© 2006-
Last updated: 1st July 2008
Your privacy is important to us. This policy sets out what we will and won’t do with
your personal information. We strive to offer you, its visitors and users (“you”,
“your(s)”), the many advantages of Internet technology and to provide an interactive
and personalised experience.
This website is owned, controlled, operated and administered
entirely within the UK by Vimark Solutions Limited (“we”, “us”, “our(s)”) and is
registered under the UK Data Protection Act. Company registered in England No: 3340441.
What
information we collect
We, and other companies within our affiliated group, may use
personal information that you provide (your name, e-
You may unsubscribe to our mailing list
at any time by clicking on an unsubscribe link in any email, or contacting us.
How we collect and store information depends on the
page you are visiting, the activities in which you elect to participate and the services
provided.
For example, you may be asked to provide information when you register for
access to certain portions of our site or request certain features, such as newsletters
or to be called back.
You may provide information when you access other interactive
areas of our site.
Like most websites, we also collect information automatically and
through the use of electronic tools (cookies) that may be transparent to our visitors.
For
example, we may log the name of your Internet Service Provider or use cookie technology
to recognise you and hold information from your visit.
Among other things, the cookie
may store your user name and password, sparing you from having to re-
In certain cases, you can choose not to provide
us with information, for example by setting your browser to refuse to accept cookies,
but if you do you may be unable to access certain portions of the site or may be
asked to re-
Things we do with the information
The
personal information we collect is for the purpose of processing your details so
we can tailor our services to your needs.
We also use personal information collected
on on any of our websites to communicate with you about your registration and customisation
preferences, our terms of service and privacy policy as well as our company, services
and products. Your data may also be used for other purposes, including but not limited
to site administration, troubleshooting, processing of e-
We will use your information
only as permitted by law.
We may aggregate information so that it does not personally
identify you.
We may use it, for example, to combine information about your usage
patterns with similar information obtained from other users to help enhance our site
and services (e.g. to learn which pages are visited most or what features are most
attractive).
Whilst we will not supply your personal information for third parties
to use except as specified below, our mailings may include information on the products
and services of third parties that we think you might find of interest.
Disclosure of information
We will never share, sell or rent your personal information
with anyone outside our organisation without your advance permission, subject to
the following:
We may also disclose your information in response to a court order,
at other times when we believe we are reasonably required to do so by law.
Certain
third parties who provide technical support for the operation of our site (our web
hosting service for example) may access such information but only in circumstances
where they are legally obliged to keep the information confidential and not to use
it for their own purposes.
Aggregated information may occasionally be shared with
our advertisers and business partners.
Again, this information does not include any
personal information about you or allow anyone to identify you individually.
In addition,
from time to time as we continue to develop our business, we may sell, buy or merge
other businesses. In such transactions, user information may be among the transferred
assets.
Location of data
Some of those to whom we may transfer your personal information
may be located in various countries, which at present have not been designated as
having an adequate data protection system in place. Whilst your data is outside of
the UK it will continue to be handled in accordance with this data protection policy.
By providing us with your data you indicate your consent to the transfer of your
data to countries outside of Europe.
Affiliated sites, linked sites and advertisements
We
expects our partners, advertisers and affiliates to respect the privacy of our users.
Please
be aware, however, that third parties, including our partners, advertisers, affiliates
and other content providers accessible through our site, may have their own privacy
and data collection policies and practices.
We are not responsible for the use of
your personal information by such third parties.
You should check the applicable privacy
policies of those third parties when providing information on a feature or page they
operate.
We do not control the use of this technology by third parties or the resulting
information, and is not responsible for any actions or policies of such third parties.
Changes
to this Policy
We reserve the right to change this policy at any time. Please check
this page periodically for changes.
Your continued use of our site following the posting
of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes.
Information collected
prior to the time any change is posted will be used according to the rules and laws
that applied at the time the information was collected.
Governing law
This policy is
governed by English law and any disputes are to be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction
of English courts of law.