PRIVACY POLICY

Welcome to Sunshine Corner Studios and Smiley’s Friends
​Sunshine Corner Studios and Smiley’s Friends (“we”/”us”) provides the website located at http://www.sunshinecornerstudios.co.uk and https://www.smileysfriends.co.uk (the “Website”).  This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, store, use and distribute information when you use the Website to: (i) browse information; (ii) purchase music, digital files, and merchandise; (iii) sign up to our newsletters; and/or (iv) access any other features we make available through the Website from time to time (the “Services”).​
CONSENT 
By using the Website and/or the Services, you consent to the use and disclosure of your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy. Your Personal Information will not be used for any other purpose or disclosed further without your consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time but withdrawing consent may result in your inability to continue using certain features of the Website and/or the Services.
WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DOES SMILEY'S FRIENDS AND SUNSHINE CORNER STUDIO COLLECT?
During the course of your use of the Website and Services, we may request certain Personal Information to enhance your use of the Website and Services. “Personal Information” is any information which identifies an individual. For example, when you sign up to our newsletter we store your name and email address in our database.   Users who purchase music, digital files and / or merchandise also have their billing information and full name stored. We use Paypal, a third party payment processor, so we do not store your credit card or banking information. The information we collect may be used to provide you with customer support, send you communications such as special offers, promotions, bill you for the Services (if applicable), and email updates on the Services.
NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION AND AGGREGATED DATA
We may combine your Personal Information with Non-Personal Information and aggregate it with information collected from other users of the Website and Services (“Aggregated Data”).  We collect Aggregated Data to enhance your user experience, to improve our Services generally and to analyse and understand how our Website and Services are used. We may also use the combined information without aggregating it to serve you specifically, for instance, to deliver results to you according to your preferences or restrictions, for advertising purposes. We may share Aggregated Data with third parties for industry analysis and to deliver targeted advertising about other products and services. Any aggregated information shared in these contexts will not contain your Personal Information.
We also automatically collect certain other information when you use the Services, such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address (if using a browser), operating system, the browser type, and your activity on the Website. This information is not treated as personal information unless we combine it with or link it to any of the personally identifiable information mentioned above.
We may also automatically collect certain information through the use of "cookies”. These are small files that your browser places on your computer. We may use both session cookies and persistent cookies to better understand how you interact with our services, to monitor aggregate usage by our users and web traffic routing on our services, and to improve our services. Most Internet browsers automatically accept cookies. You can set your browser to notify you when you are sent a cookie. This gives you the chance to decide whether or not to accept it. If you disable cookies, you may not be able to take advantage of all the features of the Services.
USE OF INFORMATION
We use the information we collect to provide our services to you, to measure and improve those services and features, and to provide customer support. Personal Information is also used for billing purposes, if applicable. We may also use the information to detect and prevent unlawful activities. When you send email or other communications to us, we may retain those communications in order to process your inquiries, respond to your requests and improve our services. 
NO SPAM
We will not send you unsolicited commercial electronic messages, except for the purposes of completing a commercial transaction. If you provide us with consent to communicate with you through electronic media (e.g. email, SMS, instant messaging, social media), we will only send you information directly related to your use of the Website and/or the Services. You control when and how (e.g. email, SMS) we send most messages to you. You have the right to opt-out of receiving commercial electronic messages at any time by providing us with written notice or clicking on the ‘unsubscribe’ option on our email newsletters. However, if you decide to opt-out of receiving commercial electronic messages from us, you may not be able to take advantage of all the features of the Website and/or the Services. As a user you are solely responsible for complying with spam legislation in relation to your communication with users through the Website or Services.
MINORS
As a Website and service which caters to our fans, most of our users are 13 years or older. We do not intentionally collect personal information from minors aged 13 or younger. If we learn that we have collected personal information of a child under 13, we will take steps to delete such information from our files as soon as possible.
DISCLOSURES AND TRANSFERS
We do not sell customer lists and we will not disclose or transfer your Personal Information to third parties without your permission, however, please see the Important Exceptions section below.
Some of our servers are cloud-based and located in different countries, and as such your Personal Information may be available to the U.S. or other countries’ governments or agencies under a lawful order made in that country, irrespective of the safeguards we have put in place for the protection of your Personal Information.
IMPORTANT EXCEPTIONS
We may disclose your Personal Information to third parties without your consent if we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone, or the information is required to investigate or prevent illegal activities, fraud, or violation of our Terms of Service. We may also disclose Personal Information when we believe in good faith that such disclosure is required by and in accordance with the law. 

We may also disclose your Personal Information in connection with a corporate re-organisation, a merger or amalgamation with another entity, a sale of all or a substantial portion of our assets or shares, including any due diligence exercise carried out in relation to the same, provided that the information disclosed continues to be used for the purposes permitted by this Privacy Policy by the entity acquiring the information.
EXTERNAL PARTIES AND SITES
Through our Services and Website, you may be introduced to a variety of third party websites (e.g. websites for other bands and external websites linked on those bands’ pages). The privacy policies and terms of use of these third parties are not under our control and may differ from ours. The use of any information that you may provide to any third party, or the use of cookie or web beacon technology by any third party, will be governed by the privacy policy of the operator of the website you are visiting. If you have any doubts about the privacy of the information you are providing on another website, we recommend that you contact that website directly for more information and review its privacy policy.
SURVEYS PROMOTIONS
​​​​​​​From time to time, we may provide you the opportunity to participate in surveys and / or promotions through our Website or Services. If you choose to participate in a survey or promotion we may require certain Personal Information from you in order to administer your participation.  Participation is never mandatory, so it is always your choice whether to provide this personal information or not.
PROTECTING YOUR SECURITY
​​​​​​​We take technical, contractual and administrative steps designed to protect your Personal Information. Our security procedures mean that we may occasionally request proof of identity before we disclose personal information to you. You are also responsible for helping to protect the security of your Personal Information. For instance, never give out your password, remember to log out of your account and close your browser window when you have finished using the Website. 
RETENTION
​​​​​​​Any Personal Information which we keep will be kept only for as long as it remains necessary for the identified purpose or as required by law, which may extend beyond the termination of our relationship with you. We may retain certain data as necessary to prevent fraud or future abuse, or for legitimate business purposes, such as analysis of aggregated, non-personally-identifiable data, account recovery, or if required by law. All retained personal information will remain subject to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
ACCESS AND ACCURACY
​​​​​​​You have the right to access the Personal Information we hold about you in order to verify what we have collected in respect to you and to have a general account of our uses of that information. Upon receipt of your written request, we will provide you with a copy of your Personal Information.  If you require us to update, correct, delete or add your Personal Information please contact us via the contact information on the appropriate website.  Having accurate Personal Information about you enables us to give you the best possible service.
AMENDMENT OF THIS POLICY
​​​​​​​Any non-material change (such as clarifications) to this Privacy Policy will become effective on the date the change is posted and any material changes will become effective 10 days from their posting on the Website]. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Policy applies to all Personal Information that we have about you and your account and will apply to information collected from the date of the posting of the revised Privacy Policy as well as to existing information held by us. The date on which the latest update was made is indicated at the bottom of this document. We recommend that you print a copy of this Privacy Policy for your reference and revisit this policy from time to time to ensure you are aware of any changes. Your continued use of the Services will signify your acceptance of any changes.
CONTACT US
​​​​​​​If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please contact us.

© 2018 Sunshine Corner Studios and Smiley’s Friends

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COOKIE POLICY

Cookies policy
​1. Introduction
1.1  Our website uses cookies.
1.2  Insofar as those cookies are not strictly necessary for the provision of our website and services, we will ask you to consent to our use of cookies when you first visit our website.
2. Credit
2.1 This document was created using a template from Docular (https://docular.net).
3. About cookies
3.1  A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
3.2  Cookies may be either "persistent" cookies or "session" cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.
3.3  Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
4. Cookies that we use
4.1 We use cookies for the following purposes:
(a)  shopping cart - we use cookies to maintain the state of your shopping cart as you navigate our website (cookies used for this purpose are:[identify cookies]);
(b)  personalisation - we use cookies to store information about your preferences and to personalise our website for you (cookies used for this purpose are: [identify cookies]);
(c)  analysis - we use cookies to help us to analyse the use and performance of our website and services (cookies used for this purpose are: [identify cookies]); and
(d)  cookie consent - we use cookies to store your preferences in relation to the use of cookies more generally (cookies used for this purpose are:[identify cookies]).
5. Cookies used by our service providers
5.1  Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website.
5.2  We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google's privacy policy is available at:
https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/. The relevant cookies are: [identify cookies].
5.3 We use PayPal to take donations and other payments. This service uses cookies for secure payment purposes. You can view the privacy policy of this service provider at https://www.paypal.com/uk/webapps/mpp/ua/cookie-full. The relevant cookies are: [identify cookies].
6. Managing cookies
6.1  Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:
(a)  https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en (Chrome);
(b)  https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox);
(c)  http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/ (Opera);
(d)  https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet- explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer);
(e)  https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411 (Safari); and
(f)  https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge).
6.2  Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.
6.3  If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.
7. Our details
7.1  This website is owned and operated by Smileys Friends and Sunshine Corner Studios.
7.2  You can contact us by email, using the email address here
© Sunshine Corner Studios and Smileys Friends 2018