Our privacy policy
This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) supplements the Terms and Conditions and forms part of those Terms and should be read in conjunction with them. Any reference to “we”, “us” and “our” in this Policy is to Abbey Home Media . Any reference to “you” or “your” in this Policy, means you as a user of the www.abbeyhomemedia.com website (the “Website”). We are committed to protecting your privacy.
This Policy explains how your personal information (meaning any information about you which is personally identifiable like your name, address, telephone number or email address, generally referred to throughout this Policy as “personal information”) will be used.
For the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998, we are acting as a data controller, and you shall be the data subject.
Please note that this Policy only applies to the collection of your personal information by us directly on this Website and the use of that personal information by us and by those whom we authorise.
This Policy does not cover the use of any of your personal information which you may divulge on third party websites which are linked from this Website, and you should carefully read any other privacy policy on those third party websites.
By accessing and continuing to use the website, you accept the terms of this Policy. If you do not agree with any part of our Policy then you should not use the Website.
We may update and amend this Policy from time to time and any changes will be posted on the Website and it is your responsibility to revisit this Policy from time to time to view any amendments / updates.
This Policy was last updated on 15th November 2011.
You may be asked to provide personal information from time to time when entering competitions or registering for our newsletter.
We also collect information (as is common with most websites) from “cookies” or other such similar devices which store and sometimes track information about your use of the Website.
We use information we collect from you, to help us improve your experience of using the Website. We may use your personal information to:
- monitor, develop and improve the Website and so improve your experience; and / or
- assist us in administering the Services to you; and / or
- process and deal with any complaints or enquiries which we receive which are made by, or about, you and your issue of the Website; and / or
- investigate any suspected breach of any of the Terms; and / or
- to administer any competition prizes which you may be entitled to, including the right to publish or otherwise make available a list of prize winners.
We shall only send you updates regarding the Services on the Website and information concerning third party products when expressly requested to do so by you. After requesting such information, we shall provide you with opportunities to cancel such requests, and for the avoidance of doubt, you can cancel such information requests any at time by emailing us at [email protected] and stating that you do not wish to receive any such further communications from us.
We abide by the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998, and we will endeavour to take all reasonable steps to protect your personal information. We will never pass on or sell your personal information to any individual or organisation.
Use of Cookies
A cookie is a small amount of data sent from our server and stored on your computer’s hard drive. Cookies and other such similar devices allow us to compile anonymous, aggregated statistics of the usage of the Website by users (i.e. you), so that we can understand how users (i.e. you) use our Website. This includes allowing us to understand such things as how popular certain web pages or advertisements are.
Cookies allow us to improve the structure of our Website, and please note that we cannot identify you personally by using Cookies, as all data collected by the Cookies is anonymous.
Cookies and other such similar devices can also assist and facilitate your use of the Website by:
- allowing you to carry information across pages of our Website and thereby avoiding having to re-enter information;
- allowing you to access stored information within your registration area;
- allowing us to tailor content to match your preferred interests
It is common for most internet browsers (e.g. Firefox or Windows Explorer) to be automatically set up to accept Cookies, but you can set your browser to refuse a cookie or ask your browser to show you where a cookie has been set up.
However please note that certain Services on the Website are only activated by the presence of a Cookie and therefore if you choose to refuse cookies, particular features of this Website may not be available to you.
If you wish to remove Cookies by disabling them, please click on the “Manage Cookies” section of the Interactive Advertising Bureau website www.allaboutcookies.org
