Privacy Policy
Blue Sheets Marine Directory (hereby known as ‘Blue Sheets’) takes
the privacy of its users seriously. Generally, you can browse through
our Website without giving us any information about yourself (including
your email address). When we do need your personal information to
provide services that you request or when you choose to provide us
with your personal information, this policy describes how we collect
and use your personal information.
If we decide to change our privacy
policy for this Website, we will post those changes here so that
you will always know what information we gather, how we might use
that information and whether we will disclose it to anyone.
Information Collection:
We collect personal information (such as your name, email address
and any other details you provide to us that identifies you as an
individual) from you when you submit a request for information or
when you submit your details for any other reason. Personal information
will only be collected with your consent.
When you browse our Website, we may
also log your IP address (the Internet address of your computer)
to give us an idea of which part of our Website you visit and how
long you spend here. We do not link your IP address to any other
personal information that you send to us. Like many other websites,
we may use a standard technology called a "cookie" to
collect information about how you use the Website (see section 6.
Cookies)
Save for the use of cookies, we do
not automatically log data or collect data apart from information
you specifically provide to us.
Use of Information We Collect:
We will use your information for several general purposes including:
fulfilling any requests for information or services placed by you,
processing any other transactions authorised by you, personalising
your experience on our Website, keeping you up to date with news
about Blue Sheets, our products and services, and providing other
information to you which we think you may find of interest (only
business customers and advertisers may be contacted). Your personal
information shall not be used for any other purposes.
Who May Process Data:
Your personal information may be processed by us in accordance with
this privacy policy. We take all reasonable care to prevent any
unauthorised access to your personal data. Personal information
will not be sold or transferred to unaffiliated third parties without
your prior consent.
Security Measures:
We are serious about guarding the security of your personal
information that we have under our control from unauthorised access,
improper use and disclosure, unauthorised destruction or accidental
loss. However we cannot guarantee the protection of your personal
data as due to the nature of the Internet, the Website is theoretically
accessible by any user of the World Wide Web. You should be aware
that when you disclose personal information on the Website it may
be collected by another user and may result in unsolicited messages
from other Internet users.
Session Variables:
Some sections of our website require your information to be
stored in what's known as a session variable. Session variables
exist for the length of your visit (or in the case of our client
login, until you log out).
Access and Changes to Your Personal
Information:
Upon request, we may provide you with a copy of the personal information
which we hold about you (in return for a small fee). Please address
requests to web@bluesheets.co.uk and insert "access request"
as the subject heading, or write to us at the Blue Sheets Address,
stating your name and email address for identification purposes.
At your request, we will use reasonable
efforts to update / correct personal information previously submitted
by you. You may also request that we cease processing the personal
information we have about you and that we delete your personal information
from our database or records. However, it may be impossible to delete
your information without some residual information because of backups
and records of deletions.
Please address your requests to change
or delete your personal information to web@bluesheets.co.uk and
insert "change details" or "unsubscribe" as
appropriate as the subject heading. Alternatively you may write
to us at the Blue Sheets Address, stating your name and email address
for identification purposes.
We will only perform the activities
outlined above to the extent that such activities will not compromise
privacy or security interests.
Changes to this Policy:
We may change this privacy policy from time to time. When such
a change is made we will post a revised version on the Website.
It is your responsibility to view this privacy policy from time
to time to be aware of any such change. Your continued use of the
Website will indicate your agreement to any such change.
For
Further Information:
If
you have any further enquiries or concerns about our privacy policy
please email us at
web@bluesheets.co.uk
or write to us at the Blue Sheets Address.
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