Your privacy

Privacy Policy Introduction

We fully value, and wish to respect, the right to privacy of an individual and we intend for our users to be fully aware of any information we collect from them, how we use that information, and under what circumstances, if any, we would disclose it.

The folowing applies only to information collected via this website.

Information Collection and Use

We respect each site visitor's right to personal privacy. To that end, we collect and use information throughout our website only as disclosed in this Privacy Policy. It is not required that a user registers to use this website, although doing so provides a more personalised and richer experience.

Un-subscribed Users (Non-members)

We collect no specific personal information on un-subscribed users of this website. We do however track non-identity related data for statistical reporting of trends, such as :

• host domain & TLD
• browser version
• operating system version

In addition, if an un-subscribed user provides information to us of their own free will, such as through a contact or order form, the details provided by them will be used by us solely for the purposes of responding and/or carrying out actions requested by the user.

Subscribed Users (members)

Subscribed users have the option of providing additional personal information for the purposes of personalization of their user experience and to enable us to provide an improved level of service to them. In addition to the information provided freely by subscribed users, this website may also track their IP address and any action undertaken by the user whilst using the website. This is for the purpose of tracking general website trends and to provide an ehanced user experience through "favourites" and "suggestions" based on a users usage.

Provision of Information to 3rd Partys

No information you provide to us will be shared with any 3rd party for commercial purposes. From time to time, general statistical trends, of which your information will be a component, may be provided to a 3rd party, but your personal information will not be released.

At times, personal information will be supplied to a 3rd party where it is deemed absolutely necessary and doing so would be a fair expectation of the behalf of the user, for example, providing the users contact details to a sponsor who is awarding the prize for a competition the user has entered into and subsequently won.

Newsletters / Ezine

This website sends out periodical email newsletters to subscribed users. These are generated from the content of the website and are for "information" not "advertising" purposes. Subscribed users may choose to be excluded from these mailouts at any time by visiting the edit profile page and managing their account settings from there.

Cookies

This website uses cookies to assist in personalisation of the user experience. It is not required to have cookies enabled to use this website, but doing so provides a richer feature-set for the user. No private personal information is stored in these cookies, only user preferences and browser session variables used to manage a users authentication.

Removal of Information

If at anytime a user wishes to have their personal information deleted permanently from our records they should contact us directly to arrange this. We aim to fulfil these requests within 48 hours. Please note that copies of the data may remain on backup media for sometime afterwards until the backup expires.

Conflict Resolution

We are committed to providing our users with the best possible levels of service. If you feel we have not lived up to this goal please contact us directly. We aim to resolve all issues with 48 hours of receipt.

Notification of Changes

This policy, as with all others related to this website, may be updated from time to time. Any changes will be posted on the website prior to implementation.

Contact Information

If you have a question about this policy or require further information, please contact us via our contact page