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Ozone Project Ltd — Website Privacy & Cookie Notice

Who we are, and how to contact us

Ozone is a company that helps premium publishers make money from the advertising on their websites and mobile sites, to re-invest in their journalism. We provide a digital marketplace, which enables advertisers to buy advertising space on websites owned or controlled by publishers; and allows them to provide targeted advertising across a number of journalistic websites. We work with publishers such as: News UK & Ireland Limited, Guardian News & Media Limited, Telegraph Media Group Limited, and Reach Plc. To make it simple we'll call them “the Publishers” on this page.

Ozone is a member of IAB UK and complies with the IAB Europe Transparency & Consent Framework Policies.

Ozone is based at 20 St Thomas Street, London, United Kingdom, SE1 9RS, and is a data controller of the personal information about you that we process.

Privacy contacts

If you have questions or requests about how we use your personal data, or need additional information, you can contact us at privacy@ozoneproject.com.

What personal information we collect about you

When you visit our website

Our website uses simple analytics tools to tell us things like which pages you visited and how long you stayed on them. We do not collect other information or use your device data to target you with advertising.

When you contact us as a company or any of our staff

When you contact us to inquire about our company, or any of the services and products we provide, we will collect the details we need to help you. These will include personal data such as your name, company, email, phone number and so on. We will only use these details in order to assist you in your inquiry.

How we obtain your personal information

Website usage data is collected using cookies on our website. All other data we receive directly from you when you contact us about our services.

How we use your personal information

  • To operate our website. To understand how people use our website and improve it for you and other visitors.
  • To operate our business. To respond to queries about the products and services provided to our publishers, advertisers and advertising agencies.
  • Comply with applicable laws and regulations. Such as an inquiry by the Data Protection Authority.

On what basis we use your personal information

When you visit our website we have a Consent Management Platform (CMP) that allows you to control which types of cookies we drop on your machine. We will only collect analytics if you have allowed us to. If you contact us as a business we will use your details to help us with your inquiry and any work we then do with you.

How long we keep your personal information

We only keep aggregated data about our website and its use. We'll keep data you give us as part of a business relationship as long as that relationship is in existence and for up to 7 years after it ends, in line with relevant UK tax and business laws.

With whom we share your personal information

We may need to share your personal details with our professional advisors, like lawyers or auditors, but only when needed. We may also use other organisations to help us with our business. We may need to share certain of your personal information with regulators, governments and law enforcement authorities.

International transfers

Our website uses Google Analytics and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). We have contractually obliged Google to use servers in the UK & EU. There may be other occasions when we need to transfer your details to companies outside of your own country; we will put in place appropriate mechanisms to ensure that the transfer is legal and safe under data protection laws.

How we protect your personal information

We use a variety of security measures across our website and services to keep your data safe. We have an external specialist company advise and support us on cyber security, and constantly review the measures we have in place.

Your rights

Under UK Data Protection legislation you have the right to:

  • Ask for a copy of any personal data we hold on you
  • Ask for us to delete your personal data
  • Ask us to correct any details we've got wrong about you
  • Ask us to stop using your data for a time
  • Tell us to stop using your data if we are doing so based on your consent
  • Ask us to send the data we hold about you to another organisation
  • Complain to your local Data Protection Supervisory Authority

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at privacy@ozoneproject.com.


Legal view

Data Controller: Ozone Project Ltd, 20 St Thomas Street, London, United Kingdom, SE1 9RS

ICO Registration reference: ZA548524

Legal basis of processing

  • Consent. At times we may ask for your consent to allow us to use your personal information for one or more purposes.
  • Contractual Necessity. We need to use your personal data in order to perform the contract that is in place between us or your organisation.
  • Legitimate business purposes. Using your personal information is necessary for us to operate and improve our business.
  • To comply with legal and regulatory obligations. In some cases, we may have a legal obligation to use or keep your personal information.

What information do we collect about you?

  • Contact details: When you provide us with details necessary for the company to work with, or for, us.
  • Cookies: Analytic cookies when we have your consent.
  • Service data: Please see the terms of your agreement with Ozone to understand how any data collected during the provision of our services is processed.

Who do we share your information with?

We use third parties to help us operate and improve our services, including personal information hosting and maintenance, analytics, customer care, marketing, advertising, payment processing and security operations.

We may disclose your personal information if reasonably necessary to comply with a legal process, to assist in the prevention or detection of crime, or to protect the safety of any person.

Retention

Your personal information will be stored in accordance with applicable laws and kept for as long as needed to carry out the purposes described in this Privacy Notice or as otherwise required by applicable law.

Security

We use a variety of security measures and technologies to help protect your personal information from unauthorised access, use, disclosure, alteration or destruction. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information once with us, we cannot guarantee the security of any personal information sent to our site while still in transit.