Wear Valley Mercury

Privacy

Our privacy policy is set out in detail below. Any changes to this policy will be posted here.

• In addition to the services we provide on this web site we want to offer you goods and services provided by the Wear Valley Mercury
• The Wear Valley Mercury accepts no responsibility for loss occasioned to any person acting or refraining from acting as a result of material contained in this website.

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT FROM YOU?

• We may collect information from you when you fill in an online registration form for any of our web site services, (e.g., shopping). We may also collect information you give us over the telephone or in written or other communications. The type of information we will collect includes, for example, your name, mailing address, email address, telephone numbers, gender, preferences and, where relevant, financial, credit card or bank details.
• We collect information about your use of our sites' web site services through "cookies". Cookies are blocks of text placed in files on your computer's hard drive when you visit a website which contain information to identify you. A cookie does not contain any personal information you have provided us with, except your user name or email address, unless the cookie is attached to personal information collected another way, such as by means of your online registration form.
• Where it is lawful and necessary, we may monitor emails you send and receive.

YOUR CONSENT

• We will not make use of your personal information for direct marketing activities, or supply this information to third parties for their direct marketing activities without your consent. When you give us any personal information we may want to use you will be given an opportunity to refuse consent for various uses of your information.
• If having given your consent you subsequently decide you no longer wish to receive direct marketing or information from us or our associated companies or no longer want us to pass your information to third parties, please notify us by email.

HOW WE ENSURE PRIVACY IS MAINTAINED

• We endeavour to ensure that your data is stored securely and to prevent unauthorised access. We have security measures in place to protect your information, which we monitor regularly. Unfortunately, despite our measures, because of the nature of the Internet, we cannot guarantee that your information will remain at all times 100% secure. The continuing efforts of hackers to defeat even the newest of security systems mean that we can never make this promise.
• Our policy is to comply with the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Regulation of Investigator Powers Act 2000 and all other legislation, which governs the maintenance of privacy in your information.

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