privacy policy

Protecting your privacy is really important to us. Accordingly, we’re providing this privacy policy to explain our practices regarding the collection, use and disclosure of information that we receive when you use our website. It contains links to other sites. We can’t be responsible about their privacy principles, and we recommend to read their policy. Any information that we collect is subject to the privacy policy in effect at the time that information is collected. We keep the right to make some changes to this policy. By using this website, you consent to the collection, storage and use of the information as described below.

  1. 1.

    Introduction

    1. 1.1.

      We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our web site visitors; in this Policy we explain how we will treat your personal information.

    2. 1.2.

      By using our web site and agreeing to this policy, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this Policy.

  2. 2.

    Collecting personal information

    1. 2.1.

      We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal information:


      • 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 and website navigation paths);
      • information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our email notifications and/or newsletters (including your name and email address);
      • information that you provide to us when using the services on our website, or that is generated in the course of the use of those services (including the timing, frequency and pattern of service use);
      • information contained in or relating to any communication that you send to us or send through our website (including the communication content and metadata associated with the communication);
      • any other personal information that you choose to send to us.
    2. 2.2.

      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 this Policy.

  3. 3.

    Using personal information

    1. 3.1.

      Personal information submitted to us through our website will be used for the purposes specified in this Policy.

    2. 3.2.

      We may use your personal information to:

      • administer our web site and business;
      • personalize our web site for you;
      • send you non-marketing commercial communications;
      • send you email notifications;
      • send you our email newsletter (you can inform us at any time if you no longer require the newsletter);
      • send you marketing communications relating to our business which we think may be of interest to you;
      • keep our website secure and prevent fraud.
    3. 3.3.

      We will not, without your express consent, supply your personal information to any third party for the purpose of their or any other third party’s direct marketing.

  4. 4.

    Disclosing personal information

    1. 4.1.

      We may disclose your personal information to any of our employees, officers, insurers, professional advisers, agents, suppliers or subcontractors insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this Policy.

    2. 4.2.

      We may disclose your personal information:

      • to the extent that we are required to do so by law;
      • in connection with any ongoing or prospective legal proceedings;
      • 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).
    3. 4.3.

      Except as provided in this policy, we will not provide your personal information to third parties.

  5. 5.

    Retaining personal information

    1. 5.1.

      Personal information that we process for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.

    2. 5.2.

      Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 6, we will retain documents (including electronic documents) containing personal data:

      • to the extent that we are required to do so by law;
      • if we believe that the documents may be relevant to any ongoing or prospective legal proceedings;
      • 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).

  6. 6.

    Security of personal information

    1. 6.1.

      We will take reasonable technical and organizational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.

    2. 6.2.

      We will store all the personal data you provide on our protected servers.

  7. 7.

    Amendments
    We reserve the right to change, alter, or update this Policy at any time. We encourage you to review this page periodically for possible updates.

  8. 8.

    Third party websites

    1. 8.1.

      Our website includes hyperlinks to and details of third party websites.

    2. 8.2.

      We have no control over, and are not responsible for the privacy policies and practices of third parties.

  9. 9.

    Updating information
    Please let us know if the personal information that we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.

  10. 10.

    Site usage and user tracking

    1. 10.1.

      Our web site uses cookies. A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.

    2. 10.2.

      Cookies may be either persistent cookies or session cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.

    3. 10.3.

      Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

    4. 10.4.

      Cookies can be used by web servers to identify and track users as they navigate different pages on a website and identify users returning to a website.

  11. 11.

    Blocking cookies

    1. 11.1.

      Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies. You can find information on popular browsers and how to adjust your cookie preferences at the following websites:

    2. 11.2.

      If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.