Our Privacy Policy

What information do we collect and how do we use it?
We collect several types of information depending on which website facilities you use. The types of information and uses are explained below.

If you are a registered user of any specific features of this website, we may use the information from the types described below to offer personalised information when you use the website, notify you of changes to our service, ask your opinions and to help us improve our service to you.

1. Information that you voluntarily provide to us
We collect and process information that you provide for specific purposes. This may include information volunteered by you such as your name, email address, mailing address and telephone number and your preferred means of communication. We use the information to provide you with the specific information, product or services that you request from us and to communicate with you. If you contact us we may keep a record of that correspondence.

If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to us or using the form on our Contact Us page.

2. Website usage information
We receive and store certain information whenever you interact with us. We collect website usage information from a number of sources: our web server and internet service providers; URLs passed to us when you enter our site; various search engine companies; IP addresses and cookies.

We collect web usage information during your visits to our site. This information includes data on the date, time, page viewed or searched for, subscriptions made and other information relating to your browsing activity on our website. Where you are a registered user of certain features of our website and have logged in, we may collect web usage information to enable us to build a demographic profile. We may also use web usage information to create statistical data regarding the use of our website. We may then use or disclose that statistical data to others for marketing and development purposes. No individuals will be identified in such data.

We collect web usage information to help us to develop and deliver services and information that better meet your needs as a visitor to this website, and to inform you of events, services and products which we believe to be relevant to you and where you have consented to be contacted for such purposes.

3. IP Addresses
We use IP addresses to analyse trends, track users' movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

4. Cookies and Web Beacons
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. Choosing to decline cookies may prevent you from taking full advantage of any interactive features of the website.

A web beacon is a transparent image file used to monitor your journey around a single website or collection of sites. They are also referred to as web bugs and are commonly used by sites that hire third-party services to monitor traffic. They may be used in association with cookies to understand how visitors interact with the pages and content on the pages of a web site.

We may serve third-party advertisements that use cookies and web beacons in the course of ads being served on our website to ascertain how many times you've seen an advertisement. No personally identifiable information you give us is provided to them for cookie or web beacon use, so they cannot personally identify you with that information on our web site.

Some third-party advertisements may be provided by Google, which uses cookies to serve ads on this site. Google uses the DoubleClick DART cookie which enables it to serve ads to our users based on their visits to this site and other sites on the Web. You may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.

Browsers can be set to accept or reject cookies or notify you when a cookie is being sent. Privacy software can be used to override web beacons. Taking either of these actions shouldn't cause a problem with our site, should you so choose.

Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
This website is directed to adults; it is not directed at children under the age of 13. We operate our site in compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, and will not knowingly collect or use personal information from anyone under 13 years of age.

Disclosure of information
We may disclose information to government bodies and law enforcement agencies for their enforcement purposes. We will only disclose information about you to others where the law allows. We will not sell, rent or disclose your information to any third parties, other than those set out in this privacy policy, without your consent.

Linking to other websites
This website contains links to many other websites. Anonymous visit or session information may be passed to other websites for the web usage information purposes described above. None of this information can be related to an individual user of the website. The operators of other sites may collect information from you which will be used by them in accordance with their own data protection policy.

This privacy policy applies only to this website. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites. You should always be aware of this when you leave this website and we encourage you to read the privacy statement on any other website that you visit.