Introduction
Real Women Today Ltd takes your privacy seriously. This privacy policy describes how and why we obtain, store and process data which can identify you. We may update this policy from time to time and shall indicate on the website when changes have been made.
The Information we collect
Information is collected from you when you register with us, or when you contribute to or use some of the advanced features on the site. The information we collect is clearly set out on the web page on which we collect it. See for example our competition page. In addition, we may collect your IP address and use cookies unless you configure your web browser not to accept them.
Why we collect it
We collect information about you so that we can provide additional information, assist your use of the site and improve the site generally. Depending upon your selections for our data protection questions we may arrange for you to be sent information about related products and services from us and carefully selected third parties. You may update the answers to your questions at any time.
Who we disclose it to
A) We will only pass on information about you as an individual (as opposed to aggregate information) to third parties to enable us to perform services requested by you or with your prior consent.
B) If you give your consent, we reserve the right to pass your contact details to third parties who may then occasionally send communications to you to provide information, offers and services that may be of interest to you.
C) In certain circumstances we may need to disclose information about you if you breach this privacy policy or if you breach the website Terms and Conditions of Use. We may also disclose or access your account if required to do so by law or by any Governmental body.
D) We will only pass on information about you as an individual (as opposed to aggregate information) to third parties overseas to enable us to perform services requested by you.
Data Protection
Real Women Today Ltd acknowledges information provided by the Information Commissioner in the UK as a data controller in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998. Further details are available at www.dpr.gov.uk.
Security
Keeping information about you secure is very important to us and we take reasonable precautions to keep your information safe. However, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be totally secure. As a result, whilst we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information which you send to us, and you do so at your own risk.
Accessing and updating your personal information
We will always let you have a copy of personal information we have about you, should you request it, and you may correct it if you wish. Instructions about how to do this are available from 0845 257 2510
Advertising Disclosure
In addition to ads that we serve you directly, we sometimes use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our websites. Both we and our advertising companies may use information about your visits to this website and other sites you may visit to serve ads to you. In the course of serving advertisements to you, a unique third-party cookie may be placed or recognised on your browser. In addition, we and our advertising companies may use Web beacons to help manage our online advertising. These Web beacons enable us and our third-party ad serving companies to recognise a browser’s cookie when a browser visits this site and to learn which banner ads bring users to our website and to serve you ads that you may find of interest elsewhere on the internet. Both Real Women Today and these companies may use information (not including your names, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to these sites and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by other companies, please visit http://www.networkadvertising.org/optout_nonppii.asp.
Kids And Parents
The sites covered by this policy are not intended for use by children, especially those under age 13. No one under age 13 is allowed to provide any personal information or use our public discussion areas, forums and chats. If your children disclose information about themselves in our public discussion areas, they may get unsolicited messages from other parties. Accordingly, you should tell them not to do so. There are also commercially available tools to help you limits your children’s exposure to material online.
If you’re worried about your children’s activities or their privacy on our site, we encourage you to e-mail Real Women Today at webmaster@realwomentoday.com.
Blogs, Video and other user-generated Postings; Social Networking
If you elect to post material to any blogs, forums, participate in our social networking channels or other community boards that may be offered on our sites, or if you elect to upload any photographs, audio or video, you will be solely responsible for all content, messages, text, files, images, graphics, photos, audio clips, sounds, video or other materials (the “Postings”). You agree and warrant that any Postings you post to the sites will be true and accurate, will not defame any person or invade any person’s privacy, and will not infringe the proprietary rights of any person. You agree not to furnish any Postings to which you do not own the rights. By furnishing Postings, you give Real Women Today Ltd the right to use such Postings in any manner and in any media now known or hereafter invented, including, without limitation, the right to combine your Postings with Postings of third parties in varied combinations. You also acknowledge that visitors to the sites may post comments about your Postings which may be derogatory, and that Real Women Today Ltd has no obligation to monitor or delete any such postings.
Please be aware that Real Women Today Ltd does not and cannot monitor all of the Postings made to the sites, and therefore Real Women Today Ltd will not be responsible for the content of any Postings. Real Women Today Ltd has no obligation to verify the accuracy of any personally indentifying information that is posted to our sites. However, Real Women Today Ltd does reserve the right to delete or edit any material in any Posting that is obscene, harassing, offensive or otherwise objectionable and not in keeping with the community standards of the website and to terminate access to the sites to offenders of the guidelines. If Real Women Today Ltd elects to edit any Postings, it nonetheless assumes no responsibility for the content of the Postings. Under no circumstances will Real Women Today Ltd be liable for any inaccuracy or defect in any Postings. We also expect our users to adhere to certain rules of the road. Therefore, you agree not to post, email, or otherwise make available Postings:
•that are unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, pornographic, libelous, or invasive of another’s privacy, or harmful to minors in any way;
•that harass, degrade, intimidate or are hateful toward an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, or disability;
•that include personal or identifying information about another person without that person’s explicit consent.
•that are false, deceptive, misleading, deceitful, misinformative, constitute “bait and switch” or impersonation of any person or entity;
•contain your own or a third party’s advertising, branding or promotional content;
•that infringe any proprietary rights, including copyright, of any party, or Postings that you do not have a right to make available;
•restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Real Women Today Ltd sites or the Real Women Today Ltd services offered on them;
•that include your personal information, such as telephone number, street address, last name, URL or email address;
•that “cut and paste” private messages from other users;
•that re-broadcast any posting that violates these terms.
Because Real Women Today Ltd does not monitor the Postings, you agree to use and rely on them at your own risk. Real Women Today Ltd cannot make any representation or warranty about the material contained in the Postings. Real Women Today Ltd likewise assumes no responsibility for any contact you may have with other users of our site, either online or offline. If you elect to meet in person with someone you may meet on our site, you do so at your own risk, and under no circumstances will Real Women Today Ltd be liable for any activity or injury that may occur.
Any questions?
If you have any questions or complaints relating to this Privacy Policy or how we use the personal information we have about you, please contact 0845 257 2510. We will endeavour to respond to you promptly.
