Privacy Policy

1.WHO WE ARE

Business Money Save, trading at address Mailbox 48, No. 1 Mereside, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 4TG, operates as a brand under Crunch Media Limited (Company Registration 10982376). Crunch Media Limited is a direct marketing agency and is committed to protecting your privacy and the information of any personal data we collect. Crunch Media Limited are Data Controllers of the Personal Information held about you and are registered with the Office of the Information Commissioner under the Data Protection Act 2018, registration number ZA284687. If you wish to contact us, please email hello@businessmoneysave.co.uk

Crunch Media owns and operates a number of websites which include, but not limited to www.businessmoneysave.co.uk

This policy sets out the guidelines to which Crunch Media ltd conducts their business activities and explains what personal data we collect and how it will be processed. 

2.UK DATA PROTECTION LAW

In this Privacy Policy we will reference UK Data Protection Law. This predominantly means the Data Protection Act 2018 and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 as well as the EU GDPR regulations which came into force on 25th May 2018. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) replaces the 1995 EU Data Protection Directive, strengthening the rights that EU individuals have over their personal data, and creating a uniform data protection law across Europe. The GDPR applies to organisations processing and holding personal data within the EU. 

3.WHAT DO WE USE YOUR DATA FOR

Uses Made of Data Information include helping businesses to promote their products and services through Direct Marketing including Mailing, Telemarketing, SMS and Email campaigns. We may collect, store and use the following personal information; 

Information provided by you completing the forms on our websites, including email newsletter
Information where you express an interest in a product or service, which will enable us to contact you in relation to this service

We may use your data profile and information for marketing purposes to help our customers deliver direct marketing communication that are relevant to you
Information where we may call you by telephone regarding this product or service



We may share your details with carefully selected businesses who want to contact you by telephone, post or email to offer you goods and services that we believe will be of benefit to you.

4.WHAT INFORMATION DO WE HOLD

Crunch Media Limited does collect and hold Business and Personal Information using online websites (stated in the introduction of this Privacy Policy) email collection and telephone methods.



For business records we hold Company Name, full address, telephone number (checked against TPS/CTPS), contact name, job roles, industry sector, employee & turnover, renewal date and current supplier (for Business Energy, Business Insurance and Private Medical Insurance). The business records will be held for all sectors within the market.

For personal information we may hold name, address, telephone number (landline or mobile), demographic (i.e gender, location), life stage (i.e age, homeowner) and other lifestyle variable depending on which method your personal information has been collected. We do not collect or hold any health, financial or credit details to any individual.

At, any time you can request this information by using ‘Contact Us’ on any of associated website stated in this Privacy Policy.

5.WHERE IS YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION STORED

Any personal information that we collect will be stored in a secure database in the UK. This may include information regarding your visit to the website, IP address, location and website viewing information. It may also include information that you provide to us when and if you register on any of the Crunch Media Ltd websites, including your email address. This personal information will be kept and used in accordance with the Data Protection and GDPR regulations

6.WHO DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH?

Crunch Media Limited are a direct marketing agency and we may sell or license your details with carefully selected businesses who want to contact you by telephone, post or email to offer you goods and services that we believe will be of benefit to you. This may be through third party agency’s or our end user clients. We only deal with reputable clients in accordance with UK Data Protection Law. Our clients may contact you by post, telephone or email for direct marketing purposes.

Third Party agencies may include partners, business energy comparison partners, marketing services providers, data brokers and other Data Controllers like Crunch Media Limited. Examples of these third-party agencies include Love Energy (www.loveenergysavings.com/privacy-policy), Experian, CACI, Acxiom and Read Group.

Below is an example of the sectors and business types that we operate in both at Business and Consumer level.

7.HOW DO WE PROCESS DATA UNDER LAWFUL BASIS

• Consent – where we have your consent to receive marketing communications for relevant products and services through our clients direct marketing channel.
• Legitimate Interest – GDPR guidelines for Legitimate Interests are stated ‘the processing of Personal Data for direct marketing purposes may be regarded as carried out for a legitimate interest.’ An organisation may wish to rely upon Legitimate Interests where Consent is not viable or not preferred and the Balance of Interests condition can be met. The GDPR states “may be regarded as...”, so organisations will still need to ensure they can establish necessity and balance their interests with the interests of those receiving the direct marketing communications
• Other Business Activities - We also rely on legitimate interest if we are processing your personal details in a business capacity, such as: conducting market research; unsubscribing you from our databases; adding you to our suppression file; sending you newsletters; or communicating with you about an enquiry you have made”

Marketing by email will be used by Crunch Media, our clients and our third-party partners where consent if available. Marketing by Post and Telephone, Profiling and Data Analytics will be used by Crunch Media, our clients and our third-party partners where Legitimate Interest has been identified.

8.WHAT ARE MY RIGHTS

You can opt out or withdraw consent at any time by Contacting Us through any of the stated websites.

You have the right to be informed what we are doing with your data, the right of access, you have the right to be forgotten by erasure, you have the right to restrict processing, the right to data portability, the right to object and the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

Crunch Media Limited will retain your details for as long as they are required for the purposes for which they are collected.

9.IP ADDRESS AND COOKIES

We may collect information about your computer, including your IP address and cookies. Cookies are very small text files that are stored on your computer when you visit some websites. Cookies are used by most websites to tailor content and marketing messages to better suit your needs.

We use cookies on the website to track visitor behaviour. If you prefer not to allow the use of cookies, you can change the configuration of your browser to warn you when you receive a cookie or automatically reject them.

If you would like to find out more about cookies you can visit http://www.aboutcookies.org

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website

If you have any additional questions, either email hello@businessmoneysave.co.uk or please use the Contact Us page through www.crunchmedia.co.uk and we will response to any questions.