We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; this Privacy Policy sets out how we will treat your personal information.
1. What information do we 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 (which may include information about your IP address, geographical location, browser type, referral source, length of visit and page views);
(b) information about purchases of financial products that you make on third party websites after you follow a hyperlink on our website (including the product purchased, the product provider and the date and time of the purchase);
(c) any other information that you choose to send to us (including testimonials, feedback and questions).
2. Cookies
2.1 We use cookies on this website. A cookie is a text file sent by a web server to a web browser, and stored by the browser. The text file 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.
2.2 We will send cookies to you (which may be stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive) for the following purposes:
(a) to enable the website to identify you while you are logged in and manage your sessions on the website (including assisting with website navigation);
(b) track purchases of products and services on third party websites
2.3 Use of our website will also result in cookies generated by third parties being sent to you, as follows:
(a) We use Google Analytics and Yahoo! Web Analytics (and the related conversion tracking tools) to analyse the use of this website. These systems generate 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 and Yahoo! will store this information. Google's privacy policy is available at http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html and Yahoo!'s privacy policy is available at http://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/details.html.
(b) We may use Tynt to monitor cutting and pasting of text from our website. Tynt only tracks the material being copied and does not track any personally identifiable information. You may be able to opt out of Tynt (by means of a cookie) here: http://www.tynt.com/support/opt-inout.
2.4 Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept 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.) This will, however, have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.
3. Using your personal information
3.1 Personal information submitted on this website will be used for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy or in relevant parts of the website.
3.2 More generally, we may use your personal information to:
(a) administer and enable your use of the website;
(b) improve your browsing experience by personalising the website (which may include the service of targeted offers for products and services);
(c) provide third parties with statistical information about our users (but this information will not be used to identify any individual user);
(d) deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to the website;
(e) investigate the misuse or alleged misuse of the website; and
4. Other disclosures
In addition to the disclosures reasonably necessary for the purposes identified elsewhere in this Privacy Policy, we may disclose information about you:
(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); and
(d) to the purchaser (or prospective purchaser) of any business or asset which we are (or are contemplating) selling.
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.
6. Security of your personal information
6.1 We will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.
6.2 Of course, data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.
6.3 Some user content will be published on the website (such as blog comments, questions and answers, success stories, tips and testimonials).
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.
8. Your rights
8.1 You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you. Provision of such information may be subject to the payment of a fee (currently fixed at £10.00).
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. Contact
The data controller in respect of personal information submitted to our website is Dot Zinc Ltd.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our treatment of your personal information, please write to us using our website contact form or by post to Dot Zinc Ltd, Fleet House, 8-12 New Bridge Street, London, EC4V 6AL.
We are registered under the Data Protection Act 1998 (registration number Z6245956).