Privacy Policy

Last Updated On 23-September-2025
Effective Date 23-September-2025

Harry Cummins is trading under Digital Gorilla (“Digital Gorilla” or “We”) which is a marketing business in Guernsey. Compliance with the Data Protection (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2017 (“the Law”) requires us to provide certain information to you. Please read this Privacy Policy with the Cookie Policy.

This Privacy Policy sets out our data policy surrounding compliance with how data is processed. Data processing includes the collection, use and storage of personal information.

We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits this website, https://www.digitalgorillaguernsey.gg/ (“Our Site”), and will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described here, and in a way that is consistent with our obligations and your rights under the law. This Privacy Policy sets out the types of information that is collected and recorded by Digital Gorilla.

We do collect personal identifiable data and other data, please see our separate Cookies Policy which provides more details on the data collected.

Digital Gorilla is a marketer and a data controller. Should you require further information or wish to make a complaint in relation to your personal data, our contact details are:

Name: Harry Cummins
Email: contact@digitalgorillaguernsey.gg
Address: Vue du Moulin La Rue Gros Jean,
La Rue Des Clotures,
Bon Port,
St.Martin, GY4 6EW
Guernsey

What data we collect

We may collect the following types of personal data from You for the purpose of conducting our business:

(a) Identity Data includes first name and last name

(b) Contact Data includes email address & phone number

(c) Technical Data includes 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, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.

Other information: Any other information provided by You to us on a voluntary basis

How we collect your data

Under the Data Protection Legislation, we must always have a lawful basis for using personal data. The following describes how we will collect your personal data, and our lawful bases for doing so:

Personal Identifiable Information (identity data & contact data) is collected using WordPress’s (this website’s) form submission. Digital Gorilla collects PII this way only when consent is given by the user in the form of ticking a mandatory checkbox before submitting details to get in touch with our business. The checkbox clearly states for the users to visit our ‘privacy policy’. By ticking the checkbox the users gives us consent and a lawful basis to use their data.

Please note PII may be collected when Digital Gorilla is contacted (whether by phone or email etc). However, as it isn’t possible to get explicit consent with a checkbox we will only use this data for ‘legitimate interests’ until further consent is given.

We may collect personal data when meeting face to face. If this is the case we have a lawful basis of consent.

We may collect data from you by referral – If this is the case, we will ask the referring business to get consent prior to us receiving the information.

How We Process The Data – Our Lawful Basis:

(a) We may contact you individually using Hostinger email to inform you of any current or new services we have available. We have a lawful basis of legitimate interests.

(b) When submitting the form on our contact page we may use that data to feed into GA4 for more accurate reporting. This data with be hashed & we have a legal basis by you ticking the mandatory checkbox when submitting the form.

We will not use your personal data to spam or for unlawful marketing purposes. We will only use your personal data for the reasons originally stated.

In some circumstances, where permitted or required by law, we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent. This will only be done within the bounds of the Bailiwick of Guernsey Law, 2017 and the law.

Our legitimate interests

As previously mentioned we may process your personal data (such as name, email address etc) where it is necessary for our legitimate interests.

Our legitimate interest is to inform your business about the social media marketing services we offer, including current and new services and to carry out our services.

Data Sharing

Digital Gorilla takes data sharing very seriously, however we may need you share your personal data with:

– Third-party service providers assisting us in delivering our services.
– Legal authorities when required by law or to protect our rights.

Please contact us if if you wish to know if and to which third party service provider we have shared your data.

Data Storage

Digital Gorilla takes the storage of your data very seriously. To mitigate any risks we have taken into account the below:

(a) Email communication is performed within servers located within the United Kingdom. We use a well-known hosting service – Hostinger. Hostinger is GDPR compliant.

(b) We may store your data using Office 365. Office 365 is a well known GDPR compliant software and has servers located in the United Kingdom. Office 365 also has different malware etc protection in place to prevent hackers and other loss of data.

(c) Data will be stored within Google Analytics 4 to measure the performance of our business and where we can improve to target people that will be most interested in our services – GA4 servers are based in the United States however we make serious measures to ensure it’s GDPR compliance (including and not limiting consent mode v2). In order to process data and store it on GA4 we must receive consent via the GDPR compliant cookie banner.

(d) Payment information may be stored by HSBC Channel Islands in order to carry out invoicing.

For all of our data storage methods we ensure strong security by incorporating multiple authorisations to login into accounts.

International Data Transfers

Our website domain and office network are all within the European Economic Area (EEA). Should any exceptional occasion require your data to be transferred to and stored in countries outside the EEA, we take appropriate measures to ensure your data is protected when transferred.

Data retention

We will retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, or as required by applicable laws and regulations.

Any documentation provided to us during the course of the provision of our services will be returned (if in hard copy) or destroyed in line with our data retention policy, which, unless there is good reason not for doing so, will be at the conclusion of the provision of our service to you.

Your rights

You have the following rights regarding your personal data:

RIGHT #1: Right to information for personal data collected from data subject
RIGHT #2: Right of access
RIGHT #3: Right to object to processing for direct marketing purposes
RIGHT #4: Right to object to processing on grounds of public interest
RIGHT #5: Right to object to processing for historical or scientific purposes
RIGHT #6: Right to rectification
RIGHT #7: Right to erasure
RIGHT #8: Right to restriction of processing
RIGHT #9: Right not to be subject to decisions based on automated processing
RIGHT #10: Right to data portability

To exercise these rights or for any questions, please contact us using the details outlined above. You can also see more information here: https://www.odpa.gg/information-hub/information-rights/

Data security

We employ appropriate security measures to protect your personal data from unauthorised access, disclosure, or alteration. This includes utilising popular, well known business IT platforms and software solutions.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

As part of its compliance, Digital Gorilla keeps this Privacy Policy under review and we reserve the right to make changes, additions or removals from this Privacy Policy at our discretion. Clients or interested parties are therefore encouraged to review this Privacy Policy at appropriate intervals.

This policy was last updated in September 2025.

Consent

This policy does not constitute a contract or contractual obligation. You are freely able to withdraw your consent to Digital Gorilla processing your data by contacting us using the details outlined above, however this may severely hamper our ability to market or deliver our services to your business.

Media and Testimonials
With client consent, we may display photos, videos, or testimonials on our website or social media platforms. Clients may withdraw their consent at any time by contacting us.

Additional Points

Please note the use of your personal data may also be required by law (tax etc) and if you don’t provide certain information we will not be able to carry out our services.