This Privacy Policy discloses the privacy
practices for MeggydogComputers.co.uk website and various related services
(together referred to as the site). As the provider of this, we are committed to
protecting your privacy online. In a nutshell our privacy policy states that we
will never rent, sell or lease your information to anyone else. So, please read
the information below to learn the following regarding your use of this site.
You acknowledge that this Privacy Policy is part of our Site Terms of Use, and
by accessing or using our site, you agree to be bound by all of its terms and
conditions. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not access or use this
site.
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time. Such changes,
modifications, additions or deletions shall be effective immediately upon notice
thereof, which may be given by means including, but not limited to issuing an
email to the email address listed by registered users and posting the revised
Policy on this page. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to
maintain a valid email address as a registered user, review this site and this
Policy periodically and to be aware of any modifications. Your continued use of
the site after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of
the modified Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by the modified
Policy.
1. Types of Information Collected
In order to better provide you with our numerous services, we collect two types
of information about our users: Personally Identifiable Information and
Non-Personally Identifiable Information. Our primary goal in collecting
information from you is to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized
experience while using our site.
Personally Identifiable Information: This refers to information that lets us
know the specifics of who you are. When you engage in certain activities on this
site, such as registering for a membership, ordering a product or service,
submitting content and/or posting content in discussion forums or other public
areas, entering a contest or sweepstakes, filling out a survey, or sending us
feedback, we may ask you to provide certain information about yourself by
filling out and submitting an online form. It is completely optional for you to
elect to engage in these activities, however, we may ask that you provide us
personal information, such as your first and last name, mailing address
(including zip code), email address, employer, job title and department,
telephone and facsimile numbers, and other personal identifying information.
When ordering products or services on the site, you may be asked to provide a
credit card number. Depending upon the activity, some of the information we ask
you to provide is identified as mandatory and some as voluntary. If you do not
provide the mandatory data with respect to a particular activity, you will not
be able to engage in that activity.
Non-Personally Identifiable Information: This refers to information that does
not by itself identify a specific individual. We gather certain information
about you based upon where you visit on our site in several ways. This
information is compiled and analyzed on both a personal and an aggregated basis.
This information may include the Web sites Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that
you just came from, which URL you next go to, what browser you are using, and
your Internet Protocol (IP) address. A URL is the global address of documents
and other resources on the World Wide Web. An IP address is an identifier for a
computer or device on a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
network, such as the World Wide Web. Networks like the Web use the TCP/IP
protocol to route information based on the IP address of the destination. In
other words, an IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your
computer whenever you are surfing the web, allowing web servers to locate and
identify your computer. Computers require IP addresses in order for users to
communicate on the Internet.
2. Collection Methods and Use of Information
We do not collect any Personally Identifiable Information about you unless you
voluntarily provide it to us. You provide certain Personally Identifiable
Information to us when you (a) register for our services and register your email
address with us; (b) enter sweepstakes or contests sponsored by us or one of our
partners; (c) sign up for special offers from selected third parties; (d) send
email messages, submit forms or transmit other information by telephone or
letter; or (e) submit your credit card or other payment information when
ordering and purchasing products and services on our site. We may also collect
information from you at other points on our site that state that such
information is being collected.
In addition, we may also collect, or our third party ad server and/or content
server may collect, certain Non- Personally Identifiable Information. This
information is ultimately stored in the form of store categories, and, in some
cases, specific URLs. We use your IP address to diagnose problems with our
servers, software, to administer our site and to gather demographic information.
Our third party ad servers will also provide us with summary, but not
individual, reports that will tell us how many ads were presented and clicked
upon at out site.
We will primarily use your Personally Identifiable Information to provide our
services to you, as required by our agreements with you. We will also use
Personally Identifiable Information to enhance the operation of our site, fill
orders, improve our marketing and promotional efforts, statistically analyze
site use, improve our product and service offerings, and customize our sites
content, layout, and services. We may use Personally Identifiable Information to
deliver information to you and to contact you regarding administrative notices.
We may also use Personally Identifiable Information to resolve disputes,
troubleshoot problems and enforce our agreements with you, including our Site
Terms of Use, Sales Terms and Conditions, and this Private Policy.
3. Release of Information
We do not sell, trade, or rent your Personally Identifiable Information to
others. We do provide some of our services through contractual arrangements with
affiliates, services providers, partners and other third parties. We (and our
service partners) use your Personally Identifiable Information to operate our
sites and to deliver their services. For example, we must release your credit
card information to the card-issuing bank to confirm payment for products and
services purchased on this site; release your address information to the
delivery service to deliver products that you ordered; and provide order
information to third parties that help us provide customer service.
We will encourage our service partners to adopt and post privacy policies.
However, the use of your Personally Identifiable Information by our service
partners is governed by the privacy policies of those service partners, and is
not subject to our control.
Occasionally we may be required by law enforcement or judicial authorities to
provide Personally Identifiable Information to the appropriate governmental
authorities. We will disclose Personally Identifiable Information upon receipt
of a court order, subpoena, or to cooperate with a law enforcement
investigation. We fully cooperate with law enforcement agencies in identifying
those who use our services for illegal activities. We reserve the right to
report to law enforcement agencies any activities that we in good faith believe
to be unlawful.
We may also provide Non-Personally Identifiable Information about our customers
sales, traffic patterns, and related site information to third party
advertisers, but these statistics do not include any Personally Identifiable
Information.
4. Updating and Correcting Information
We believe you should have the ability to access and edit the Personally
Identifiable Information that you have provided to us. You may change any of
your Personally Identifiable Information in your account online at any time by
linking to your account in accordance with instructions posted elsewhere on this
site. You may also access and correct your personal information and privacy
preferences by writing us at:
Meggydog Computers
Unit 2
Robshaws Yard
Glebe Street
Castleford
West Yorkshire
WF10 4AL
Please include your name, address, and/or email address when you contact us.
We encourage you to promptly update your Personally Identifiable Information if
it changes. You may ask to have the information on your account deleted or
removed; however, because we keep track of past transactions, you cannot delete
information associated with past transactions on this site. In addition, it may
be impossible to completely delete your information without some residual
information because of backups.
5. User Choices on Collection and Use of Information
We may, from time to time, send you email regarding our products and services.
In addition, if you indicated upon registration that you are interested in
receiving offers or information from us and our partners. Only we (or agents
working on behalf of Meggydog Computers and under confidentiality agreements)
will send you these promotional offers and only if you indicated that you do not
object to these offers. If you do not want to receive such mailings, simply tell
us when you give us your personal information. Or, at any time you can edit your
account information to no longer receive such offers and mailings.
You also have choices with respect to cookies, as described below. By modifying
your browser preferences, you have the choice to accept all cookies, to be
notified when a cookie is set, or to reject all cookies. If you choose to reject
all cookies some parts of our site may not work properly in your case.
6. Security of Information
At our site you can be assured that your Personally Identifiable Information is
secure, consistent with current industry standards. The importance of security
for all Personally Identifiable Information associated with our user is of
utmost concern to us. Your Personally Identifiable Information is protected in
several ways. Access by you to your Personally Identifiable Information is
available through a password and unique customer ID selected by you. This
password is encrypted. We recommend that you do not divulge your password to
anyone. In addition, your Personally Identifiable Information resides on a
secure server that only selected key personnel and contractors have access to
via password. We encrypt your Personally Identifiable Information and thereby
prevent unauthorized parties from viewing such information when it is
transmitted to us.
Personal information that you provide that is not Personally Identifiable
Information also resides on a secure server and is only accessible via password.
Since this information is not accessible from outside our company you will not
be asked to select a password in order to view or modify such information.
In order to most efficiently serve you, credit card transactions and order
fulfillment are handled by established third party banking, processing agents
and distribution institutions. They receive the information needed to verify and
authorize your card or other payment information and to process and ship your
order.
Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network
can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect
your Personally Identifiable Information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are
security and privacy limitations of the Internet which are beyond our control;
(b) the security, integrity and privacy of any and all information and data
exchanged between you and us through this site cannot be guaranteed; and (c) any
such information and data may be illegally viewed or tampered with in transit by
a third party.
7. Cookies
When you use our site we will store cookies on your computer in order to
facilitate and customize your use of our site. A cookie is a small data text
file, which a Web site stores on your computer\'s hard drive (if your Web browser
permits) that can later be retrieved to identify you to us. Our cookies store
randomly assigned user identification numbers, the country where you are
located, and your first name to welcome you back to our site. The cookies make
your use of the site easier, make the site run more smoothly and help us to
maintain a secure site. You are always free to decline our cookies if your
browser permits, but some parts of our site may not work properly in that case.
We may use an outside ad serving company to display banner advertisements on our
site. As part of their service, they will place a separate cookie on your
computer. We will not provide any third-party ad server with any of your
Personally Identifiable Information or information about your purchases. We and
our third party ad server will collect and use Non-Personally Identifiable
Information about you, such as your IP address, browser type, the server your
computer is logged onto, the area code and zip code associated with your server
and whether you responded to a particular ad. Other advertisers may also place
banner ads on our site in the same manner as above, but we will not disclose any
Personally Identifiable Information to them.
8. Privacy Policies of Third Party Sites
Except as otherwise discussed in this Privacy Policy, this document only
addresses the use and disclosure of information we collect from you. Other sites
accessible through our site have their own privacy policies and data collection,
use and disclosure practices. Please consult each site\'s privacy policy. We are
not responsible for the policies or practices of third parties. Additionally,
other companies which place advertising on our site may collect information
about you when you view or click on their advertising through the use of
cookies. We cannot control this collection of information. You should contact
these advertisers directly if you have any questions about their use of the
information that they collect.
9. Miscellaneous Privacy Issues
You must be at least 18 years old to have our permission to use this site. Our
policy is that we do not knowingly collect, use or disclose Personally
Identifiable Information about visitors that are under 18 years of age.
You should also be aware that when Personally Identifiable Information is
voluntarily disclosed (i.e. your name, email address, etc.) in the discussion
forums or other public areas on this site, that information, along with any
information disclosed in your communication, can be collected and used by third
parties and may result in unsolicited messages from third parties. Such
activities are beyond our control and this Policy does not apply to such
information. Any submissions to chat rooms or other public areas on this site
are accepted with the understanding that they are accessible to all third
parties. If you do not want your comments to be viewed by third parties, you are
advised not to make any submissions. Ultimately, you are solely responsible for
maintaining the secrecy of your password and/or account information. Please be
careful and responsible whenever you\'re online.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site,
or your dealings with this site, please contact us by sending a letter to:
Meggydog Computers
Unit 2
Robshaws Yard
Glebe Street
Castleford
West Yorkshire
WF10 4AL
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