PRIVACY POLICY

[Newbury Weekly News (Printers) Limited] (We) operator of www.jobsthamesvalley.co.uk are strongly committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

 

This policy (together with our terms of use sets out the basis on which any personal data that we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us.  Please note that this policy applies solely to this www.jobsthamesvalley.co.uk website and not to any other websites to which this website may be linked.  By using this website you agree that we may collect and use personal data about you as described in this policy.  Any changes made to this policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail.

 

[Newbury Weekly News (Printers) Limited] is registered with the Data Protection Commission in the UK and adheres to the Data Protection Act 1998 (Act).

 

Information we may collect from you

 

We may collect and process the following data about you:

 

·         information that you provide by filling in forms on our website www.jobsthamesvalley.co.uk (our site), including information provided either when registering to use our site or subscribing for any service on our site or posting material or requesting further services.  We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our site;

·         if you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence;

·         information that you provide in response to any surveys carried out by us;

·         details of any subscription services that you obtain from our site; and

·         details of your visits to our site and the resources that you access.

 

Where we store your personal data

 

Under British and European law we have to make clear that your personal data may be supplied to third parties, possibly outside the European Economic Area ("EEA").  It may also be stored or processed outside the EEA.  By submitting your personal data, you agree to this supply, storing or processing.

 

[All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. Any payment transactions in connection with any of the services you subscribe on our site will be encrypted [using SSL technology].]  Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential.  We ask you not to share your password with anyone.

 

We always endeavour to keep your personal data stored securely and in accordance with this policy and have a number of measures reasonably necessary in place to ensure this.  However, due to the nature of this medium we cannot give a full guarantee that your details will stay, at all times, completely secure.  Accordingly any transmission of your personal data to our site is at your own risk.  

 

Uses made of the information

 

When we ask for your personal data, we will always tell you why we need this information and what it will be used for.  Should your personal data change or you no longer wish to have the services you have signed up for, you may request that we amend, correct or delete your data by sending an e-mail to: datacontroller@newburynews.co.uk.  The Act also gives you the right to access information held about you.  Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Act.  Any access request may be subject to a fee of £[10] to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you.

 

We use information held about you in the following ways:

·         to ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer;

·         to inform you about changes to the site;

·         to let you know about any services and products you may be interested in or which you have requested from us.  This will be done only with your consent;

·         to carry out any contractual obligations we have to you;  and

·         to allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so.

[We may also use your data, or permit selected third parties to use your data, to provide you with information about goods and services which may be of interest to you and we or they may contact you about these by [post or telephone].]

 

Where we have provided subscription services to you, we will only contact you by electronic means (e-mail [or SMS]) with information about services similar to those previously supplied to you.  [If you are a new subscriber to our subscription services though, and we permit selected third parties to use your data, we (or they) will contact you by electronic means only if you have consented to this.]  If you do not want us to use your data in this way, [or to pass your details on to third parties for marketing purposes], [please tick the relevant box situated on the form on which we collect your data.]

 

We may also supply third parties such as our advertisers with overall statistics about visitors to our site but such information will not contain anything that could personally identify you.  Personal information which you disclose to us will only be passed on to third parties [where you have consented to us passing such information on [by ticking or not ticking] the relevant box situated in the form on which we collect your data] or] to comply with the law or any legal obligation, or to operate our systems properly or to protect the rights, property or safety of ourselves and other users or to enforce or apply our terms of use.  Your personal data may also be passed to other companies within the [Newbury Weekly News (Printers) Limited] group of companies, which means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries, as defined in section 736 of the UK Companies Act 1985.

 

IP Addresses and Cookies

 

We may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration.

 

Although this site uses cookies technology, please note that no personal data about you is collected  without your prior knowledge and consent.  Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive.  We use this information to help us learn more about your use of our site and how we can improve it for your benefit.  Cookies enable us, for example:

 

·         to estimate our audience size and usage pattern;

·         to store information about your preferences, and so allow us to customise our site according to your individual interests;

·         to speed up your searches; and

·         to recognise you when you return to our site.

 

If you do not wish to accept our cookies, you can activate the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse cookies but please note that this may prevent you accessing certain parts of our site.

 

Your rights

 

You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes.   We will always make clear (before collecting your data) how we intend to use your data or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party and allow you to tell us whether and to whom your information may be disclosed.  You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by checking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data.  You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting us at [datacontroller@newburynews.co.uk].

 

Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates.  If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies.  Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

 

Contact

 

Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to [datacontroller@newburynews.co.uk].