| PRIVACY STATEMENT |
| 1. The web site referred to in the General Terms and
Conditions is owned and operated by:
D C Thomson & Co Ltd 80 Kingsway East Dundee DD4 8SL United Kingdom D C Thomson is committed to protecting your privacy and maintaining the security of any personal information received from you. We strictly adhere to the requirements of the data protection legislation in the UK. The purpose of this statement is to explain to you what personal information we collect and how we may use it. |
| 2. When you order, we need to know your name, address, and email address. This allows us to process and fulfil your order. You have the option to withhold personal information that is not required for the order process. |
| 3. We use your personal information to update you about new products/services. Where indicated, we will only contact you with your consent. |
| 4. We may from time to time sell, rent or exchange your personal information with any third party for commercial reasons, including outwith the European Economic Area. This is in addition to any transfer of data that is an essential requirement for credit/debit card validation during purchase and for processing your payment. For this your credit card details will be passed to our internet payment gateway service provider, but will not be stored by DC Thomson. |
| 5. We follow strict security procedures in the storage and disclosure of information which you have given us, to prevent unauthorised access in accordance with the UK data protection legislation. |
| 6. We do not collect sensitive information about you except when you specifically knowingly provide it. |
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7. We use a technology called "cookies" as part of a normal business procedure to track patterns of behaviour of visitors to our site. A cookie is an element of data that our Website sends to your browser which is then stored on your system. You can set your browser to prevent this happening. Any information collected in this way can be used to identify you unless you change your browser settings. For more about cookies, specifically for AOL users, we suggest further reading regarding cookie-related browser issues can be found using this link http://webmaster.info.aol.com/cookieguide.html |
| 8. In order to process credit/debit card transactions, the internet payment gateway service provider may require to verify your personal details for authorisation outside the European Economic Area. |
| 9. In order to maintain the accuracy of our database, you can check, update or remove your personal details by sending us an email and are entitled to receive a copy of the information we hold in exchange for payment of the required fee. |
| 10. If you are an existing customer, then we may use your personal details to send to you details of goods and services similar to those purchased by you in the past. You are entitled to opt out from receiving such details by checking the appropriate box on the web form that collects your details. Otherwise, we are prevented by law from sending details of goods or services provided by us unless you consent to receiving such details by email or other means. |
| 10.1. If you have any questions about privacy, or wish to update your details or have them removed from our mailing list at any time, please contact us at marketing@dcthomson.co.uk. |