Englishwagger.co.uk's Policy Regarding the Privacy of Visitors and Members
The issue of privacy, safety and confidentiality of our members and visitors is paramount in our endeavor to provide a mutually rewarding and unparalled networking opportunity in the social networking arena. A link to this Privacy Policy can be found on each page of the wagger.co.uk Web site.
While browsing wagger.co.uk, you may encounter links to other web sites or online materials, as well as links from sponsors or partners. Those other web sites may set their own cookies, collect data, and/or have their own privacy policies which differ from our privacy policy. This Privacy Policy only covers information collected by wagger.co.uk while on this Web Site, therefore we encourage you to review the privacy policy of other web sites you visit.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to any personally identifiable information (PII) that you disclose publicly in user forums (such as chat rooms, message boards, etc). PII is information that could be used to identify you personally (such as your name, address, or e-mail address). You should be aware that when you voluntarily disclose PII on message boards, chat areas or other user forums, that information can be collected and used by other people to send unsolicited messages and marketing materials. Also, please be aware that certain message boards (and user forums) may display IP addresses along with the persons name and message. We assume no liability for any action of third parties who collect information which users have disclosed in user forums or other public areas of this Web Site.
1. What Type of Information Do We Collect?
Typically speaking, you may browse several sections of the wagger.co.uk Web Site without providing any PII. In some cases however, we may ask you to provide PII, such as when you register for services, subscribe to a newsletter, complete a survey or participate in polls, or when using chat rooms and message boards. We may also ask you to provide us with demographic information or information regarding your interests and hobbies. In some cases, if you elect not to provide us with requested information, you may not be able to access all of this Web Site or enjoy all of its features. We may combine the information we collect with information received from promotional partners or other third parties.
Additionally, wagger.co.uk collects information relating to how you use the Internet. We collect certain technical data (Type of Browser, Operating System, IP address, page(s) visited, date and time of visit, etc.). This type of information is defined as Non-PII. This information is obtained for the purpose of making sure that the design and operation of our Web site is of current standards, thus offering our end-users an optimal Web browsing experience.
The following applies to all information collected and/or voluntarily submitted on the wagger.co.uk Web site. With respect to areas of the site where you can purchase products, sign up for membership, request services, and/or register to receive information and updates, some or all of the following types of PII will be collected in order to fulfill your request for those services and/or products:
First and Last Name
Age
Mailing Address
Email address
Phone number
Credit Card Information
Photographic Images
Industry and Occupation
Personal and Professional Interests
Official Web Site
Your personal information that you provide during the initial registration process and that you can edit at anytime includes but is not limited to your name, location, age, official Web site address. Those who wish to contact you will be able to contact you through the wagger.co.uk messaging system which will notify you upon sign-in, of any new messages, ultimately protecting your privacy. No companies or individuals will ever be given your phone number, email address, or any other contact information by wagger.co.uk without your express written authorization for us to do so.
2. Use of Cookies
wagger.co.uk may use cookies to improve your Web browsing experience. wagger.co.uk and/or its advertisers may assign a cookie to measure the popularity of different sections of the site, and to understand the way a user responds to advertisements. A cookie allows us, for instance, to keep track of how many times you view a page or which features of our site are more popular than others or how many times a certain models page has been viewed. If you disable cookies, you can still use wagger.co.uk but your experience may differ from those individuals who enable cookies. Cookies help us in determining what Web site content and materials are most valuable to our members and visitors. We do not store any PII in cookies, and we will not link the cookies to any PII we collect. We do not use cookies to retrieve information from your computer which was not originally sent by us to you in a cookie. Advertisers or other third parties that may serve content on some of our pages may set their own cookies on your computer. Such third parties use of cookies is subject to their own privacy policies, which may differ from this one. These third parties will not have access to our cookies.
3. How We Use the information we collect:
We use the PII you submit about yourself to provide you with service, information or content you have requested, to update you about our programs, products, features or services or for other purposes disclosed at the time of registration. We do not share this information with other parties except when necessary to complete your order or provide that service. If we release your information to a third party, for a third party service provided through wagger.co.uk that you have specifically requested, a link to the third party's privacy notice and terms of service will be provided for you at the time you are asked to release such information. Links to third party company privacy policies are provided below under Use of Information.
We may provide access to your PII when legally required to do so, to cooperate with law enforcement officials for investigations or other legal proceedings, to protect against misuse or unauthorized use of our Web Site, to contact or bring legal action against any persons who may be compromising (whether it be intentional or not) wagger.co.uk's rights and/or intellectual property, other wagger.co.uk users, or anyone else that could be harmed or at risk by such activities. In those instances, the information shall be provided only for that purpose.
We use your listed information to assist registered users to find locate and network with you. This information is never tied to any PII about you during the search except for your name, photographs and your general location (City and County.) When a registered user contacts you through our messaging system you can choose to respond or simply delete the message.
You may also opt-in to display some of your personal information (email address and detailed location info) on the wagger.co.uk Member Forums or other areas of the site. If you do not opt-in, your personal information will not be displayed to other members.
We use non-identifying and demographic information in an effort to provide only those items and services of interest to our visitors and members and to share with our advertisers. For example, we may tell an advertiser the amount of individuals who visit specific areas on our Web site, or that our membership consists of this percentage of men and this percentage of women, or within a certain age group but we will not disclose your PII.
We use return email addresses to answer the email we receive. Such addresses are not used for any other purpose and are not shared with outside parties.
4. Update, Cancel or Modify Your User Profile Options
wagger.co.uk members can edit their profile information by logging in to the members area and using their username and password, and using the EDIT page.
To delete your user profile from the wagger.co.uk Web site, you need to cancel your wagger.co.uk account. To cancel your wagger.co.uk account, simply sign in with your username and password and DELETE account in the EDIT account area.
5. Receiving E-mail Updates and Promotional Offers
wagger.co.uk members can elect to opt-in or opt-out from receiving announcements and promotions from wagger.co.uk:
a. By selecting the appropriate option during the initial registration process.
6. Advertisers, Sponsors and Affiliates
From time to time we may use a third-party advertising company to serve ads on our Web Site. This company may use information (not including your name, address, email or telephone number) about your visits to our web site in order to provide advertisements about products and services of interest to you. We share web site usage information about visitors of our Web Site with this company for the purpose of managing and targeting advertisements and for market research analysis on our Web Site. For these purposes, we and/or the third-party advertising company may note some of the pages you visit on our Web Site. In the course of serving advertisements on our Web Site, our third-party advertiser may place a unique cookie on your computer. Our third-party advertisers use of cookies is subject to its own privacy policy, which may differ from this one. Our third-party advertiser does not have access to our cookies.
Third party organizations affiliated with wagger.co.uk that may collect your personal information include Advertisers. In no case will wagger.co.uk share your personal information with any third party, including the ones below, without your prior approval.
7. Third-Party Performance Measurement and Evaluation
Often times, advertisers will employ a third-party results tracking program for tracking the performance of an ad campaign or in determining the relevancy of their service or product to our site. In this event, wagger.co.uk has no control over the information collected by the third party, and may not be held responsible for the actions of the third party performance measurement where collected information is concerned. If you have questions regarding different third party measurement services and their respective methods of collecting such information, please contact us anytime by using the contact link at the foot of every page.
8. Acceptance
By using this Web Site, you agree with the policies as set forth in this Privacy Policy. Visitors are encouraged to review this Privacy Policy periodically for changes and updates.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions regarding this privacy policy and its contents, please contact us anytime by using the contact link at the foot of every page.
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