We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. We
want you to use our site and our weblog with confidence and this
policy sets out how we will use your information.
This policy (together with our terms of use (see our WEBSITE’S
TERMS OF USE) and our acceptable use policy (see ACCEPTABLE USE)
set out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or
that you provide to us, will be used by us. Please read it carefully.
For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the Act), the data
controller is Charles Paxton of The Webcat.
INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT FROM YOU
We may collect and process the following information about you:
1 information that you provide by filling in forms on our site. This
includes posting material on our site. We may also ask you for
information when you report a problem with our site;
2 if you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence;
and/or
3 information about your computer and details of your visits to our site
and the resources that you access.
IP ADDRESSES AND COOKIES
We may collect information about your computer, including where
available: your IP address, operating system and browser type, for
system administration and to report aggregate information to our
advertisers. This is statistical data about our users' browsing actions
and patterns and does not identify any individual.
For the same reason, we may obtain information about your general
internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive
of your computer. 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 don't use our own Cookies, but we may, now or in the future, use
Google Analytics Cookies. 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.
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). Please note, though, that if you select this
setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our site.
Please note that our advertisers and other third party contributors may
also use cookies, over which we have no control.
USE AND SECURITY OF 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.
Personal and other information that you submit for publication on the
blog will be published on the internet and may be available, via the
internet, around the world.
Your use of our blog (if we establish one) signifies that you expressly
agree to such transfers of personal information.
We will not collect your personal information from this website in any
other form than visitors' statistics and your communications to us
though email or as comments on the blog.
All electronic communications by you to us are voluntary upon your
part and made entirely at your own risk.
As data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure, and we
cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet you are
advised not to submit sensitive information to the this website.
We will not provide your personal information to any third parties for
the purpose of direct marketing.
DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION
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; and/or
(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).
Except as provided in this privacy policy, we will not provide your
information to third parties.
SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
YOUR RIGHTS
Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites
of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link
to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their
own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or
liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you
submit any personal data to these websites.
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
The Data Protection Act 1998 gives you the right to access
information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in
accordance with the Act. Any access request may be subject to a fee
of £10 to meet our costs in providing you with details of the
information (if any) that we hold about you.
CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be
posted on this page.
JURISDICTION AND APPLICABLE LAW
The English courts will have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising
from, or related to, a visit to our site.
These terms of use and any dispute or claim arising out of or in
connection with them or their subject matter or formation (including
non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales.
VARIATIONS
We may revise these terms of use at any time by amending this page.
You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice
of any changes we made, as they are binding on you. Some of the
provisions contained in these terms of use may also be superseded by
provisions or notices published elsewhere on our site.
CONTACT
Questions, comments, concerns and requests regarding these terms
and conditions, policies and any material appearing on our site this
privacy policy are welcomed and should be sent by e-mail to
contact@thewebcat.biz or by post to The WebCat, Greywalls, Maulds
Meaburn, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 3HN.