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Escape Music and The-Music-Shop is committed to ensuring the privacy of our users and visitors to this website, www.escape-music.com (alternatively www.escape-music.net), www.the-music-shop.net and the protection of data provided to Us through or in connection with Our website or Your membership. We wish to reassure You about how Your personal data is used.
We will only collect and use Personal Data in accordance with this policy, and consistently with Our obligations and Your rights under the law.

Your acceptance of Our Privacy Policy occurs if You expressly indicate agreement, but also by and as a condition of continuing to use Our Site or applying for membership of The-Music-Shop.net. If You do not wish to accept the terms of Our Privacy Policy, You should exit Our Site.

  1. Definitions and Interpretation
    In this Policy, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
    "Cookie" means a small text file placed on Your computer or device by or through Our Site when You visit certain parts of Our Site and/or when You use certain features of Our Site. Details of the Cookies used by Our Site are set out in section 7, below;
    "Personal Data" means any and all data that relates to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified from that data. In this case, it means personal data that You provide to Us via Our Site. This definition shall, where applicable, incorporate the definitions provided in the EU Regulation 2016/679 – the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”);
    "We/Us/Our" means Escape Music Ltd, 16 Princes Rd, Stockport SK4 3NQ
    "You/Your" means any member, user or visitor to Our Site.

  2. Our Site and other information
    2.1 Our Site is owned by Escape Music Ltd and maintained or updated by third parties under Our direction.
    2.2 This Privacy Policy applies to Your use of Our Site. Our Site may contain links to other websites. We have no control over how Your data is collected, stored or used by other websites and We advise You to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.
  3. Your rights
    3.1 As a data subject, You have the following rights under the GDPR:
    3.1.1 Right to be informed about Our collection and use of Personal Data;
    3.1.2 Right of access to the Personal Data We hold about You;
    3.1.3 Right to rectification if any Personal Data We hold about You is inaccurate or incomplete;
    3.1.4 Right to “be forgotten” – meaning the right to ask Us to delete any Personal Data We hold about You;
    3.1.5 Right to restrict, or prevent, the processing of Your Personal Data;
    3.1.6 Right to data portability (obtaining a copy of Your Personal Data to re-use with another service or organisation);
    3.1.7 Right to object to Us using Your Personal Data for particular purposes; and
    3.1.8 Rights with respect to automated decision making and profiling.
    3.2 You have the right to ask for a copy of any of Your Personal Data held by Us. We will respond to Your request without raising a charge. Please contact Us using the details provided in the contact section of the www.escape-music.com website.
    3.3 If You have any cause for complaint about Our use of Your Personal Data, please contact Us and We will do Our best to resolve Your concerns. If We are unable to help, You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK’s supervisory authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office, which can provide further information about Your rights.
  4. Types of data we collect
    4.1 Depending upon Your use of Our Site, We may collect some or all of the following personal and non-personal data:
    4.1.1 Name;
    4.1.2 Contact information such as postal and email addresses and telephone numbers;
    4.1.3 Financial information such as credit / debit card numbers;
    4.1.4 Content of messages;
  5. Using Your data
    5.1 All Personal Data is processed and stored securely, for no longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. We will comply with Our obligations and safeguard Your rights under the GDPR at all times.
    5.2 Our use of Your Personal Data will always have a lawful basis, either because it is necessary for Our performance of our membership contract or any other contract with You, because You have consented to Our use of Your Personal Data, or because it is in Our legitimate interests. Specifically, We may use Your data for the following purposes:
    5.2.4 Supplying goods and/or services to You;
    5.2.5 Communicating online, through social media, by post, email or telephone or by any other means, with You;
    5.3 Third parties whose content may appear on Our Site may use third party Cookies. Please note that We do not control the data which may be collected and used by any such third parties and We advise You to check the privacy policies which may apply to them.
    5.4 You have the right to withdraw Your consent to Us using Your Personal Data at any time, and to request that We delete it.
    5.5 We do not keep Your Personal Data for any longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. Data will therefore be retained for the following periods (or its retention will be determined on the following bases):
    5.6.1 Data will typically be held only for the time it takes for an order from www.the-music.shop.net to be processed and delivered plus an additional reasonable period to deal with any order queries that occur after delivery.
    5.6.2 Data will typically be held for 'Members' of The-Music-Shop for as long as that Membership lasts. Membership can be cancelled at any time and all data pertaining to a cancelled membership will be deleted completely.
    The retention periods in this section are a guide and We reserve the right to assess the appropriate period for retention on an individual basis, provided that We will always comply with our legal obligations.
  6. Data storage and sharing
    6.1 We only keep Your Personal Data for as long as We need to in order to use it as described above in section 5, and/or for as long as We have Your permission to keep it.
    6.2 Your data will only be stored within the European Economic Area.
    6.3 We will not share any of Your data with any other third parties for any purposes.
  7. Cookies
    7.1 The website www.escape-music.com only uses very simple operational cookies, for example one that tells a browser to load the newest version of a given page. No personally identifiable information is gathered by You using www.escape-music.com.

    7.2

    The website www.the-music-shop.net only uses very simple operational cookies, for example one that tells a browser to load the newest version of a given page. No personally identifiable information is gathered by You using www.the-music-shop.net except when ordering goods (see 7.3)

    7.3

    The site uses a third party secure (https) shopping cart (Mal's Cart) from Mal's E-commerce. Please refer to www.mals-e.com for information on the cookies used while using their shopping cart. Your Order information is stored within the Mal's cart system only for the time it takes to process your order after which it is deleted.

  8. Changes to Our Privacy Policy
    We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time (for example, if the law changes). Any changes will be immediately posted on Our Site and You will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Privacy Policy on Your first use of Our Site following the alterations.