Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains our data processing practices and only applies to the websites of http://www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk and http://www.hsfb.co.uk and http://www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk/forums.
Version: V1.2 15 July 2007
This Privacy Policy explains our data processing practices and only applies to these websites. Other websites to which these websites links are not covered by this Privacy Policy. If you have any queries concerning your personal information or any questions on our use of the information, please contact:
At Health and Safety for Beginners (HSfB) we are committed to protecting the privacy of our customers and website visitors. Our relationship with you is valuable and we understand the importance you place on the privacy and security of information which personally identifies you. In that respect, and whether you are a first time visitor to our website or a regular user, we take your privacy seriously. Please read the following in order to learn more about our privacy policy and our information gathering and dissemination practices.
Introduction
Health and Safety for Beginners (HSfB) respects each individual's right to personal privacy. We will collect and use information through our Web sites only in the ways disclosed in this statement. This statement applies solely to information collected at Health and Safety for Beginners' (HSfB) Web site.
Part I. Information Collection
Health and Safety for Beginners (HSfB) collects information through our Web sites when you register your membership to our community forums. We collect the following information about community members: Username; E-mail address; Password; Confirmation of password; Internet Protocol (IP) address of all posts is recorded to aid in enforcing action against users who break the Terms and Conditions of use for Health and Safety for Beginners (HSfB).
Health and Safety for Beginners (HSfB) does not actively market to children.
During our Prize Draw competitions and other competitions organised by Health and Safety for Beginners, we may collect personally identifiable information in order to provide you with notification of prizes and to enable registration for certain prizes where appropriate.
This information will be given voluntary by you and may include:
Your name; email address; telephone number; home address.
We will collect address details to allow delivery of our online shop items through our secure PayPal merchant services (PayPal terms and conditions will apply when using their services). Address details will not be given or sold to any third parties. PayPal will manage all transactions and we will never have access to your credit card details or bank details.
Health and Safety for Beginners is registered with the Information Commissioner, notification reference number - dac940.
We collect the following general data that is not personally identifiable information:
We do employ cookies. A cookie is a small text file that our Web server places on a user's computer hard drive to be a unique identifier. Cookies enable Health and Safety for Beginners (HSfB) to deliver customized content to users only via our community forums and Google Adsense advertising campaigns (Google Adsense terms and conditions will apply). Our cookies do not collect personally identifiable information.
The community forums system uses cookies to store information on your local computer. These cookies do not contain any of the information you have entered at the time of registering with the community forums; they serve only to improve your viewing pleasure. The e-mail address is used only for confirming your registration details and password (and for sending new passwords should you forget your current one), or for sending you vital information regarding your account or any important information regarding accounts or web site changes affecting members.
We collect this information through the community registration forms and automatic logging on files. The information is collected voluntary when you select the ‘automatically log on' option to do so.
Part II. Information Usage.
The information collected by Health and Safety for Beginners (HSfB) will be used only for confirming your registration details and password (and for sending new passwords should you forget your current one), or for sending you vital information regarding your account or any important information regarding the community forums. Users who provide information will receive confirmation of registration emails and vital important information regarding accounts or web site changes affecting members.
Registered users of the community forums will receive additional announcements from us about products, services, special deals, and various other offers.
The HSfB newsletter software collects your email address to which you voluntary provide in order to receive our newsletter. You have the option to remove yourself from this software at any time, which will delete your email address and will stop any future correspondence between HSfB and the email address you supply upon registration.
Registered users of the HSfB newsletter may receive additional announcements about products, services, special deals and various other offers. Out of respect for the privacy of our users we present the option to not receive these types of communications and the option to receive or cancel future newsletters.
The information we collect will not be used to create customer profiles based on browsing or purchasing history. We will not supplement information collected at our Web site with data from other sources.
We offer links to other Web sites. Please note: When you click on links to other Web sites, we encourage you to read their privacy policies. Their standards may differ from ours.
Our Web sites offers community forums. Please be advised that information posted in these venues becomes public knowledge.
If our policy on information collection or uses changes, we expect most such changes to be minor, but there may be changes that are more significant. Regardless, we will post those changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will also provide a more prominent notice. Each version will be noted at the top of the page. We will also advise you by site news alerts on the main homepage and in the community forums announcement section.
Part III. Access to Information
Health and Safety for Beginners (HSfB) maintains the accuracy of our information by the community forums registration confirmation procedure. Users may access their own personal information and contact us about inaccuracies they may find. Please contact by any means using the contact page on the web site:
Health and Safety for Beginners
7 Cuffabouts
Bo'ness
West Lothian
Scotland
EH51 9LP
Tel. +44 (0) 1506 200109
Email:
Users may delete their information from our database by contacting us and requesting removal of account via any of the means above or by private message/email in the community forums.
Part IV. Problem Resolution
If problems arise, users may contact Health and Safety for Beginners (HSfB) by any means that are stated above. We are committed to resolving disputes within two working days.
Part V. Data Storage and Security
Health and Safety for Beginners (HSfB) protects user information with the following security measures: up-to-date forum versions; every item published is scanned for virii by up-to-date anti-virus software and web host standard security which can be viewed here: http://www.blackfoot.co.uk/hosting/hosting.html
By clicking Register you agree to be bound by these conditions.