Privacy Notice
Data Protection Act
Realbeerbox.com of Otley Brewing Company Ltd (We, Us) are committed to ensuring
that your privacy is protected. This privacy policy explains how we use the information
'we' collect about you, how you can instruct us if you prefer to limit the use of
that information and procedures that we have in place to safeguard your privacy.
1 THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND HOW WE USE IT
When you buy through this website or register for our other services we need to
know your name, postal address and address for shipment, e-mail address and telephone
number. As part of the on-line ordering process our card processing company will
require your credit card number, expiry date and other information. At no time are
these details ever disclosed or known to us. The information is used and transferred
by the secure server site of the card processing company for this part of the transaction.
We may from time to time ask you to complete on line preference and feedback forms
so that we may offer you the service best tailored to your needs. We gather this
information to allow us to process your registration, process any orders you may
make and, supply you with information on new products and services as they become
available. The relevant information is then used by us, our agents and sub-contractors
to provide you with statements of your account and to communicate with you on any
matter relating to your use of the website and the provision of our services to
you in general. We may also use aggregate information and statistics for the purposes
of monitoring website usage in order to help us develop the website and our services
and may provide such aggregate information to third parties. These statistics will
not include information that can be used to identify any individual. From time to
time we may provide your information to our customer service agencies for research
and analysis purposes so that we can monitor and improve the services we provide.
We or our agents and sub-contractors may contact you by post, e-mail or telephone
to ask you for your feedback and comments on our services.
2 OUR USE OF COOKIES AND OTHER INFORMATION GATHERING TECHNOLOGIES
We do not use persistent "cookies" (defined below) for collecting other information
from this site. We will not collect any information about you except for that required
for systems administration and security of the web server, to maintain your shopping
history and otherwise as described above. A session identity is required for the
correct operation of the shopping basket. It is only used for on line purchase operation
and expires when you leave the site.
COOKIES -
Message given to a web browser by a web server. A text file called cookie.txt then
stores the message. Each time the browser requests a page from the server this message
is sent back. A cookie's main object is to identify users and personalise their
visit by customising web pages for them e.g. by welcoming them by name should they
revisit. A site using cookies will usually invite you to provide personal information
such as your name, email address and interests. 3 HOW WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION
The Internet is not a secure medium. However we have put in place various security
procedures as set out in this policy. We also keep your information confidential.
Our internal procedures cover the storage, access and disclosure of your information
and all passwords are encrypted. All financial transactions use industry-standard
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to allow for encryption of o Politically sensitive
information such as your name and address. o Critically sensitive information like
your credit card number.
4 SALE OF BUSINESS
If this business is sold or integrated with another business your details may be
disclosed to our advisers and any prospective purchasers and their advisers and
will be passed on to the new owners of the business.
5 UPDATING YOUR DETAILS
If any of the information that you have provided to Us changes, for example if you
change your e-mail address, name or payment details or if you wish to cancel your
registration, please let us know the correct details by sending an e-mail
6 YOUR CONSENT
By submitting your information you consent to the use of that information as set
out in this policy. If we change our privacy policy we will post the changes on
this page, and may place notices on other pages of the website, so that you may
be aware of the information we collect and how we use it at all times. Continued
use of the service will signify that you agree to any such changes. Owing to the
global nature of the Internet infrastructure, the information you provide may be
transferred in transit to countries outside the European Economic Area that do not
have similar protections in place regarding your data and its use as set out in
this policy. However, we have taken the steps outlined above to try to improve the
security of your information. By submitting your information you consent to these
transfers.
7 SPAM
We do not send random marketing e-mails to private email addresses. We welcome your
views about our website and our privacy policy. If you would like to contact us
with any queries or comments please send an e-mail to info@realbeerbox.com Our Registered
office address is as follows: Registered Company No. 5445753 Otley Brewing co Ltd
Obrien & Partners Chartered Accountants Highdale house 7 Centre Court Main Avenue
Trefforest Industrial Est Pontypridd CF37 5YR UK