Privacy Policy

Effective date: October 1, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Digital East Midlands ("we", "us") collects, uses and shares information when you use Digital East Midlands at https://www.digitaleastmidlands.uk/ (the "Site").

Information we collect

Information you give us: for example your name, email address, phone number, business details, reviews, messages and anything you submit through forms, claims, listings, job applications or account sign-up.
Information collected automatically: pages viewed, links clicked, approximate location, device and browser type, referring site and similar usage data.
Cookies and similar technologies: small files used to keep you signed in, remember preferences and, where allowed, measure traffic and support advertising.

How we use information

To run the Site, show business listings and provide the features you request.
To create and manage accounts, process payments and respond to messages.
To pass your enquiry to the business you contact.
To understand how the Site is used and improve it.
To send service emails and, where you agree, news and offers.
To prevent fraud and abuse and to comply with the law.

How we share information

With businesses listed on the Site when you contact them or apply to them.
With service providers that host the Site, send email, process payments or provide analytics, under contract.
With advertising partners, where allowed by law and your choices.
When required by law or to protect rights and safety.
As part of a sale or transfer of our business.

We do not sell your personal information for money.

Cookies and your choices

You can control cookies in your browser settings. Where the law requires consent (for example in the UK and EU), non-essential cookies only load after you agree, and you can change your mind at any time with the "Cookie settings" link at the bottom of the page.

Your rights in the UK and EU

If UK or EU data protection law applies to you, you may ask to access, correct, delete or move your personal data, object to or restrict how we use it, and withdraw consent at any time. We rely on consent, our contract with you, our legitimate interests and legal obligations as our legal bases. You may complain to your local data protection authority (in the UK, the ICO).

Your rights in the United States

Residents of California and other US states with privacy laws may have the right to know what personal information we collect, to access, correct or delete it, and to opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of personal information and targeted advertising. You can opt out using the "Your Privacy Choices" link at the bottom of the page, and we honour Global Privacy Control browser signals where required. We will not discriminate against you for using these rights.

Data retention

We keep information only as long as needed for the purposes above, or as required by law, and then delete or anonymise it.

Security

We use reasonable safeguards to protect information, but no method of transmission or storage is 100% secure.

Children

The Site is not directed to children under 13 (16 in the UK and EU), and we do not knowingly collect their personal information.

International transfers

Your information may be processed in countries other than your own, with appropriate safeguards where required.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The effective date above shows when it last changed.

Contact us

Digital East Midlands
32 Chapel Street Kilburn Belper Derbyshire
Email: [email protected]