Our Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 27/07/2025

At BLCK TALENT, we are committed to protecting your privacy and safeguarding your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, and protect the information you provide when using our website, services, and digital platforms.

1. Who We Are

BLCK TALENT is a UK-based online platform operating from Essex, United Kingdom. We connect talent with businesses and brands and provide digital content, marketing and brand assistance, resources, and online courses.

BLCK TALENT acts as the data controller, meaning we are responsible for how and why your personal data is collected and processed.

For privacy related enquiries, contact us at: Email: Hello@blcktalent.com

2. Information We Collect

We may collect the following personal data:

  • Full name

  • Email address

  • Social media handles

  • Business names

  • Payment information

  • Postal addresses (only where explicitly required and with consent)

3. How We Collect Data

We collect personal data through:

  • Newsletter sign-up forms

  • Application, onboarding, and submission forms

  • Cookies and website tracking tools

  • Payment processing systems

We may also collect limited usage data (such as pages visited and time spent on site) through tools like Google Analytics to help improve our website and services.

4. Lawful Basis for Processing Your Data

Under the UK GDPR, we must have a lawful reason for processing personal data. We process your data under the following lawful bases:

  • Consent – when you sign up, submit forms, opt into newsletters, marketing communications, or provide optional information

  • Contractual necessity – to deliver services, process payments, manage collaborations, and fulfil agreements

  • Legitimate interests – to improve our platform, manage business operations, prevent fraud, and ensure platform security

  • Legal obligation – where processing is required to comply with UK law

By using our services, submitting forms, or signing up to our platform, you acknowledge and agree to the processing of your data in line with this policy.

5. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

  • Connect talent with relevant business opportunities

  • Match businesses with suitable influencers or creatives

  • Process transactions and deliver digital products or services

  • Send updates, newsletters, and marketing communications (where consent has been given)

  • Improve our website, services, and user experience

  • Manage communication between talent, businesses, and our team

6. Sharing Your Data

We only share personal data where necessary and with appropriate safeguards in place.

This may include:

  • Sharing social media handles with businesses to facilitate collaborations

  • Sharing business names with talent as part of opportunity introductions

  • Sharing addresses and/or email addresses with brands only with explicit consent, typically for PR packages or campaigns

  • Sharing payment data with PayPal for secure transaction processing

  • Sharing email and engagement data with Mailchimp for marketing communications (if opted in)

We may also share limited data with platforms used for analytics, communication, and internal operations, including Google Analytics, Gmail, and Google Drive.

We do not sell your personal data.

7. Cookies and Tracking

Our website, hosted on Squarespace, uses cookies to enhance functionality and analyse website traffic.

Cookies may collect information such as:

  • Device type

  • IP address

  • Browser behaviour

Cookies are only placed where you have provided consent through our cookie banner or browser settings, except where cookies are strictly necessary for site functionality.

We also use third-party cookies from Trustpilot to display reviews and analyse interaction with Trustpilot content. You can manage or withdraw cookie consent at any time via your browser settings or Trustpilot’s cookie tools. Disabling cookies may affect certain website features.

8. International Data Transfers

We use trusted third-party services including:

  • Google (Analytics, Gmail, Drive, reCAPTCHA)

  • Mailchimp

  • PayPal

  • Squarespace

Some of these providers may process data outside the United Kingdom. Where personal data is transferred internationally, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as UK adequacy regulations or standard contractual clauses approved under UK GDPR.

9. Data Security

We take reasonable and appropriate measures to protect your personal data, including:

  • Secure platforms and infrastructure

  • Access controls and permission management

  • Encryption where available

  • Use of trusted, GDPR-compliant third-party processors

While no system can guarantee absolute security, we take data protection seriously and continuously review our safeguards.

10. Data Retention

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this policy or to meet legal obligations. You may request deletion of your data at any time.

11. Your Rights

Under the UK GDPR, you have the right to:

  • Access the personal data we hold about you

  • Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data

  • Request deletion of your personal data

  • Object to or restrict certain types of processing

  • Withdraw consent to marketing communications at any time

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO):
www.ico.org.uk

To exercise any of your rights, contact us at Hello@blcktalent.com.

12. Children’s Data

BLCK TALENT does not knowingly collect personal data from individuals under the age of 16. If we become aware that such data has been collected, it will be deleted promptly.

Individuals under the age of 18 may purchase or access digital courses or educational resources where appropriate; however, BLCK TALENT does not provide collaboration, representation, or talent-matching services to anyone under the age of 18.

13. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, BLCK TALENT and its directors, employees, partners, affiliates, and agents shall not be liable for any direct or indirect loss arising from:

  • Use or inability to use our platform, services, or digital products

  • Unauthorised access to personal data beyond our reasonable control

  • Service interruptions, platform outages, or third-party failures

  • Errors, omissions, external transmissions, or harmful components such as viruses

  • Transactions, communications, or relationships formed between third parties introduced via the platform

BLCK TALENT acts solely as an intermediary when facilitating connections between talent and businesses and does not guarantee collaboration outcomes, engagements, or commercial success.

Where we provide marketing support, brand strategy, consultancy, digital products, or educational resources, these are offered for guidance and support purposes only. We do not guarantee specific results, performance outcomes, revenue, growth, or commercial success, as outcomes may vary based on individual circumstances, effort, market conditions, third-party actions, and external factors beyond our control.

Nothing in this policy excludes or limits liability that cannot be excluded by law, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud, or breach of statutory duty.

While we take all reasonable and appropriate measures to protect personal data, no system can guarantee absolute security. In the unlikely event of a personal data breach that poses a risk to individuals’ rights and freedoms, we will notify affected individuals and the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) where required by law.

14. Professional Standards & Outcomes

Our courses, digital products, and resources are designed to support growth and development. However, we do not guarantee specific outcomes, earnings, or results. Individual outcomes may vary based on effort, market conditions, and external factors.

BLCK TALENT provides courses, digital products, and resources intended to support users in developing skills, accessing opportunities, or growing their brand or business. However, we do not guarantee specific outcomes, results, or earnings from the use of our content.

Individual results may vary depending on factors including personal effort, market conditions, and external circumstances beyond our control.

By using our courses or digital resources, you acknowledge and agree that BLCK.TALENT shall not be held liable for any perceived lack of success, missed opportunities, or outcomes that do not meet your expectations.

15. Third-Party Services

Third-party platforms we use operate under their own privacy policies. We only work with providers that are GDPR-compliant or offer equivalent data protection standards.

16. Website & Content Notice

Some images on this website are AI-generated and used for illustrative purposes only. They do not represent real individuals, clients, or creators.

All website content, branding, visuals, and AI-generated imagery are owned by BLCK TALENT unless otherwise stated and may not be reproduced without permission.

17. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. Any changes will be reflected by updating the effective date at the top of this page.

18. Contact Us

We respect your privacy. We only collect the info you provide to help you find talent or opportunities, and we never sell your data.

For privacy-related requests, data access, or deletion, contact us at:
Hello@blcktalent.com