We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; this policy sets out how we will treat your personal information.
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 including your IP address, geographical location,
browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit,
page views, website navigation;
(b) information relating to any transactions carried out
between you and us on or in relation to this website, including information
relating to any purchases you make of our goods or services;
(c) information that you provide to us for the purpose of
registering with us;
(d) information that you provide to us for the purpose of
subscribing to our website services, email notifications and/or newsletters;
(e) any other information that you choose to send to us;
COOKIES
A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of
letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser, and stored
by the browser. The identifier 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.
We may use both “session” cookies and “persistent” cookies
on the website. Session cookies will be deleted from your computer when you
close your browser. Persistent cookies will remain stored on your computer
until deleted, or until they reach a specified expiry date.
We will use the session cookies to: keep track of you whilst
you navigate the website; keep track of items in your shopping basket; prevent
fraud and increase website security. We will use the persistent cookies to:
enable our website to recognise you when you visit; keep track of your
preferences in relation to the use of our website.
We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of this website.
Google Analytics generates 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 will store this information. Google’s privacy policy is
available at: http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html.
Our advertisers/payment services providers may also send you
cookies.
Our advertising services providers may send you cookies for
the purpose of enabling the service of advertisements based on your previous
visits to our website.
We may, from time to time, publish Google Adsense
interest-based advertisements on our website. These are tailored by Google to
reflect your interests. To determine your interests, Google will track your
behaviour on our website and on other websites across the web using the DART
cookie. You can view, delete or add interest categories associated with your
browser using Google’s Ads Preference Manager, available at:
http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/. You can opt-out of the Adsense partner
network cookie at: http://www.google.com/privacy/ads/ or using the NAI’s
(Network Advertising Initiative’s) multi-cookie opt-out mechanism at:
http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp. However, these opt-out
mechanisms use cookies, and if you clear the cookies from your browser your
opt-out will not be maintained. To ensure that an opt-out is maintained in
respect of a particular browser, you should use the Google browser plug-in
available at: http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/plugin.
Most browsers allow you to reject all cookies, whilst some
browsers allow you to reject just third party 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.
Blocking all cookies will, however, have a negative impact upon the usability
of many websites, including this one.
USING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Personal information submitted to us via this website will
be used for the purposes specified in this privacy policy or in relevant parts
of the website.
We may use your personal information to:
(a) administer the website;
(b) improve your browsing experience by personalising the
website;
(c) enable your use of the services available on the
website;
(d) send to you goods purchased via the website, and supply
to you services purchased via the website;
(e) send statements and invoices to you, and collect
payments from you;
(f) send you general (non-marketing) commercial
communications;
(g) send you email notifications which you have specifically
requested;
(h) send to you [our newsletter and other] marketing
communications relating to our business [or the businesses of
carefully-selected third parties] which we think may be of interest to you by
post or, where you have specifically agreed to this, by email or similar
technology (you can inform us at any time if you no longer require marketing
communications);
(i) provide third parties with statistical information about
our users – but this information will not be used to identify any individual
user;
(j) deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you
relating to the website;
(k) keep the website secure and prevent fraud;
Where you submit personal information for publication on our
website, we will publish and otherwise use that information in accordance with
the licence you grant to us.
We will not without your express consent provide your
personal information to any third parties for the purpose of direct marketing.
All our website financial transactions are handled through
our payment services provider, PayPal. You can review the PayPal privacy policy
at www.paypal.com. We will share information with PayPal only to the extent
necessary for the purposes of processing payments you make via our website,
refunding such payments and dealing with complaints and queries relating to
such payments and refunds.
DISCLOSURES
We may disclose information about you to any of our
employees, officers, agents, suppliers or subcontractors insofar as reasonably
necessary for the purposes as set out in this privacy policy.
In addition, we may disclose your personal information:
(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);
(d) to the purchaser (or prospective purchaser) of any
business or asset that we are or are contemplating selling; and
(e) to any person who we reasonably believe may apply to a
court or other competent authority for disclosure of that personal information
where, in our reasonable opinion, such court or authority would be reasonably
likely to order disclosure of that personal information.
Except as provided in this privacy policy, we will not
provide your information to third parties.
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.
Information which you provide may be transferred to
countries which do not have data protection laws equivalent to those in force
in the European Economic Area.
In addition, personal information that you submit for
publication on the website will be published on the internet and may be
available, via the internet, around the world. We cannot prevent the use or
misuse of such information by others.
You expressly agree to such transfers of personal
information.
SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We will take reasonable technical and organisational
precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal
information.
We will store all the personal information you provide on
our secure (password and firewall protected) servers. All electronic
transactions you make to or receive from us will be encrypted.
Of course, data transmission over the internet is inherently
insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.
You are responsible for keeping your password and user
details confidential. We will not ask you for your password when using this
site, unless you wish to leave a comment.
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.
We may also notify you of changes to our privacy policy by
email.
YOUR RIGHTS
You may instruct us to provide you with any personal
information we hold about you. Provision of such information will be subject
to:
(a) the payment of a fee (currently fixed at £10.00); and
(b) the supply of appropriate evidence of your identity (for
this purpose, we will usually accept a photocopy of your passport certified by
a solicitor or bank plus an original copy of a utility bill showing your
current address).
We may withhold such personal information to the extent permitted by law.
You may instruct us not to process your personal information for marketing purposes, by sending an email to us. In practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal information for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt-out of the use of your personal information for marketing purposes.
THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
The website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of third party websites.
AFFILIATE DISCLOSURE
Petrolheadism acts as an affiliate, which means that links
to merchants from this site may result in a commission payment to us as a
result of any purchase and/or action taken by the user.