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Privacy Policy for Thoresen Limited Websites

This Privacy Policy is valid for all Thoresen Limited ("Thoresen") online business activities ("Thoresen Websites") including on and derived from:

Thoresen takes the privacy of its users seriously. We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our users while providing a personalised and valuable service. This Privacy Policy statement explains the data processing practices of Thoresen. If you have any requests concerning your personal information or any queries with regard to these practices please contact our Privacy Officer by e-mail at enquiries@thoresen.co.uk. Our site contains links to third party sites which are not subject to this privacy policy. We recommend that you read the privacy policy of any such sites that you visit.

Information Collected

Thoresen Limited and its business activities are exempt from registration with the UK's Information Commission as Data Controllers in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 as we only process information for:

staff administration;
advertising, marketing and public relations (in connection with our own business activities); and
accounts and records

We collect personally identifiable information about you (your "Data") through:

the use of enquiry and registration forms
when you purchase any of our products or services
the provision of your details to us either online or offline.

The elements of your Data that we collect may include:

Name
Job title
Company name
Company address, phone and fax number
Home address and phone number
Mobile telephone number
Email address
Payment details such as credit card information
Market research data such as ordering patterns
Your use of our service

We also collect information automatically about your visit to our sites. Please see the "Use of Cookies" section for more details.

Use and Disclosure of Personal Information

We use your Data for purposes which may include:

providing our users with a personalised service
processing orders, registrations and enquiries
conducting market research surveys
See the "Use of Cookies" section for more details

We have strict policy AGAINST unsolicited offering of services. We DO NOT send you with information about products and services we offer unless you have explicitly solicited such information. We DO share information within all Thoresen Limited business activities, but we DO NOT share your Data with third party companies, organisations or individuals, except that we may provide PayPal with your order information.

Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Devices

We use cookies to help personalise your use of our sites. A cookie is a small piece of information which is sent to your computer's hard drive by the web server so that the website can remember who you are. This information may include information relating to your use of our sites, information about your computer such as the computer's IP address and browser type, demographic data and, if you arrived at our site via a link from third party site, the URL of the linking page. If you are a registered user this may include your name and email address for verification purposes.

We use information from cookies for purposes which may include:

identifying returning users, registrants and subscribers and to allow users to be presented with a personalised version of the site
enabling you to move more easily around our site
tracking your use of our site to better develop our sites in accordance with your requirements
building up a demographic profile

You can delete cookies from your hard drive at any time however this will mean that any settings such as your stored username and password will have to be reset. You can set your internet browser so that it will not allow cookies to be stored on your computer. This may reduce functionality of the site, prevent access to registration-only areas of the site and mean that certain features or content will not be available to you.

From time to time we may permit 3rd party companies to set cookies on Thoresen Limited sites for purposes which may include market research, serving advertisements, revenue tracking or to improve functionality of the site.

Security Policy

Thoresen Limited business activities have appropriate measures in place to ensure that our users' Data is protected against unauthorised access or use. User Data may be transferred to PayPal in order to process your payments for "Paid For Products" ordered from Thoresen Websites.

Transfer of Data

The Internet is a global environment. Using the Internet to collect and process personal data necessarily involves the transmission of data on an international basis. Therefore, by browsing the Thoresen Websites and communicating electronically with us you acknowledge and agree to our processing of personal data in this way.

User Access and Control of Data

If you wish to amend any of the Data which we hold about you, or update your marketing preferences, please email enquiries@thoresen.co.uk. In accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998, you may request a copy of the personal information we hold about you by email at enquiries@thoresen.co.uk. We may charge the statutory allowable fee for provision of this information.

Under 16 years of age

We do not intentionally collect any information on individuals under 16 years of age. We will undertake to delete any details of such users where a parent or guardian has notified us that any such details have been obtained.

Changes to this Policy

This policy is effective as of 10 December 2008. From time to time we may make changes to this privacy policy statement to reflect any changes to our privacy practices in accordance with changes to legislation, best practice or website enhancements.