Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 25/08/2022

Hourly values your privacy and is dedicated to safeguarding and preserving your privacy when using our application, visiting our website or communicating electronically with us.

Who We Are

We are Hourly, a trading name of Hourly Technologies Limited. We are headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Hourly Technologies Limited is the controller of the information we collect, control, process and use about you (which we call “personal data”). All references in this Privacy Statement to "Hourly", "our", "us" or "we" refer to Hourly Technologies Limited.

When we talk about the “Site”, we mean our platforms, which include our websites, mobile applications, communications we send or services we provide, social networking sites, or any other websites we offer that link to or reference this Privacy Statement.

This Privacy Statement explains:

Changes

Hourly reserves the right to change or modify this Privacy Statement. Any changes we make to our Privacy Statement will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, you will be notified of any changes by post or email. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our Privacy Statement.

You understand that your continued use of the Site after we send a notice about our changes to the Privacy Statement means that the collection, control, processing, and use of your personal data is subject to the updated Privacy Statement. If you object to any changes, please contact us at [email protected].

I. Personal Data We Collect

We collect and process the personal data you provide us. In particular, when you download Hourly and claim an offer for the first time, we ask you to register and provide us with the following personal data relating to you:

We also collect and process your personal data when you use our Site, this personal data includes the following:

We may also receive personal data about you from third parties with whom we conduct business, such as marketing agencies, market research companies, our suppliers, contractors, consultants, group companies, public websites and public agencies (“Partners”).

II. How we use your personal data and the basis on which we use it

We control and process the personal data you provide to us, which we collect from other sources, and which we generate, to:

Where you give your consent to marketing, you may withdraw at any time after giving it, as described below.

We may also collect, use and store your personal data for the following additional reasons:

Where we rely on our (or a third party's) legitimate interests for using your personal data, we will undertake a balancing test to ensure that our (or the third party's) legitimate interests are not outweighed by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms which require protection of the personal data. You can ask us for information on this balancing test by using the contact details at the end of this Privacy Statement. Where we process your personal data on the basis of our (or a third party’s) legitimate interests, you have the right to object to the processing. For more information on your right to object, please see Section VI (Your Rights).

III. How and why we disclose personal data

We will never rent, sell or share your personal data with any other company for its own marketing purposes without your consent.

We share your personal data with our group companies where it is in our legitimate interests to do so for internal administrative purposes (for example, for corporate strategy, compliance, auditing and monitoring, research and development and quality assurance).

We share your personal data with the following third parties or categories of third parties:

Any third parties with whom we share your personal data are limited (by law and by contract) in their ability to use your personal data for any purpose other than to provide services for us. We will always ensure that any third parties with whom we share your personal data are subject to privacy and security obligations consistent with this Privacy Statement and applicable laws.

We will also disclose your personal data to third parties:

Save as expressly detailed above, we will never share, sell or rent any of your personal data to any third party without notifying you and, where necessary, obtaining your consent. If you have given your consent for us to use your personal data in a particular way, but later change your mind, you should contact us and we will stop doing so (as described in Section VI (Your Rights)).

IV. International Transfers of Your Personal Data

Your personal data may be transferred to, stored, and processed in a country that is not regarded as ensuring an adequate level of protection for personal information under European Union or United Kingdom law. We have put in place appropriate safeguards (such as contractual commitments) in accordance with applicable legal requirements to ensure that your data is adequately protected.

Further details on the steps we take to protect your personal data, is available from us on request by contacting us via Data Requests at any time.

V. Retention of Personal Data

We keep your personal data for as long as you have an account with us or as necessary to provide a service to you. We also retain that data for a further period as necessary to operate our business effectively -- when determining this period, we take into account the amount of time required to keep records for financial reporting and audit purposes, for fraud prevention, and as necessary to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our agreements.

VI. Your Rights

You have the following rights over your personal data:

The rights set out above are not absolute, and are subject to exceptions and restrictions set out in applicable law. If we believe an exception or restriction applies, we will tell you this when we respond to your request.

If you would like further information in relation to these or would like to exercise any of them, please contact us via Data Requests at any time. Please note that we may request you provide us with information necessary to confirm your identity before responding to any request you make.

VII. Children

Our Site and services are not directed at children under the age of 13 and we do not knowingly collect any personal data from children under the age of 13.

If you are a child under the age of 13 and we learn that we have inadvertently obtained personal data from you from our Site, or from any other source, then we will delete that personal data as soon as possible.

Please contact us at Data Requests if you are aware that we may have inadvertently collected personal data from a child under the age of 13.

VIII. Technologies Similar to Cookies

Some pages on our Site use technologies similar to cookies, which are small files placed on your internet browser when you visit our Site. We use these technologies in order to offer you a more tailored experience in the future, by understanding and remembering your particular browsing preferences.

IX. Privacy Practices of Third Parties

You may find links to third-party websites on our Site from time to time. These hyperlinks are provided for your reference and convenience only and do not imply Hourly’s endorsement of the activities of those third-party websites, or any association with their operators.

This Privacy Statement only applies to processing of your personal data by us, as outlined above. If you provide personal data to any third-party websites, in each case the processing will be subject to the website operator’s own privacy statement and policies. We encourage you to familiarise yourself with the privacy statements provided by these other parties prior to providing them with information.

X. Contact Us

If you have any queries or complaints about our collection, use or storage of your personal data, or if you wish to exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal data, please contact us via Data Requests. We will investigate and attempt to resolve any such complaint or dispute regarding our processing of your personal data.

You can also contact our data protection officer via Data Requests.

In accordance with Article 77 of the General Data Protection Regulation, you may also make a complaint to the Information Commissioner's Office, or the data protection regulator in the country where you usually live or work, or where an alleged infringement of the General Data Protection Regulation has taken place. Alternatively, you may seek a remedy through the courts if you believe your rights have been breached.