Your use of this website indicates your acceptance of the terms of our privacy
policy set out below. If you do not agree to these terms you must not use this website.
We are committed to protecting the privacy of the information we may obtain as a
result of your use of the website. We will treat any personal information (which
means data from which you can be identified, including your name, address, e-mail
address) that you provide to us, or that we obtain from you, in accordance with
the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998.
This privacy policy describes how we will use your personal information. Other websites
linked to this website are not covered by this privacy policy. We may change the
policy from time to time (although any changes will be in accordance with the relevant
data protection legislation at the time) so you should ensure that you are aware
of the terms of the latest policy.
Who we are
We are Canford Audio PLC, a company registered in England and Wales with company
registration number 01385727. Our registered office is at Crowther Road, Washington,
Tyne and Wear NE28 0BW If you have any queries about the information we hold on
you, please contact our Data Protection Officer, who you may write to or contact
by email at dataprotection@canford.co.uk or by telephone on +44 191 418 1000.
We are entered on the Register of Data Controllers with registration no. Z6694860.
How we collect information about you
We are able to collect information about you through the following methods:
- We may collect information about you from your completion of our on-line forms or
from any email you send to us
- We may collect information about you from any content that you post on this website
- We do analyse traffic on the site, but not in a way that identifies any individual
visitor.
- We use ‘cookies’.
Most browsers are automatically set to accept cookies but if you are using Microsoft’s
Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator, you should be able to configure your browser
to restrict cookies or block all cookies if you wish. This may, however, affect
your ability to log into and use certain areas of our site. Browser-specific instructions
on how to restrict or block cookies may be found on the IAB’s website at www.allaboutcookies.org.
We may use on this site to allow you to carry information across pages of our site
without having to re-enter it, to remember the contents of your order if you place
an order online, to help us recognise you as a unique visitor (just a number) and
to tailor content to suit you, and to compile anonymous statistics about how you
use our site. We do not use cookies to store any personal information about
you.
Two types of are used on this website: session cookies which are deleted when you
close your browser, and persistent, which remain in the cookie folder on your hard
disk until deleted.
No cookies on our site are served or used by third parties. We do not use “spyware”,
that is web bugs or hidden identifiers or other similar devices to gain access to
information, store hidden information or to trace activities of users. More information
on cookies can be found at www.allaboutcookies.org.
How do we use your information We will use your personal information to:
- provide you with any further details or information you request when you contact
us;
- fulfil any order you make and to communicate with you in relation to our products
and services;
- for any other purposes to which you have given your consent, which includes publication
of material you post on our Discussion Board;
- and, if you agree at the time you submit your details to us, to send you information
about our products and services and/or to disclose your details to other group companies
of ours so that they can send you information on products and services in the areas
of broadcast entertainment, music industry or commerce/industry. We will offer you
the option of correcting your details and of being removed from our mailing lists
when we write to you with this information.
Security and storage of your information
- Your information will be stored on our web server & other servers, mailing list,
business system, etc. and we will keep our own backup copy. We may also store your
information on paper or electronic format at our offices.
- We will keep your information secure by taking appropriate technical and organisational
measures against its unauthorised or unlawful processing and against its accidental
loss, destruction or damage. However you will be responsible for any password or
other identifiers that we have provided to you for your use in respect of the web
site.
With whom we may share your data
We will not share your information with any other organisation except in the following
circumstances:
- We will share your information with another organisation to which we transfer, or
are in discussions to transfer, our rights and obligations under our agreement with
you.
- We may share information with another organisation that buys our company or our
assets, or with another organisation from which we acquire a company or business,
and in the course of any preceding negotiations with that organisation, which may
or may not lead to a sale.
- We may share your information with any group companies of ours so that they can
provide any products or services to you that you request.
- We will give third party providers who supply services to us (for example, as part
of hardware or software maintenance) or who process information on our behalf (such
as a hosting company) incidental access to your information. Any credit or debit
card details are securely passed to our payment provider and your card issuer.
- We will disclose your information to enforcement authorities if asked to do so,
or to a third party in the context of actual or threatened legal proceedings.
Your rights
- You have the right to rectify any errors in information we hold about you and to
change or correct any details you have already given us. Please inform us about
changes to your details so that we can keep our records up to date.
- You have the right to be removed from any mailing list we hold at any time by contacting
us at unsubscribe@canford.co.uk.
- You have a right to see a copy of the information we hold about you on payment of
a statutory fee, which is currently £10. Before we agree to this, you must provide
us with sufficient evidence of your identity and sufficient details of the information
you wish to see to enable us to locate it.
Transfers outside Europe
Where you post information on our Discussion Board, in doing so you consent to that
information being available outside of the EEA. We will not otherwise transfer your
information outside the EEA. The EEA comprises certain countries within Europe (including
the EU) which have similar laws on data protection. Other countries outside the
EEA may not give the same level of protection to your information.
If you have any queries about the information we hold on you, or to make any amendments,
please contact our Data Protection Officer, who you may write to or contact by email
at dataprotection@canford.co.uk
or by telephone on +44 191 418 1000.
Further information about data protection issues including the online Register of
Data Controllers can be found at
www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk