Privacy Policy.

Ordwick Media & Publications Limited (trading as ordwick.co.uk) • Media Spines LLC USA

Last Updated: March 2026
Company Registration Number: 16000733 (UK Companies House)
Registered Address: 86, Great Portland Street, 1st Floor, London, W1W 7LT, UNITED KINGDOM
Contact Telephone: +44 783 6306315
Data Privacy Email: business@ordwick.co.uk
Cookie Policy Reference: ordwick.co.uk/cookie-policy

1. Who We Are and Important Information

Ordwick Media & Publications Limited (trading as “ordwick.co.uk”, working in association with Media Spines LLC USA, collectively referred to as “we”, “us”, or “our”) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. For the purpose of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the Data Protection Act 2018, and aligned EU GDPR principles, we act as a Data Controller when collecting data directly via our own digital channels, and occasionally as a Data Processor on behalf of our corporate client buyers.

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or wish to invoke your legal data rights, please contact our compliance team using the email or postal address listed above.

2. The Personal Data We Collect About You

As a specialized lead generation and digital media business, we collect, utilize, store, and transfer various categories of personal data, including:
• Identity Data: First name, last name, username or equivalent identifier, and title.
• Contact Data: Billing address, physical delivery address, email address, and direct telephone numbers (+44 / international).
• Professional & Business Data: Company name, job title, industry classification, business sector, office location, and corporate contact profiles (for B2B leads).
• Profile Data: Your preferences, feedback, survey submissions, specific product/service interests, and transaction feedback.
• Technical Data: Internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting and geographical location, browser plug-in types, operating system, platform, and other device identifiers used to access our platforms.
• Usage Data: Detailed analytics regarding how you navigate and interact with our website, lead capture forms completed, drop-off rates, and interaction timestamps.
• Marketing & Communications Data: Your explicit preferences in receiving marketing from us, our vetted commercial partners, and communication channel preferences.

3. How We Collect Your Personal Data

We deploy multiple methods to gather information from and about you:
• Direct Interactions: When you complete digital lead capture forms on ordwick.co.uk, request quotes, download whitepapers, register for events, subscribe to newsletters, or correspond directly via phone, post, or email.
• Third Parties & Public Sources: Partner networks, verified lead aggregators who secured your explicit opt-in for third-party marketing, and public directories (such as LinkedIn, corporate websites, or Companies House) in full compliance with B2B marketing exemptions.
• Automated Technologies: As you browse our website, we automatically capture Technical and Usage Data via cookies, tracking pixels, server logs, and similar technologies. (See Section 10 and our Cookie Policy at ordwick.co.uk/cookie-policy).

4. Lawful Bases and Purposes for Processing Your Data

Under UK GDPR and EU GDPR mandates, we process your personal data strictly under valid lawful bases:
– Registering users or responding to inquiries (Identity, Contact) -> Performance of a contract / Taking steps prior to entering a contract.
– Capturing and transferring leads to commercial clients/partners (Identity, Contact, Professional, Profile) -> Consent: Explicit opt-in on lead forms for specific commercial sectors. Legitimate Interests: Strict B2B matching.
– Managing ongoing account/business relationships (Identity, Contact, Marketing) -> Performance of contract; Compliance with legal obligation; Legitimate interests.
– IT security, infrastructure protection, and administration (Identity, Contact, Technical) -> Legitimate interests (securing networks and preventing fraud).
– Delivering web content and measuring advertising efficacy (Technical, Usage) -> Legitimate interests / Consent-gated tracking.
– Executing direct marketing (Email, SMS, Voice) (Identity, Contact, Profile) -> Consent: Mandatory under PECR for consumers (B2C). Legitimate Interests: Permitted for corporate (B2B) subscribers with strict opt-out paths.

5. Disclosures of Your Personal Data (Sharing with Clients)

Because ordwick.co.uk operates as a lead generation business, a core operational function involves transferring personal data you submit to verified third-party commercial clients and partners so they can supply quotes, information, or services you requested.
• Commercial Partners: Verified entities operating in sectors such as financial services, SaaS, insurance, legal, and home improvements, explicitly identified or linked at the data entry point.
• Service Providers: IT infrastructure hosts, CRM database managers, email deployment engines, and analytics processors acting under strict data processing agreements.
• Legal & Regulatory Authorities: Law enforcement agencies or regulatory bodies (such as the UK Information Commissioner’s Office – ICO) where mandated by law or necessary to protect legal rights.

6. International Data Transfers

Because we operate in association with Media Spines LLC USA, your personal data may be accessed, stored, or processed outside the UK and the European Economic Area (EEA), including within the United States. Whenever we transfer data internationally, we implement robust legal safeguards:
• Transfers to territories deemed adequate by the UK Government or European Commission.
• Implementation of standard contractual safeguards, such as the UK International Data Transfer Agreement (IDTA) or EU Standard Contractual Clauses, alongside supplementary technical security measures.

7. Data Security

We maintain strict technical, physical, and organizational security measures—including encryption, firewalls, and access controls—to protect your personal data against accidental loss, unauthorized access, alteration, or disclosure. Access is strictly restricted on a business “need-to-know” basis under strict confidentiality obligations.

8. Data Retention

We retain your personal data only as long as necessary to fulfill collection purposes or satisfy legal, accounting, and reporting obligations:
• Lead Data: Retained for up to 12 months from collection to facilitate client fulfillment and query management, unless an erasure request is processed earlier.
• Suppression Lists: If you opt out of direct marketing, your contact details are retained on an internal suppression list indefinitely to permanently enforce your preferences.

9. Your Legal Rights

Under UK and EU data protection laws, you retain extensive rights regarding your personal data:
• Right to be informed & Access: Request transparent information or a copy of data held about you (Subject Access Request).
• Right to Rectification & Erasure: Correct inaccurate records or request deletion (“right to be forgotten”).
• Right to Restrict & Portability: Suspend processing under certain conditions or receive structured transfer files.
• Right to Object & Withdraw Consent: Absolute right to object to direct marketing or withdraw consent at any time without affecting prior lawful processing.

To exercise these rights, email us at business@ordwick.co.uk. We respond within one month.

10. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Our website utilizes cookies and digital identifiers. Pursuant to PECR and UK/EU GDPR rules, non-essential tracking technologies are blocked until you grant explicit consent via our cookie banner. For comprehensive details on our cookie classification, lifespan, and configuration, please visit our dedicated Cookie Policy at ordwick.co.uk/cookie-policy.

11. Digital Advertising Networks, Tracking, and Social Pixels

To promote our lead generation campaigns, measure conversion attribution, and construct remarketing audiences, ordwick.co.uk integrates digital advertising and tracking pixels from major networks, including Google Ads, Microsoft Advertising (UET), Meta Platforms (Facebook & Instagram), TikTok, X (formerly Twitter), Snapchat, and Reddit.
• Data Collection via Pixels & Tags: These platforms utilize cookies, SDKs, web beacons, and local storage to collect or receive data regarding your interaction with our website (IP addresses, device metadata, pages visited, and form conversions) to serve targeted ads across external networks.
• UK/EU Consent Gate & Consent Mode: In strict compliance with UK/EU privacy laws and platform mandates (including Google and Microsoft Consent Mode), all advertising pixels and tracking technologies remain inactive and do not fire until you grant explicit affirmative consent via our cookie banner.
• Platform Privacy Policies & Opt-Outs: You can review platform privacy terms and manage ad personalization directly through their respective controls:
  – Google Ads: https://policies.google.com/privacy | Ad Settings: https://adssettings.google.com
  – Microsoft Advertising: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement | Opt-Out: https://choice.microsoft.com/
  – Meta (Facebook/Instagram): https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/ | Ad Preferences: https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/
  – TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/eea/privacy-policy/en | Settings: https://www.tiktok.com/setting
  – X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/en/privacy | Personalization: https://twitter.com/settings/account/personalization
  – Snapchat: https://snap.com/en-US/privacy/privacy-policy | Ad Preferences: https://support.snapchat.com/en-US/article/advertising-preferences
  – Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/policies/privacy-policy | Ad Settings: https://www.reddit.com/settings/accessibility
• Industry Opt-Outs: You can also opt out of cross-context tracking via the Network Advertising Initiative (http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/) or Digital Advertising Alliance (https://optout.aboutads.info/) portals.

12. Complaints and Regulatory Supervisory Authority

If you have any grievances regarding our data handling procedures, please contact our privacy team first at business@ordwick.co.uk so we may resolve your concern directly.

If you remain dissatisfied, you hold the statutory right to lodge a formal complaint with the UK supervisory authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office
• Website: ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint
• Telephone Helpline: 0303 123 1113

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