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1.
Introduction
This
policy covers this site's use of personal information
that may be collected when you use this site. The policy
also gives you information about cookies.
From
time to time, you will be asked to submit personal information
about yourself (e.g. name and email address) in order
to receive or use services on our website. Such services
may include newsletters, message boards, and site membership.
By
entering your details in the fields requested, you enable
this site to provide you with the services you select.
Whenever you provide such personal information, we will
treat that information in accordance with this policy.
When using your personal information we will will act
in accordance with current legislation and aim to meet
current Internet best practice.
2. Visitor Information
During the course of any visit to this
site, the pages you see, along with a short text file
called a 'cookie', are downloaded to your computer. Many
websites do this, because cookies enable website publishers
to do useful things like find out whether the computer
(and probably its user) has visited the website before.
This is done on a repeat visit by checking to see, and
finding, the cookie left there on the last visit.
Information supplied by cookies can help
us to provide you with a better online user experience
and assist us to analize the profile of our visitors.
3.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes
an anonymous unique identifier that is sent to your browser
from a website's computer and stored on your computer's
hard drive. Each website can send its own cookie to your
browser if your browser's preferences allow it, but (to
protect your privacy) your browser only permits a web
site to access the cookies it has already sent to you,
not the cookies sent to you by other sites.
Many sites do this whenever a user visits their website
in order to track online traffic flows.
Cookies record information about your online preferences.
Users have the opportunity to set their computers to accept
all cookies, to notify them when a cookie is issued, or
not to receive cookies at any time. Each browser is different,
so check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how
to change your cookie preferences.
If you have set your computer to reject cookies you can
still browse the web site. For further information on
cookies please visit http://www.aboutcookies.org/.
4. Use and storage
of your personal information
In general, any information you provide will only be
used for internal purposes and by our agents and service
providers. Your information will be disclosed where we
are obliged or permitted by law. Also, if you post or
send offensive, inappropriate or objectionable content
anywhere on or to this site or otherwise engage in any
disruptive behaviour, we can use whatever information
that is available about you to stop such behaviour. This
may involve informing relevant third parties such as your
employer, school e-mail/Internet provider and law enforcement
agencies about the content and your behaviour.
We will hold your personal information on our systems
for as long as you use the service you have requested,
and remove it in the event that the purpose has been met.
For safety reasons, however, the site may store messaging
transcript data (including message content, member names,
times and dates) arising from the use of the site. |
