last updated. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
Contact Us
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please reach out to us: