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We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of
our website visitors; this policy sets out how we will treat your
personal information.
(1) What information do we collect?
We may collect, store and use the following kinds
of personal data:
(a) information about your computer and
about your visits to and use of this website (including your IP
address, geographical location, browser type, referral source,
length of visit and number of page views);
(b) information relating to any transactions
carried out between you and us on or in relation to this
website, including information relating to any purchases you
make of our goods or services (including name and
geographical location);
(c) information that you provide to us for the purpose of
registering with us (including name, address and email address);
(d) information that you provide to us for the purpose of
subscribing to our website services, email notifications and/or
newsletters (including name, address and email address);
(e) any other information that you choose to send to us; and
(2) Cookies
A cookie consists of
information sent by a web server to a web browser, and stored by the
browser. The information is then sent back to the server each time
the browser requests a page from the server. This enables the web
server to identify and track the web browser.
We may use both “session” cookies and
“persistent” cookies on the website. We will use the session cookies
to: keep track of you whilst you navigate the website; We will use
the persistent cookies to: enable our website to recognise you when
you visit;
Session cookies will be deleted from your
computer when you close your browser. Persistent cookies will remain
stored on your computer until deleted, or until they reach a
specified expiry date.]
Our advertisers/payment services providers may
also send you cookies.
Most browsers allow you to
refuse to accept cookies. (For example, in Internet Explorer you can
refuse all cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Internet Options”,
“Privacy”, and selecting “Block all cookies” using the sliding
selector.) This will, however, have a negative impact upon the
usability of many websites, including this one
(3) Using your personal
data
Personal data submitted on this website will be
used for the purposes specified in this privacy policy or in
relevant parts of the website.
We may use your personal information to:
(a) administer the website;
(b) improve your browsing experience by
personalising the website;
(c) enable your use of the services available
on the website;
(d) send to you goods purchased via the
website, and supply to you services purchased via the website;
(e) send statements and invoices to you, and
collect payments from you;
(f) send you general (non-marketing)
commercial communications;
(g) send you email notifications which you
have specifically requested;
(h) send to you our newsletter and other
marketing communications relating to our business or the
businesses of carefully-selected third parties which we think
may be of interest to you by post or, where you have
specifically agreed to this, by email or similar technology (you
can inform us at any time if you no longer require marketing
communications)
(i) provide third parties with statistical information about
our users – but this information will not be used to identify
any individual user;
(j) deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you
relating to the website; and
All our website financial transactions are
handled through our payment services provider. You should only
provide your personal information to them after reviewing their
privacy policy. We will share information with them only to the
extent necessary for the purposes of processing payments you make
via our website.
(4) Disclosures
We may disclose information about you to any of
our employees, officers, agents, suppliers or subcontractors insofar
as reasonably necessary for the purposes as set out in this privacy
policy.
In addition, we may disclose information about
you:
(a) to the extent that we are required to do
so by law;
(b) in connection with any legal proceedings
or prospective legal proceedings;
(c) in order to establish, exercise or defend
our legal rights (including providing information to others for
the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk); and
(d) to the purchaser (or prospective purchaser) of any
business or asset which we are (or are contemplating) selling.
Except as provided in this privacy policy, we
will not provide your information to third parties.
[(5) International data transfers
Information that we collect may be stored and
processed in and transferred between any of the countries in which
we operate in order to enable us to use the information in
accordance with this privacy policy.
Information which you provide may be transferred
to countries which do not have data protection laws equivalent to
those in force in the European Economic Areas (EEA).
You expressly agree to such transfers of personal
information.
(6) Security of your personal data
We will take reasonable technical and
organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration
of your personal information.
Of course, data transmission over the internet is
inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data
sent over the internet.
You are responsible for keeping your password and
user details confidential. We will not ask you for your password.
(7) Policy amendments
We may update this privacy policy from
time-to-time by posting a new version on our website. You should
check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any
changes.
We may also notify you of changes to our privacy
policy by email.
(8) Your rights
You may instruct us to provide you with any
personal information we hold about you. Provision of such
information may be subject to the payment of a fee (currently fixed
at £10.00).
You may instruct us not to process your personal
data for marketing purposes by email at any time. (In practice, you
will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your
personal data for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an
opportunity to opt-out of the use of your personal data for
marketing purposes.)
(9) Third party websites
The website contains links to other websites. We
are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of third
party websites.
(10) Updating information
Please let us know if the personal information
which we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.
(11) Contact
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our
treatment of your personal data, please write to us by email via our
contact form or by post
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