Last updated: 2025-02-12
This Privacy Policy describes the policies and procedures regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of your information when you use our service and outlines your privacy rights and how the law protects you. By using our service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Please note: This Privacy Policy applies to both https://otherbox.co and https://jobs.otherbox.co. By using either site, you agree to the terms of this Policy.
This website is operated by The Other Box Limited, trading as Other Box. We are registered in England and Wales under company number 11379688 and our registered office address is Beacon House Ibstone Road, Stokenchurch High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP14 3FE.
We are an award-winning social impact company that delivers education, talks, creative work via our studio and jobs board. For more information, see our About page.
Types of Data Collected
Personal Data: While using our service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
Usage Data: Usage Data is collected automatically when using the service. Usage Data may include information such as your device's Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.
When you access the service by or through a mobile device, we may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.
We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our service or when you access the service by or through a mobile device.
We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used may include:
We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:
Necessary / Essential Cookies: These Cookies are essential to provide you with services available through the website and to enable you to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts.
Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the website.
Functionality Cookies: These Cookies allow us to remember choices you make when you use the website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide you with a more personalised experience and to avoid you having to re-enter your preferences every time you use the website.
For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.
The company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
To manage your requests: To attend and manage your requests to us.
We may share your personal information in the following situations:
Depending on where you reside, and subject to applicable law, you may have the following rights with regard to the personal information we control about you:
You may have the right to access, correct, amend, and delete your personal information by contacting us at hello@theotherbox.co.
We may request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and process your request.
Where you give your consent to the processing of your personal information, you may withdraw that consent at any time.
You may have the right to object to processing of your personal information, ask us to restrict processing of your personal information, or request portability of your personal information by contacting us at hello@otherbox.co.
If you decide at any time that you no longer wish to receive marketing communications from us, please follow the unsubscribe instructions provided in any of the communications. If you choose to no longer receive marketing communications, we may still communicate with you about security updates, responses to service requests, or other service related, non-marketing purposes.
The company will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
The company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.
Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
The company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organisation or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.
You have the right to delete or request that we assist in deleting the Personal Data that we have collected about you.
Our service may give you the ability to delete certain information about you from within the service.
You may update, amend, or delete your information at any time by signing in to your Account, if you have one, and visiting the account settings section that allows you to manage your personal information. You may also contact us to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided to us.
Please note, however, that we may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.
Business Transactions: If the company is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred.
We will provide notice before your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
Law enforcement: Under certain circumstances, the company may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).
Other legal requirements: The company may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
The security of your Personal Data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Our service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
If we need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your information and your country requires consent from a parent, we may require your parent's consent before we collect and use that information.
Our service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
This Privacy Policy applies to the personal data collected and processed through our website and any associated services, including mobile applications. It does not apply to third-party websites or services that may be linked to or from our website. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such third-party sites or services
Your personal data may be transferred to and processed in countries outside of your own, where data protection laws may be different from those in your jurisdiction. We take steps to ensure that adequate safeguards are in place to protect your data, including entering into Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission.
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us:
By email: hello@otherbox.co.