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Situation Publishing
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Southport
Merseyside
PR8 2AX
The Register strongly believes in the importance of keeping readers' personal information personal. It will never use your information for any use beyond that stated or the permissions you give us.
Cookies
The Register site does not use cookies - though some of our partners do (see 'Advertising' below).
IP Addresses and Server Logs
The Register site does record IP addresses and produces server logs – as all Web Servers do. This information is used solely for monitoring the volume of traffic the site receives and measuring the number of readers. We do not use the information for tracking the activities of specific visitors to the site.
Advertising
The Register contains links to many third-party Web sites and displays advertisements from third-parties through third-party advertisement servers. Current Register advertising server partners include DoubleClick and VibrantMedia. The latter's cookie, activated through a 1x1-pixel invisible image, known as a 'web bug', records only the URL of the page you are already viewing, for the purpose of returning you to that page should you click on an ad served by VibrantMedia. No personal data is recorded.
DoubleClick's
privacy policy stresses that it does not use any information gathered through its cookies for its own use. Such data as it makes available to us is not used beyond the collation of broad calculations to measure the size of our readership. Concerned users can opt out of its cookie system here.
If you encounter any problems with the advertising please contact: Philip Mitchell.
Email and Online Forms
Readers who choose to subscribe to our optional headlines-by-email service, or complete any of our online forms, may be asked to supply personal data. If they choose to do so, that information is recorded and used for broad demographic information.
If permission is granted, this information may be used to target specific users with occasional emails informing them about commercial services provided by The Register.
If permission is granted, this information may be used to send occasional emails containing offers from our partners. This will only ever be provided to readers who have specifically given us permission to use their information in this way.
The Register will never use your data for anything beyond the reason stated and the permissions you grant us.
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Competitions
Readers who enter The Register competitions will be asked for some personal information, but only to allow us to judge the validity of their applications and to contact them should they be declared a competition winner.
If permission is granted, this information may be used to target specific users with commercial services provided by The Register.
If permission is granted, this information may be used to send occasional emails from The Register containing offers from our partners. This will only ever be provided to readers that have specifically given us permission to use their information in this way.
The Register will never use your data for anything beyond the reason stated and the permissions you grant us.
Publishing
We reserve the right to publish emails and letters sent to The Register. If the sender asks that that we don't reveal his or her identity, that information won't be published. We never publish a private email address unless specifically asked to do so by its owner.
Cash'n'Carrion
Our online store, Cash'n'Carrion, inevitably records some personal data, including names, addresses and credit card details.
If permission is granted, this information may be used to target specific users with commercial services provided by The Register.
If permission is granted, this information may be used to send occasional emails from the Register containing offers from our partners. This will be provided solely to readers who have specifically given us permission to use their information in this way.
Third Parties
The Register has partnered with other organisations to provide you with some services such as VCISP and the bookshop. All have their own privacy policies, which can be found here:Security
The Register takes security of personal information very seriously indeed. All data collection is undertaken using up to date, industry standards to ensure that the data is collected and stored securely. Access to the data is strictly limited to designated employees of The Register and is covered by our own internal security procedures.
Data Protection
Anyone who provides The Register with personal information is given the opportunity to manage how that information is used. This includes opting out of any services and restricting the use of that information. You can do that by visiting this address or by contacting Philip Mitchell.
Accessing your Data
Readers of The Register have certain rights under the UK’s Data Protection Acts. You can, for instance, ask to be told what information we hold about you on our databases. The Register will provide you with all of the details that we hold about you, both online and offline, upon request. The Register reserves the right to charge a £10 administration fee for this process. If you would like to request this information please use the contact details below.
Changes to this Policy
As statutory and online requirements change so this policy document may change. Any changes will be highlighted across the site to ensure that all readers have the opportunity to respond to these changes.
Contacting Situation Publishing Data Controller
If you wish to contact Situation Publishing regarding any aspect of the Privacy Policy you should use the following contact details:
By Post:
The Data Controller
Situation Publishing
19 Saxon Road
Southport
Merseyside
PR8 2AX
By Email
philip.mitchell@theregister.co.uk
By Phone:
0870 75 22 985
By Fax:
0870 458 1768
