Ddotkdot Limited (“we”, “us” or “our”) are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
This policy (together with our Terms of Website Use and any other documents referred to in it) sets out the basis on which any personal data 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 Ddotkdot Limited.
- INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT FROM YOU
We may collect and process the following data about you:
1.1 Information that you provide when registering for an account to use our website (http://www.loveyourlandlord.co.uk) (“the Website”). This includes information provided when you post materials on the Website or when you report a problem with our Website.
1.2 If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
1.3 We may also ask you to complete surveys that we use for research purposes, although you do not have to respond to them.
1.4 Details of your visits to our Website and the resources that you access. - IP ADDRESSES AND COOKIES
2.1 We may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers. This is statistical data about our users’ browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.
2.2 For the same reason, we may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. They help us to improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalised service. They enable us to:
2.2.1 estimate our audience size and usage pattern;
2.2.2 store information about your preferences, and so allow us to customise our Website according to your individual interests;
2.2.3 speed up your searches; and
2.2.4 recognise you when you return to our Website.
2.3 You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to our Website.
2.4 Please note that our advertisers may also use cookies, over which we have no control. - WHERE WE STORE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
3.1 The data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us or for one of our suppliers. Such staff maybe engaged in, among other things, the fulfilment of your order, the processing of your payment details and the provision of support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.
3.2 All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. Where you have been asked to select a unique ID and password which enable you to access certain parts of our Website, you are responsible for keeping the ID and password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.
3.3 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 our Website; 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. - USES MADE OF THE INFORMATION
4.1 We use information held about you in the following ways:
4.1.1 to ensure that content from our Website is presented in the most effective manner for you;
4.1.2 to provide you with any information, products or services that you request from us or which we feel may
interest you, where you have consented to be contacted for such purposes;
4.1.3 to allow you to participate in any interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so;
4.1.4 to notify you about changes to our Website.
4.2 We will only:
4.2.1 use your data to provide you with information about goods and services which may be of interest to you; or
4.2.2 contact you by electronic means;
if you have given your prior consent to such use or method of communication.
4.3 We will not share or disclose your personal data with or to third parties (subject to Clause 5 below) unless you have given your prior consent to such disclosure.
4.4 We do not disclose information about identifiable individuals to our advertisers, but we may provide them with aggregate information about our users (for example, we may inform them that 500 men aged under 30 have clicked on their advertisement on any given day). We may also use such aggregate information to help advertisers reach the kind of audience they want to target (for example, women in SW1). We may make use of the personal data we have collected from you to enable us to comply with our advertisers’ wishes by displaying their advertisement to that target audience. - DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION
We may disclose your personal information to third parties:
5.1 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;
5.2 If Ddotkdot Limited or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by it about the users of the Website will be one of the transferred assets.
5.3 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 Website Use; or to protect the rights of Ddotkdot Limited or other users of our Website. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection. - YOUR RIGHTS
6.1 You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will usually inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by checking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data. You can also exercise the right at any time by sending an e-mail to enquiries@loveyourlandlord.co.uk or by contacting us using the Contact Page on the Website.
6.2 Our Website 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.
6.3 The Act gives you the right to:
6.3.1 access;
6.3.2 remove/delete; and
6.3.3 amend;
information held about you. Your rights can be exercised in accordance with the Act. Any requests may be subject to a fee of £10 to meet our administrative costs. - CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
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 e-mail. - CONTACT
Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to enquiries@loveyourlandlord.co.uk by e-mail or by using the Contact Page on the Website.
Last reviewed: 6th June 2008
