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
information:
(a)
information about your computer and about your visits to and use of this website (including
your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version,
operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views
and website navigation paths);
(b) information relating to any use you may make of our free legal
notices;
(c)
information that you provide to us for the purpose of registering with us;
(d) information that you provide
to us for the purpose of subscribing to our website services; and
(e) any other information that
you choose to send to us.
(2) Cookies
A cookie consists of a piece of text 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 use both “session” cookies and “persistent” cookies on the website. We
will use the cookies to keep track of you whilst you navigate
the website and to enable our website to recognize 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.
We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of this website. Google Analytics
generates
statistical
and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users’ computers. The information generated relating to our website is used
to create reports about its use. Google will store this
information. Google’s privacy policy is available at:
http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html.
Most browsers allow you to reject
all cookies, whilst some browsers allow you to reject just third-party 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.
Blocking all cookies will,
however, have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites, including this one.
(3) Using your personal information
Personal information submitted to us via 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 personalizing the website;
(c) enable your use of the
services available on the website;
(d) send you non-marketing commercial communications.
(e) send you email notifications that you have specifically
requested;
(f) send
to you 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);
(g)
provide third parties with statistical information about our users – but this information will
not
be used to
identify any individual user; and
(h) deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to the
website.
Where you
submit personal information for publication on our website, we will publish and otherwise use that information in accordance with the license you grant to
us.
(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 your
personal information:
(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);
(d) to the purchaser (or prospective purchaser) of any business or asset
that we are (or are contemplating) selling; and
(e) to any person who we
reasonably believe may apply to a court or other competent authority for disclosure of that personal information where, in our reasonable
opinion, such court or authority would be reasonably likely to
order disclosure of that personal information.
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 Area. In addition, personal information that
you submit for publication on the website will be published
on the internet and may be
available, via the internet, around the world. We cannot prevent the use or misuse of such information by others.
You expressly agree to such
transfers of personal information.
(6) Security of your personal information
We will take reasonable technical and organizational precautions to
prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal
information.
We will
store all the personal information you provide on our hosting provider’s secure
(password- and
firewall-protected) servers.
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 (except
when you log in to the website).
(7) Policy amendments
We may update this privacy policy from time-to-time by posting an updated version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes.
(8) Your rights
You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we
hold about you. Provision of such information will be subject
to:
(a) the payment
of a fee (currently fixed at £10.00); and
(b) the supply of appropriate evidence of your identity (for this purpose,
we will usually accept a photocopy of your passport certified
by a lawyer or bank plus an original copy of a utility bill showing your current address).
We may withhold such personal
information to the extent permitted by law.
You may instruct us not to process your personal information for marketing
purposes, by sending an email to us. In practice, you will
usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your
personal information for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt out of the use of your personal information 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 information, please write to us by email:
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