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Privacy Notice
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Privacy Notice
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PRIVACY POLICY
Thank you for visiting our Web site, which is controlled and operated by Probiotics International Ltd.
This Privacy Policy explains how the above mentioned companies and
other companies within the Probiotics International Ltd group collect,
record and use information about you and the choices you can make about
the way such information is collected and used. The ticking of the tick
box or the clicking of the "continue" or "submit" or similarly labelled
buttons during your initial registration with our Web site will
indicate your consent to this Privacy Policy.
The information we collect and how we collect it
When you visit our Web site, our Web server automatically records the
name of your Internet service provider, the Web site from which you
visit us, the pages on our sites you visit, and the date and length of
your visit.
We store additional personal information if you volunteer it, for
example in the context of online registration, competitions, message
boards, surveys, polls, games, etc. The types of information we collect
include: your first and last name, screen name, password, e-mail
address, postal address, telephone number, debit/credit card data and
information related to providing products and services. We also collect
other information, including your interests, preferences, purchasing
behaviour, transactional information, and demographics (e.g., age,
gender, and income information). We may on occasion combine information
we receive online with other records (such as those from telephone and
direct purchases) to develop a customer profile relating to you.
You may be given the opportunity to submit information about other
people to enable them to receive information on our products or
services. You must obtain permission from such other people prior to
submitting their information to us. The types of information that are
collected about other people include: recipient's first and last name,
phone number, address, e-mail address, and interests.
Cookies and Web beacons
We send "cookies" to your computer primarily to enhance your online
experience. "Cookies" are files that can identify you as a unique
customer and store your personal preferences as well as technical
information (including click through and click stream data). Cookies
can either be permanent (i.e., they remain on your computer until you
delete them) or temporary (i.e., they last only until you close your
browser). We may also use "Web beacons" that monitor your use of our
sites. Web beacons (or Web bugs) are small strings of code that provide
a method for delivering a graphic image on a Web page for the purpose
of transferring data, such as the IP (Internet Protocol) address of the
computer that downloaded the page on which the Web beacon appears, the
URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the page on which the Web beacons
appears, the time the page containing the Web beacon was viewed, the
time the page containing the Web beacon was viewed, the types of
browser that fetched the Web beacon and the identification number of
any cookie on the computer previously placed by that server. When
corresponding with you via HTML capable e-mail, Web beacons let us know
whether you received and opened our e-mail
On their own, cookies or Web beacons do not contain or reveal any
personally identifiable information. However, if you choose to furnish
the site with personally identifiable information, this information can
be linked to the data stored in the cookies/Web beacons.
By accepting this Privacy Policy, you specifically agree to our use of
cookies and Web beacons as described herein. You may adjust your
browser to reject cookies from us or from any other Web site.
Additionally, by setting your Web browser to display HTML e-mails as
text only, you may be able to prevent the use of some Web beacons.
Please consult the "Help" section of your browser for more information.
However, certain areas of our sites can only be accessed in conjunction
with cookies or similar devices and you should be aware that disabling
cookies or similar devices may prevent you from accessing some of our
content.
Publicly available information
If at any time our sites offer any chat rooms, message boards,
newsgroups, etc., we collect the information that you disclose. Such
information will be used in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Please
note that we cannot be responsible for other parties' use of the
personal information which you make available to such third parties
through any chat room, message board, newsgroup, etc. on our sites.
The purposes for processing your information
We collect information so we are able to: provide services or products
you request (e.g., send you by e-mail or other electronic means our
newsletters or other information about movies, television shows or
other products or services in which you express an interest); allow you
to participate in recreational activities on the site (e.g.,
participate in our message boards), to organize or carry out games,
draws, or promotional events, manage our relationship with you; inform
you of changes made to our sites; inform you of products, services,
promotions, offers and competitions which you may find interesting;
respond to any queries you may have; develop a more direct relationship
with you for the purposes described in this section; develop an online
customer profile of you; and understand general customer trends and
patterns so we can develop and support existing and ongoing marketing
strategies.
We use cookies and technical information to personalise your visit to
our site (e.g., to recognise you by name when you return to our site),
analyse Web site traffic and to track customer trends and patterns.
This helps us improve the design and content of our site for visitors
and assists us in our marketing initiatives.
Your choice-direct marketing
If we obtained your consent, we also may use your information for the purposes of:
(a) direct marketing of our own products and services.
(b) direct marketing products and services on behalf of selected third
parties in the fields of entertainment, media and related sectors; and
(c) disclosing the data to outside organisations in the fields of
entertainment, media and related sectors who want to market these types
of products or services to you.
Your participation in our marketing activities is voluntary. As such,
you may request that we and our selected third parties refrain from
sending marketing information to you. If you ever want to change your
preferences regarding our use of your information to market to you, you
may contact us at info@protexin.com.
To whom your information is disclosed
We store your information on a central database located in the United
Kingdom. The entities within Probiotics International Ltd that agree to
be bound by this Privacy Policy have access to your data and can use it
for the purposes mentioned in this Privacy Policy.
We may disclose information about you to third parties to comply with
applicable laws and regulations. We also reserve the right to disclose
information to third parties where a complaint arises concerning your
use of our site, and we verify such use being inconsistent with the
Privacy Policy or our Terms of Use.
We share information about visitors to this site in an anonymous or
aggregate form with third parties including advertisers, business
partners, and sponsors, to understand customer trends and patterns and
manage and improve our business relationships.
We provide your information to third party processors to administer and
process for the purposes notified to you in this Privacy Policy, and we
may also share details with third parties (such as auditors or legal
advisors) to obtain professional advice. Any such processing will be
governed by an agreement in the form required by law, preserving any
and all of your statutory data protection rights.
It is possible that we could merge with or be acquired by another
business. To the extent legally permissible and in conformity with the
conditions of this Privacy Policy, we may share the information we hold
that relates to you with the resulting entity.
Links, advertisers, third party sponsors & ad-servers
Some of our sites contain links to other sites that are not covered by
this Privacy Policy and where information practices may be different
from ours. Visitors should consult the other sites' privacy notices as
we are not responsible for and have no control over information that is
submitted to, or collected by, these third-party sites.
On this site, we sometimes offer content that is sponsored by or
co-branded with identified third parties (e.g., competitions,
sweepstakes, or promotions). These third parties can obtain personally
identifiable information that you voluntarily submit to them to make
use of the offer. We are not responsible for the collection and use of
your personal information by these third parties. However, you will be
informed, at the point of collection of such personally identifiable
information, if these third parties will obtain such information.
At some of our sites, reputable third parties may present or serve
advertisements under different terms regarding use of information and
privacy policies. This Privacy Policy does not cover any use of
information that a third-party ad server may collect from you.
International transfer
As Probiotics International Ltd operates globally, it is necessary to
transfer your information internationally. In particular, your
information will be transferred to and processed in the United Kingdom
where our central database is operated. The data protection and other
laws of other countries, such as the U.S., may not be as comprehensive
as those in the European Union. Please be assured that we take
reasonable steps to ensure that your privacy is protected.
Security
Although absolute security cannot be guaranteed on the Internet, please
be assured that we have in place reasonable technical and
organisational security measures to protect your personal information
against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or
against unauthorised disclosure or access to the information we collect
online. We will continue to maintain and improve these measures over
time in line with legal and technological developments.
Storage
Your information will not be stored for longer than is necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
Your rights
To see the personally identifiable information we have collected
through this site that relates to you, to cancel it and/or to correct
or update this information, you may email us at info@protexin.com In
addition, we will always give you the opportunity to update your
preferences regarding our use of your information. To protect your
privacy and security we will take reasonable steps to verify your
identity before granting access.
If you have any additional questions about what personal data relating
to you that is stored by us as defined by local law, please contact us
at info@protexin.com
Children
It is important to us that children can enjoy our sites in a
responsible fashion. We, therefore, encourage children to consult with
their parents before providing personally identifiable information. We
also encourage parents to supervise their children's online activities
by, for example, adopting parental control tools available from online
services and software manufacturers that help provide a child-friendly
online environment. These tools can also prevent children from
disclosing online their name, address, and other personally
identifiable information without parental permission.
Your child's privacy is important to us. We are committed to
safeguarding children's personally identifiable information collected
online, and to helping parents and their children learn how to exercise
control over personal information while exploring the Internet. To this
end, we take additional measures to protect the privacy of our younger
visitors.
Visitors to this site may participate in many activities without
providing any personally identifiable information. However, if a user
wants to participate in certain of our interactive features, we ask the
user to provide us with certain information, such as the user's email
address and age. When the person who registers indicates that he or she
is a child, we will take one of four steps: (1) collect no information
from that individual; (2) require the child to provide a parent's
verifiable consent; (3) collect only the user's email address to
respond to the user's specific request; or (4) collect the e-mail
address of the user's parent in addition to the user's e-mail address
to seek the parent's verifiable consent or to notify them of their
child's online activities. We also use the e-mail addresses of parents
to enable them to unsubscribe their child from a newsletter or other
similar activity. We do not share children's information with outside
third parties not bound by this Privacy Policy without prior parental
permission. Even with the parents' consent, if a user is a child, we
will not condition his/her participation in an online activity on the
disclosure of more information than is reasonably necessary to
participate in the activity.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
If we decide to change this Privacy Policy, the changes will be posted
on this site so that you are always informed of the latest version.
Please check this page and the attached list of Probiotics
International Ltd entities regularly to keep up-to-date.
We will not use or disclose personally identifiable information
provided to us pursuant to this Privacy Policy in ways other than the
ones described herein, without informing you and providing you with the
opportunity to consent to such modified conditions concerning the use
and disclosure of your data.
How to contact us
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy please
feel free to contact us at info@protexin.com or Probiotics
International Ltd, Stoke sub Hamdon, Somerset, TA14 6QE United Kingdom
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