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PRIVACY POLICY
Web Sales Direct Limited t/a Best Selections: Our Privacy Policy
Web Sales Direct Limited is committed to safeguarding your privacy
online.
This privacy policy will allow you to understand how your personal
information is used as you use www.bestselections.co.uk. This policy
will change from time to time (see section 13 of this Privacy
Policy), so please check back to this page periodically. There will
always be a clear link on the Web Sales Direct Limited web site
homepage to the latest version of this privacy policy.
1.
The site – www.bestselections.co.uk
2.
What this Privacy Policy covers
3.
What personal information is collected by Web Sales Direct
Limited and when is it collected?
4.
What are cookies and log files and how does Web Sales Direct
Limited use them?
5.
How does Web Sales Direct Limited use users' personal
information?
6.
Does anyone other than Web Sales Direct Limited collect
information from the Web Sales Direct Limited web site?
7.
Does Web Sales Direct Limited share user information?
8.
What are your choices regarding collection, use, and
distribution of your personally identifiable information?
9.
What is Web Sales Direct Limited’s policy on allowing users
to update, correct, or delete their personally information?
10.
What other security precautions should users take?
11.
Transfer of data overseas
12.
Children
13.
Notification of Changes
14.
Barclay’s Bank ePDQ Server
1. The site - www.bestselections.co.uk
www.bestselections.co.uk is an international merchandise shop hosted
and operated Web Sales Direct Limited.
2. What this Privacy Policy covers
This privacy policy covers the treatment of personally identifiable
information which is collected when you visit Web Sales Direct
Limited’s web sites. It does not apply to Web Sales Direct Limited
or the other services supplied by Web Sales Direct Limited partners
such as ecommerce, betting or travel (see further section 7 below).
3. What personal information is collected by Web Sales Direct
Limited and when is it collected?
Web Sales Direct Limited collects information in a number of ways
from users at different parts of the site. In particular, personal
information is collected when users register for the site as a whole
or complete a transaction. Registration is necessary in order to
complete a transaction. Web Sales Direct Limited will also ask users
for personal information when users enter competitions or apply for
special offers, take part in research via surveys, or submit emails.
Information requested will include contact details including name
and e-mail address. If you contact Web Sales Direct Limited, we may
keep a record of that correspondence.
4. What are cookies and log files and how does Web Sales Direct
Limited use them?
Web Sales Direct Limited also collects information from the site
using "cookies" and "IP files".
Cookies
A cookie is a message given by a web browser (which displays your
chosen web pages on your computer) to a web server (which delivers
the web pages to your computer). The message is stored by your
browser and will be used each time you access the site which the
cookie relates to. The main objective of the cookie is to identify
users and to personalise their visit to the site by customising web
pages (for example by welcoming a user to a site by name). For
instance, if you accept a cookie on our site, you will not have to
enter your password more than once, thereby saving time while on our
site. If you reject the cookie, you can still use our site. Cookies
can also enable Web Sales Direct Limited to track and target the
interests of users to enhance their experience on our site.
Log Files
Web Sales Direct Limited uses IP (Internet Protocol) addresses to
analyse trends, administer the site, track users' movements, and to
gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. All users to
the Internet have an IP address, which enables networks connected to
the Internet to transmit the data and messages submitted by users
from one host to another and to ensure messages are understood. IP
addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information and
therefore the information Web Sales Direct Limited produces using IP
addresses does not enable individual users to be identified.
5. How does Web Sales Direct Limited use users' personal
information?
Web Sales Direct Limited will process the information that we
collect from you and from your use of the site for the following
purposes:
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provision of our services;
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administration of member and subscription records;
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to notify you about changes to our website and services;
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record-keeping for up to six years following termination of our
services to you;
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administration of our competitions, promotions and special offers;
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technical maintenance;
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to inform you about services which we, our partners, customers and
associated companies offer;
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to work with sponsors and promoters who wish to provide targeted
messages to our users;
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to work with parties and sponsors on special offers, promotions and
competitions;
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operation and enforcement of our terms and conditions and acceptable
use policies (including with regard to our chat facilities, message
boards and forums);
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to transfer our business to a purchaser;
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compliance with laws and applicable regulations and orders of courts
and other competent tribunals;
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co-operation with the police or any other government body;
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investigation of claims that your use of our services infringes any
right (including our intellectual property rights) or breaches any
law, rule, regulation or order and disclosure of your contact
details and usage details to the legal advisers of any person
claiming that your use of our services infringes any right or
breaches any law, rule, regulation or order;
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Where further development of Web Sales Direct Limited’s web sites
takes place in future, to provide you with a service that more
closely meets your personal needs and circumstances.
In addition, Web Sales Direct Limited carries out research on user
demographics, interests, and behaviour based on the information
provided to us directly (for example during e-commerce transactions)
or from log files.
The aim of this is to better understand and serve users. This
research is compiled and analysed on an aggregated basis and does
not enable identification of individual users.
6. Does anyone other than Web Sales Direct Limited collect
information from the www.bestselections.co.uk web site?
Except as stated in this privacy policy or unless you are informed
at the time of collection of information, only Web Sales Direct
Limited collect personal information from the site
7. Does Web Sales Direct Limited share user information?
Web Sales Direct Limited will not sell or rent your personally
identifiable information to anyone. Except as described in this
Privacy Policy, Web Sales Direct Limited will not disclose or share
your personally identifiable information. The following describes
the ways in which user information may be shared.
Partners: business partners, sponsors, advertisers: Web Sales Direct
Limited may disclose aggregate user information to business partners
or sponsors or potential advertisers. For example aggregated data
collected by Web Sales Direct Limited may be shared with a partner
for the purposes of assessing the promotion. It is not possible to
identify individual users from such aggregated data.
Web Sales Direct Limited will occasionally work with partners &
sponsors who wish to provide targeted messages to our users. We will
ask you about this when you register or at the point when we collect
your information; you will be able to opt in or out of receiving
such messages (see Section 8). Web Sales Direct Limited will collate
the information and deliver the Email on the partner's behalf.
Email-a-friend: If you elect to use our referral service for
informing a friend about our site, Web Sales Direct Limited will ask
you for your friend's name and email address. Web Sales Direct
Limited will automatically send your friend a one-time email
inviting them to visit the site. Web Sales Direct Limited will store
your friend's name and Email address for the sole purpose of sending
this one-time Email and for no other reason or use. You should only
give us your friend's Email address if your friend is happy for you
to do so.
Links: Web Sales Direct Limited web sites contain links to other web
sites. Please be aware that Web Sales Direct Limited is not
responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. Web Sales
Direct Limited encourages users to be aware when they leave the site
and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that
collects personally identifiable information.
8. What are your choices regarding collection, use and distribution
of your personally identifiable information?
We will always either ask for your consent or give you the option to
opt in to receiving offers or information from Web Sales Direct
Limited or its partners or sponsors, either at registration or when
we collect your information. In addition, at any time you can email
customerservice@bestselections.co.uk
to request not to receive such offers and mailings and to have your
information removed (see section 9).
9. What is Web Sales Direct Limited’s policy on allowing users to
update, correct, or delete their personally identifiable
information?
If you wish to update or amend the information held by Web Sales
Direct Limited (for example to change contact details or to alter
preferences with regard to receiving mailings), please login to Web
Sales Direct Limited and go to ‘my account’ and edit your
information. To update or amend information or preferences held by a
third party, for example sponsors of a competition, you will need to
contact that third party. If you identify an error in the
information held by Web Sales Direct Limited please contact
customerservice@bestselections.co.uk.
Web Sales Direct Limited will aim to rectify any notified error
within one week of receipt of your request.
Web Sales Direct Limited web site registrations can be deleted or
deactivated, although doing so will result in not being able to use
the shop. Users should contact
customerservice@bestselections.co.uk.
for further instructions about deleting or deactivating a Web Sales
Direct Limited web site registration
10. What other security precautions should users take?
Web Sales Direct Limited recommends that users do not divulge their
Web Sales Direct Limited web sites registration password to anyone.
Web Sales Direct Limited will never ask users for passwords in an
unsolicited phone call or in an unsolicited email. Users should also
remember to log off from their Web Sales Direct Limited web site
account and close their browser window when they have finished work.
This is to ensure that others cannot access your personal
information and correspondence if you share a computer with someone
else or are using a computer in a public place such as a library or
Internet cafe.
No data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100%
secure. As a result, while we strive to protect users' personal
information, Web Sales Direct Limited cannot ensure or warrant the
security of any information transmitted to it or from its online
products or services, and users do so at their own risk. Once Web
Sales Direct Limited receives your transmission, it makes every
effort to ensure its security on its systems.
Ultimately, you are solely responsible for keeping your passwords
and/or account information secret. You should be careful and
responsible whenever you are online.
11. Transfer of data overseas
When you give Web Sales Direct Limited personal information, that
information may be used by Web Sales Direct Limited’s operations in
countries other than where the information was originally entered.
For example, and in particular, all Web Sales Direct Limited web
site registration information is managed by Web Sales Direct Limited
in the UK. Web Sales Direct Limited may use companies based around
the world in connection with particular promotions, for example to
send out special offers or competition prizes. The laws of different
countries have different levels of data protection. By using Web
Sales Direct Limited’s web sites you are consenting to transfer of
your personal information abroad as described in this policy.
12. Children
Web Sales Direct Limited advises that children (under 18) do not
register for its services or participate in its competitions and
promotions.
13. Notification of Changes
If Web Sales Direct Limited decides to change its privacy policy, it
will post changes on this Privacy Policy page so that users are
always aware of what information is collected, how it is used and
the way in which information may be disclosed. If Web Sales Direct
Limited makes substantial changes to the way personal information is
used, users will be notified by Email.
14. Barclays Bank ePDQ Server
Whilst entering your credit card details you will doing so on a
fully secure Barclays Bank ePDQ server, your details will be checked
and you will be returned securely to Web Sales Direct Limited web
servers. In the event of a successful transaction you will be
informed by both Barclays Bank ePDQ and Web Sales Direct Limited by
Email.
Additional Information
Questions regarding this policy should be directed to
customerservice@bestselections.co.uk
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