THREE'S A CROWD plc PRIVACY POLICY
Three's A Crowd Online
This Privacy Policy relates to our use of any personal information you provide to us via Three's A Crowd Online (which includes Three's A Crowd Online Magazine and Three's A Crowd Online In Crowd, collectively "the Website"). By using the Website you are accepting our terms and practices under this Privacy Policy.
1. General Terms
In accessing and using your personal information Three's A Crowd plc ("we"/"us") are legally obliged to make use of such information only in accordance with data protection laws, including the Data Protection Act 1998.
In addition to the other services provided, the Website is also designed to facilitate the sharing of information with friends and other users of the Website. You have control via the Website of what information you choose to include in your personal profile and who can access your profile and information. You are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your username, password and account information.
Whilst we take your privacy seriously we cannot accept responsibility for the use of your personal information by third party websites which may be accessed via hyperlinks. These third party sites will have their own privacy policies, including cookies and you should review these separately.
2. Our Use of Your Personal Information
As data controllers, we will use any personal data collected during your use of and registration to the Website in accordance with current UK data protection legislation. The type of information we collect fall into two categories: (1) Personal Information - this is the information you supply to us about yourself when you register your details on the Website. This includes your name, email address, date of birth, interests, schools attended, current occupation and gender; and (2) Non-Personal Information - this incorporates web usage information collected by us as you use the Website such as browser type, your IP address, and user data to track usage of the Website. Certain information about you may be passed on to affiliated or carefully selected companies for commercial purposes (See Third Party Companies and Advertisers below for a more detailed explanation).
The personal information you provide and your use of the site (for example through the relationships you form, messages you send via the social networking area of the Website) allows us to, amongst other things, tailor your use of the Website and improve on the services we provide. We may contact you via email to notify you of new Website services which we think may be of interest to you and we may notify you of messages left for you by other users. Where you are utilising the social networking element of the Website you will be given the opportunity to control the information you make public through your privacy settings but acknowledge that as other users have access to the information permitted through your privacy settings those details may appear and be made available to third party search engines. Your name and photograph may be available to third party search engines but all sharing of information with other users or third parties is done at your own risk. As a user of the social networking function of the site you can edit at any time the personal profile information you store on the Website.
Should you upload to the Website any video footage or User Generated Content ("UCG"), this is done at your own risk. Due to the open nature of the internet we cannot guarantee that UGC posted onto the Website will not be accessed by unauthorised users or third parties. Equally, we cannot guarantee despite any privacy settings adopted by you in setting up your account or in registering your personal details with us that communications between users or information stored on our servers will be free from unauthorised access from third parties.
3. Cookies
A cookie is a small file that can be placed on your computer's hard disc for record keeping purposes. Cookies record information about your online preferences and allow us to tailor our Website services to your interests and to improve the content and usability of the Website. We may use cookies to gather the following information regarding users of the Website: date and time of your visit to the site; pages visited; type of browser and operating system used to access the website and the IP address from which you access the site. We use information gathered in this way to learn about number of site visitors, type of technology used by our site users, to monitor popular content and users browsing habits. We may supply information to third parties in terms of user numbers, traffic patterns and related site information. You can delete or reject cookies, although this may mean that some functions on the site no longer work correctly.
4. Minors
We recommend that the Website should be used only by adults aged 18 or over. If you are a minor visiting the site you should do so with the consent and supervision of a parent or guardian but our policy as outlined in our Terms and Conditions forbids those under 18 from registering as Members of the Website. The safety of children is of the utmost importance to us and whilst we try and ensure that children's rights are not compromised it is the responsibility of the parents or legal guardians to ensure that they monitor their children's use of the internet.
5. Third Party Companies and Advertisers
By collecting your data this allows us to tailor your needs in relation to your usage of the Website such as providing personalised content and matching the most relevant advertisers and services to you. It also means that we may provide either through the Website or via our commercial partners, offers, competitions and services we think you may be interested in hearing about. These third party companies may contact you by phone or via email to inform you of goods, services, competitions, offers and promotions which may be of interest to you. You will at the point of registering your personal details have the choice of opting out of supplying your personal information for marketing purposes. We may pass your personal information to third parties such as service providers and to the appropriate legal authorities in the event of unlawful activities relating to your use of the Website or to protect our interests or legal rights.
We send to your web browser many of the advertisements you see when you use our Website or network of web sites. However, we also allow other companies, called third-party ad servers or ad networks, to serve advertisements within our Website or web pages. Because your web browser must request these advertising banners from the ad network web site, these companies can send their own cookies to your cookie file, just as if you had requested a web page from the site. Please note that if an advertiser asks us to show an advertisement to a certain audience (for example, men ages 18-34) or audience segment (for example, men ages 18-24 who have viewed sports content) and you respond to that ad, the advertiser or ad-server may conclude that you fit the description of the audience they are trying to reach. As always, remember we only authorize our third-party ad servers to employ anonymous cookies for ad delivery and anonymous targeting. Our third-party ad servers do not collect, nor do we give them access, to any personally identifying information about you.
Opting Out of Third-Party Ad Servers
If you want to prevent a third-party ad server from sending and reading cookies on your computer, currently you must visit each ad network's web site individually and opt out (if they offer this capability). Currently, we have relationships with the following third-party ad networks (click to visit their Web site):
We may use information about you to personalise advertisements and promotions to your needs and interests. Advertisers who feature on the Website will have access to your IP address (but they do not without your consent have access to any personal information about you). They may use cookies and other technologies to measure the impact of their advertisements. We may pass your personal information to third parties such as service providers and to the appropriate legal authorities in the event of unlawful activities relating to your use of the Website or to protect our interests or legal rights.
6. Financial Information
Credit card details and other financial information are encrypted by our technology to offer the most secure means of protection for our users.
7. Change in Privacy Policy
By using the Website you consent to us using the personal information you provided to us on your registration as set out in this Privacy Policy and we reserve the right to make changes to the Privacy Policy and the way in which we collect, use and disclose your personal information. In the event of any change to our Privacy Policy any amendment will be incorporated herein and your continued use of the Website shall be deemed acceptance of such change.
8. Contacting Us
You can check what personal information we hold about you or request that we remove information or correct any inaccuracies regarding your personal information by contacting us at info@threesacrowdonline.com.
