Privacy Policy
New Connections (“We") are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. We facilitate a platform for events for people that are single (all such events being “Events").
This policy together with the Privacy and Cookie Policies on any site that hosts our sub domain, payment portal or video conferencing sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors and service users. Please read the following carefully to understand our practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.
New Connections is the Data Controller for the purpose of the Data Protection Legislation.
Data Protection Legislation means: (i) the retained EU law version of the General Data Protection Regulation ((EU) 2016/679) (UK GDPR), (ii) the Data Protection Act 2018 and any other national implementing laws, regulations and secondary legislation, as amended or updated from time to time, in the UK and then (iii) any successor legislation to the UK GDPR or the Data Protection Act 2018 and other applicable privacy laws.
You can contact us by emailing us at newconnectionsevents@hotmail.com
What is Personal Data?
“Personal Data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person, known as a ‘data subject’, who can be identified directly or indirectly. It may include names, addresses, email addresses, telephone numbers, IP addresses, location data and other similar information. It may also include ‘special categories of personal data’ such as racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, genetic data, biometric data for the purpose of uniquely identifying a data subject, data concerning health or data concerning a natural person’s sex life or sexual orientation.
The information we collect from you and how we collect it
We will collect and process the following Personal Data about you:
Information you give us. This is information about you that you give us by filling in forms on our site: www.newconnections.live(our site) or by corresponding with us by phone, e-mail or otherwise and when making an event booking via our ticket booking sub domain on Eventbrite or Ticket Tailor (our web portals). It includes information you provide when you register to use our site, subscribe to our Events, make a booking through our web portal, participate in discussion boards or other social media functions on our site, correspond with us and when you report a problem with our site. The information you give us may include your name, address, e-mail address and phone number, photograph, occupation.
Information we collect about you. With regard to each of your visits to our site we will automatically collect the following information:
technical information, including the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, your login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform;
information about your visit, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL), clickstream to, through and from our site (including date and time), products you viewed or searched for, page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), methods used to browse away from the page.
Cookies
Our website: www.newconnections.live does not collect cookies. However, the websites of our Web Portal, payment portal and third party analytical services may use cookies. This helps to provide you with a good experience when you browse the website and also allows it to improve its site. For detailed information on the cookies used, the purposes for which it uses them, and how you can disable them, please see the cookie policies of these partner and third party websites that are viewable via their websites.
Uses made of the information
In this section we have set out:
The general categories of Personal Data that we may process;
The purposes for which we may process that Personal Data; and
The legal basis for the processing of that Personal Data.
Service Data – we may process your Personal Data that is provided in the course of the use of our Services. The Service Data may include your name, address, email address, telephone number, photograph. The Service Data may be processed for the purposes of operating our website, providing our Services, ensuring the security of our website and Services, maintaining back-ups of our databases, notifying you about changes to our Service, marketing our Services to you and communicating with you. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper administration of our website and business and the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract. Where we are processing Personal Data for the purpose of marketing our current or future products or services to you, the basis for this is consent.
Enquiry Data – we may process information contained in any enquiry you submit to us regarding services. The Enquiry Data may be processed for the purposes of offering, marketing and selling relevant products and/or services to you. The legal basis for this processing is the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract. Where we are processing Personal Data for the purpose of marketing our current or future products or services to you, the basis for this is consent.
Correspondence Data – we may process information contained in or relating to any communication that you send to us or that is made via our site. The Correspondence Data may include the communication content and metadata associated with the communication. Our site will generate the metadata associated with communications made using the website contact forms and any communication portal. The Correspondence Data may be processed for the purposes of communicating with you, enabling communication between users and professionals and record-keeping. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper administration of our website and business.
Usage Data – we may process data about your use of our site. The Usage Data may include your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths, as well as information about the timing, frequency and pattern of your use. The source of the Usage Data is our analytics tracking system. This Usage Data may be processed for the purposes of analysing the use of our site. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely monitoring and improving our site and Services, troubleshooting and as part of our efforts to keep our site safe and secure. Please see the Cookie Policy of Eventbrite for further information.
In addition to the specific purposes for which we may process your Personal Data set out above, we may also process any of your Personal Data where such processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.
Disclosure of your information
We may share your Personal Data with:
Our insurers and/or professional advisers insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining insurance cover, managing risks, obtaining advice and managing legal disputes;
Our business partners, suppliers and sub-contractors for the performance of any contract we enter into with them or you;
analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimisation of our site; and
any prospective buyer of our business or assets, or any prospective seller of another business or business assets that we are interested in buying.
In addition to the specific disclosures of Personal Data set out in this section, we may also disclose your Personal Data where such disclosure is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.
Where we store your Data
Our site: www.newconnections.live is hosted on servers that are in the UK. Our ticket booking sub domains on Eventbrite is hosted by Eventbrite on servers that are located in the United States of America. This means that their processing of your personal data will involve a transfer of data outside of the European Economic Area and you should check Eventbrite’s own terms and privacy policy: https://www.eventbrite.com/l/LegalTerms/ in such regard and ensure you consent to such transfer. To book your tickets we may use Ticket Tailor as well. For more information please visit www.tickettailor.com.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
Your rights
In this section we have summarised the rights that you have under data protection law. Some of the rights are complex, and not all of the details have been included in our summary. Accordingly, you should read the relevant laws and guidance from the regulatory authorities for a full explanation of these rights.
Your principal rights under data protection law are:
the right to access;
the right to rectification;
the right to erasure;
the right to restrict processing;
the right to object to processing;
the right to data portability;
the right to complain to a supervisory authority; and
the right to withdraw consent.
You have the right to confirmation as to whether or not we process your Personal Data and, where we do, access to the Personal Data, together with certain additional information. That additional information includes details of the purposes of the processing, the categories of Personal Data concerned and the recipients of the Personal Data. Providing the rights and freedoms of others are not affected, we will supply to you a copy of your Personal Data. The first copy will be provided free of charge, but additional copies may be subject to a reasonable fee. Provision of such information will be subject to you supplying us with appropriate evidence of your identity.
You have the right to ask us not to process your Personal Data for marketing purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by unsubscribing at any time. You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting us at newconnectionsevents@hotmail.com. We do not share your Personal Data with third parties for marketing purposes.
Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any Personal Data to these websites.
Retention and deletion of Data
This section sets out our data retention procedure, which is designed to help ensure that we comply with our legal obligations in relation to the retention and deletion of Personal Data.
Personal data that we process for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes. We may keep an anonymised form of your personal data, which no longer refers to you, for statistical purposes without time limits, to the extent that we have a legitimate and lawful interest in doing so.
If you are using our Services as a user, your Personal Data will be deleted within twelve months of you closing your account.
Where you have consented to receive marketing communications from us, we will continue to process your Personal Data for marketing purposes until you opt out or withdraw your consent.
Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, we may retain your Personal Data where such retention is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.
Please contact us for further details of applicable retention periods.
Changes to our privacy policy
Any changes we make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.
Contact
Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy should be addressed to us by email at newconnectionsevents@hotmail.com
This privacy policy was last updated on 20th March 2024.
Terms & Conditions of Business
Definitions
“New Connections”, “We”, “Us”, “Our” and “Ours” means New Connections.
“You”, “Your”, “Yours” means a client who participates in the Events, subject to these terms and conditions.
Once You complete the Order Form and submit it to Us, a binding contract between Us and You will arise.
Introduction of service offering
New Connections organises physical events.
Events are specifically for the attendance of people that are single and at least 18 years or older.
If You decide to attend a New Connections Event You agree that You are single and available and not attached.
New Connections/Host does not vet the validity and backgrounds of attendees. It is Your responsibility to verify personal information of other guests to Your satisfaction.
All information that You provide must be true and accurate in all aspects and no material information must be omitted.
New Connections will do its best to achieve a good balance of male and female attendees for each Event, however, this cannot be guaranteed.
New Connections can also create bespoke events at Your request. Depending on the nature of the request, We will issue You a quote for such an event. Additional terms and conditions may apply to such bespoke events as well as these terms and conditions.
Bookings
Booking Events is via www.newconnections.live/eventsby clicking on the Book Here button.
By completing an Order Form you are agreeing to these terms and conditions.
New Connections reserves the right to refuse admission to an Event without providing a reason.
Event ticket price must be paid, via our web portal.
Bookings for Events and places are available on a first come first served basis. Please find information about Events on our website www.newconnections.live and book for Events via Our web portal ticket booking sub domains Eventbrite or Ticket Tailor.
Please save a copy of Our Terms & Conditions of Business for Your own reference.
Booking & Cancellation Policy
Events must be paid for, via our web portal, at time of booking. Your booking for an Event is only confirmed once payment is received by New Connections. Payment must be made at the time of making Your booking via our web portal ticket booking sub domain. Information about the Event and what will be provided to You in the Event, including any food, drink or other products will be clearly displayed in the information about the Event. Any additional food or drink that You purchase during an event on top of that if any items are included in the Event ticket price will be Your responsibility to pay for directly to the venue. New Connections will not take responsibility for costs that are incurred by You in this respect and You agree that it will be Your responsibility to pay for these. We cannot guarantee the number or make up of attendees at an event as sometimes those who have booked will not attend. We cannot guarantee the number or gender mix and do not offer refunds if some attendees fail to attend or the numbers are low or the gender mix skewed.
Our events are for mixed ages. Our minimum age requirement is that attendees must be 18+ to book on and attend our events. Although most events will be aimed at 35+.
We have the following refund policy. You can cancel your space at any of our event up to7 days before the event is meant to take place. We will refund the cost of the booking minus the booking fee charged by Eventbrite or Ticket Tailor, as those are not refundable. Or you are most welcome to move to a different event. Please get in touch on newconnectionsevents@hotmail.com. After that period your space is not refundable, but you could give it to a friend. We just ask you that you let us know in advance, so we expect your friend. Our contact email address is newconnectionsevents@hotmail.com.
New Connections reserve the right to reschedule or cancel a service or Event. In this instance New Connections reserves the right to consider the provision of a rescheduled or alternative service or Event. You will be notified if an Event has to be rescheduled or cancelled. In this case, unless an alternative service or Event is agreed, You will be offered an Event credit to use towards booking a future Event with us or a refund. If an Event has to be rescheduled or cancelled You will be informed by email.
Cameras may be present at some Events. New Connections reserves the rights to any photographs or video footage taken at Events. Such footage may be used for marketing and promotion subject to our obtaining express written consents from any attendees identifiable in such material prior to any agreed usage. You will not receive any compensation for this and hereby consent to your personal data being used for such purposes subject to our obtaining the above consents.
Suspension and Termination
If We think you have breached these Terms and Conditions, We will take whatever steps We think are necessary. These might include:
-stopping Your attendance of Events either temporarily or permanently;
-sending You a written warning;
-taking legal action;
-telling the appropriate authorities.
We exclude legal responsibility and cost for actions We take to deal with Your breach of these Terms and Conditions.
Disclaimer
New Connections cannot be held responsible for any loss or harm that You suffer during an Event and disclaims any liability for such to the fullest extent permissible under law. It is your own responsibility to disclose to Host and venue any food allergies or medical issues you may have.
If You decide to meet an individual that You have met at a New Connections Event on a separate occasion and in Your own time New Connections will not accept any liability in respect of such. You take sole and complete responsibility in this instance.
You agree that Your personal belongings are Your responsibility. New Connections cannot accept any liability in respect of such.
New Connections aims to select venues that offer a relaxed atmosphere. If after attending a New Connections event You have a dispute regarding the quality of the food, drink or service You must take this up directly with the venue.
You hereby indemnify Us, and undertake to keep us indemnified, against any and all losses, damages, costs, liabilities and expenses (including without limitation legal expenses and any amounts paid by us to a third party in settlement of a claim or dispute) incurred or suffered by Us and arising directly or indirectly out of any breach by You of any provision of these Terms and Conditions.
Details of Events
Details about the Events will be visible on our website www.newconnections.live/eventsor on our Facebook page New Connections. Bookings will be on a first come first served basis.
The information that You receive on the Events will include: what the total Event ticket price will be; what the Event ticket price covers; what You will receive at the Event; if including any food or drink; start time and approximate finish time; venue details and any other relevant information. If the Event details state that Your menu selections need to be pre-ordered then information on this will be provided.
Event ticket prices can vary depending on the type of Event and what is included. The price payable for an Event will be clearly displayed in the information on the Event details.
New Connections reserves the right to change or discontinue, temporarily or permanently the services it offers with or without notice. Any payment for services not delivered will be refunded within 30 days.
New Connections reserves the right to discontinue the provision of its services for any reason whatsoever.
Venues
You agree to abide by all applicable laws and regulations whilst attending Events particularly physical Events in terms of any applicable Covid-19 guidelines and legislation in place.
You will hold harmless New Connections for any harm to any person or damage to any property that You cause during Your attendance at a New Connections Event. You agree that You will be fully responsible and liable for such to the maximum extent permissible by law.
Acceptable Behaviour
When attending an Event, You shall conduct Yourself in a polite and courteous manner when interacting with others; and not engage in any unacceptable behaviour.
Unacceptable behaviour may involve actions, words or physical gestures that could reasonably be perceived to be the cause of another person’s distress or discomfort.
Force Majeure
We shall not be liable to You by reason of any delay in performing, or any failure to perform, any of Our obligations in relation to the services, if the delay or failure was due to an act of God, war, terrorism, power failure, disease or any other cause beyond New Connections’s reasonable control.
Complaints procedure
All complaints will be dealt with in a fair and confidential manner. All complaints should be emailed to Us on newconnectionsevents@hotmail.com
Copyright
The copyright, design right and all other intellectual property rights in any materials and other documents or items prepared or produced for You by or on Our behalf in connection with the contract between You and Us shall belong to New Connections absolutely and any such materials, documents or items shall be or remain the sole property of New Connections.
You shall be entitled to use any such materials, documents or other items in connection with the services but shall not be entitled to copy any such items or use them for any commercial purpose.
You are not entitled to email or send any documents that are provided to You by New Connections onto any third party.
Data protection
Subject to Our right to photograph and film events and use such material for promotional purposes if those identifiable in such material expressly consent in writing, New Connections will only use any personal information provided by You for the purpose of providing the services, or for informing You of the availability of similar services, unless You agree otherwise and as further set out in Our Privacy Policy. For the avoidance of doubt, Hosts also comply with the standards set out in Our Privacy Policy, but We are not responsible for their actions.
Please note the data protection and privacy policies on all third party web sites such as Eventbrite, our payment portal or video conferencing if you have any concerns as We exclude all liability for processing of data by third parties.
You can correct any information, or ask for information about You to be deleted, by giving written notice to newconnectionsevents@hotmail.com
New Connections/Hosts will not disclose Your personal information to anyone unless compelled to do so by law.
Correspondence
For any correspondence please get in touch on newconnectionsevents@hotmail.com
General
This Agreement states the entire understanding between the parties with respect to its subject matter, and supersedes all prior proposals, marketing materials, representations (whether negligently or innocently made), negotiations and other written or oral communications between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.
A determination that any provision of these Terms and Conditions is invalid or unenforceable shall not affect the other provisions of these Terms and Conditions, which shall remain in full force and effect.
The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 does not apply to these Terms and Conditions.
These Terms and Conditions are subject to change by New Connections at any time without notice.
These Terms and Conditions were last updated on 10th March 2024.
These Terms and Conditions are governed by the laws of England and Wales, and You and We submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of England and Wales.
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