privicy policy/02
This policy replaces our previous statement.
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, such as 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 items or services bought as well as billing information.
[(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 (including your email address and ip).
(e) any other information that you choose to send to us.
We will not disclose any information we obtain from
you except where needed for the purpose of providing a service or goods
through a third party and you will be informed in advance that we are doing so.
(2) Cookies
We use cookies on this website. A cookie is a text
file sent by a web server to a web browser, and is stored by the browser.
The text file 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 send a cookie which may be stored on by your
browser on your computer�s hard drive. We may use the information we
obtain from the cookie in the administration of this website, to
improve the website�s usability and for marketing purposes. We may also
use that information to recognise your computer when you visit our
website, and to personalise our website for you. Our advertisers 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.
We use Google Analytics to analyse 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 the use of the website. Google will store this
information. Google's privacy policy is available at:
http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html.
(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 to be sent by emailing us at optout@theorangedog.com.
[(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 our websites or products and services.]
[(k) OTHER USES.]
We will not without your express consent provide your
personal information to any third parties for the purpose of direct
marketing.
(4) Other disclosures
In addition to the disclosures reasonably necessary
for the purposes identified elsewhere in this privacy policy, 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;
[(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.]
[If you are in the European Union, information which
you provide may be transferred to countries (including [the United
States], [Canada], [And other countries as deemed by orangedog It])
which do not have data protection laws equivalent to those in force in
the European Union. You expressly agree to such transfers.]
(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 servers. All electronic transactions you make to
or receive from us will 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 unless
we are upgrading a social site on your behalf, however guarantee not to
delv into your personal information held within your profile. We will
also ask you to change your password before we enter so you can alter
it once we complete the upgrade.]
(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 (to [enquiries@theorangedog.com)
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 wish to contact us about this policy please click on our contact page.
*privacy policy in asociation with website-law Ltd.