This Privacy Policy explains how Horizon Echo Studios Ltd collects, uses, stores, shares, and protects personal data when operating its entertainment-studio business, including through its website, communications, productions, events, and related services.
1. Introduction and company information
This Privacy Policy applies to personal data processed by Horizon Echo Studios Ltd, the data controller for the purposes of applicable privacy laws.
Company name: Horizon Echo Studios Ltd
Address: Horizon Echo Studios, 2a Ironmonger Row, London EC1V 3QF, United Kingdom
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +44 20 7946 8372
Horizon Echo Studios Ltd operates as an entertainment studio and may process personal data in connection with creative production, casting, talent management, client services, marketing, events, website operation, and general business administration.
2. Data collection and processing
Horizon Echo Studios Ltd may collect and process the following categories of personal data, depending on your relationship with us and the services involved:
- Identity data: name, professional name, date of birth, nationality, and similar identifying details.
- Contact data: postal address, email address, telephone number, and social media handles.
- Professional data: CVs, portfolios, showreels, headshots, biographies, credits, audition submissions, skills, experience, representation details, and employment history.
- Financial data: payment details, billing information, invoices, and transaction records.
- Technical data: IP address, browser type, device information, log files, cookies, and usage data from our website and digital platforms.
- Communication data: emails, messages, call notes, feedback, and enquiry records.
- Image, audio, and video data: photographs, video recordings, audition recordings, behind-the-scenes content, and other production-related media.
- Special category data: where necessary and lawful, limited data such as health information, accessibility requirements, or other sensitive information relevant to casting, production safety, or workplace adjustments.
We may collect personal data directly from you, from your representatives, from publicly available sources, from business partners, from casting or production platforms, from website analytics tools, and from service providers or third parties lawfully entitled to share such information with us.
We process personal data by automated and manual means, including collection, recording, organisation, storage, adaptation, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure, restriction, deletion, and destruction.
3. Purpose of data processing
Horizon Echo Studios Ltd processes personal data for the following purposes:
- to provide entertainment-studio services and manage productions;
- to assess casting, talent, and collaboration opportunities;
- to administer contracts, engagements, and payments;
- to communicate with clients, performers, crew, agents, suppliers, and partners;
- to organise rehearsals, auditions, shoots, sessions, events, and related logistics;
- to maintain business records and internal administration;
- to manage our website, improve functionality, and analyse usage;
- to conduct marketing, publicity, and promotional activities where permitted;
- to comply with legal obligations, regulatory requirements, and lawful requests;
- to protect our rights, property, personnel, and operations;
- to prevent fraud, abuse, and security incidents; and
- to support health, safety, accessibility, and production planning requirements.
4. Legal basis for processing
Horizon Echo Studios Ltd relies on one or more of the following legal bases, as applicable:
- Consent: where you have given clear consent for specific processing activities, such as optional marketing or certain uses of sensitive information.
- Contract: where processing is necessary to enter into or perform a contract with you.
- Legal obligation: where processing is required to comply with applicable laws, regulations, tax obligations, or lawful requests.
- Legitimate interests: where processing is necessary for our legitimate business interests, provided that your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests, including studio operations, business administration, production management, fraud prevention, and service improvement.
- Vital interests: in limited circumstances where processing is necessary to protect someone’s life or physical safety.
- Public interest or other applicable lawful grounds: where permitted by applicable law.
Where special category data is processed, we will only do so where a lawful condition under applicable privacy law applies, such as explicit consent or another permitted basis.
5. Data sharing and third parties
Horizon Echo Studios Ltd may share personal data with the following categories of recipients where necessary and lawful:
- production partners, broadcasters, distributors, and commissioning clients;
- cast, crew, agents, managers, and representatives;
- IT, hosting, cloud storage, analytics, communications, and security providers;
- payment processors, banks, accountants, auditors, and professional advisers;
- event venues, logistics providers, and on-location support teams;
- marketing, publicity, and social media service providers;
- legal, regulatory, and law enforcement bodies where required by law;
- insurance providers and claims handlers;
- other third parties involved in delivering or supporting our services.
We require third parties who process personal data on our behalf to implement appropriate confidentiality, security, and data protection obligations. We do not sell personal data.
6. Data transfer to third countries
Where personal data is transferred outside the United Kingdom and/or other applicable jurisdictions, Horizon Echo Studios Ltd will take appropriate measures to ensure that the transfer is lawful and that an adequate level of protection is in place. Such measures may include:
- transfers to countries recognised as providing adequate protection;
- standard contractual clauses or equivalent safeguards;
- supplementary technical and organisational measures where appropriate;
- your explicit consent, where legally permitted and appropriate; or
- other legally recognised transfer mechanisms.
7. Storage duration
Horizon Echo Studios Ltd retains personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including to satisfy legal, accounting, tax, contractual, and operational requirements.
The retention period depends on the nature of the data and the purpose of processing. In general:
- contractual and financial records are retained for the period required by law and business necessity;
- casting, production, and collaboration records are retained for a period appropriate to the project lifecycle and any related legal obligations;
- marketing data is retained until you withdraw consent or object, where applicable;
- website and technical data are retained for a limited period based on operational, security, and analytics needs.
When personal data is no longer required, we will delete it, anonymise it, or securely archive it in accordance with our retention practices and applicable law.
8. User rights
Subject to applicable law, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Access: to request confirmation of whether we process your personal data and obtain a copy of that data.
- Rectification: to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
- Erasure: to request deletion of your personal data in certain circumstances.
- Restriction: to request that we limit the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
- Data portability: to request transfer of certain data to you or another controller in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.
- Objection: to object to processing based on legitimate interests or to direct marketing at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details in the Contact Information section. We may need to verify your identity before responding. We will respond within the timeframe required by applicable law.
9. Withdrawal of consent
Where processing is based on consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawal of consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal.
You can withdraw consent by contacting Horizon Echo Studios Ltd at [email protected] or by using any unsubscribe or preference management options we provide. If you withdraw consent, we may no longer be able to provide certain services or communications dependent on that consent.
10. Right to complain
If you have concerns about how Horizon Echo Studios Ltd handles your personal data, please contact us first so we can try to resolve the issue.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority or regulator in your jurisdiction. If you are in the United Kingdom, this is typically the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
11. Data security
Horizon Echo Studios Ltd takes appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure, or access. These measures may include:
- access controls and authentication procedures;
- secure storage and encryption where appropriate;
- staff confidentiality obligations and training;
- regular review of systems, processes, and permissions;
- backup, monitoring, and incident response measures;
- third-party due diligence and contractual safeguards.
While we take reasonable steps to protect personal data, no method of transmission or storage is completely secure. You should also take care to protect your own information when communicating with us electronically.
12. Contact information
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data protection practices, please contact:
Horizon Echo Studios Ltd
Horizon Echo Studios, 2a Ironmonger Row, London EC1V 3QF, United Kingdom
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +44 20 7946 8372
13. Changes to privacy policy
Horizon Echo Studios Ltd may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, legal requirements, or operational needs. Any updated version will be posted with a revised effective date where appropriate.
We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we process personal data. Your continued use of our services after changes are posted may constitute acknowledgment of the updated policy, where permitted by law.