Privacy Policy
how we use your personal data you may provide us, while you enquire, purchase, or use any of our products or services including accessing contents of this website, signing up to our communications or taking part in our surveys or competitions. The legal principles and lawful basis in which we process your data and your rights regarding your personal data.
We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data which may be categorised as below:
- Identity Data include your full name, date of birth, gender, language.
- Contact Data include your correspondence address, email address, contact number.
- Financial Data include your bank account and payment card details (which you provide to purchase products from us -and make a payment directly to us, such as on our website).
- Billing Data include your details about payments about the products and services you have purchased from us.
- Technical Data include internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system, and platform you use to access our website.
- Profile Data include your username and password, purchases made by you, your interests, and preferences.
- Usage Data include information about how you use our website, products and services, top up records, call data records which include traffic data and location data.
- Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and other Lyca entities (as chosen and consented to) and your communication preferences.
- Customer Care Data includes your feedback to us, survey responses and voice mail recordings when you contact us.
We process your personal data to derive information so that we can make personalised offers to our customers. Such information does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. However, if we combine or connect the derived information with your personal data, it may directly or indirectly identify you. So, we also treat the derived information as personal data which will be used in accordance with this privacy policy.
We obtain your personal data, directly and indirectly, when you:
- Interact with our independent distributors, wholesalers, and retailers.
- Interact with us when you provide your personal data by filling in forms on our website or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email or otherwise.
- Purchase and use our products or services or enquire about them;
- Create an account on our website;
- Subscribe to our services or communications;
- Request marketing to be sent to you;
- Enter a competition, promotion, or survey; or
- Review our products and give feedback.
- Download our app.
- Access our website, using cookies. Please see ourCookie Policyfor further details.
We use your personal data complying to all data protection laws and regulations, most commonly, in circumstances where:
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- we need to perform services under the agreed terms and conditions with you.
- it is necessary for our legitimate interests in course of our business.
- we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.
We have set out below, a description of all the ways and the lawful basis we use your personal data. In addition to your consent, legal, and regulatory purposes, we have also listed our legitimate interests including performance management, product offerings, market research where applicable, which may override your rights subject to the law.
Note that we may process your personal data for more than one lawful basis depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your data.
Marketing
You will receive marketing communications from us either if you have consented to receive them or purchased products or services from Lyca Mobile, and in each case, you have not opted out of receiving that marketing. You will also receive marketing communications from other Lyca entities if you have consented to receive such communications on their Lyca products or services. Every communication either through email or text shall provide you with an option to opt-out/unsubscribe from such communications.
You can also Contact our Customer Services Department to let us know your marketing preferences and whether you’re happy to hear from us by email, text, or telephone.
- Call 322 from Lyca Mobile free of charges.
- You can also dial0207 132 0322from another network or+44& 207 132 0322from abroad. Call charges may vary depending upon network operators.
- Alternatively, you can also email tocs@lycamobile.co.uk
We may have to share your personal data with the parties set out below for the purposes set out:
- Other Lyca group companies and associated enterprises who provide ancillary services such as IT Services, Customer Service support for the fulfilment of your orders and clarification of any of your queries.
- Other Lyca Group companies where you have chosen to receive marketing communications from them on Lyca products and services other than Lyca Mobile.
- External third parties who provide IT technical support services, data centre services and call centre support.
- Regulators and judicial authorities who require reporting of processing activities in certain circumstances.
In case we choose to sell, transfer or merge parts of our business, then the new owners may use your personal data in the same way as set out in this privacy policy.
Where applicable, we require all external third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.
We transfer personal data to some of our service providers who are based outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Specifically, Lyca Mobile uses a technical services provider based in India and Customer Service providers based in Morocco and Philippines. This constitutes processing of your personal data outside the EEA.Whenever we transfer your personal data out of the EEA, we ensure that a high degree of protection is afforded to it by following various safeguard measures so that there is no detriment to you.
We take steps to ensure your privacy rights are at least as compliant with the requirements of EU law, including requiring appropriate security measures from such third parties, set out in a contract between us, to protect your personal data.
We use specific clauses, prescribed by Data Regulations including EU and UK GDPR, in the contracts with our service providers which give personal data the same protection it has in Europe.
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those staff members or other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a strict duty of confidentiality.We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable supervisory authority of a breach where we are legally required to do so.
We retain your personal data only for the period it is necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal and regulatory requirements.Retention period for different category of your personal data varies and are subject to applicable laws and regulatory requirements, which are tabulated in our Data Retention Policy which you can request from us by Contacting our Customer Services Department.
In some circumstances we may anonymise your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes in which case, we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.
In addition to the above, for customers who apply for and avail themselves of pay-monthly services from Lycamobile. It should be noted that we process additional personal data. This includes checking credit records and credit scores of prospective customers to enable us to complete our contract with you.We may transfer personal data of customers to Credit Rating Agencies and associations to perform checks that enable us to decide whether our pay-monthly services can be extended to a particular customer or not. We may also store results of such checks for various purposes including review and research, as per our data retention policy and statutory and regulatory requirements.
As a member of credit rating associations, we may be required to share customers’ credit performance to the association repository as a part of reciprocity principle for our association. The legitimate interest for our business to have access to such credit data shall override the individual rights on data processing.
In this connection, we may also perform checks for certain customers as and when it is necessary to protect our interests during the term of the contract.
Subject to certain conditions under data protection laws where applicable, you have the following rights in relation to your personal data:
- Right to obtain information about your processed data and right to have access to your personal data.
- Right to correct your personal data – This enables you to correct any incomplete or inaccurate data we hold about you, though we may need to verify the accuracy of the new data you provide to us.
- Right to ask us to delete your personal data.
- Right to object to the processing of your personal data.
- Right to ask us to suspend the processing of your personal data.
- Right to transfer your personal data -This enables you to ask us to transfer your personal data to you or to a third party. We will provide to you, or a third party you have chosen, your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.
Note, however, that this right only applies to automated information for which you initially provided consent to be used to perform a contract with you.
- Right to revoke your consent to the processing of your personal data.
- Right to inform us of your wishes regarding the storage, deletion and communication of your personal data to a third party upon your death.
To exercise any of the rights set out above, please send your request to mydata@lycagroup.com and we shall respond, in accordance to the regulations, within the stipulated timeframe.
You may also reach out to our Data Protection Officer if you have any issues in enforcing your rights at DPO@lycargroup.com or writing to the following address,
Data Protection Officer,
Lycamobile UK Limited,
2nd Floor, Walbrook Building,
195 Marsh Wall,
E14 9SG London.
Despite our best efforts, if any of your concerns remain unresolved, you may report them to,
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House,
Water Lane,
Wilmslow,
Cheshire SK9 5AF
Telephone:0303 123 1113
Fax:01625 524510
https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/
We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns first before you approach the supervisory authority, so please do contact us in the first instance.
Cost for Data Access
You are normally not required to pay any fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if we find your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive, or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.
What we may need from you
We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information, if required, in relation to your request to expedite our response.
Time limit to respond
According to GDPR, all legitimate requests are required to be completed within one month, before which we shall complete the request. However, if your request is particularly complex or you have made several requests it may exceed the said period. In this case, we shall notify you and keep you updated.
You can reach out through our Customer Services Department on 0207 132 0322 from any Lyca Mobile Account or +44 207 132 0322 from another telephone.You may also e-mail the Customer Services Department at cs@lycamobile.co.uk or by completing the online enquiry form at https://www.lycamobile.co.uk/en/contact-us.
For compliance, enforcement and questions in relation to this policy, we have a appointed a data protection officer (DPO) who may be reached at DPO@Lycagroup.com. or writing to the following address:
Data Protection Officer,
Lycamobile UK Limited,
2nd Floor, Walbrook Building,
195 Marsh Wall,
E14 9SG London.
Changes to the policy
We update our privacy policy, time to time, to reflect the changes in data protection laws. Historic versions are archived here
Our website, app and services are not aimed at children. We do not target, intend to collect, or knowingly collect or otherwise process information from any Child.If you are under the age of 13, we request that you do not provide us with your information and do not use our website and app.
If you are a parent or guardian of a child under 13, please contact us if you are aware that your child has used our website or app or otherwise provided their information to us without your consent.
We shall delete or otherwise cease processing your child’s personal information within a reasonable time to make sure that we do not contact you in the future.