The following statement explains our policy regarding the personal information we collect about you.

1. INTRODUCTION

This policy covers foodinmytown.co.uk the use of personal information that we collect when you use foodinmytown.co.uk. The policy also gives you information about cookies; foodinmytown.co.uk and third parties' use of cookies.

By providing any personal information to us, you clearly consent and understand your acceptance of our privacy statement. If you do not agree to this statement, please do not provide us with your personal details. This privacy policy is incorporated into, and part of, the Terms and Conditions, which govern your use of the website in general. We may amend this privacy statement from time to time. We recommend that you regularly check this page to ensure that you have read the most recent version. Whenever you provide such personal information, we will treat that information in accordance with this policy. Third parties (including but not limited to software providers, advertisers and ad placement agencies) may also use tracking technologies by or through the website. We have no responsibility or liability for any tracking, data collection or other activities of such third parties.

2. VISITOR INFORMATION

During the course of any visit to foodinmytown.co.uk, the pages you see, along with a short text file called a 'cookie', are downloaded to your computer. In common with many websites, we use "cookies" to help us gather the following information from visitors to foodinmytown.co.uk, for example:

the IP address from which you access the website
the type of browser and operating system used to access the website
the date and time of your access to the website
the pages you visit
the internet address of the website from which you accessed the website

A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier that is sent to your browser from a website's computer and stored on your computer's hard drive. Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser's preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a website to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites.

Information supplied by cookies can help us to provide you with a better online user experience and assist us to analyse the profile of our visitors. We use information from cookies, to learn about the number of visitors to our website and the type of technology that our visitors use. Cookies record information about your online preferences which help us to monitor what sort of content is popular and to assess visitors browsing habits. You can delete cookies at any time or you can set your browser to reject, disable or notify you when a cookie is issued. If you do disable cookies some functions on the website may not work correctly and you may not be able to take full advantage of foodinmytown.co.uk. Each browser is different, so check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences.

3. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

3.1. LEGAL PURPOSES

We may disclose your personal information if permitted by law or required to do so by law or where we believe such action is necessary in order to protect or defend our interests or the interests of our customers or users of our website.

3.2. ADMINISTRATION AND DATA MANAGEMENT

We may transfer your personal information to third parties under confidentiality obligations when the performance of any service in relation to the activities above is sub-contracted (e.g. the administration of a marketing campaign).

3.3. LINKS

Foodinmytown.co.uk may contain links or references to other websites outside of our control. Please be aware that we have no control over these websites and our privacy statement does not apply to these websites. We encourage you to read the Privacy Policy’s and Terms and Conditions of linked or referenced websites you enter.

3.4. SALE AND TRANSFER

In the event of a sale, merger, consolidation, change in control, transfer of substantial assets, reorganisation or liquidation, we may transfer, sell, or assign to third parties information concerning your relationship with us, including without limitation, personally identifiable information that you provide and other information concerning your relationship with us.

3.5. MARKETING PURPOSES

foodinmytown.co.uk may use information for internal marketing analysis, for example, to assess trends amongst our consumers or to measure the amount of traffic to our website. We may also use your personal information in order to communicate with you about our products and services and those of our subsidiaries, affiliates, and parent companies and any of their related businesses. However, you will be able to choose whether or not to receive such communications when you first provide personal information to us. We may also share non-personal information with others, such as advertisers, in aggregate anonymous form, which means that the information will not contain any personally identifiable information about you.

3.6. THIRD PARTY OFFERS

We may arrange for carefully selected organisations to send you marketing and promotional information that may be of interest to you. In such circumstances your personal information may be disclosed to these organisations who will agree to be bound by the terms of this Privacy Policy. We will obtain your permission before we send you any such communications.

4. HOW WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION

We take security seriously and we take precautions to keep your personal information secure. We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard the information we collect. However, due to the open communication nature of the Internet, foodinmytown.co.uk cannot guarantee that communications between you and foodinmytown.co.uk, or information stored on foodinmytown.co.uk servers, will be free from unauthorised access by third parties.

5. ACCESS TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

You may request a copy of the personal information foodinmytown.co.uk holds about you, update your information, ask us to remove your information, or to correct any inaccuracies by contacting us at info@foodinmytown.co.uk (An administrative fee may apply)

Last updated: March 2007.

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