General
OffTheMeters.com respects the right to privacy of every individual who visits our website. This Privacy Policy outlines the information we collect that is Personally Identifiable Information, how we use and store the information collected, and your rights to verify and amend the information.
By using this website, and providing us with information, you consent to its use in line with this policy. OffTheMeters.com will always handle information in compliance with the Data Protection Act (1998). At various points throughout the site, we will ask you to provide information so that we can provide services to you. The information is collected and used as follows:
- When you contact us using the "Contact Us" form on the site, we collect your name, email address and any comments that you provide. This information is used by us to respond to your comments.
- When you join our mailing list service we collect your name and email address.
Other information that we collect
When you visit the site, we log the IP address of the machine you used to access our site with. The IP address is a unique number that is used on the Internet to identify a unique computer for the purposes of allowing computers to communicate with each other.
Certain features of our site require Cookies in order to function. A Cookie is a small piece of information that is placed on your computer, and is used to differentiate you from other users accessing our site. We use this so that we can ensure your information is kept separate from that of other users of the site. For more information on cookies, please refer to the documentation provided with your web browser software.
We may also collect information on the type of web browser that you are using, the operating system that your computer uses, and (where applicable) the link that you followed to get to our website. We use this information to produce general statistics about the numbers of unique visitors to the site and what software they use. In turn, these statistics are used to channel effort into further developing our site to meet the needs of our users.
Security
OffTheMeters.com takes the security of any information we hold very seriously, and will always implement security measures that are in line with, or exceed current best practices and recommendations.
Where necessary, and in common with other websites, we use SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption to ensure that information provided to us is not visible to anybody else when in transit between your computer and our servers. You can tell when SSL is in use by the presence of a small "padlock" symbol in the status bar of your web browser.
In addition, our web servers are housed behind a secure firewall that prevents access to our databases from unauthorised users. All of our servers are housed in a secure environment with high levels of physical security, and access is only permitted to a handful of security screened staff.
Amendments to Data
If you wish to view, delete or amend any of the information we hold on you, this can be done by contacting us through the web site. We will not charge for amending or deleting personal information.
Direct Marketing
OffTheMeters.com will only ever contact you with marketing information where you have requested to receive it. If at any time you do not wish to receive such information, then you may ask us to amend our records appropriately (see section on Amendments to Data).
Further Information
If you require further information or have any questions regarding this policy, then please contact us.
Collection and use of personal information
You may be asked to provide personal information in certain fields on this website. The personal information collected on this site is used for the purpose for which it is requested:
- When you sign up for the mailing list, OffTheMeters.com will use your email address to deliver the newsletters or alerts from the website.
- In order to become a member you have to register at this site. During the registration process, you may be asked for certain information, which may include your name, your email address, postcode, and your country. This registration information is used to validate users when they visit the site. It may also used to send you additional promotional information about ours and our partner's services.
Information sharing or disclosure
In the event that we contract with a third party to provide some part of the information or service that you have requested, OffTheMeters.com may provide your information to such third party, or such third party may collect information from you on our behalf. By written agreement, these third parties are required to implement similar security measures and to process your information only as authorised by OffTheMeters.com to fulfill the service(s) that they have been contracted to provide. Other than these entities, who act on our behalf, information you provide at this site will not be transferred to unrelated third parties, unless we have your permission to do so. However, please note that personal information provided to this site may be subject to disclosure pursuant to judicial or other government subpoenas, warrants or orders.
Changes to this privacy policy
We may amend this privacy policy from time to time as we add new products and services, as we improve our current offerings, and as technologies change. If we make any material or substantive changes in our treatment of information collected at this site (www.offthemeters.com), we will notify you by posting a clear and conspicuous notice of these changes on our website and in this privacy policy.
