Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 3 July 2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to the Country Bound website (https://countrybound.co.uk). We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

This policy explains what personal data we collect from you, how we use it, and your rights regarding your data. “Personal data” means any information that can be used to identify you.

2. Who We Are

We are Country Bound (“we”, “us”, “our”). For the purpose of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), we are the data controller.

3. What Data We Collect

We may collect and process the following types of data about you:

• Identity Data: Your name and email address when you use our contact form or sign up for our newsletter.
• Technical Data: Your IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, and operating system. This is collected automatically as you browse our site.
• Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, such as which pages you visit and how long you spend on the site.
• Communications Data: Your preferences in receiving marketing from us (e.g., our newsletter).

4. How We Use Your Data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your data in the following circumstances:

Purpose of Processing	Lawful Basis under UK GDPR
To respond to your enquiries via our contact form.	Legitimate Interest (to run our business and respond to users).
To send you our email newsletter and updates about the band.	Consent (you have opted in to receive these).
To administer and protect our website (including troubleshooting and data analysis).	Legitimate Interest (for network security and site management).
To use data analytics to improve our website and user experience.	Legitimate Interest (to understand how our site is used).

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5. Sharing Your Data

We do not sell your personal data. We may have to share your data with trusted third-party service providers to run our website and business.

• You must list all third-party services you use. For example:
  • Analytics providers like Google Analytics to understand our website traffic.
  • Email marketing services like Mailchimp to manage our newsletter.
  • Our website hosting provider.

We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law.

6. Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorised way.

7. Data Retention

We will only keep your personal data for as long as it is necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

8. Your Legal Rights

Under UK data protection law, you have rights over your personal data:

• The right to be informed: about the collection and use of your personal data.
• The right of access: to your personal data.
• The right to rectification: to have inaccurate personal data corrected.
• The right to erasure: to have your personal data erased (the “right to be forgotten”).
• The right to restrict processing: to request the restriction or suppression of your personal data.
• The right to data portability: to obtain and reuse your personal data for your own purposes.
• The right to object: to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
• Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling.
• The right to withdraw consent at any time where we are relying on consent to process your data.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us. You also have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk).

9. Cookies

Our website may use cookies to distinguish you from other users. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.

Note: For full compliance, a modern website typically has a separate, more detailed Cookie Policy and a cookie consent banner that gives users granular control over cookie types.

10. How to Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:

• Email: countryboundband@outlook.com