Trader & Legal Information Notice
| Document | 19-trader-legal-notice.md (PUBLIC) |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Effective date | 24 July 2026 |
| Last updated | 24 July 2026 |
| Owner | RELAYLANE LABS LTD |
| Review | 12-monthly, and on any significant change (change of registered details, contact details, or distribution markets) |
This notice provides the trader and legal information required by the UK Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002 and the Companies Act 2006 (trading disclosures). If the service is made available in the European Union in future, this notice will be updated to cover the EU Digital Services Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, Articles 30–31) and related consumer-information law.
1. Who we are
| Legal entity | RELAYLANE LABS LTD |
| Company number | 17162321 |
| Registered in | England and Wales (Companies House) |
| Registered office | Lavender Cottage Hazelden Farm, Marden Road, Cranbrook, England, TN17 2LP, United Kingdom |
| Trading as | The Third Connection |
| Service | The Third Connection — an 18+ dating and social-events service (website, mobile apps, and in-person ticketed events) |
2. How to contact us
| support@thethirdconnection.com | |
| Postal address | Lavender Cottage Hazelden Farm, Marden Road, Cranbrook, England, TN17 2LP, United Kingdom |
We aim to respond to enquiries as soon as we reasonably can. For privacy requests, safety reports and complaints, see the routes in our Privacy Policy, Community Guidelines and Complaints Policy (section 6).
3. App-store trader declarations (EU)
The Third Connection is not currently distributed to users in the European Union. If it is distributed through the Apple App Store or Google Play to EU users in future, RELAYLANE LABS LTD will act as a trader for the purposes of the EU Digital Services Act, and the details in sections 1–2 of this notice will be provided to Apple and Google for verification and public display on our app-store listings, as those platforms require.
4. Regulators and supervisory bodies
- Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) — the UK supervisory authority for data protection: ico.org.uk.
- Ofcom — the UK regulator for online safety under the Online Safety Act 2023: ofcom.org.uk.
- Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) — the UK regulator for consumer protection law: gov.uk/cma.
- We are not a member of any trade association or professional body, and no authorisation scheme applies to the service.
5. Dispute resolution
We are not currently signed up to an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) scheme, and we are not required to be. UK consumers retain their statutory rights, including the right to bring a claim in court, and may contact us via section 2 with any dispute; see also our Complaints Policy. The service is not currently available in the European Union; if that changes, we will state the applicable EU dispute-resolution position here.
6. Related legal documents
- Privacy Policy — www.thethirdconnection.com/privacy
- Terms of Service — www.thethirdconnection.com/terms
- Community Guidelines
- Child Safety Standards
- Account deletion — email privacy@thethirdconnection.com
- Complaints Policy
7. Where the service is hosted
The Third Connection is operated from the United Kingdom. Our servers are hosted with Amazon Web Services in the AWS eu-west-2 (London, United Kingdom) region. Some service providers we use to run the service (for example payment, email and push-notification providers) may process limited data in other jurisdictions, as described in our Privacy Policy.
This notice is provided by RELAYLANE LABS LTD, company number 17162321, registered office Lavender Cottage Hazelden Farm, Marden Road, Cranbrook, England, TN17 2LP, United Kingdom.
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