Privacy Policy

Access to and use of the HORSE PATROL Website constitutes your acceptance of this Privacy Policy, which takes effect immediately on your first use of the HORSE PATROL Website. We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time by posting changes on the HORSE PATROL Website. You are responsible for regularly reviewing information posted online to obtain timely notice of such changes. Your continued use of this site following such changes shall be deemed to constitute your acceptance of such changes.

This online privacy policy is designed to tell you about how we collect and use information so that you can make an informed choice about using the Website

1. DATA PROTECTION

1.1 HORSE PATROL is keen to strike a fair balance between your personal privacy and ensuring we are able to assist in the tracing of lost and stolen horses and ponies or equipment and helping to reduce malpractice in the sale of horses and ponies whilst ensuring it complies with all protection the Data Protection Act 1998 ("the Act") affords to you. HORSE PATROL will hold your personal data securely in accordance with the Act.

1.2 The main purpose of the Act is to contain the possible threat to individuals from the misuse of personal data relating to them held in manual records or on computing equipment. HORSE PATROL complies with all requirements of the law on protection of personal data held on computer or in manual records.

2. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

2.1 When you undertake to register on this Website and in other instances (such as subscription for newsletters) from time to time we may ask you to submit personal information about yourself, including but not limited to your full name, age, gender, address, telephone number and e-mail address ("Personal Data").

2.2 If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the website or download information, our system will automatically gather and store certain information about your visit. This information does not identify you personally and is used in an aggregate way to help us improve our website and tell us the number of visitors to our site each day.

2.3 Our web server automatically collects and records the following information:

2.3.1 The visitors domain name, but not the e-mail address;

2.3.2 The visitors IP address;

2.3.3 The name and release number of web browser software used;

2.3.4 The operating system used;

2.3.5 Date and time you access our site.

3. USE OF PERSONAL DATA

3.1 The information we gather automatically and with your permission during your visit to our website is used in the following ways:

3.1.1 Monitor, review, measure, and analyse the Website utilization;

3.1.2 Modify and enhance the Website;

3.1.3 Improve the content and design of the Website;

3.1.4 Respond to your requests;

3.1.5 Monitor and improve our customer service efforts;

3.1.6 Study general usage habits and demographic information for our own marketing research purposes.

3.2 Personal Data is not stored nor captured through the Website without your prior knowledge and consent. Where personal information is captured (e.g. through web-based forms for registration, reports, etc), you will be informed as to what personal information is being collected, who will use it, and for what purpose(s) it will be used.

3.3 Any Personal Data that you give us will be treated with the utmost care and security. We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as you use the service you have requested, and remove it in the event that the purpose has been completed. It will not be used in ways to which you have not consented. We are unable to delete your personal data for a period of 6 years from the date of your last interaction with us (this could be a sales transaction, or some other interaction with us). This is because we may need to access historical information for regulatory and business reporting purposes

4. USERS RIGHT TO OPT-OUT

If at any point we offer any form of periodic e-mail service and you do not want to continue to receive alerter e-mail communications from us please let us know by sending an e-mail to admin@Horsepatrol.co.uk or writing to us at the address below. We will also give you the opportunity to unsubscribe in the e-mail communication we send to you.

5. PERIOD OF GRACE

Should you request that we amend or suppress records containing your Personal Data we will endeavour to do so as promptly as practical; however you may receive communications for a transitional period whilst we process your records.

6. USE OF COOKIES

6.1 A cookie is a small text file written to an individuals hard drive that contains the user ID. The cookies are used to store a visitors information, IP address, pages on the Website which they have visited and other information such as the survey answers so that the pages can be saved to the database to show the results.

6.2 Some parts of HORSE PATROL Website use cookies for security purposes. These are not used to capture nor store personal information for any other purpose. We will not collect any information about you except that required for system administration of the web server.

6.3 You can find out more about the use of cookies and how you can remove them by going to the Interactive Advertising Bureau website http://www.allaboutcookies.org or http://www.cookiecentral.com. You should note that if a User sets up his browser to reject the cookie, he or she may still use the Website although functionality will be impaired.

7. USE OF LOGFILES

7.1 Continuous logs are kept of requests received by the Websites web servers as HORSE PATROL Website is accessed. These logs are used to analyse usage of the Website and include the IP address of every computer used and with respect to restricted areas requiring login using a username and password, the username used, IP addresses, usernames and the log entries within which they are contained will be treated confidentially and only used by HORSE PATROL for administrative purposes.

8. ACCESS TO YOUR PERSONAL DATA

8.1 The Act gives you the right to see the personal information HORSE PATROL holds on you. If you wish to see this information, you must complete the relevant application form, available from the Data Protection Officer as indicated below. HORSE PATROL charges a fee to cover the administrative costs of searching its various databases. HORSE PATROL will reply to your request within 40 days and, with certain specified exceptions, will disclose all the Personal Data held at the time of receipt of the application, without alteration. Please address requests to the DP Officer at the contact details below .

9. HYPERLINKS

9.1 This Website may contain links to other websites. Their inclusion cannot be taken to imply any endorsement or validation by us of the content of the said websites. HORSE PATROL is not responsible for the privacy practices, nor do we accept any liability in connection with the content of such websites.

10. CHANGES/UPDATES TO PRIVACY POLICY

10.1 In order to keep up with changing legislation and best practice, we may revise this privacy policy at any time without notice so please check back periodically so that you are aware of any changes.

11. CONTACT US

11.1 If you have any questions about this privacy pledge or feel that your privacy has been compromised, please contact the Data Protection Officer at admin@horsepatrol.co.uk or alternatively please call our administration office on: (+44) (0)8444 776364

11.2 Further information about the Data Protection Act 1998 and your rights can be found on the Information Commissioners website http://informationcommissioner.gov.uk/