This is the
privacy policy of Where the World Meets Ltd ("WtWM"). It covers
all websites owned by WtWM.
This policy relates to all information provided
by you either:
We are extremely concerned
to protect your privacy and confidentiality. We understand
that all users of our site are quite rightly concerned to
know that their data will not be used for any purpose unintended
by them, and will not accidentally fall into the hands of
a third party. Our policy is both specific and strict. It
complies with UK law and with the laws of all jurisdictions
of which we are aware. If you think our policy falls short
of your expectations or that we are filing to abide by our
policy, do please tell us.
Information may be unlawfully
available to hackers and snoopers. We take no responsibility
for this. The risk is no different from a similar risk in
a bricks and mortar establishment. Except as set out below,
we do not share, or sell, or disclose to a third party, any
personally identifiable information collected at this site.
Here is a list of the information we collect, and why it is necessary to collect it:
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Basic identification and contact
information , such as your name and contact details.
This information is used:
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- to maintain our accounts
- to provide you with the services which you request
- for billing
- for answering your enquiries
- for verifying your identity for security purposes
- for marketing our services and products
- to help make our web site as useful to you as possible
- information which does not identify any individual may
be used in a general way by us or third parties, to provide
class information, for example relating to demographics
or usage of a particular page or service.
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Your domain name and e-mail address are recognised by our servers and the pages that you visit are recorded. |
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This information is used:
- in a collective way not referable to any particular individual, for the purpose of quality
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control and improvement of our site
- to send you news about the services to which you have signed up
- to tell you about other new services or services of a sister website.
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Financial information relating only to your credit cards |
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This information
is never taken by us either
through our website or otherwise. At
the point of payment, you are transferred to a secure
page on the website of WorldPay or some other reputable
merchant service provider. That page may be dressed
in our "livery", but it is not controlled by
us. Our staff and contractors never
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Credit reference |
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To assist in combatting
fraud, we share information with credit reference agencies
so far as it relates to clients or customers who instruct
their credit card issuer to cancel payment to us without
having first provided an acceptable reason to us and
given us the opportunity to refund their money. |
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Business and personal information |
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This includes all
information given to us in the course of your business
and ours, such as information you give us in your capacity
as our client. We need to keep all such information
to continue to serve you. We undertake to preserve the
confidentiality of the information and of the terms
of our relationship. It is not used for any other purpose.
We expect you to reciprocate this policy. |
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Your e-mail address is recorded when you send e-mail to us. |
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We shall use it only to correspond with you or otherwise strictly in accordance with your instructions. We shall not under any circumstances divulge your e-mail address to any person who is not an employee or contractor of ours and who needs to know, either generally or specifically. |
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Update your information |
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At any time you may review or update the
personally identifiable information that we hold about
you, by contacting us. To better safeguard your information,
we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity
before granting access or making corrections to your information. |
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Affiliate information |
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This is information given to us by you
in your capacity as an affiliate or a customer or client
of ours. Such information is retained for business use
only. We undertake to preserve the confidentiality of
the information and of the terms of our relationship.
It is not used for any other purpose. We expect any affiliate
to agree to reciprocate this policy. As an exception
to this, we have the right to disclose your first
name and URL of your affiliate connection to other affiliates
and to any other person or organisation, on and off site.
The reason is solely to enable us to mention winners and
others whose performance as an affiliate is in some way
outstanding. |
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Disclosure to Government and their agencies. We are subject to the law like everyone else. We may be required to give information to legal authorities if they so request or if they have the proper authorisation such as a search warrant or court order. |
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Disclosure to professional advisers.
In the course of our business it may be necessary
to disclose your information to an accountant or solicitor.
We may do so only when we are satisfied that the person
to whom the disclosure is made is bound by professional
rules as to disclosure of client information. |
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At any time you may review or update the personally identifiable information that we hold about you, by contacting us at the address below. To better safeguard your information, we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections to your information. |
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We do not rent, sell or other wise disclose any of your information to any person outside Where the World Meets Ltd or sister sites under any circumstances. |
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Data may be "processed" outside the UK |
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We use outsourced services from time to time in all aspects of our business. We also provide services in many countries. Accordingly data obtained within the UK may be "processed" outside the UK and data obtained in any other country may be processed within or outside that country. But see above for credit card information. |
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| This confidentiality
policy has been compiled so as to comply with current
US and EU legislation, so far as we are aware. |
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| If you have
any question regarding the confidentiality policy, please
contact us through the contact page or send us your query |
