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The
American BBQ Company is committed to protecting the privacy of anyone using our site and the
confidentiality of any information that you provide us with. The purpose of this statement is to
set out how we use any personal information that we may obtain from you.
Data Protection Act 1988
Although
we are not required to register under the Data Protection Act we do comply with the eight data
protection principles in the Act in all our dealings with your personal data. In
summary, they require that the data shall be:
1. fairly and
lawfully processed;
2. processed
for limited purposes;
3. adequate,
relevant and not excessive;
4.
accurate;
5. not kept
longer than necessary;
6. processed
in accordance with the data subjects’ rights;
7. secure;
and
8.
not transferred to countries outside the EEA without adequate protection.
Use and collection of personal information
In
general you can visit our website without telling us who you are and without revealing any
information about yourself.
Cookies
There
is a technology called “cookies” which may be used by us to provide you with, for example,
customised information from our website. A cookie is an element of data that a website can send
to your browser which may then store it on your system. If you wish, you can usually adjust your
browser so that your computer does not accept cookies. Please remember cookies do not contain
confidential information such as your home address, telephone number or credit card details. We
do not exchange cookies with any third party websites or external data suppliers.
Security
We
endeavour to take all reasonable steps to protect your personal information. However, we cannot
guarantee the security of any data that you disclose online and we will not be responsible for
any breach of security unless this is due to our negligence or wilful default.
What About Legally Compelled Disclosure of Information?
We may disclose information when
legally compelled to do so, in other words, when we, in good faith, believe that the law requires
it or for the protection of our legal rights.
What About Other Web Sites Linked to Our Web
Site?
We are not responsible for the
practices employed by Web sites linked to or from our Web site or the information or content
contained therein. Often links to other Web sites are provided solely as pointers to information on
topics that may be useful to the users of our Web site.
Please remember that when you use a
link to go from our Website to another web site, our Privacy Policy is no longer in effect. Your
browsing and interaction on any other web site, including web sites, which have a link on our
Website, is subject to that Web site's own rules and policies. Please read over those rules and
policies before proceeding.
General
You
have the right to see personal data (as defined under the Data Protection Act) that we keep
about you upon receipt of a written request and payment of a fee of £10. Any request should be
sent to:
The Data
Controller
The American
BBQ Company (Europe) Ltd
Vantovil
Luton
Road
Markyate
Herts AL3
8QD
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