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We
are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website(s) 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 these websites (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 these websites, including information
relating to any purchases you make of our goods or services;
(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, email notifications and/or newsletters;
(e) any other
information that you choose to send to us.
(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 these websites. We will use the session cookies to: keep
track of you whilst you navigate these websites. We will use the
persistent cookies to: enable our websites 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.
We
can use Google Analytics to analyse the use of these websites. Google
Analytics generates statistical and other information about websites
use by means of cookies, which are stored on users' computers. The
information generated relating to our websites is used to create
reports about the use of the websites. Google will store this information.
Google's privacy policy is available at: http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html.
Our advertisers/payment
services providers may also send you cookies.
TradeDoubler:
As a visitor you can choose not to be shown ads selected using interest-based
advertising by visiting TradeDoubler’s information page for
http://www.tradedoubler.com/uk-en/legal/targeting.html.
We
can publish Google Adsense interest-based advertisements on our
websites. These are tailored by Google to reflect your interests.
To determine your interests, Google will track your behaviour across
the web using cookies. You can view, delete or add interest categories
associated with your browser using Google's Ads Preference Manager,
available at: http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/. You can opt-out
of the Adsense partner network cookie at: http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html.
However, this opt-out mechanism uses a cookie, and if you clear
the cookies from your browser your opt-out will not be maintained.
To ensure that an opt-out is maintained in respect of a particular
browser, you should use the Google browser plug-in available at:
http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/plugin.
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.
(3) Using your personal data
Personal
data submitted on these websites will be used for the purposes specified
in this privacy policy or in relevant parts of the websites.
We may use your
personal information to:
(a)
administer the websites;
(b)
improve your browsing experience by personalising the websites;
(c)
enable your use of the services available on the websites;
(d)
send to you goods purchased via the websites, and supply to you
services purchased via the websites;
(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 these websites.
Where
you submit personal information for publication on our websites,
we will publish and otherwise use that information in accordance
with the license you grant to us.
We will not
without your express consent provide your personal information to
any third parties for the purpose of direct marketing.
All
our websites financial transactions are handled through our payment
services provider, Paypal. You should only provide your personal
information to Paypal after reviewing the Paypal privacy policy
(available at www.paypal.com). We will share information with Paypal
only to the extent necessary for the purposes of processing payments
you make via our websites.
(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 other countries which do
not have data protection laws equivalent to those in force in the
European Economic Areas (EEA).
In
addition, personal information that you submit for publication on
these websites will be published on the internet and may be available,
via the internet, around the world.
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.
We will store
all the personal information you provide on our secure (password-
and firewall- protected) servers. All electronic transactions you
make to or receive from us will sometimes be encrypted using SSL
technology.
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 websites. 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
These
websites 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 contact:
Full
company name: Online Consumer Information Services (OCIS).
Address:
39 Albion Road, Fordingbridge, Hampshire SP6 1EW
Contact: enquiries@ocisuk.co.uk
or get
listed/contact us
(12) Data controller
The
data controller responsible for our websites is:
John E. Buckingham
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