(Published: June 2003)
South West Food & Drink is committed to protecting your privacy.
Collection of your Personal Information
South West Food & Drink collects personal information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. South West Food & Drink may also collect demographic information, such as your postcode or ZIP code, preferences, and interests. Information collected by South West Food & Drink may be combined with information obtained from other sources and other companies.
South West Food & Drink also collects certain information about your computer hardware and software. This information may include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by South West Food & Drink for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the South West Food & Drink website.
South West Food & Drink keeps track of the pages our users visit within our websites in order to determine what pages are the most popular.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personal information through any future South West Food & Drink discussion forums, this information may be collected and used by others.
South West Food & Drink encourages users to review the privacy statements of websites linked to/from the South West Food & Drink website so that you can understand how those sites collect, use and share your information. South West Food & Drink endeavours to include links to organisations that will give satisfactory service to visitors; however South West Food & Drink has no control over the nature content and availability of those sites. The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.
Use of your Personal Information
South West Food & Drink and its partners collect and use your personal information to operate the South West Food & Drink website and to deliver the services you have requested. South West Food & Drink may also use personal data to provide you with information and to conduct market research surveys. South West Food & Drink does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.
South West Food & Drink will occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf such as handling the processing and delivery of mailings, or performing statistical analysis of our data. South West Food & Drink will only provide those companies with the personal information they need to deliver the service. They are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information and are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.
South West Food & Drink may access and/or disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on the South West Food & Drink website; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of South West Food & Drink including its websites; or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the South West Food & Drink's websites, or the public.
Whenever you provide personal information, South West Food & Drink will act in accordance with current legislation and aims to meet current Internet best practice.
Control your Personal Information
Users of South West Food & Drink's websites can choose not to receive marketing material from South West Food & Drink or from third party business partners. Users can also unsubscribe from South West Food & Drink's services at any time and can have their personal information deleted from South West Food & Drink databases.
In addition, you may visit the South West Food & Drink website to view, edit or delete your personal information from the South West Food & Drink database.
Security of your Personal Information
South West Food & Drink is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorised access, use, or disclosure. For example, we store the personal information you provide on computer systems with limited access that are located in controlled facilities.
Use of Cookies
South West Food & Drink may use "cookies" to help personalise your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the South West Food & Drink website.
Changes to this Statement
South West Food & Drink will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy. When South West Food & Drink posts changes to this Statement, you will see the word "updated" and the date at the top of this page. If there are material changes to this Statement or in how South West Food & Drink will use your personal information, South West Food & Drink will prominently post such changes prior to implementing the change. South West Food & Drink encourages users to periodically review this Statement.
Contact Information
We welcome your comments on this Statement of Privacy. Also, if you believe that South West Food & Drink has not adhered to this Statement, please contact us at the address below:
South West Food & Drink
Darts Farm Village
Topsham
Exeter
Devon
EX3 0QH
England
Tel: +44 (0)1392 878333
Fax: +44 (0)1392 878333
Email: enquiries@southwestfoodanddrink.com
Last Updated: 7th March 2007