Smart Voucher Privacy Policy
Smart Voucher Privacy Policy – as at 15 November 2006.
This Privacy Policy applies to the Website of Smart Voucher Ltd. at www.smartvoucher.com. This privacy policy explains the data processing practices of Smart Voucher. Your privacy is important to us.
By using smartvoucher.com or registering, you expressly consent to our use and disclosure of your personal data in the manner described in this Privacy Policy. If you have any requests concerning your personal data or any queries with regard to these practices, please contact us via email at info@smartvoucher.com
1. Notification of Changes
This policy may be updated as new features and benefits are added to Smart Voucher or as we adapt based upon suggestions from our customers. If we are going to use or disclose your personally identifiable information in a manner materially different from that stated at the time we collected the information,[ you will be informed of such a change and] you will have a choice as to whether or not we use or disclose your information in this new manner. The amended Privacy Policy will be posted on this Website at www.smartvoucher.com so that you can always review what information we gather, how we might use that information, and whether we will disclose it to anyone. Several pages on the Smart Voucher website include links to third party websites. These sites are governed by their own privacy statements, and Smart Voucher is not responsible for their operations, including but not limited to their information practices. Users submitting information to or through these third party Websites should review the privacy statement of these sites before providing them with personally identifiable information.
2. A Special Note About Children
If you are under 16 years of age and do not understand the information set out in this Privacy Policy, please ask a responsible adult to explain it to you before you give us your details.
3. Information We Collect Personal Data
Personal data is collected when you provide personal data to this site, for example when registering for the newsletter and other Smart Voucher Limited services.
We use this personal data to:
improve the content of our site unless you have objected, provide you with information about other products and services we offer that may interest you, provide you with a more personalized service, conduct market research.
Aggregated Information:
Aggregated information is also collected automatically when you visit our site. This information, which includes demographic data and browsing patterns, is collected via the use of cookies (see below).
Website Traffic Information:
Because of the way that World Wide Web communication standards work, when you arrive at or leave the Smart Voucher website, we automatically receive the Web address of the site that you came from or are going to. We also collect information on which pages of our Website you visit while you are on the Smart Voucher site, the type of browser you use and the times you access our Website. We use this information only to try to understand our customers' preferences better and to manage the load on our servers, so as to improve our service and your experience with Smart Voucher. We do not track the Websites that you visit before or after you leave the Ukash site.
Our Use of "Cookies":
A ‘cookie’ is a small file that is stored on your computer and allows us to recognize you as a Ukash customer if you return to the Ukash website using the same computer and browser. We send a ‘session cookie’ to you computer if and when you log in as a customer or merchant. Most browsers will usually allow you to change the setting of your browser so that it does not accept cookies but if you do this please be aware that the site will not operate properly. You may visit www.allaboutcookies.org if you would like to learn more about cookies and how to turn them off.
Overall cookies help us to improve the quality of our web site, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. We know that people have concerns about cookies, but we believe that the benefit we both gain from their proper use is worthwhile and will benefit our end users.
You may set your web browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape navigator) to notify you of cookie placement requests or decline cookies completely. You can delete the files that contain cookies - those files are stored as part of your internet browser.
4. Our Use and Disclosure of Information
Disclosure to Third Parties Smart Voucher will not sell or rent any of your personally identifiable information to third parties. Smart Voucher will not share any of your personally identifiable information with third parties except in the limited circumstances described below, or with your express permission. These pre-screened third parties are limited by law or by contract from using the information for secondary purposes beyond the purposes for which the information is shared.
We disclose the information we collect, as described above in Section 3, to companies that perform marketing services on our behalf. These companies are subject to confidentiality agreements with us and other legal restrictions that prohibit using the information except to market the specified Ukash related products or services, unless you have affirmatively agreed or given your prior permission for other uses.
With your permission, we may also share personal data collected on the site with pre-screened third parties for marketing or promotional purposes. We will provide users with an opportunity to decline this service when such information is requested from you online.
Personal data may also be shared only as necessary with third parties who provide technical services to the site, or host proportions of the site, who will not share of otherwise disseminate this information other than as necessary to perform these services.
We disclose information in response to requirements of civil or criminal legal process. We share aggregated statistical data with our business partners or for public relations. However, this aggregated information is not tied to personal data. We share your information with our parent, subsidiaries and joint ventures to help coordinate the services we provide to you, enforce our terms and conditions, and promote trust and safety.
5. Our Contact with Smart Voucher Customers and Partners
We communicate with users on a regular basis via email to provide requested services, and we also communicate by phone to resolve customer complaints or enquiries. We may use your email address to send you information about important changes to our products and services, and to send notices and other disclosures required by law. Generally, users cannot opt out of these communications, but they will be primarily informational in nature rather than promotional.
We also use your email address to send you other types of communications that you can control, including a Smart Voucher newsletter. You can chooseto stop receiving these communications at any time after you complete the email registration, by emailing us at info@smartvoucher.com
6. Data Protection
Smart Voucher Ltd. is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority in the United Kingdom as an ELectronic Money Institution.
Smart Voucher Ltd. FSA Register Number: 447811.
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We reserve the right to change this policy at any time by posting a revised privacy policy here.
