Data Protection & Privacy Policy
We are Village & Parish Magazines (“VPM/we/us/our”)
VPM is a subsidary website of Minster Matters
At VPM we are very serious about protecting your privacy. Your trust is
our most important asset. This privacy policy explains how VPM may collect
information from you via our website and how that information may be used
subsequently. If you have any queries in relation to this privacy policy
please contact:-
VP Mags
By browsing and using our website
you agree to this policy
governing your use of the website. If you do not accept this policy, you
must not use our website.
This policy applies only to this website and not to other websites to
which we provide links.
These websites are not subject to our privacy policy. You are advised
to read the privacy policy of such other websites.
We may change our privacy policy from time to time without notification
and you should regularly review this policy when you visit our site.
Collection of information
In order to provide the services you want, and to allow you to experience
a more personalised service when you revisit us, we need to know your
interests. We find these out by asking you, by reading your comments and
by looking at which are the most popular areas of our site.
Collection of personal information
We will only collect personal information from you (such as name, address,
telephone number, email address etc) that you have provided voluntarily
to us either by completing registration or enquiry forms or sending emails
to us. Please do not submit your personal data to us if you do not wish
us to collect it.
Examples of where we may collect your personal information
include (without limitation):
• If you enter a contest or promotion we ask for your name, address
and e-mail address. This is so we can run the contest effectively and
tell you if you have won.
• If you order a product or service from us we may ask for information
including your name, e-mail address, delivery and billing address.
Sometimes we may ask for your telephone number. These details allow us
to process your orders efficiently.
Use of your information
You agree that we may obtain, hold, correlate, merge and use your information
(including personal information) for the purpose of providing you with
our services and ancillary services and for our internal business purposes.
These include (without limitation):
• Personalising your visits to the site and developing the design
and style of the site to improve our services to you
• To inform you about the latest changes to our website, products,
services or promotional offers that you might find interesting
• Communication (and personalising such communication) with you
from VPM, and from other reputable and trustworthy third parties (if you
have agreed to such)
• Informing you if you have been successful in any of the competitions
or promotions
• Compiling customer reviews
• For market research purposes
• To prevent you from posting illegal, offensive or objectionable
comments on our sites
• For strategic development
• For any purpose required by law or regulation
• For accounting purposes
Sharing Information
With your consent, we may supply personal information to third parties.
We reserve the right to access and to disclose personal information to
comply with applicable laws and lawful government requests or requests
by applicable regulatory bodies to operate our systems properly or to
protect either ourselves or our other users.
We may transfer, sell or assign any of the information described in this
policy to third parties as a result of a merger, change of control, transfer
of assets or reorganisation of VPM.
Monitoring emails
We may monitor and keep records of email communications which you send
to us and other communications with you in accordance with this policy
and our other business interests.
Safeguards and Security
No data transmission over the internet can be entirely secure, and therefore
we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information and/or use
of our site. However we use our reasonable endeavours to protect the security
of your personal information from unauthorised access.
In addition to our safeguards your personal information is protected in
the UK by the Data Protection Act. This provides that the information
which we hold about you should be processed fairly and lawfully and should
be accurate, relevant and not excessive. The information should, where
necessary, be kept up to date and not retained for longer than is necessary.
Please help us to keep your personal information accurate by keeping us
updated of your details.
For more information on the Data Protection Act and the Information Commissioner
please see
www.ico.gov.uk
Changing or accessing your information
Should your personal information change (e.g. your postcode), or if you
no longer wish to receive newsletters or services you have signed up for,
or if you wish to review or receive copies of the personal information
we hold about you, or have any other queries please email VP Mags
including full details of your request.
We reserve the right to charge an administration fee in relation to fulfilling
a request for access to personal information.