Definitions.
This
privacy policy is applicable to any personal information
which is given by you to us ("Personally Identifiable Information")
via the web site located at www.simetric.co.uk and all its
related channels ("the SI Metric site"). "You" shall mean
you, the user of the site, "SI Metric" or "Start
in Business" shall mean Walker & Gibson Publishing Limited
and the "the SI Metric site" shall have the meaning as set
out above.
Personally identifiable information is information, such
as your name, birth date, e-mail address or mailing address,
that can be used to uniquely identify you.
Anonymous information is not personally identifiable information.
Anonymous information is information about how you use our
site (such as pages you visit and searches you do). Anonymous
information also includes the domain names and/or I.P. addresses
(as explained below) of internet browsers that visit our
site, the time of day the site was visited, and other non-personal
information.
Privacy
Policy
As
an Internet pioneer, we understand the power that the Internet
holds for changing your life and making things easier for
you and your business. These benefits are at risk if people
are concerned about their personal privacy. We are committed
to providing you with an Internet experience that respects
and protects your personal privacy choices and concerns.
Our privacy policy and practices are detailed below. Please
read them thoroughly.
We make three pledges to you:
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We will not release personally identifiable information
about you without your permission (except as needed
to provide to you the services you have expressly requested).
See "third party relationships" below.
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You can manage and control the information that you
have voluntarily provided to us.
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You can tell us what your privacy questions and concerns
are so that we can respond.
We
constantly improve the tools you can use to manage the data
that you provide to us. Please refer to this page from time
to time to see these new features.
Third Party Relationships: Personally identifiable information.
SI Metric shall not sell or otherwise transfer the
personally identifiable information to unaffiliated third
parties unless You have authorised us to share it (e.g. submissions
to the premises or business request service).
If applicable, You will have the opportunity to indicate
whether You would like to "opt out" of receiving promotional
and/or marketing information about other products, services
and offerings from SI Metric and/or any third parties.
If you have authorised us to share your personal information
and have changed your mind, contact
us stating your wishes.
When we share your personal information with other companies,
they can use this information but cannot use this information
with other information they have about you or share this
information with other companies or people without your
express permission.
Use
of Anonymous Information.
SI
Metric reserves the right to perform statistical
analyses of user behaviour and characteristics
in order to measure interest in and use
of the various areas of the site and to
inform advertisers of such information
as well as the number of users that have
been exposed to or clicked on their advertising
banners.
SI Metric will provide only aggregated
data from these analyses to third parties.
SI Metric is not responsible for any actions
or policies of any third parties who request
personal information and users should
check the applicable privacy policy of
such party.
You should be aware that information and
data may be automatically collected through
the use of "cookies". "Cookies" are small
text files a web site can use to recognize
repeat users and allow SI Metric to observe
behaviour and compile aggregate data in
order to improve the SI Metric Site and
to target its advertising. Cookies do
not attach to Your system and damage Your
files. If You do not want information
collected through the use of cookies,
there is a simple procedure in most browsers
that allows You to deny or accept the
cookie feature.
Data retention:
We
purge every two weeks the browsing information
that we collect.
User
Updates, Amendments and Corrections.
You
may notify SI Metric of any updates, amendments and corrections
to previously collected Personally Identifiable Information
by using the link - 'Contact Us'
.
Further, upon Your request, SI Metric will use commercially
reasonable efforts to delete Your personally identifiable
information from its database; however, it may be impossible
to delete Your entry without some residual information because
of backups and records of deletions.
SI Metric reserves the right, at any time, to modify,
alter, or update this privacy policy and any changes shall
be notified to all users.
Should You have any further questions regarding the use
of Your personal information or have any comments on the
nature of it's use, please contact
us.
