Songrite Global Copyright Office - Privacy Policy

The Global Copyright Office © has a legal obligation under the Data Protection Act to ensure that all information held and processed complies with the principles of that Act. The Act requires that all personal information is treated in the strictest of confidence and used only for the purposes we have made you aware of. Global Copyright Office © remains committed to our clients' needs and expectations and will continue in our quest to protect the creators of original works / compositions ensuring their rights are not infringed in any way. Global Copyright Office © takes the privacy of your personal information very seriously and will use your information only in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy. We will not sell or rent your personally identifiable information or a list of our customers to third parties.

Some pages on the Global Copyright Office © website include links to third party websites. These sites are governed by their own privacy statements, and Global Copyright Office © is not responsible for their operations, including but not limited to their information practices. Users submitting information to or through these third party Websites should review the privacy statement of these sites before providing them with personally identifiable information.

Personal details and information held by Global Copyright Office © will be subject to the principles and rules of the Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data.

Data Protection Act 1998.

The Data Protection Act 1998 received Royal Assent in July 1998 and came into force on 1 March 2005.  The Act gives effect to the EC Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC ).

General

The Act strengthens and extends the data protection regime created by the Data Protection Act 1984, which it replaces. This note summarises the main provisions. Further information may be obtained from the Office of the Information Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF - telephone: 01625 545745; or from Her Majesty's Stationery Office web site

http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1998/19980029.htm

Scope The 1998 Act applies to:

It applies to anything at all done to personal data ("processing"), including collection, use, disclosure, destruction and merely holding personal data. An enforceable good practice code Organisations processing personal data ("controllers") must comply with the data protection principles. These require data to be:

As part of complying with the principles, controllers must:

* Sensitive data are data about a person's ethnic origins, political opinions, religious beliefs, trade union membership, health, sexual life and criminal history. Individuals' Rights. The Act gives individuals rights to:

More information regarding Data Protection can be found by clicking this link

http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/privacy/index_en.htm

How do we treat E-mails you send us?

Many pages on our website; have a "Contact" button, which activates our e-mail form and invites you to send your comments to a specific functional mailbox.

When you send such a message, your personal data is collected only to the extent necessary to reply. If the management team of the mailbox is unable to answer your question, it will forward your e-mail to another service. You will be informed, via e-mail, about which service your question has been forwarded to. 

If you have any questions about the processing of your e-mail and related personal data, do not hesitate to include them in your message.


Safeguarding Personal Information:

Protecting your privacy is important to us. We do not share, sell or exchange names email addresses or any other personally identifying information about our members or clients to any other organisation or agency.

The information that you disclose to Global Copyright Registration Office as a member or a postal client, is stored on our servers in a password-protected, personal account. To ensure maximum security, we use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology and data encryption software, to provide secure communication over the Internet. The SSL is engaged during any interaction in which you enter personal information. All information is stored behind a secure computer firewall, a barrier that prevents outsiders from accessing our servers.