We are committed to
safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; this policy sets out how we
will treat your personal information.
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;
(c) information that
you provide to us for the purpose of registering with us (including your First
Name, Last Name, E-Mail Address, Street Address, City, County, Post Code,
Country, Telephone Number and Fax Number);
(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;
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 use
"session" cookies on the website. We will use the session cookies to:
keep track of you whilst you navigate the website.
Session cookies will
be deleted from your computer when you close your browser.
Our payment services
provider "PayPal" may also send you cookies. Please consult their
website to see their privacy policy.
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.
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.
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.
We will not without
your express consent provide your personal information to any third parties for
the purpose of direct marketing.
All our website
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 website.
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.
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).
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.
You expressly agree to
such transfers of personal information.
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 be encrypted using SSL technology via our payment provider's website.
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.
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.
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.
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.)
The website contains
links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or
practices of third party websites.
Please let us know if
the personal information which we hold about you needs to be corrected or
updated.
If you have any
questions about this privacy policy or our treatment of your personal data,
please contact us by email, telephone, fax or by post using the information on
our contact page.