Data Protection and Privacy Policy
www.switchedonuk.org is owned and managed by Carlson Marketing Group (UK) Ltd. The switchedonuk website (hereafter the Site) is maintained for your personal use and viewing.
Under the Data Protection Act, we have a legal duty to protect any information we collect from you. We do not pass on your details to any third party organisation without your prior permission to do so.
www.switchedonuk.org is registered with the Information Commissioner under the Data Protection Act 1998 and we are fully committed to respecting your privacy. We will apply appropriate protection and management of any personal information you share with us.
All of the information you provide to us will be dealt with in complete confidence. We will use only the information you provide to us for the purposes described, and only allow access to those whom it is necessary for those purposes.
Any personal information received from you will be retained by us and not sold, transferred or otherwise disclosed to any third party, without your prior consent unless such disclosure is required by law or other court order. We shall also give you the opportunity to remove yourself from any of our mailing lists.
Your rights under the Data Protection Act 1998
The Data Protection Act 1998 gives individuals certain rights in respect of the personal data held on them. Whilst not intending to be exhaustive, examples of these rights include:
- The right for any personal data held about you to be processed fairly and lawfully.
- The right to ask for and receive copies of the personal data that Carlson Marketing and www.switchedonuk.org hold about you, although some information can sometimes be legitimately withheld.
- The right, in some circumstances, to prevent the processing of personal data if doing so will cause damage or distress.
- The right to ask for wrong information to be put right. You also have the right to ask the Information Commissioner, who enforces and oversees the Data Protection Act 1998, to assess whether or not the processing of your personal data is likely comply with the provisions of the Act.
Changes to this privacy policy
If we change this privacy policy in any way, we will place an updated version on this page. Regularly reviewing this page ensures you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if any, we will share it with other parties.
This version: 23rd October 2006
Seeking further information
For further information about the personal data collected and its use, or if you have any concerns about the accuracy of the personal data that we hold about you, or wish to exercise any of your rights under the Data Protection Act 1998, you should contact Hugo Firth at Carlson Marketing on 0208 875 0875.
Further information on Data Protection may be obtained at: www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk