widdess.net Privacy
Policy
We are committed to safeguarding the
privacy of our website visitors; this policy sets out how we will treat your
personal information.
Our website uses cookies to preserve your session, and remember your
user ID. We will ask you to consent to our use of cookies in accordance with
the terms of this policy when you first visit our website. By using our website
and agreeing to this policy, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance
with the terms of this policy.
(1) Credit
This document was created using an SEQ Legal template.
(2) What information do we collect?
We may collect, store and use the
following kinds of personal information:
[(a) information
about your computer and about your visits to and use of this website (including
your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating
system, referral source, length of visit, page views, website navigation).
[(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 (including name, user ID,
email address, irreversibly encrypted password, and optionally address and
phone number).
[(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.
[(f) other information.
Before you disclose to us the personal information of another person,
you must obtain that person's consent to both the disclosure and the processing
of that personal information in accordance with the terms of this privacy
policy.
[(3) Cookies
We use
"session" cookies and persistent cookies on the website. 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 will use
the session cookies to: keep track of you whilst you navigate the website; keep
track of items in your shopping basket; prevent fraud and increase website
security; and keep you logged in. We will use the persistent cookies to: enable
our website to recognise you when you visit; keep track of your preferences in
relation to your use of our website.
Your behaviour
on our website and on other websites across the web using the DART cookie. You
can view, delete or add interest categories associated with your browser
Personal information submitted to us via 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
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
you our newsletter and other marketing communications relating to our business
which we think may be of interest to you, by post or, where you have
specifically agreed to this, by email or similar technology (and 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;
(k) keep
the website secure and prevent fraud;
(l) verify
compliance with the terms and conditions governing the use of the website
(including monitoring private messages sent through our website private
messaging service);
(m) publish
user names of fishing match participants.
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.[1]
Your privacy settings can be used to limit the publication of your
information on the website. You can adjust your privacy settings by emailing
We will not, without your express consent, provide your personal
information to any third parties for the purpose of direct marketing.
(5) Disclosures
We may disclose your personal information to any of our employees,
officers, agents, suppliers or subcontractors insofar as reasonably necessary
for the purposes set out in this privacy policy.
In addition, we may disclose your personal information:
(a) to
the extent that we are required to do so by law;
(b) in
connection with any ongoing 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);
(d) to
the purchaser (or prospective purchaser) of any business or asset that we are
(or are contemplating) selling.
[(e) to
any person who we reasonably believe may apply to a court or other competent
authority for disclosure of that personal information where, in our reasonable
opinion, such court or authority would be reasonably likely to order disclosure
of that personal information.
Except as provided in this privacy policy, we will not provide your
information to third parties.
(6) 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.
Information which you provide may be transferred to countries which do
not have data protection laws equivalent to those in force in the European
Economic Area.
In addition, personal information that you submit for publication on the
website will be published on the internet and may be available, via the
internet, around the world. We cannot prevent the use or misuse of such
information by others.
You expressly agree to such transfers of personal information.
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.
Registration and login transactions
entered into via the website will be protected by encryption technology.
You acknowledge that the transmission of
information 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 other login details] confidential. We will not ask you for your
password (except when you log in to the website).
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.]
You may instruct us to provide you with
any personal information we hold about you. Provision of such information will
be subject to:
(a) the
payment of a fee (currently fixed at GBP 10)
(b) the
supply of appropriate evidence of your identity
We may withhold such personal
information to the extent permitted by law.
You may instruct us not to process your
personal information for marketing purposes, by sending an email to us. In
practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your
personal information for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an
opportunity to opt out of the use of your personal information for marketing
purposes.
(10) Third party websites
The website contains links to other
websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of third
party websites.
(11) Updating
information
Please let us know if the personal
information which we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our treatment of
your personal information, please write to us by email to
(13) Data controller
The data controller responsible
in respect of the information collected on this website is
Our data protection registration number is ZA025298.
[1] The relevant licence should be set out in the appropriate disclaimer/terms of use/terms of subscription etc document.