Joint Controller Statement

Last updated on 10 January 2025

When you use the SheerLuxe App that connects with The Dots, The Dots is a joint controller with Sheerluxe Limited (‘SheerLuxe’) over some of your data. 

This webpage is intended by The Dots and SheerLuxe to be the written arrangements between joint controllers as required by data protection laws

What does it mean to be joint controllers? 

The Dots and SheerLuxe jointly decide what some of your data is used for, and what data is shared between them. 

When The Dots and SheerLuxe are joint controllers:

When you create or sign in to your The Dots account using the SheerLuxe App:

  • SheerLuxe helps The Dots verify whether the account details you entered into the App match their records, and provides your email address to The Dots to complete the form that invites you to sign in or create an account with The Dots. 
  • If you don't have an account with The Dots yet, SheerLuxe will make the following information available to The Dots: your first and last name, profile picture. The Dots uses this data to complete a draft profile for you with The Dots and add you to relevant groups in the App (e.g. [insert example]). You can edit your draft profile and any of this data that has been provided to us by SheerLuxe before creating your Dots account.
  • If you provide The Dots with your seniority, job title and experience as part of creating an account with The Dots, this data may be shared with SheerLuxe.

When you use the SheerLuxe App:

  • The Dots and SheerLuxe collect analytical information about how you use the App, such as which sections you use the most. The Dots provides the technology to capture this data, which is made available to SheerLuxe via an analytics dashboard. The Dots' technology will also track errors or issues you encounter whilst using the App.

Further information :

  • If you have any queries about the ways in which your data is handled when The Dots and SheerLuxe are joint controllers, you can contact either SheerLuxe or The Dots. You can contact SheerLuxe here and The Dots here.
  • If you wish to make a subject access request, deletion request or exercise any other rights you have under data protection law, you can contact either SheerLuxe or The Dots.
  • If you contact SheerLuxe, then SheerLuxe lead in responding to you, but may need to check in with The Dots to ensure they're responding to your query in full. The same goes if you contact The Dots.

You can read SheerLuxe’s privacy policy here and The Dots' privacy policy here.