Privacy Policy
Last Updated:November 18 2006
- Introduction
- MyLetterbox.co.uk Collection of Your Personal Information
- MyLetterbox.co.uk Use of Your Personal Information
- MyLetterbox.co.uk General Disclosure of Personal Information
- Managing Your Personal Information
- Security and Storage of Your Personal Information
- Use of Cookies
- Changes to This Privacy Statement
- Contact Information
Introduction
MyLetterbox.co.uk takes your privacy seriously and takes every reasonable precaution to safeguard the personal information you supply to it.
MyLetterbox.co.uk recognizes that your privacy and the protection of your personal information is important to you, this statement discloses how MyLetterbox.co.uk helps to protect your personal information while using the MyLetterbox.co.uk Web Site (http://www.MyLetterbox.co.uk).
MyLetterbox.co.uk is registered under the Data Protection Act 1998 under registration number PZ9336241. The information you provide is safeguarded under the terms of that Act. To find out more information about the data protection act please visit http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk
Use of your personal information
MyLetterbox.co.uk will not use or share your personal information in a manner that differs from what is described within this Privacy Statement and within the registration opt-in statement without your prior consent. The following statement is prominently displayed before you can join MyLetterbox.co.uk
“By registering and entering your details you consent to MyLetterbox.co.uk and its clients sending you information about products and/or services that have been selected based on your stated interests. You also consent to MyLetterbox.co.uk requesting companies to suppress your details and not send you information on their services where you have so requested.”
You also agree to the terms and conditions of the privacy statement that govern how your information will be processed.”
Your data together with that of other subscribers to MyLetterbox.co.uk may be aggregated at Postcode or other levels for the building of statistical and analytical tables. At no time will your data be individually identifiable in such tables.
General disclosure of personal information
MyLetterbox.co.uk holds your data in a central database and this database is only accessed by reference to interest or demographic categories in order to provide you with information about those interests you have selected. The process of supplying you with this information is at all times under the control of MyLetterbox.co.uk
The information you provide may be used, by MyLetterbox.co.uk and its Clients, to provide you with information and offers by post, email, telephone or text messaging. Please indicate your preferred method of contact by ticking the relevant boxes , located on the MyLetterbox page. You may change your method of contact at any time by logging on and amending your details on the site.
Your data may be provided to clients of MyLetterbox.co.uk to be appended to information they already hold about you for the purpose of contacting you with information about their products and services in which you have expressed an interest.
Except as provided above, MyLetterbox.co.uk will not provide your personal information to any third party without your prior consent, however, under certain circumstances the force of law may require the provision of information to the legal authorities. In order to maintain the integrity of its website and safeguard the interests of its subscribers MyLetterbox.co.uk will comply with any such legally binding request.
Managing your personal information
The data you provide to MyLetterbox.co.uk will be held as you have provided it. You may at any time amend or update your data by visiting MyLetterbox.co.uk at http://www.MyLetterbox.co.uk login and click on “My Details”. There you will find the Personal Information panel where you can amend or update your details.
You are entitled to see the information held about you and you may ask us to make any necessary changes to ensure that it is accurate and kept up to date. If you wish to do this, please contact us.
Security and storage of your personal information
The Internet is not a 100% secure medium for communication and, accordingly, MyLetterbox.co.uk cannot guarantee the security of any information you send to MyLetterbox.co.uk via the Internet. MyLetterbox.co.uk is not responsible for any loss or damage you or others may suffer as a result of the loss of confidentiality of such information.
MyLetterbox.co.uk is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. For example, we store the personal information you provide on computer systems with limited access, which are located in controlled facilities.
You must type the correct password to access your MyLetterbox.co.uk account information. It is your responsibility to ensure the security of your MyLetterbox.co.uk password and not to reveal this information to others.
Use of Cookies
A cookie is a very small text file that your browser saves to your computer's hard disk to store your preferences.
MyLetterbox.co.uk uses cookies whenever you login. MyLetterbox.co.uk stores your unique ID number, and the time you signed in, in an encrypted cookie on your hard disk. This cookie allows you to move from page to page at the site without having to login in again on each page. MyLetterbox.co.uk uses session cookies to store data on our server that are individually identifiable. When you log out of MyLetterbox.co.uk, these session cookies are deleted from your computer.
The functionality of MyLetterbox.co.uk depends upon your browser accepting session cookies. MyLetterbox.co.uk tracks visitors to and on the MyLetterbox.co.uk site by using referrer tracking. MyLetterbox.co.uk uses click thru and open mail tracking when sending emails. This process allows MyLetterbox.co.uk and its clients the ability to profile the recipients of their communications.
Changes to this Privacy Statement
MyLetterbox.co.uk will occasionally update this Privacy Statement. When we do, we will also revise the "last updated" date at the top and bottom of the Privacy Statement. MyLetterbox.co.uk will obtain your opt-in consent for any updates to this Privacy Statement that materially expand the sharing or use of your personal information in ways not disclosed in this Privacy Statement at the time of collection.
Contact information
If you have questions regarding this Privacy Statement, please contact MyLetterbox.co.uk at:
By email:
privacy@MyLetterbox.co.uk
By post:
MyLetterbox
PO BOX 13807
INNERLEITHEN
EH44 6WX