Q Marine Limited
is committed to protecting your privacy. You can visit most
pages on our site without giving us any information about
yourself. But sometimes we do need information to provide
services that you request, and this privacy statement explains
data collection and use in those situations. This privacy
statement only applies to www.Qmarine.co.uk; it does not
apply to other online or offline Q Marine Limited sites,
products or services. Please read the complete Q Marine Limited
privacy statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
We will ask you when we need information that personally
identifies you (personal information) or information that
allows us to contact you. Generally, this information is
requested when you are registering a system, before entering
a site or when purchasing and/or registering Q Marine Limited
products. Personal information collected by our web site
often is limited to e-mail address, language, country or
location, but may include other information when needed
to provide a service you requested. For example: If you
choose a service or transaction that requires payment, we
will request personal information necessary for billing
and/or shipping, such as: name, address, telephone number,
and credit card number. When you buy and install a new product,
we may ask you to register your purchase electronically.
We keep this registration information on file with any information
you've already given us on previous visits to our Web site.
This information may include: your IP address, browser type,
operating system, domain name, access times and referring
Web site addresses. Q Marine Limited also collects information
about which pages our customers visit within www.Qmarine.co.uk
This site visitation data is identified only by a unique
ID number, and it is never linked with personal information
unless a user consents as described below. Use of your Personal
Information we use your personal information for the following
purposes:
1. To ensure our site is relevant to your needs.
2. To help us create and publish content most relevant to
you.
3. To alert you to product upgrades, special offers, updated
information and other new services from Q Marine Limited,
if you so request.
To allow you access to limited-entry areas of our site as
appropriate. In some limited-entry sections of our web site,
with your approval, we will combine site-visitation data
with your personal information in order to provide you with
personalized content. If you decline permission, we will
not provide you the personalized service and won't merge
your personal information with site-visitation data. We
occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services
on our behalf, including packaging, mailing and delivering
purchases, answering customer questions about products or
services, sending postal mail and processing event registration.
We will only provide those companies the information they
need to deliver the service, and they are prohibited from
using that information for any other purpose. Q Marine Limited
may disclose your personal information if required to do
so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is
necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply
with legal process served on Q Marine Limited or the site;
(b) protect and defend the rights or property of Q Marine
Limited and its family of Web sites, or (c) act in urgent
circumstances to protect the personal safety of Q Marine
Limited employees, users of Q Marine Limited products or
services, or members of the public. Your information may
be stored and processed in the United Kingdom or any other
country in which Q Marine Limited or its affiliates, subsidiaries
or agents maintain facilities, and by using this site, you
consent to any such transfer of information outside of your
country. Q Marine Limited abides by the safe harbor framework
as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding
the collection, use, and retention of data from the European
Union.
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Control
of your Personal Information
When you register, or otherwise give us personal
information, Q Marine Limited will not share that information
with third parties without your permission, other than
for the limited exceptions already listed. It will only
be used for the purposes stated above. Q Marine Limited
may send out periodic e-mails informing you of technical
service or security issues related to a product or service
you requested, or confirming you requested a product or
service. You will not be able to choose to unsubscribe
to these mailings, as they are considered an essential
part of the service you have chosen.
Access to your Personal Information
We will provide you with the means to ensure
that your personal information is correct and current.
Security of your Personal Information Q Marine Limited
is committed to protecting the security of your personal
information. We use a variety of security technologies
and procedures to help protect your personal information
from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. For example,
we store the personal information you provide in computer
servers with limited access that are located in controlled
facilities. When we transmit sensitive information (such
as a credit card number) over the internet, we protect
it through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket
Layer (SSL) protocol.
Use of Cookies
When someone visits the site, a cookie is placed
on the customer's machine (if the customer accepts cookies)
or is read if the customer has visited the site previously.
One use of cookies is to assist in the collection of the
site visitation statistics described above. We also use
cookies to collect information on which newsletter links
are clicked by customers. This information is used to
ensure we are sending information customers want to read.
It is collected in aggregate form and never linked with
your personal information. Web beacons, also known as
clear gif technology, or action tags, may be used to assist
in delivering the cookie on our site. This technology
tells us how many visitors clicked on key elements such
as links or facilities on a web page. We do not use this
technology to access your personally identifiable information
on our web site; it is a tool we use to compile aggregated
statistics about our web site usage. We may share aggregated
site statistics with partner companies but do not allow
other companies to place clear gifs on our sites. If you
choose to not have your browser accept cookies from the
our web site, you will be able to view the text on the
screens, however you will not experience a personalized
visit nor will you be able to subscribe to the service
offerings on the site.
Enforcement of this Privacy Statement
If you have questions regarding this statement,
you should first contact Q Marine Limited by e-mail. If
you do not receive acknowledgement of your inquiry or
your inquiry has not been satisfactorily addressed, you
should then contact TRUSTe at their Web site, http://www.truste.org/users/users_watchdog.html.
TRUSTe will serve as a liaison with Q Marine Limited to
resolve your concerns.
Changes to this Statement
Q Marine Limited will occasionally update this
privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the
"last updated" date at the top of the privacy
statement. For material changes to this statement, Q Marine
Limited will notify you by placing prominent notice on
the Web site.
Contact Information
Q Marine Limited welcomes your comments regarding this
privacy statement, please contact us by e-mail, or postal
mail.
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