MANCHESTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: PRIVACY POLICY FOR WEBSITE
MANCHESTER.THEBUSINESSNETWORKONLINE.COM
The Manchester Chamber Of Commerce ("we/"us"/"our") is committed to
protecting and respecting your privacy. We take the privacy of our members and
all visitors seriously, and we will only use any personal data collected and/or
submitted to us during your use of this website in accordance with current UK
data protection legislation and this Policy.
This Policy (together with our
Terms of Use) and any other documents referred to
on it) sets out the basis on which any personal data that we collect from you,
or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following
carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and
how we will treat it.
For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 ("the Act"), the data controller
is Manchester Chamber Of Commerce.
Any changes we may make to our Privacy Policy in the future will be posted on
this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by email.
INFORMATION THAT WE MAY COLLECT FROM YOU
The information that we collect via this website may include:-
1. Any personal details that you submit such as your name, address, email
address and other information.
2. Data that allows us to remember you, any interest that you have recorded and
how you use this website. This saves you from re-keying information when you
return to this website and allows us to arrange the website content to match
your preferred interests. We use "cookies" to collect this data. Cookies are
text-only strings of information that are stored on your web browser or hard
disk. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying the
settings of your web browser. However, you may not be able to use all the
facilities of this website if cookies are disabled. Please note, advertisers on
this website may also use cookies, over which we (and our website operator) have
no control.
3. Your IP address (this is your computer's individual identification number for
internet connection) is automatically logged by our web server. This is used to
note your interest in this website.
4. Details of your visits to this website (including, but not limited to,
traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data) and the
resources that you access.
5. If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
WHAT WE DO WITH INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We will use information you supply and/or we collect through this website to:
• build our relationship with our members;
• attract new members;
• tell you about goods and/or services which we provide, or which third parties
provide, which we feel may be of interest to you;
• canvas your views, through surveys in relation to the services we offer,
although you do not have to respond to them;
• keep our membership records up to date;
We will pass information you supply and/or we collect through this website to:
the British Chamber of Commerce Limited, of which we are an accredited member.
They will use your information to:
• improve and/or enhance the services which they offer to members of their
accredited chambers;
• promote the Business Network Online Service to other accredited members of the
British Chambers of Commerce Limited and third parties;
Simply-Sol.Com Limited, the operator of this website, who will use your
information to:
• operate the Business Network Online Service. This may include passing your
information to users of this website and users of other sites operated by or on
behalf of accredited members of the British Chambers of Commerce Limited;
• to let you know about goods and services it provides, or which third parties
provide, which may be of interest to you. Simply-Sol.Com Limited will not
disclose (or permit to be disclosed) information about identifiable individuals
to advertisers but it may provide them with aggregate information about users of
this website.
Simply-Sol.Com Limited may pass or disclose your information (in whole or in
part) to its third party service providers under strict security arrangements to
enable them to provide their contracted services to Simply-Sol.Com Limited.
These service providers may be located outside of the European Economic Area.
Simply-Sol.Com Limited may also aggregate information to help advertisers reach
the kind of audience they want to target, and may make use of the personal data
collected from you through this website to enable them to comply with their
advertisers' wishes by displaying their advertisement to that target audience.
Your information may be disclosed to regulatory bodies for the purposes of
monitoring and/or enforcing our compliance with any regulatory rules/codes. It
may also be used for research and statistical purposes. It may be transferred to
any country, including countries outside the European Economic Area for any of
these purposes and for system administration. Where this happens, we will ensure
that anyone to whom we pass your information agrees to treat your information
with the same level of protection as if we were dealing with it.
We may disclose your personal information to third parties without your prior
consent:
• in the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may
disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business
or assets;
• if we or substantially all of our assets are acquired by a third party, in
which case personal data held by us about our members will be one of the
transferred assets;
• if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to
comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our
Terms of UseTerms of
Use and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of us,
our members, or others.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not
completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data,
we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to this site; any
transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we
will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised
access.
YOUR RIGHTS
You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing
purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by telephoning
us on +44 (0)161 245 4834 or emailing us on catherine.riley@manchester-solutions.co.uk.
This site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our
partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of
these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies
and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies.
Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these
websites. For further information on linking please see section our
Terms of Use.
The Act gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of
access can be exercised in accordance with the Act. Any access request may be
subject to a fee of up to £10.
CONTACT
Questions, comments and requests regarding this Privacy Policy are welcomed and
should be addressed to Manchester Chamber Of Commerce on +44 (0)161 245 4834 or catherine.riley@manchester-solutions.co.uk.