PRIVACY POLICY ‘“ www.readplatform.com
Version 1 ‘“ 16th DECEMBER 2008
1. This Privacy Policy sets out how we (Read Platform Ltd, our representatives and any organisation affiliated to us) will treat the personal information which you provide to us while using the website located at www.readplatform.com (the ‘Site’) and/or the goods/services provided from it (the ‘Goods/Services’). We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time and such changes will take effect from the date and time the revised Privacy Policy is available on the Site.
2. To provide the Site and the Goods/Services, it is necessary for us to hold and process certain personal information. We take reasonable care in keeping this information secure and preventing any unauthorised access or unlawful use of it. All personal information is processed by us in accordance with data protection legislation applicable in the UK.
3. From time to time, we may ask you to provide some or all of the following: details of your name, your company and/or trading name, address, telephone/facsimile number(s), e-mail address and credit card details and if you set up a Site account with us, we may also ask for you for additional personal information such as, but not limited to, a user name and password (which shall not be divulged to any third party. You shall be known by your user name on the Site and other users shall be able to contact you through messages and comments. We may also display the date you opened your Site account, the date you last logged in to your account, your age, your country of residence or use and your use of the Site content. You can choose to provide additional personal information on your Site profile (including without limitation your photograph, picture, relationship status or other details) provided that you acknowledge that these additional details shall be displayed to other Site users. We shall not divulge your email address and passwords. You acknowledge that any content you submit may be redistributed through the world wide web and/or other channels and may therefore be viewed by the non-Site user public.
This personal information will be stored together with any additional information you may provide to us from time to time, and will be used to provide you with the Goods/Services and other activities associated with them and/or for you to be able to use the Site and view or upload content. We may also use your personal information:-
· To facilitate our provision of the Goods/Services and general Site functionality to you and our other users;
· To analyse use of the Site; and
· To keep you up-to-date with our other goods and/or services which we think may be of interest to you. If you do not want to receive this information about our other goods and/or services, click here.
· For offers of goods and services from our trusted parties. If you would like to receive this information, click here.
We do not provide any personally identifiable information to third party ad networks or servers unless you have given your consent or except as part of a specific programme or feature for which you will have the ability to opt in or out. We may allow other companies such as ad networks and servers to post and run advertisements on the Site. These third parties may use technology to send the advertisements and/or links that appear on the Site directly to your browser whereby they may receive your IP address. They may also use other technologies to analyse the success of their advertising/promotional and/or to personalise the particular advertising material you view from time to time. You acknowledge that this privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot and do not control the activities of our advertisers or linked websites (please also see our User Terms & Conditions here.
4. We will only keep your personal information for as long as is necessary for the purposes for which that personal information was given to us.
5. We may use ‘cookies’ while you access the Site to avoid the need to re-enter details on different occasions. If you do not wish to receive ‘˜cookies’, you may change the settings on your computer or browser accordingly.
6. Please note that, from time to time, we may transfer your personal data for internal business purposes to locations outside the European Economic Area, some of which may have different data protection laws to the UK, or no data protection laws. Note that in respect of information transmitted to the US, we shall only transmit such information to entities that comply with suitable policies.
7. If you do not want us to retain or use your personal information in any way, please do not provide the data to us or, if you have already provided personal information and wish to withdraw your consent, please contact us at blaise [at] readplatform.com or by post at: Website Enquiries, Read Platform Ltd, 3rd Floor, 19 Denmark Street, London WC2H 8NA, UK.
8. If you have any queries about this Privacy Policy or wish to resume receiving information which you may have previously opted out of receiving, please contact us at blaise [at] readplatform.com or by post at: Website Enquiries, Read Platform Ltd, 3rd Floor, 19 Denmark Street, London WC2H 8NA, UK.