Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

We are WizeWorx Media Ltd (WizeWorx, we, our, us). We are registered in England and Wales under company registration number 07020659, with our registered office at 37 Warren Street, London, England, W1T 6AD.

We produce programmes and operate Manoto TV and the WizeWorx Media Network.

This notice explains how and why we use personal data (also known as personal information, personally identifiable information, or PII). We mainly use personal data to film, produce, promote, and broadcast our programmes. We also use personal data for our wider business purposes.

In addition to the above, we provide contact details and important information about data protection rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

This notice was last updated in July 2024. We will periodically make further amendments, so please check back for updates.

2. What Personal Data Do We Collect?

Website Visitors

We operate the following websites (Our Websites):

- www.manototv.com
- www.wizeworxmedia.com

The information we collect from individuals that visit Our Websites (Website Visitors) includes:

- Device information (including ID, type, browser type and version, plugins, operating system and platform, time zone setting and location, IP address)
- Website usage
- Personal data entered into web forms
- Personal data in correspondence
- Purchases and order history
- Marketing and communications data (including preferences)
- Cookie data (please see Cookies section below)

Contributors and Talent

We collect personal data directly from individuals who contribute to or star in our programmes (Contributors and Talent). We also collect personal data relating to Contributors and Talent from agents, other networks, industry resources, family, friends, professional contacts, and public sources.

The personal data we collect relating to Contributors and Talent includes, where necessary:

- Name
- Address
- Contact details (including telephone and email)
- Social media
- Footage
- Information about interests, opinions, personality, previous appearances on television, family life, job, and general knowledge
- Information relating to ethnicity, political opinions or religious belief, trade union membership, physical or mental health, and sexual orientation (Special Category Personal Data)
- Professional, financial, tax, payment, and employment details
- Passport and official ID
- Health data, including any relevant information about disabilities
- Criminal convictions
- Personal data in correspondence

People We Work With

We collect personal data directly from individuals we work with and from their employers or the organisations they represent. We also collect personal data relating to people we work with from other organisations we work with (e.g., industry conferences, industry media, social media, platforms, and stores).

The personal data we collect relating to people we work with includes:

- Name
- Address
- Contact details (including telephone and email)
- Social media
- Professional and employment details
- Personal data in correspondence

3. How We Use Personal Data

Website Visitors

We use personal data relating to Website Visitors mainly to provide, develop, and promote Our Websites, programmes, and wider business. More specifically, we may use personal data relating to Website Visitors to:

- Provide customer service and assistance
- Better understand how Our Websites are used (including checking traffic patterns and what types of content are most popular)
- Website analytics and improvements
- Marketing
- Detect and address security risks
- Detect fraud and other unlawful activity
- Exercise legal rights and comply with legal obligations

Contributors and Talent

We use personal data relating to Contributors and Talent to make, develop, and promote our programmes and wider business. More specifically, we may use personal data relating to Contributors and Talent to:

- Film, produce, broadcast, and promote our programmes
- Audition and check suitability for programmes
- Monitor balance, inclusion, and diversity
- Produce publicity materials and advertise our programmes
- Check right to work, visas, and any other applicable permit
- Obtain and administer insurance
- Provide or commission medical support
- Manage business and professional relationships
- Exercise legal rights and comply with legal obligations

People We Work With

We use personal data relating to people we work with mainly to film, produce, and promote our programmes and administer our wider business. More specifically, we use personal data relating to people we work with to:

- Manage services provided by our suppliers
- Arrange meetings, calls, and events
- Manage business and professional relationships
- Provide, develop, and promote Our Websites
- Exercise legal rights and comply with legal obligations

4. Our Legal Grounds to Use Personal Data

Website Visitors

**Legitimate Interests**

We use personal data relating to Website Visitors where necessary for the purposes of legitimate interests pursued by us or the organisations we work with. Our legitimate interests include providing, developing, and promoting Our Websites and our wider business.

**Consent**

Our legal ground for sending Website Visitors direct marketing is consent. Our legal ground for non-essential Cookies is consent. Consent for direct marketing or non-essential Cookies may be withdrawn at any time.

Contributors and Talent

**Contract**

Where we have a contract in place with Contributors or Talent, our legal ground for the use of personal data is mainly the performance of the contract.

**Legitimate Interests**

We also use personal data relating to Contributors or Talent where necessary for the purposes of legitimate interests pursued by us or the organisations we work with.

Our legitimate interests include filming, producing, broadcasting, and promoting our programmes. Our legitimate interests also include the provision, development, and promotion of Our Websites and our wider business.

**Special Category Personal Data**

We will only use Special Category Personal Data relating to Contributors and Talent where:

- Necessary for our rights and obligations as an employer, including health and safety
- The individual concerned has deliberately made the information public, including by voluntarily appearing in one of our programmes
- Necessary for legal claims
- We have explicit consent
- The Special Purposes apply (please see below)

People We Work With

**Contract**

Where we have a contract in place with an individual we work with, our legal ground for the use of personal data relating to that individual is mainly the performance of the contract.

**Legitimate Interests**

Where we do not have a contract directly with an individual or we need to use personal data outside the performance of a contract, we use personal data where necessary for the purposes of legitimate interests pursued by us or the organisations we work with.

Our legitimate interests include filming, producing, promoting, and broadcasting our programmes. Our legitimate interests also include the provision, development, and promotion of Our Websites and our wider business.

5. Automated Decision-Making

We do not make any legally significant decisions about individuals based solely on automated decision-making.

6. Sharing Personal Data

Website Users

We share personal data relating to Website Users with our staff and the following types of service providers:

- Payment processors
- Marketing and advertising partners
- Analytics service providers
- IT providers and developers
- Group companies
- Business partners
- Professional service providers (e.g., accountants and lawyers)

Contributors and Talent

Importantly, Contributors and Talent should be aware that where personal data relating to them is contained in one of our programmes, that personal data will be broadcast publicly and worldwide.

We also share personal data with our staff and the following types of service providers:

- Online stores and platforms
- Agents
- Production crew
- Networks, production houses, studios, and other industry organisations
- Payment processors
- IT providers
- Marketing partners
- Group companies
- Business partners
- Professional service providers (e.g., accountants and lawyers)

People We Work With

We share personal data with our staff and the following types of service providers:

- Online stores
- Payment processors
- IT providers
- Marketing partners
- Group companies
- Sister studios
- Business partners
- Professional service providers (e.g., accountants and lawyers)

**Reorganisation and Legal**

We may share any personal data we hold with potential buyers, group companies, and/or business partners where necessary and appropriate for a reorganisation, restructuring, merger, sale, or transfer of assets involving WizeWorx or our programmes.

We will share personal data where necessary to establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights. We will also share personal data where required by the courts, regulators, or law.

7. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Cookies and similar technologies (Cookies) allow us to track users on Our Websites.

The types of Cookies we use are described below:

**Essential Cookies**

Our Websites will not work properly without essential Cookies. For example, we and our service providers may use essential Cookies to identify and authenticate users. We also use essential Cookies to enforce our terms of use and maintain security.

We use essential Cookies provided by Adobe and Cloudflare.

**Non-Essential Performance or Analytics Cookies**

Non-essential performance or analytics Cookies collect information and analytics about how people use our website. For example, we track which pages users visit most often and error messages received by users from web pages.

We use non-essential Cookies provided by Adobe Analytics and Google Analytics.

**Advertising Cookies**

Advertising Cookies are used to deliver advertisements relevant to you and measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. These Cookies are usually placed by advertising networks with our permission. They remember that you have visited the website and this information is shared with other organisations such as advertisers.

We use advertising Cookies provided by Adobe and Google DoubleClick.

We always seek consent for advertising Cookies on Our Website.

8. Children

We do not knowingly collect or use any personal data relating to Website Visitors under the age of 13.

Where we collect personal data relating to Contributors and Talent under the age of 13, we will follow an enhanced data protection process.

9. International Transfers

We routinely transfer personal data outside the UK. Where we transfer personal data outside the UK
 

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