Privacy Policy
The Comedy Central channels and the Comedy Central Website (being www.comedycentral.co.uk) (the “Website”) are owned and operated by the Paramount UK Partnership (“Comedy Central”) of 180 Oxford Street, London W1D 1DS.
This Privacy Policy sets out how we use any personal data that you give us, such as your name, address, telephone number or e-mail address.
Comedy Central will use any personal data collected from the Website in accordance with all laws and regulations relating to the protection of personal data including the Data Protection Act 1998 (the “Data Protection Act”). Further details on the Data Protection Act can be found on the Information Commissioner’s website (www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk).
Personal Data: Should you ("the User") enter a competition on the Website, any personal data you provide shall be dealt with in accordance with General Competition Terms and Conditions (or as detailed in any terms specific to such competition should they conflict with the General Competition Terms and Conditions).
Should you ("the User") subscribe to any marketing communications (including newsletters) or otherwise agree to receive information from Comedy Central or third parties your data will be dealt with as follows:
A User's data will be used for those purposes detailed at the point of submission of the data ("the Purposes") (in this case the data may be transferred to other entities should such transfer be necessary in order to carry out the Purposes, including entities in the United States of America). By subscribing to any newsletters, you acknowledge that U.S law providers a lower standard of protection for personal data than the laws of various countries including, but not limited to, the European Union.
Other than as detailed above, Comedy Central will only transfer a User's data to another entity if the User has agreed that Comedy Central may make such a transfer or if the transfer is necessary as part of a transfer of all of or a substantial part of the business of Comedy Central.
Should you ("the User") participate in any Forum on the Website ("the Forum") your data will be dealt with as follows:
A User's data will be used for the purposes of administration, monitoring and functioning of the Forum. The User may be contacted by Comedy Central in connection with and/or in respect of the User's use of the Forum. The User's username may be published in association with any information and/or comments the User posts on the Forum. The User's data may be transferred to other entities should such transfer be necessary for the administration and/or functioning of the Forum. Other than as detailed above, Comedy Central will only transfer a User's data to another entity if the User has agreed that Comedy Central may make such a transfer or if the transfer is necessary as part of a transfer of all of or a substantial part of the business of Comedy Central.
Information can be passed to Comedy by Social Project Inc when you join Comedy Central’s online communities from another community within the Social Project Network (see our “Online Communities and Social Project” section below and the Social Project Privacy Policy for more details on this).
In addition and with your consent, Comedy Central (and if applicable, our partners or other trusted parties) may use your data for certain marketing, market research, analysis and related purposes. Comedy Central’s on-screen notices will ask for your explicit permission (often by way of a tick box) for such additional purposes.
A User has the right to access their data held by Comedy Central and, where necessary, to have it amended. A User may also at any time e-mail Comedy Central at info@comedycentral.co.uk or write to us at the address below, in order to unsubscribe from any of Comedy Central’s internet services and to request that Comedy Central delete the User's data.
Website Enquiries
Comedy Central
180 Oxford Street
London
W1D 1DS
System Checks:
In order to ensure that Comedy Central only presents you with information and content that your hardware can handle we may check to see what software, plug-ins and connection settings you have.
The data collected on the Website includes:
IP Addresses Users’ Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, which is automatically logged by our web server. IP addresses are used to observe users’ interests in this Website (e.g. number of visits, etc.)
Cookies Cookies are very small text files saved to your computer used to track user navigation around a website. Comedy Central uses cookie technology ("Cookies") on the Forum. Should you object to Comedy Central’s use of Cookies most web browsers can be reconfigured in order to alert you to their presence / allow you to disable them. Please refer to the help function of your web browser in order to learn how to do this. However, should you decide to disable Comedy Central’s Cookies, you may not be able to access certain facilities or services on the Forum and you may be required to re-type information you have previously submitted.
Comedy Central use third party advertising companies to serve advertisements on our online services including company known as DoubleClick. Comedy Central does not have access to or control of Cookies placed by third parties. The advertisements you receive are influenced by various factors, including your browsing history prior to visiting this website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your use of our online services in order to provide advertisements about goods and services that may be of interest to you. In the course of serving advertisements, our third party serving network may place or recognise a unique "cookie" on your browser. This is a "persistent" cookie, which means that it is stored on your computer and will remain there until it expires or you remove it. The advertisement serving networks may also make use of other technologies, such as "web beacons", in order to improve the relevance of the advertisements you receive.
The Website contains links to other sites that are completely unrelated to Comedy Central. This Privacy Policy does not apply to these sites nor are we responsible for the content and practices of these websites.
Users should be aware that counties outside the European Union may have a lower standard of protection for personal information that that required by the Data Protection Act. If it is necessary to transfer your data to a company based outside the EU (e.g. for the purpose of completing a contract for fulfilment of a prize), then Comedy Central will make every effort to ensure that a User’s personal data is processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act, as implementing the EU Directive of the Protection of Personal Data (95/46/EC), and any other Act or Acts replacing or modifying such Act for the time being in force, through the implementation of an agreement ensuring adequate protection of personal data.
Online Communities and Social Project
All of our online communities and your member profiles for those communities are powered, hosted and administered by Social Project Inc (“Social Project”) which is a company based in the United States that operates a website at http://www.socialproject.com and a global network of online social communities (“Social Project Network”).
When you submit your information to join any of our communities you automatically register with both that community and directly with Social Project in the United States. The use by us of your registered information shall be in accordance with this Privacy Policy whereas the use by Social Project of your information is governed by the Social Project Privacy Policy and United States law. Please note that United States law provides a lower standard of protection for personal information than the United Kingdom. By registering with, using and participating in any of our communities you therefore acknowledge and consent to the submission, collection, transfer, storage, and processing of your information to and in the United States.
Once you are registered with any of our online communities you may easily join any other community within the Social Project Network by simply clicking the join button within that website. On joining that other community your user profile information will be automatically transferred by Social Project to that other community. You may also be required to provide additional information and/or consents. Please note that the use of your information by the operator of that community (which may be in a different country) will be subject its privacy policy (which you should review) and shall be governed by the local laws of its country and we shall have no responsibility for this.
Your member profiles within the Social Project Network are public (unless made private) as are postings to any of our communities which can be indexed by third-party search engines and appear in search results on third-party web sites. You should therefore exercise caution when disclosing information in your profile or elsewhere on any of our communities.
Comedy Central has taken steps to ensure that a User’s data is secure, including limiting the number of people who have physical access to our database servers, as well as electronic security systems and password protections that guard against unauthorised access.
This Privacy Policy may change at any time, so you may wish to check it each time you visit our Website.
This Privacy Policy was last updated 11 August 2010.