Privacy Policy of SolentHandbook.com incorporating Cowes Online and TKZ Media Ltd as publishers of SolentHandbook.com incorporating Cowes Online.
Data Collection
You can access this website and browse certain areas without disclosing personal information.
We collect personally identifiable information about you (Your Data), if you register on our site; if, either online or offline, you register for any events or competitions we are involved in holding; if you purchase any of our products; if you contact us with comments or specific requests, or if you provide a business card or other details to any of the TKZ Media staff, members or representatives. The elements of Your Data that we collect may include:
• Forename and surname
• Title
• Company name (where appropriate)
• Address, phone and/or fax number
• Email address
and, where relevant
• Credit card information (e.g. type, number, expiry date)
• Your views on material posted on the website or issues we are discussing
• Your viewing patterns of our website, interactive services and other materials presented through digital distribution channels
• Other information specific to the nature of our interaction
We also collect anonymous information which is not unique to you such as:
• IP address
• Browser Type
• Access times
• Referring URL
User access and control of your data
TKZ Media Ltd is aware of its legal obligations to allow you access to Your Data as held by us.
The individual within TKZ Media with responsibility for data privacy matters is the Data Protection Officer. You may request a copy of the personal information we have about you, and you may correct it if you wish, by emailing or writing to us at the following address:
The Data Protection Officer,
TKZ Media Ltd
2 Endeavour Court
Ryde Business Park
Ryde
Isle of Wight
PO33 1FD
If at any time you wish to withdraw your consent to our use of Your Data please contact the TKZ Data Protection Officer as above.
Data use
We use Your Data for the following purposes:
1. to process subscriber applications, orders or product enquiries, competitions and event registrations;
2. to provide you with information about our other services and products;
3. to inform you about developments in the boating world that we believe may be of interest to you;
4. to provide you with information, competition results, news and alerts delivered to you primarily by email but also through other electronic channels;
5. to help us to improve and personalize our website;
6. for market research e.g. surveying subscribers' opinions on an issue;
7. to increase the SolentHandbook.com incorporating Cowes Online readership to provide you with information about forthcoming events, events held by organisations other than TKZ Media which we believe may be of interest to you:
8. sharing Your Data with third parties offering products, information or other services which we believe may be of interest to you, including other TKZ Media publications and websites and sharing the information by way of anonymous aggregated statistics with third parties as described in the "Data disclosure" section below;
9. to facilitate communication between TKZ Media and companies and individuals with interests in the marine leisure industry e.g. introducing subscribers to organisations who provide services they have asked us to search for.
Cookies
TKZ Media uses Cookies to help tailor your user experience. Cookies are pieces of information that a website transfers to your computer's hard disk so that the website can remember who you are. This may help it arrange content to match your preferred interests more quickly or so that the website can note which areas of the site experience high or low traffic from your computer. Most major websites use cookies. Cookies cannot be used by themselves to identify you. You may prevent us from storing a cookie on your computer by setting your browser so that it will not accept cookies. However, this may prevent us from providing the full range of facilities to you over our website.
Data disclosure
We may disclose information obtained from you to carefully selected third parties, including partners of TKZ Media, who we believe may be of interest to you.
In certain circumstances we may need to disclose Your Data to appropriate third parties if you breach the terms of this Privacy Policy [or the Terms and Conditions of use of this website or our services to you]. We may also access or disclose Your Data if required to do so by law or an authorised governmental body.
User choice
You may choose to:
- opt in to the use of your data for the desired uses as listed in DATA USE.
You may do this by selecting the appropriate option when providing data to TKZ Media.
Children
TKZ Media recognises the need to protect children in relation to their personal data.
TKZ Media requires prior express parental/guardian consent before collecting an email of an individual under the age of 14 years for the uses as stated in Data Use
TKZ Media requires prior express parental/guardian consent before knowingly collecting, using or redistributing information gathered on or from any individual under the age of 14 years.
TKZ Media requires prior express parental/guardian consent before allowing an individual under the age of 14 years to enter any competition.
TKZ Media requires prior express parental/guardian consent before accepting an order for products or services from an individual under the age of 16 years.
Security
The security of Your Data is important to us. We have implemented technology and security policies, rules and measures designed to protect the personal data under our control (including Your Data), both on- and off-line, from unauthorised access, improper use, alteration, unlawful or accidental destruction, and accidental loss.
Off-line, all of our "personal user data" is restricted in our offices. Only employees, officers and authorised consultants who need the information to perform a specific task in relation to TKZ Media's services are granted access to such information.
Please remember, however, that no data transmission over the Internet can be absolutely guaranteed to be totally secure. While we strive to protect Your Data as best we can, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information which you send to us, or which we store.
Transfer of Your Data abroad
As mentioned above, provided you have not opted out of this use of Your Data we may share Your Data with other third party organisations. If this involves transferring Your Data to other European Economic Area (the European Union plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) ("EEA") countries, the relevant organisation will be subject to legal obligations in respect of processing Your Data which are similar to those which bind us in the United Kingdom.
If the organization receiving Your Data is outside the EEA, we will satisfy ourselves beforehand that it operates a privacy policy that in all major respects is equivalent to our own.
This website contains links to other sites. When you choose to visit those sites, TKZ Media cannot assume responsibility for any other site's content or information handling practices. We encourage you to review each site's privacy policy prior to entering into transactions with the third party-linked site.
Privacy support
If you have any question relating to this Privacy Policy or how we use the personal information we hold about you, please contact the TKZ Media Data Protection Officer at:
TKZ Media Ltd
2 Endeavour Court
Ryde Business Park
Ryde
Isle of Wight
PO33 1FD
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