Welcome to Kelp Social

Kelp Social wants *** to have a safe, enjoyable, and meaningful experience on our website and platform. By browsing, using, or interacting with our website and services, *** agree to comply with and be bound by ***se Terms of Use, toge***r with our Cookie Policy, Privacy Policy, User Terms, and Community Guidelines.

If *** disagree with any part of ***se terms, please contact us at hello@kelpsocial.co.uk before using *** website.

1. Definitions

“Kelp Social Ltd,” “us,” or “we” refers to *** owner of *** website and platform, registered at 71–75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ, company number 13181054.
“***,” “***r,” or “user” refers to any visitor, viewer, or participant on *** website or platform.
“Content” includes all text, images, videos, blogs, comments, links, or o***r materials posted or shared on *** platform.

2. General Use

*** content on this website is for ***r general information and use only. It may change without notice.
By using Kelp Social, *** agree to comply with all applicable laws and ***se Terms of Use.
Some features require creating an account. *** are responsible for maintaining *** confidentiality of ***r account information and all activity under ***r account.

3. Cookies and Tracking

Like most websites, Kelp Social uses cookies to enhance ***r experience, monitor preferences, and personalise content.
By allowing cookies, *** consent to ***ir use. See our Cookie Policy for details.

4. User-Generated Content

*** are solely responsible for *** Content *** post or share. Content must be lawful, accurate, and aligned with Kelp Social’s mission.
*** retain ownership of ***r Content, but by posting it, *** grant Kelp Social a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to display, distribute, or promote ***r Content, always crediting *** author.
Kelp Social may remove, modify, or restrict any Content that violates ***se Terms or our Community Guidelines.

5. Prohibited Activities

*** must not use Kelp Social to:

Post content that is illegal, defamatory, offensive, threatening, or ****ful.
Introduce viruses, malware, or spam.
Impersonate o***r users, brands, or organisations.
Violate intellectual property rights or attempt to gain unauthorized access to o***r accounts or systems.
****ing or advertising products: *** may not **** or advertise products on Kelp Social without prior approval. This includes any products or services that are not explicitly aligned with animal welfare.
Promotion of animal cruelty: *** may not post, link to, or o***rwise promote any practices, products, or services that cause **** to animals, including but not limited to hunting, blood sports, unregulated breeding, or any o***r form of animal *****.

6. Third-Party Links

Kelp Social may include links to third-party websites. We do not endorse or guarantee *** accuracy, legality, or reliability of any linked content.
Accessing third-party websites is at ***r own risk.

7. Intellectual Property

All assets, including *** Kelp Social name, logo, design, la***t, and platform software, are owned or licensed by Kelp Social.
*** may not copy, reproduce, or create derivative works from ***se assets without prior written permission.

8. Liability and Disclaimers

*** website and platform are provided “as is” and “as available”. Kelp Social excludes liability for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages to *** fullest extent permitted by law.
Users are responsible for verifying any information obtained from unverified accounts.

9. Termination and Suspension

Kelp Social may suspend or terminate ***r access at any time if:
- *** violate ***se Terms or o***r policies.
- ***r activity creates legal or commercial risk.
- Services are no longer viable.
Notice of termination will be sent via ***r registered email where reasonable.

10. Updates to Terms

Kelp Social may update ***se Terms at any time without prior notice.
Continued use of *** website constitutes acceptance of *** revised Terms.

11. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

Kelp Social is a UK-based platform, and ***se Terms are governed primarily by *** laws of England and Wales.
- United States Users: For US federal, state, or local government entities legally unable to accept UK law, ***se Terms are governed by applicable US law, with California law as a fallback where permitted.
- European Union Users: Use of *** Services is subject to applicable EU laws and regulations, including GDPR.
- O***r International Users: By accessing or using Kelp Social from outside *** UK, US, or EU, *** agree that ***se Terms are governed by *** laws of *** jurisdiction in which *** reside, to *** maximum extent permitted by local law.

12. Contact Information

For questions, disputes, copyright claims, or feedback, please contact: hello@kelpsocial.co.uk

and Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Kelp Social Privacy Policy

1. Kelp Social: Who we are

Kelp Social Limited (the “company”, “we”, “our”, “us”) provide social media platform website and mobile application. The Company is registered in the UK as Kelp Social Limited, registered in England & Wales at 71-75, Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ. Company No. 13181054. We are the controller of personal data obtained via our website and mobile application, meaning we are the organisation legally responsible for deciding how and for what purposes it is used.

We take your privacy very seriously. Please read this privacy policy carefully as it contains important information on who we are and how and why we collect, store, use and share any information relating to you (your personal data) in connection with your use of our website. It also explains your rights in relation to your personal data and how to contact us or a relevant regulator in the event you have a complaint.

We collect, use and are responsible for certain personal data about you. When we do so we are subject to the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). We are also subject to the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) in relation to goods and services we offer to individuals and our wider operations in the European Economic Area (EEA).

Given the nature of our website, we do not expect to collect the personal data of anyone under 16 years old. If you are aware that any personal data of anyone under 16 years old has been shared with our website and/or mobile application, please let us know so that we can delete that data.

2. Personal Data we collect from you

The personal data we collect about you depends on the particular activities carried out through our website and mobile application. We will collect and use the following personal data about you:

your name, address and contact information, including email address and telephone number and company details
information to check and verify your identity, eg date of birth
your gender, if you choose to give this to us
location data, if you choose to give this to us
your billing information, transaction and payment card or other payment method information
bank account and payment details
details of any information, feedback or other matters you give us by phone, email, post or via social media
your account details, such as username and login details
your activities on, and use of, our website
your personal or professional interests
information about the services we provide to you
information about how you use our website and technology systems
your responses to surveys, competitions and promotions

3. How your personal data is collected

Kelp Social collect personal data about you through various ways, both directly and indirectly which include but may not be limited to:

Having a Kelp Social account
Telephone conversations between you and our staff (we do may audio record conversations).
Email communications.
Entering details into our website or App.
Contact via social media.
Social media searches such as LinkedIn
Clients and vendor interaction.

4. What Happens When You Withhold Your Data?

The information you provide enables us to allow you access to the Kelp Social platform.

Where you are obliged to provide personal data, or where we require your personal data to progress the service, the consequences of failure to provide the data may be that:

we will not be able to supply you with the service that you have requested.
we may not be able to fulfil our contractual requirements.
we may not be able to continue with our relationship.

5. Why am I Processing the Data?

Legitimate interest

As necessary, the company will process your personal data for our own legitimate interest, or those of other persons and organisations which includes;

for good governance, accounting, managing and auditing of our business operations.
to monitor emails, calls and other communications, and activities related to our service provision.
to facilitate creation and manage online accounts.
to collect your personal information from 3rd parties in order to research suitability for specific services.
for our internal administrative activities, such as invoicing and charging where relevant.
to process or share your data in connection with crime detection, tax collection or actual or anticipated litigation.
for market research, analysis and developing statistics.

6. Consent

As necessary, the company will process your personal data with your consent:

in certain circumstances which require us to ask for your consent to process your personal data in a particular way; and
to provide consent we will normally require you to provide written confirmation (e.g. email or completed consent form, or a tick box / web form). You have the right to withdraw consent at any time.

7. When and How will I be Informed?

When we engage with you for the first time, when you approach us, or visit our website(s), we will provide you with this privacy notice. If significant changes are made – we will inform you.

Where we gather your personal data prior to contacting you, we will:

inform you that we hold your personal data (what we hold and from which source the personal data originated, and if applicable, whether it came from publicly accessible sources);
provide you (the individual) with this Privacy Notice (transparency information) no later than one month after we have collected the data, or when we first communicate if that is before one month and;
ask you to register with us to continue the relationship and process this information on the basis that we will provide our services to you according to this privacy notice.

8. How is My Personal Data Safeguarded?

We have appropriate security measures to prevent personal data from being accidentally lost or used or accessed unlawfully. We limit access to your personal data to those who have a genuine business need to access it. Those processing your information will do so only in an authorised manner and are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

We will protect personal data through the following principles:

not collecting or retaining excessive amounts of data;
protecting personal data from loss, misuse, unauthorised access and disclosure;
keeping personal data up to date;
storing and destroying it securely;
ensuring that appropriate administrative, technical and physical safeguards are in place to protect personal data. These measures include measures to deal with any suspected data breach;
regularly reviewing our information collection, storage and processing practices, including physical security measures.

9. Who Will you Share My Personal Data With?

Where appropriate and in accordance with local laws and requirements, we may share your personal data for various reasons with certain categories of third parties such as:

partners (including current, past and prospective partners);
our internal staff;
technology platforms and suppliers; including Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software provider (s) and data forwarding agencies where we have an appropriate processing agreement (or similar protections) in place.

We do not disclose personal information we collect about you, except as described in this Privacy Policy or in separate notices provided in connection with particular activities.

We will not sell or rent to any third party any of the personal information or data that you provide to us.

Where we share personal information with vendors who perform services on our behalf, based on our instructions (data processors), we ONLY authorise these vendors to use or disclose the information as necessary to perform services on our behalf or comply with legal requirements.

We will keep your personal data while you have an account with us or we are providing services] to you. Thereafter, we will keep your personal data for as long as is necessary:

to respond to any questions, complaints or claims made by you or on your behalf;
to show that we treated you fairly;
to keep records required by law.

We will not keep your personal data for longer than necessary. Different retention periods apply for different types of personal data. When it is no longer necessary to keep your personal data, we will delete or anonymise it.

10. Will My Personal Data be Transferred Overseas?

To deliver services to you, it is sometimes necessary for us to share your personal data outside the UK/EEA, eg:

with your and our service providers located outside the UK[/EEA];
if you are based outside the UK/EEA;
where there is a European and/or international dimension to the services we are providing to you.

Under data protection law, we can only transfer your personal data to a country or international organisation outside the UK/EEA where:

the UK government or, where the EU GDPR applies, the European Commission has decided the particular country or international organisation ensures an adequate level of protection of personal data (known as an ‘adequacy decision’);
there are appropriate safeguards in place, together with enforceable rights and effective legal remedies for data subjects; or
a specific exception applies under data protection law

11. Website Cookies and Third Party applications

When you visit our Websites, we may collect certain information by automated means. Details of cookies used are in our “cookie policy”. Your web browser is most likely set to automatically accept cookies, but you can consult your browser help file if you wish to change these settings.

The providers of third-party apps, tools, widgets and plug-ins on our Sites, such as social media sharing tools, also may use automated means to collect information regarding your interactions with these features. This information is collected directly by the providers of the features and is subject to the privacy policies or notices of these providers. Subject to applicable law, Kelp Social is not responsible for these providers’ information practices.

We will ask for your consent for some aspects of these activities which are not covered by our legitimate interests, in particular, the collection of data via cookies when you use our websites.

12. Update to this Privacy policy

We will update this privacy policy over time to reflect changes in our personal information practices.

For significant changes, we will notify you by posting a prominent notice on our websites and contact you by email indicating when it was most recently updated.

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