| PRIVACY / CONFIDENTIALITY / DATA PROTECTION |
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| Privacy policy |
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| The term "The Missing List" or "us" or "we" refers
to the owner of the website whose registered
office is the Missing List Limited, 1 Park Row, Leeds LS1 5AB.
The term "you" refers
to the user or viewer of our website. |
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| This privacy policy sets out how we use
and protect any information that you give
us when you use this website. |
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| The Missing List is committed to ensuring
that your privacy is protected. Should we
ask you to provide certain information by
which you can be identified when using this
website, then you can be assured that it
will only be used in accordance with this
privacy policy. |
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| The Missing List may change this policy
from time to time by updating this page.
You should check this page from time to time
to ensure that you are happy with any changes.
We will of course notify you of any changes
where we are required to do so. This policy
is effective from February 1st 2007. |
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| What information
do we collect? How do we use it? |
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| At times we may request that you voluntarily
supply us with personal information. Generally
this information is requested when you register
as a user, either in a professional or non-professional
capacity. We may collect the following information
in the following circumstances: |
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- when you register with us we
ask for information such as name and job
title, contact information including email
address, demographic information such
as post code, preferences and interests
and other information as specified on
the registration form. We keep a record
of this information to enable us to provide
our facilities to you and recognise you
as a registered site user. We also use
it to verify your identity to protect
the website from misuse (for example by
automated checks on your postcode and
phone code). It is important that you
provide us with accurate information.
- when
you subscribe to a newsletter or e-bulletin
we may ask for your name, job title, telephone
number and email address so that we can
administer this.
- when
you post an entry on the website we will
process the information that you provide
on the form. This information will be
made publicly available on the website
- when
you respond to an appeal on the website
we will need to pass on this response
to the originator of the appeal. This
may be a private individual or a professional
organisation such as the police.
- if
you choose to give us personal information
that we or our business partners may need – to
correspond with you for example, we will
let you know how we will use such information.
If you tell us that you do not wish to
have this information used as a basis
for further contact with you, we will
respect your wishes.
- we will use
your personal details and information
we obtain from other sources to provide
you with our facilities, for administration
and customer services, for marketing,
to analyse your preferences and to ensure
that the content, facilities and advertising
that we offer are tailored to your needs
and interests.
- we intend to continue
improving the content and function of
the website. For this reason we may monitor
user traffic patterns and site usage to
help us improve the design and layout
of our site and provide content and facilities
of interest to you.
- you should note
that if our business (or any part of it)
is sold or transferred at any time, the
information we hold may form part of the
assets transferred although will still
only be used in accordance with this policy.
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| We will keep your information for a reasonable
period for the above purposes. We may need
to share your information with our service
providers and agents for these purposes.
We may disclose personal data in order to
comply with a legal or regulatory obligation. |
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| How do we use
your information for marketing and market
research? |
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| We may use the information to improve our
products and facilities. |
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| We may share your information with our business
partners for marketing purposes or we may
send you information about other organisations'
goods and services. We or our business partners
may contact you by mail, telephone, fax,
email or other electronic messaging service
with offers of goods, services, promotions
or information that may be of interest to
you. By providing us with your telephone
or fax numbers or email address you consent
to being contacted by these methods for these
purposes. If you do not wish to receive marketing
information from us or our business partners
please indicate this where requested on the
registration form or contact us using the
details below. |
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| From time to time, we may also use your
information to contact you for market research
purposes. |
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| Your consent and
other people's information |
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| By providing us with your personal information,
including any sensitive personal data, you
consent to our processing your personal data
for the above purposes. You also consent
to our transferring your information to countries
or jurisdictions which do not provide the
same level of data protection as the UK,
if necessary for the above purposes. If we
do make a transfer we will ensure that appropriate
safeguards are in place . |
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| If you provide us with information about
another person, for example a colleague,
you confirm that they have consented to the
processing of their personal data and that
you have informed them of our identity and
the purposes (as set out above) for which
their personal data will be processed. |
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| Where this is not the case, for example
in relation to a missing person or a wanted
person, you must comply with the website
terms and conditions in providing us with
this information and you must be aware that
you are responsible for complying with the
Data Protection Act 1998 in your own right. |
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| Security |
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| We are committed to ensuring that your information
is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised
access or disclosure we have put in place
suitable physical, electronic and managerial
procedures to safeguard and secure the information
we collect online. |
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| We may ask you to establish one or more
passwords to gain access to certain facilities
or sections of the website. You are solely
responsible for the control and use of each
password you create and you must not disclose
these to others. |
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| How we use cookies |
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| A cookie is a small file which asks permission
to be placed on your computer's hard drive.
The file is added and the cookie helps analyse
web traffic or lets you know when you visit
a particular site. Cookies allow web applications
to respond to you as an individual. The web
application can tailor its operations to
your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering
and remembering information about your preferences. |
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| We use traffic log cookies to identify which
pages are being used. This helps us analyse
data about webpage traffic and improve our
website in order to tailor it to customer
needs. We only use this information for statistical
analysis purposes and then the data is removed
from the system. We also use cookies that
allow us to identify users and personalise
the site whenever possible. |
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| Overall, cookies help us provide you with
a better website, by enabling us to monitor
which pages you find useful and which you
do not. A cookie in no way gives us access
to your computer or any information about
you, other than the data you choose to share
with us. |
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| You can choose to accept or decline cookies.
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies,
but you can usually modify your browser setting
to decline cookies if you prefer (click "Help" in
your browser menu). For more information
on deleting cookies that are already on your
computer or to stop cookies being accepted
in future go to www.aboutcookies.org. Please
note that this may prevent you from taking
full advantage of the website. |
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| Links to other
websites |
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| Our website may contain links to other websites
of interest and we display advertisements
from third parties on our sites. However,
once you have used these links to leave our
site, you should note that we do not have
any control over that other website or our
advertisers. Therefore, we cannot be responsible
for the protection and privacy of any information
which you provide whilst visiting such sites
and such sites are not governed by this privacy
statement. You should exercise caution and
look at the privacy statement applicable
to the website in question. In particular,
we are not agents for these sites, nor are
we authorised to make representations on
their behalf. |
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| Other information |
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| If you have previously agreed to us using
your personal information for direct marketing
purposes, you may change your mind at any
time by writing to us at the Missing List Limited, 1 Park Row, Leeds LS1 5AB or emailing us at privacy@missinglist.co.uk. |
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| You may request details of personal information
which we hold about you under the Data Protection
Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If
you would like a copy of the information
held on you please email dpa@missinglist.co.uk |
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| If you believe that any information we are
holding on you is incorrect or incomplete,
please email us as soon as possible, at the
above address. We will promptly correct any
information found to be incorrect. If information
has been posted about you by a third party,
please refer to the website terms and conditions. |
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| For quality control and training purposes,
we may monitor or record your communications
with us. |
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| Our goal is to respect your privacy. To
help us improve our privacy practices please
give us feedback. We welcome your comments
and queries.
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