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 (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
(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 the website. We will use the session
cookies to: keep track of you whilst you navigate the website. We will use the persistent cookies to: enable our website 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 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.
Our advertisers/payment services providers
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.
(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)
(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.
(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.
(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 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 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 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 have
any questions about this privacy policy or our treatment of your personal data,
please write to us by email to info@inksforprinters.co.uk or by post to POSTAL ADDRESS TO BE UPDATES
(12) Data controller
The data controller responsible
for our website is The FL Company.
