| Changes to the Privacy
Policy? |
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If for any reason we have to change our Privacy Policy, we will
notify you by e-mail of the changes. We reserve the right to amend
this Privacy Policy at any time without prior notice, and only the
current Privacy Policy may be deemed effective.
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| What GENERAL information do we collect
about YOU? |
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Everytime you visit e-mail remind, basic information about
your computer is captured (as with almost all sites!) this includes:
IP Address(e.g. 111.111.111.111), Operating System (e.g. Win95/98
etc), Browser Details (e.g. IE, NN), other numeric codes to ID a
computer.
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| What do you use the GENERAL information
for? |
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Not much to be honest - the main purpose will be to observe usage
and patterns so that we can increase bandwidth and processing power
should it be needed. The data can also be used if we believe users
are trying to hack the system.
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| What PERSONAL information do we collect
about YOU? |
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During the sign up page you are required to fill in some basic
details about yourself. These details will include : e-mail address
(used as your login), Name (broken down into Title, First, Initial,
Last), Date of Birth , Secondary e-mail address (for future use!),
First two letters of your postcode, and your Country.
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| What do you use the PERSONAL information
for? |
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The PERSONAL information is used to identify you, and also to allow
us to personalise e-mail messages to you. This data including your
e-mail address, will NOT be passed on to any other third parties.
We will also use it for targeting adverts at you (and also decrease
the number of pointless adverts you will receive, e.g. a local florist
in Nottingham is not going to want to advertise to potential customers
in Southampton!).
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| What OTHER information do we collect? |
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For each reminder you setup there is some additional information
we collect : Date (so we know when to remind you!), and depending
on the type of reminder, Name, Relationship etc.
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| What do you use this OTHER information
for? |
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It allows us to target adverts better and again reduce the amount
of pointless adverts you get. Again as with all the other data we
collect, this will NOT be sold on.
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| What are cookies, and how does e-mail remind
use them? |
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A cookie is a piece of information stored on your computer, and
is normally used to store small amounts of data : like the number
of times you visit a site, or your name. Cookies are used on this
site to help you with the login process if you have asked for the
auto login process. If you do not have cookies enabled, some
of the features on e-mail remind, may not work as intended.
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| What happens to my data if I want to leave? |
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If you decide that this service is of no further use, you can delete
your account through the members options page. At the bottom is
a link to remove your account - by entering your password here and
selecting submit, all your account details will be deleted. We have
no way to recover this information except via our backups, however
we will NOT recover a single users account - the backup will only
be used if we have a disk failure or database problem. In time any
of your details on our backup will be lost as the tapes are reused.
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| How do I access, or change information about
myself? |
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If you need to change any details about yourself, login and then
select the options. From here you can change your name / e-mail
address etc. If your e-mail address has changed and you want to
change that, login with your old e-mail address (the one you set
the account up with) then amend it as above.
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| How can I protect my details from other
people? |
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Never tell anyone your password. When you sign up, you will be
given a password, always go to the options page first and change
this to something you will remember, but for security make it more
complex by jumbling tow word together. No one from e-mail
remind will ask you for your password by fax/phone/e-mail. If someone
claims to be from e-mail remind and asks you for details,
do NOT respond. If you share a computer, it is recommended that
you do NOT have the auto login enabled, as anyone using that computer
could gain access to your details/information.
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| Disclaimer |
| Although every effort is made to keep all the data secure, it is
possible for someone to break into our site (electronically or physically)
and steal it, however we would like to believe this to be highly improbable. |