PRIVACY POLICY
De Agostini UK Website Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy Statement explains how De Agostini UK Ltd (“DeAgostini” or “we” or “us”) and its authorized data processors process the personal information which is held about you and which is collected via www.deagostini.co.uk (the ”Website”).
Your acceptance of this Privacy Policy:
By accessing the Website, you consent to the collection and use of your information by De Agostini and/or its authorised data processors in accordance with this Privacy Policy and any other terms and conditions of our Website. De Agostini reserves the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time and without notice. Therefore, we recommend that you review this Privacy Policy on a regular basis to ensure that you are kept up-to-date with any such changes.
How we collect and use your personal information:
Please note that persons under the age of 18 are not permitted to subscribe and/or order products from De Agostini without the explicit consent of a parent or responsible adult.
Unless you wish to subscribe to a particular service or any promotional offers, you will not be asked to provide any personal information on the Website.
However, where you wish to subscribe for an offer, purchase a product, join the online community or view exclusive content you may be asked to provide the following information: Title - Surname - address – email – payment details and any other information which we deem necessary in order to facilitate your order or grant you access to exclusive content. The collection of this information is necessary so that De Agostini and its authorised data processors can process and complete your product order or grant you access to exclusive content. In addition, we may use your information in aggregate form (so that your individual details are not identifiable) for the purpose of creating statistical marketing information and aiding strategic development.
Where you have provided information as indicated above, please don’t forget to let us know if any of your details change as otherwise we may be unable to continue to fulfil your order and/or maintain our service to you.
We may also wish to use your information so that we can contact you with details about De Agostini and/or its products. If you would rather NOT receive these offers, simply contact us by sending us an email, calling us or writing to us.
In addition, we may wish to disclose your information to business partners and/or third party reputable companies who would like to inform you of their products and services which may be of interest to you. If you do NOT wish to receive information from third party companies, then please contact us by sending us an email, calling us or writing to us using the contact details set out below.
How are your payment details protected?
To process subscriptions, we utilise industry-standard Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to allow for the encryption of potentially sensitive information. 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. In addition, it is important for you to protect against unauthorised access to your subscription account and to your computer and so please ensure that you have signed off when using a shared computer.
Use of Cookies:
We also use cookies on this Website. A cookie is a text file sent by a web server to a web browser, and stored by the browser. The text file is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. This enables the web server to identify and track the web browser.
We may send a cookie which may be stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. We may use the information we obtain from the cookie in the administration of this Website, to improve the Website’s usability and for marketing purposes. We may also use that information to recognise your computer when you visit the Website, and to personalise our Website for you.
Most browsers allow you to refuse or to accept cookies. For example, in Internet Explorer you can refuse all cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Internet Options”, “Privacy”, and selecting “Block all cookies” using the sliding selector. This will, however, have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.
Contact
For all Customer Service queries, please consult our knowledge base found in the ‘contact us’ link within the footer of every page.
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