Definitions
We, us, our, ours: Centiq Ltd.
This website, our website, the website: http://www.centiq.co.uk.
Introduction
This policy covers our use of personal information that we collect when you visit our site. The policy also gives you information about cookies, what we use cookies for and how you may reject such cookies.
When you register on our website you will be asked to provide some information about yourself (e.g. name, email address) in order to receive or use products or services provided by us. Such products and services include newsletters, blogs and message boards.
By entering your personal information in the forms provided, you agree to us storing this information in a database and allow us to provide you with the products and services you select. We will not share or disclose such personal information with any other party unless required by current legislation. We will at all times strive to meet current Internet best practice.
Cookies
During the course of any visit to our site, the pages you see, along with a small text file called a 'cookie', are downloaded to your computer. We do this, because cookies enable us to gather useful statistical information.
In addition we use cookies to improve your experience when visiting our site. For example by discovering which pages you visit most frequently, we may use such information to improve certain services and products we provide.
We do not store any personal information about you or your computer in our cookies, nor do we share any information we may collect from cookies with any other party.
When you log in to our site we specifically use a cookie to maintain your session for the duration of your visit (when you log in you remain logged in until you log out, or you have been inactive for 30 minutes). For this reason, you must allow cookies from this website to be stored on your computer.
How we use and store your personal information
When you supply any personal information to us (e.g. when you register with us) we have legal obligations towards you in the way we use such data. We must collect the information fairly - we must explain how we will use it. You will see this information presented on all pages which require you to provide such data.
Some information is collected by us automatically and without other notification, such as your Internet (IP) address and information from our cookies.
In brief, any information you provide to us will only be used within the website and by its agents and service providers. Your information will be disclosed where we are obliged by law to do so, or if you agree to such disclosure.
If you post or send offensive, inappropriate or objectionable content anywhere on the website, or make use of our services to do so to any other party, we can use whatever information that is available about you to stop such behaviour. This may involve informing relevant third parties such as your employer or Internet provider and/or law enforcement agencies about the content and your behaviour.
In principle, we will hold your personal information on our systems indefinitely once you have registered on the website. If you want this information removing you may contact us to remove it on your behalf. We will then use you registered email address to confirm the removal process.
The information you provide to us may be used to:
- Send you newsletters or other mail or e-mail communications for which you have registered.
- Contact you about changes to the website, including but not limited to changes to this Privacy Policy, the Terms of Use, or any other policies that affect your use of the site.
- Provide special offers or promotional materials to you on behalf of ourselves or third parties.
- Monitor or improve the website.
- Customize the content you see.
- Comply with and monitor compliance with our Terms of Use and any other applicable agreements and polices.
- For any other purpose disclosed when you provide your information.
In addition, if you submit comments, photographs, videos, music, text or other content, it may be published online or offline (including on-air, on a CD or DVD, through wireless distribution, and transmission of soft copies, or any other media or format currently existing or hereafter developed), and we may publish your name, voice, likeness and other personal information in connection with publishing the content or a portion of the content, and we may use the content and any excerpt from the content in connection with advertising, marketing, publicity and promotional activities. Please also see "Information You Submit" in our Terms of Use, which governs any content you submit through the Web Sites.
Visibility of your information
The only part of your personal information automatically made available to other users of the website is your chosen user name, which will appear whenever you make a posting in the forums (message boards) or comment on a blog posting.
Access to your personal information
All personal information we hold about you may be viewed and corrected from your personal account management page.
Blogs and message boards
Our website makes blogs and message boards available to its members. If you post personal information online, it will be publicly available and you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties. We cannot guarantee the privacy or security of any information you choose to make public in a blog, or message board. Furthermore, we cannot ensure that parties who have access to such information will respect your privacy. We recommend that you do NOT post personal information on this website. Your use of blogs and message boards is subject to our Terms of Use.
