Privacy Policy

www.townsandvillages.co.uk Privacy Policy
Statement of Privacy Principles

We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected and understand the need for appropriate protection of all personal information provided by you to us. This privacy policy has been created in order that you understand the importance that we attach to this issue and our commitment to ensuring that we comply with United Kingdom legislation in this regard.

Your Consent

By entering and using our Website, and where required providing personal details, you consent to the collection, use and retention of your personal information for our legitimate business purposes as explained and set out in this Privacy Policy.

(a) From time to time, you might be asked to submit personal information about yourself (e.g. name and email address) in order to receive or use services on our Website. Such services might include, but are not limited to, newsletters and message boards. By entering your details in the fields requested, you enable Domain Support Ltd and its service providers to provide you with these services. Whenever you provide such personal information, we will treat that information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. When using your personal information Domain Support Ltd will act in accordance with current legislation and aim to meet current Internet best practice.

(b) We may wish from time to time, to forward your details to other similar companies, predominantly but not limited to one of our sister companies, in order that they may send you information about other products and services that we feel may be of interest to you.

Should you wish, having given your consent, to withdraw at any time, you can do so by emailing us using this form or by writing to the address below.

Collection, Use and Retention of Information

We collect, use and retain information about you only if you have specifically provided us with this information and if we reasonably believe it is justified, required and useful in order to conduct our business effectively and to provide you with information about products and services we believe will be of interest to you.

Protection of Information

We maintain appropriate security standards and procedures in relation to the collection, use and retention of your information in order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure.

Should you contact us, our security procedures mean that we may request proof of identity before we are able to disclose any information to you.

Disclosure to Third Parties

We do not disclose your personal information to any third party without your consent (as detailed above) except when necessary in relation to any supply of products and/or services by us to you or in order to protect against fraud or any other crime (usually by providing such information to a reputable information reporting organisation) or in the unlikely event that we sell our business then to the purchaser of that business.

We may in addition from time to time share non-personal, non-individual information in aggregate form with third parties for business purposes, for example with advertisers on our Website or we may tell our business partners the number of customers in certain demographic groups who purchased/used certain services. This does not involve the disclosure of any personal information, which can identify any particular customer in any way.

Employee Access to Information

Your information is disclosed to our employees, agents and representatives on "a need to know" basis and we confirm that all such persons understand the importance of client confidentiality and privacy.

Cookies

Our Website may employ the use of "Cookies". These are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive and which track and report back information about you to us. Most browsers automatically accept Cookies, but you can usually change your browser to prevent that if you wish.

Access to Your Personal Information

You have the right to request a copy of personal information that Domain Support Limited holds about you and to have any inaccuracies corrected. We charge £10.00 for information requests. Please address requests to the Data Protection Officer, Domain Support Limited, PO Box 10 Rye, East Sussex TN31 9AB. 

Updating, Maintenance and Accuracy

We do our best at all times to ensure that all information held relating to you is kept up-to-date, accurate and complete. In this regard, we also rely on you to notify us if your information requires updating or deleting. We will respond to requests from you to so update or delete your information in an efficient and timely manner. 

Users aged 16 and Under

If you are aged 16 or under, please get your parent / guardian's permission beforehand whenever you provide information to the Website. Users without this consent are not allowed to provide us with information.

Links to other Web Sites

Our Website may contain links to other Sites that are operated and/or owned by third parties. We do not have control over such third party Sites and cannot accept responsibility should you decide to enter them. 

In the event that you give us information about another person, you confirm that they have appointed you to act for them, to consent to the processing of their personal information including any sensitive personal data and to receive on their behalf any data protection notices.

General information about data protection may be found on the Information Commissioner's website: www.dataprotection.gov.uk

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