The
Cornerstones of Internet Marketing
is committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website
visitors; this policy sets out how we will treat your
personal information.
(1)
What information does The Cornerstones of Internet
Marketing collect?
We may
collect, store and use the following kinds of personal
information:
(a)
information about your
computer and about your visits to and use of this
website (including [your IP address, geographical
location, browser type and version, operating system,
referral source, length of visit, page views, and
website navigation;
(b) information relating to any transactions
carried out between you and us on or in relation to this
website, including information relating to any purchases
you make of our goods or services (including eBooks,
courses, workshops, mentoring and coaching;
(c) information
that you provide to us for the purpose of registering
with us (including name and email address);
(d) information that you provide to us for the
purpose of subscribing to our website services, email
notifications and/or newsletters (including name and
email address);
(e) any other information that you choose to send
to us.
(2) Cookies
A cookie consists of
information sent by a web server to a web browser, and
stored by the browser. The information is then sent back
to the server each time the browser requests a page from
the server. This enables the web server to identify and
track the web browser.
We use Google Analytics to
analyse the use of this website. Google Analytics
generates statistical and other information about
website use by means of cookies, which are stored on
users' computers. The information generated relating to
our website is used to create reports about the use of
the website. Google will store this information.
Google's privacy policy is available at: http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html.]
Most browsers allow you to
reject all cookies, whilst some browsers allow you to
reject just third party cookies. For example, in
Internet Explorer you can refuse all cookies by clicking
“Tools”, “Internet Options”, “Privacy”, and selecting
“Block all cookies” using the sliding selector.
Blocking all cookies will, however, have a negative
impact upon the usability of many websites including
this one.
(3)
Using your personal information
Personal information
submitted to us via this website will be used for the
purposes specified in this privacy policy or in relevant
parts of the website.
We may use your personal
information to:
(a)
administer the
website;
(b) improve your
browsing experience by personalising the website;
(c) enable your use
of the services available on the website;
(d) send to you goods
purchased via the website, and supply to you services
purchased via the website;
(f) send you general
(non-marketing) commercial communications;
(g) send you email
notifications which you have specifically requested;
(h) send to you our
newsletter where you have specifically agreed to this,
by email or similar technology (you can inform us at any
time if you no longer require marketing communications);
(j) deal with
enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating
to the website;
Where you submit personal
information for publication on our website, we will
publish and otherwise use that information in accordance
with the license you grant to us.
We will not without your
express consent provide your personal information to any
third parties for the purpose of direct marketing.
All our website financial
transactions are handled through our payment services
provider, PayPal. You can review the PayPal privacy
policy at www.paypal.com. We will share information
with PayPal only to the extent necessary for the
purposes of processing payments you make via our website
and dealing with complaints and queries relating to such
payments.
(4)
Disclosures
We may disclose
information about you to insofar as reasonably necessary
for the purposes as set out in this privacy policy.
In addition, we may
disclose your personal information:
(a) to the extent
that we are required to do so by law;
(b) in connection
with any legal proceedings or prospective legal
proceedings;
(c) in order to
establish, exercise or defend our legal rights
(including providing information to others for the
purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk);
(d) to the purchaser
of any business or asset which we are (or are
contemplating) selling;
(e) to any person who
we reasonably believe may apply to a court or other
competent authority for disclosure of that personal
information where, in our reasonable opinion, such court
or authority would be reasonably likely to order
disclosure of that personal information.
Except as provided in this
privacy policy, we will not provide your information to
third parties.
(5) International data transfers
Information that we
collect may be stored and processed in and transferred
between any of the countries in which we operate in
order to enable us to use the information in accordance
with this privacy policy.
Information which you
provide may be transferred to countries (including the
United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South
Africa) which do not have data protection laws
equivalent to those in force in the European Economic
Area.
In addition, personal
information that you submit for publication on the
website will be published on the internet and may be
available, via the internet, around the world. We
cannot prevent the use or misuse of such information by
others.
You expressly agree to
such transfers of personal information.
(6)
Security of your personal information
We will
take reasonable technical and organisational precautions
to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your
personal information.
We will
store all the personal information you provide on our
secure (firewall- protected) servers. All electronic
transactions you make to or receive from us will be
encrypted using SSL technology.
Of
course, data transmission over the internet is
inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the
security of data sent over the internet.
You are
responsible for keeping your password and user details
confidential. We will not ask you for your password
except when you log in to the member areas of the
website).
(7)
Policy amendments
We may
update this privacy policy from time-to-time by posting
a new version on our website. You should check this
page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any
changes.
We may
also notify you of changes to our privacy policy by
email.
(8)
Your rights
You may
instruct us to provide you with any personal information
we hold about you. Provision of such information will
be subject to:
(a) the payment of a
fee (currently fixed at £10.00); and
(b) the supply of
appropriate evidence of your identity (for this purpose,
we will usually accept a photocopy of your passport
certified by a solicitor or bank plus an original copy
of a utility bill showing your current address).
We may
withhold such personal information to the extent
permitted by law.
You may
instruct us not to process your personal information for
marketing purposes by email at any time. In practice,
you will usually either expressly agree in advance to
our use of your personal information for marketing
purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to
opt-out of the use of your personal information for
marketing purposes.
(9)
Third party websites
The
website contains links to other websites. We are not
responsible for the privacy policies or practices of
third party websites.
(10)
Updating information
Please
let us know if the personal information which we hold
about you needs to be corrected or updated.
(11)
Data controller
The
data controller responsible in respect of the
information collected on this website is to be
confirmed.
Our
data protection registration number is to be confirmed.
(12)
Contact
If you have any questions
about this privacy policy or our treatment of your
personal information, please write to us by email to
howard.clemence@thecornerstones.net or by post to
The Cornerstones of Internet
Marketing, Unit 2, 44 East Parade, Harrogate, North
Yorkshire HG1 5LT. United Kingdom.
