Terms and Conditions
Shared Interest Society Ltd. is committed to respecting your
online privacy and recognises your need for appropriate protection
and management of any personally identifiable information
("Personal Information") you share with us. Our members' and
customers' information is used only for the provision of services
to them.
Shared Interest Society Ltd. has established this Privacy Policy
so that you can understand the care with which we intend to treat
your personal information. Personal Information means any
information that may be used to identify an individual, including,
but not limited to, a first and last name, a home or other physical
address, an e-mail address or other contact information, whether at
work or at home. In general, you can visit our web pages without
telling us who you are or revealing any Personal Information about
yourself. We need certain Personal Information to enable us to
provide our products and services to our members and customers.
This information is collected by phone, fax, email, mail, and via
the web.
If you choose to provide us with your Personal Information, we
may transfer that information, within Shared Interest Society Ltd.
and/or to and from third party service providers, across borders
and from your country or jurisdiction to other countries or
jurisdictions around the world.
Shared Interest Society Ltd. strives to comply with all
applicable UK laws that are designed to protect your privacy.
Although legal requirements may vary from country to country, we
intend to adhere to the principles set out in this Privacy Policy
even if, in connection with the above, we transfer your personal
information from your country to countries that may not require an
"adequate" level of protection for your personal information. In
other words, our goal is to provide protection for your personal
information no matter where that Personal Information is collected,
transferred or retained.
COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
A cookie is a small file which is downloaded and stored on a
website user's computer (or other device) when they visit certain
websites. The cookie is then sent back to the website on each
visit. Cookies 'remember' your visit between web pages, for
functions such as setting options (e.g. change text size for
accessibility), logging-in to secure pages, affiliate advertising
and for tracking web visitors (e.g. Google Analytics), amongst
other things.
You may set most browsers to notify you if you receive a cookie
or you may choose to block cookies with your browser, but please
note that if you choose to erase or block your cookies, you will
need to re-enter your original user ID and password, where
applicable, to gain access to certain parts of the web site.
Tracking technologies may record information such as Internet
domain and host names; Internet protocol (IP) addresses; browser
software and operating system types; clickstream patterns; and
dates and times that our site is accessed. Our use of cookies and
other tracking technologies allows us to improve our web site and
your web experience. We may also analyse information that does not
contain personal information for trends and statistics.
NOTICE
Where Shared Interest Society Ltd. collects personal information
on the web, we have or intend to post a purpose statement that
explains why such information is being collected and whether we
plan to share such information with those working on our behalf.
Shared Interest Society Ltd. does not intend to transfer personal
information without your consent to third parties who are not bound
to act on our behalf unless such transfer is legally required.
CHOICE
You may choose whether or not to provide personal information to
Shared Interest Society Ltd. If you choose not to provide the
Information we request, you can still visit most of our web
site(s), but you may be unable to access certain options, and
services that involve our interaction with you.
If you chose to have a relationship with Shared Interest Society
Ltd. such as a contractual or other business relationship or
partnership, we will naturally continue to contact you in
connection with that business relationship.
SECURITY
Wherever your personal information may be held within Shared
Interest Society Ltd. or on its behalf, we intend to take
reasonable and appropriate steps to protect the personal
information that you share with us from unauthorised access or
disclosure.
ACCESS/ACCURACY
Shared Interest Society Ltd. wishes to maintain accurate
personal information. Where we collect personal information from
you on the web, by phone, fax, email, or mail our goal is to
provide a means of contacting us should you need to update or
correct that information. If for any reason those means are
available or inaccessible, you may send updates and corrections to
info@shared-interest.com and
we will make reasonable efforts to incorporate the changes in your
information that we hold as soon as practicable.
THIRD PARTY SERVICES
Third parties provide certain services on Shared Interest
Society Ltd. We may provide personal information to third party
service providers to help us deliver programs, products,
information and services. We will take reasonable steps to ensure
that these third party service providers are obligated to protect
personal information on our behalf.
Shared Interest Society Ltd. does not sell personal information
to any third parties.
CHILDREN'S PRIVACY
Persons under the age of 16 cannot have a membership account
with us. We do not intend to collect personal information from
anyone we know to be under 16 years of age.
EXTERNAL LINKS
Our web site contains links to other web sites. Please note that
when you click on one of these links, you are 'clicking' to another
web site. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of these
linked sites as their privacy policy may differ from ours.
COMMITMENT
We are committed to privacy and are actively support current
industry initiatives to preserve individual privacy rights on the
Internet. Protecting your privacy on-line is an evolving area, and
Shared Interest Society Ltd. is constantly striving to meet these
demands.
If you have any comments or questions regarding our Privacy
Policy, please contact us at info@shared-interest.com
YOUR CONSENT
By using this web site, you consent to the terms of our Privacy
Policy and to Shared Interest Society Ltd processing your personal
information in the manner and for the purposes given above.
