Privacy Policy
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MAILING LISTS
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British-Genealogy.com is committed to protecting the privacy of all visitors to our web sites and mailing lists.
This document outlines our privacy policy relating to usage of British-Genealogy.com websites and mailing lists. This policy applies to all web sites operated by British-Genealogy.com (but not to customer web sites hosted by British-Genealogy.com) except when they explicitly state otherwise. Even where allowed by this policy, British-Genealogy.com will not use your personal data in such a way as to breach the Data Protection Act or any other relevant UK legislation. This policy may change from time to time, without notice. Please see www.british-genealogy.com/lists/privacy (this page) for the latest version.
British-Genealogy.com do not, and will not provide the list of email addresses in mailing lists that are hosted at British-Genealogy.com to third party organisations.
British-Genealogy.com collects very little information about visitors to our web sites. However, every time you view a British-Genealogy.com web page, we may store web server logs which show your IP address (the Internet number which your machine uses when it is connected to the Internet) or the IP address of the web proxy you use. In addition we may store other information your web browser passes to us including what you looked at, what you previously looked at, whether the page request was successful or not, and which browser you used to view the pages.
This data is used strictly for statistical purposes only. This helps us understand which areas of the site are of particular interest and also which pages are being requested that no longer exist. It also tells us how many hits and page requests we get.
We process the logs into statistical form on a daily basis. The original logs are destroyed after two months. We may correlate your accesses on different dates within this two-month period to gain further information (e.g. which pages people visit regularly), which will only be used in statistical form.
From time to time we may make use of "tracking tags". These are small images on a web page. When you look at a web page containing one of these tags a web log is updated showing this. These log entries are handled in the manner described above, just like all other entries. We use these to track the take up of specific promotions available from the web site.
We will not share any of the information collected from your accesses to our site with anyone outside British-Genealogy.com. We will never release information about the activities of an individually identifiable person or IP address except in response to a court order or if we are required to do so by law.
A cookie is a small amount of data, which is sent to your browser by the web server, stored on your computer, and then sent back when you subsequently look at pages on that server. They are usually used to help remember who you are and what interests you. Generally British-Genealogy.com may uses cookies (or similar mechanisms) to track your use of the site and to maintain a record of your visit to enhance the experience of using the site. A new European Directive (2002/58/EC) will come into force in the UK during 2003. This imposes new rules on the use of cookies and similar mechanisms. We are reviewing our policies to bring them into line with this Directive, and will update this privacy policy accordingly.
There may be some links on the British-Genealogy.com web site that will take you outside of the British-Genealogy.com system.
From time to time British-Genealogy.com or our associates may run competitions or special offers from a British-Genealogy.com web site. Entry into the competitions and application for the special offers usually requires you to enter personal data such as your name, address, email address and telephone numbers. We may also ask you for some general information about your Internet activity for statistical research. At all times there will be a notice that forms part of the entry rules which states what the information is collected for, what it will be used for and who (if anyone) the information is passed to. You will always be offered an option to opt out of your data being used for anything other than entry in the competition or special offer, although this will normally require you to "tick" a box.
All data that is collected from the site, be that web site access logs, competition entry information, or special offer information is stored in a secure environment which is protected from unauthorised access, improper use, alteration, unlawful, or accidental loss or destruction.
If we do ask you for any personal data (name, address, telephone numbers, email addresses, etc.) for competition or offer purposes then we will only store this data for up to 12 months after the end of the competition or the offer. We will then destroy all data relating to the competition or offer.
We will ask for the minimum amount of data that is required for us to set up the service and (if necessary) to contact you for billing purposes. We may also ask you other questions for our own purposes. If we do, it will be clearly stated that you need not answer these questions and that failing to answer will not affect the service. All this data will be collected securely using a secure server. Lists of subscribers to a mailing list are visible only to the list administrator of each mailing list, and are used for mailing list administrative purposes only.
Write to us at the following address if you require us to alter any information that you have submitted to us as part of a competition entry or special offer:
Database Manager
Any questions about this privacy policy should be sent via email to privacy@british-genealogy.com
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