1. Information We Collect
Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect the following categories of information:
Information You Provide
This may include:
- Your name and contact details, such as email address and phone number.
- Company, agency, brand, or channel name.
- Social media handles, website addresses, and other professional or creator information.
- Information included in creator applications or brand campaign briefs, such as niche, audience size, campaign objectives, preferred services, budget, and relevant social media information.
- Information contained in communications you send to us, including emails, enquiries, and other messages.
- Any other information you voluntarily provide to us.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit our website, certain information may be collected automatically, depending on the technologies and services used on our website. This may include:
- IP address or similar network information.
- Browser and device type.
- Operating system.
- Pages or content accessed.
- Approximate geographic location derived from technical information.
- Date, time, and duration of website visits.
- Information about how you interact with our website.
We only collect information that is reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy or as otherwise permitted or required by applicable law.
2. How We Use Personal Information
We may use personal information for purposes including:
- Reviewing creator applications and brand enquiries.
- Evaluating potential creator-brand partnerships.
- Identifying and introducing potentially relevant creators or brands for campaign opportunities.
- Communicating with you about applications, enquiries, campaigns, partnerships, or services.
- Managing and administering our business relationships.
- Providing, maintaining, and improving our website and services.
- Understanding website usage and improving user experience.
- Detecting, preventing, and addressing fraud, abuse, security incidents, or other unlawful activity.
- Complying with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, and lawful requests from authorities.
- Protecting our legal rights, property, users, employees, and business.
- Carrying out other purposes that are disclosed to you at the time information is collected or that are otherwise permitted by applicable law.
We do not use personal information for purposes that are materially incompatible with the purpose for which it was collected unless permitted by applicable law or otherwise appropriately disclosed or authorized.
3. Legal Basis and Consent
Where applicable law requires a legal basis or consent for processing personal information, we will process the information on the basis permitted by that law.
Where processing is based on consent, consent will be requested in an appropriate manner and, where applicable, you may withdraw your consent through the method provided to you.
Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal. It may also affect our ability to provide certain services or respond to certain requests where the information is necessary for that purpose.
4. How We Share Personal Information
We do not sell personal information for money.
We may share personal information where reasonably necessary for legitimate business purposes, to provide our services, or where required or permitted by applicable law.
This may include sharing information with:
Brands and Creators
Where appropriate and relevant to a potential campaign or partnership, we may share professional information provided by creators or brands with the other party to facilitate a potential business relationship.
We will seek to limit information shared to information reasonably relevant to the potential partnership.
Service Providers
We may use third-party service providers that help us operate our business and website, such as providers of:
- Website hosting and infrastructure.
- Email and communication services.
- Forms and application management.
- Analytics and website performance services.
- Cloud storage and business software.
- Security and fraud-prevention services.
- Other operational or administrative services.
These providers may process personal information on our behalf where necessary to provide their services.
Legal and Regulatory Requirements
We may disclose information where we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary to comply with applicable law, regulation, legal process, court order, or lawful governmental request.
We may also disclose information where reasonably necessary to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims or to protect the rights, safety, security, or property of Brinsle or others.
Business Transactions
If Brinsle is involved in a merger, acquisition, restructuring, financing, sale of assets, or similar business transaction, personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to applicable law.
5. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to:
- Enable essential website functionality.
- Remember preferences.
- Understand how visitors use our website.
- Measure website performance.
- Improve our services and user experience.
- Support security and fraud prevention.
Where required by applicable law, we will obtain the appropriate consent before using non-essential cookies or similar technologies.
You may also control certain cookies through your browser or device settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of parts of our website.
6. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, provide our services, maintain appropriate business and transaction records, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, protect our legal interests, or comply with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the purpose for which it was collected.
When personal information is no longer reasonably required, we will take appropriate steps to delete, destroy, or anonymize it, subject to applicable legal, regulatory, security, or legitimate business requirements.
7. Data Security
We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, loss, misuse, or destruction.
However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure. Accordingly, while we take reasonable precautions, we cannot guarantee that personal information will always be completely secure.
In the event of a data breach or security incident, we will take appropriate steps required by applicable law, which may include investigation, mitigation, notification, or other required measures.
8. International Data Transfers
Brinsle may work with brands, creators, contractors, and service providers located in different countries.
As a result, personal information may be processed or stored outside the country in which you reside.
Where applicable law imposes requirements on international transfers of personal information, we will take reasonable steps to comply with those requirements and use appropriate safeguards where required.
9. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your location and the laws applicable to you, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information.
These may include the right to:
- Request access to personal information we hold about you.
- Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
- Request deletion or erasure of personal information where legally applicable.
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
- Request information about how your personal information is processed.
- Raise a grievance or complaint regarding our handling of personal information.
- Exercise other rights provided under applicable privacy or data-protection laws.
To exercise an applicable right, please contact us using the contact details provided in Section 13.
We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests in order to protect personal information from unauthorized access.
We will respond to valid requests within the period required by applicable law.
Certain rights may be subject to legal exceptions or limitations.
10. Children's Privacy
Our website and services are primarily intended for businesses, brands, creators, and other professional users.
We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children where doing so is prohibited by applicable law.
Where applicable law requires parental or guardian consent for the processing of a child's personal information, we will follow the requirements applicable to that processing.
If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us in circumstances where such collection was not appropriate, please contact us so that we can review the matter and take appropriate action.
11. Third-Party Websites and Services
Our website may contain links to third-party websites, platforms, or services.
Those third parties operate under their own privacy policies and terms. Brinsle is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of third-party websites or services that we do not control.
We encourage you to review the privacy policies of third-party services before providing them with personal information.
12. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our services, business practices, technology, or applicable legal requirements.
When we make changes, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.
Where required by applicable law, we will provide additional notice or obtain consent for material changes.
13. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise an applicable privacy right, or have a concern regarding our handling of personal information, please contact us at: partners@brinsle.com.
We will review and respond to privacy-related enquiries in accordance with applicable law.
14. Applicable Law
This Privacy Policy is intended to operate in accordance with applicable privacy and data-protection laws.
Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit or exclude any right, protection, or remedy that cannot lawfully be limited or excluded under applicable law.
Where different privacy laws apply to different individuals based on their location or circumstances, the rights and obligations applicable to that individual will be determined by the relevant law.