ladybird privacy and legal

privacy policy

The purpose of this statement is to set out how we use personal information that we may obtain about you. By registering as a user of the services provided by Ladybird Communications and by using the Ladybird Communications website generally you agree to this use.

1. When you and use this site you may be asked to provide certain information such as your contact details. We will store this data and hold it on computers or otherwise. We will use this data to fulfil our agreement with you.

2. We may use information that you provide or that is obtained by us:

1. To register you with our web site and to administer our web site services;
2. For assessment and analysis (e.g. market, customer and product analysis) to enable us to review, develop and improve the services which we offer and to enable us to provide you and other customers with relevant information through our marketing programme. We may use your information to make decisions about you using computerised technology, for example automatically selecting products or services which we think will interest you from the information we have. We may inform you (by e-mail, telephone, text message, mail or otherwise) about products and services (including those of other companies and organisations) which we consider may be of interest to you. If you do not wish us to use or share your information for marketing purposes, contact us;
3. For the prevention and detection of fraud;
4. To administer any prize draws or competitions you may enter.

3. We may give information about you to the following, who may use it for the same purposes as set out above:

1. To any of our employees and/or agents to administer any accounts, products and services provided to you by us now or in the future;
2. Agents who profile your data so that we may tailor the goods/services we offer to your specific needs;

We may also disclose your information:

1. To anyone to whom we transfer or may transfer our rights and duties under our agreement with you;
2. If we have a duty to do so or if the law allows us to do so.

4. In order that we can monitor and improve the site, we may gather certain information about you when you use it, including details of your domain name and IP address, operating system, browser, version and the web site that you visited prior to our site.

5. New technologies are emerging on the Internet that helps us to deliver customised visitor experiences. In particular, there is a technology called "cookies" which may be used by us to provide you with customised information from our web site. A cookie is an element of data that a web site can send to your browser, which may then store it on your system. Cookies allow us to understand who has seen which pages and advertisements, to determine how frequently particular pages are visited and to determine the most popular areas of our web site. Cookies also allow us to make our web site more user friendly by, for example, allowing us to save your password so that you do not have to re-enter it every time you visit our web site. We use cookies so that we can give you a better experience when you return to our web site. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies. You do not have to accept cookies, and you should read the information that came with your browser software to see how you can set up your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, this will give you the opportunity to decide whether to accept it.

6. We may supplement the information that you provide to us with information that we receive from third parties.

7. We endeavour to take all reasonable steps to protect your personal information. However, we cannot guarantee the security of any data you disclose on-line. You accept the inherent security risks of providing information and dealing on-line over the Internet and will not hold us responsible for any breach of security unless this is due to our negligence or wilful default.

8. You have the right to see personal data (as defined in the Data Protection Act) that we keep about you, upon receipt of a written request and payment of a fee. If you are concerned that any of the information we hold on you is incorrect please contact us.

9. Please be aware that our site may link to other web sites which may be accessed through our site. We are not responsible for the data policies or procedures or the content of these linked web sites.

10. In the course of undertaking the activities specified in this privacy policy we may transfer data outside the European Economic Area to countries which do not have data protection laws or to countries where your privacy and other fundamental rights may not be protected as extensively as in the United Kingdom.

11. Please note that any products and services are supplied subject to our standard terms and conditions.

If you have any comments or queries in connection with our privacy policy, please contact us.

terms and conditions

July 2008

Copyright 2008 Ladybird Communications. All rights reserved.

introduction

This is the official website of Ladybird Communications. By using this site you are accepting these terms and conditions, if you do not wish to accept these terms and conditions we suggest that you do not use this site.

Ladybird Communications reserves the right at any time and without notice to amend or alter all content on this site as it wishes.

purpose

This free access website is intended to provide free information about Ladybird Communications, its services, latest news and its work for a number of its clients, and provide contact information for Ladybird Communications.

copyright and trademarks

All copyright to all graphics, images, logo’s, data and html code contained in this website belongs to Ladybird Communications or its clients. Reproduction, adaptation or modification of all or any part of this website is strictly prohibited without the prior written permission of Ladybird Communications or in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988.

privacy

This website is designed to be a business to business website and is not intended for the use of individual consumers or children. Ladybird Communications may collect and store personal identifiable information about the persons or companies who visit this website.
This information may include, but is not limited to, details such as your name, address, telephone number, fax number, CV, URL, domain name, I.P. address, company name, job title or email address. Ladybird Communications may use this information to contact you or your company about its products and services from time to time.

Ladybird Communications may also collect and store information about users who visit this website to improve the website and improve user interaction based on the information collected.
Ladybird Communications does not trade, sell, rent or pass on any information about the users of this website to any third parties for marketing purposes without your express consent.
You may ask Ladybird Communications to delete any information about you or your company and cease any further contact with you at anytime by contacting Ladybird Communications by phone, letter or email.

submissions

Where you are invited to submit any contribution to this site such as to the guestbook or competitions you are by submission to grant Ladybird Communications a perpetual, royalty free, non-exclusive, license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish and create derivative works from for any purpose that Ladybird Communications wishes, e.g. marketing and promotional purposes, if you do not wish to grant such rights to Ladybird Communications, it is suggested that you do not submit your contribution to this site: by submitting your contribution to this site you also indemnify Ladybird Communications against all legal fees, damages, and other expenses that may be incurred by Ladybird Communications as a result of any material submitted by you.

Unauthorised use of this website

1. Entry to the html code, cgi scripts, images or any other part of this website is strictly prohibited.
2. Do not transmit or post any material to this website that is libellous, obscene, threatening, abusive or hateful.
3. No unsolicited email (SPAM) may be directed to or through this site.
4. You are prohibited from attempting to interfere with the site service, including, overloading, flooding, mailing , bombing, crashing, or hacking all or part of the site content or deleting or changing any site content.

warranty disclaimer

This site is offered AS IS and without warranties of any kind.
All information and images contained on this website are believed to be truthful and accurate but nothing on this website shall be considered a representation by Ladybird Communications and no reliance should be placed upon any information contained on the website unless it has been confirmed in writing by Ladybird Communications to be correct.
Ladybird Communications are not responsible for unavailability, interruptions in availability, viruses or other defects in the site or its contents. In no event shall Ladybird Communications be responsible for any damages to users or their computer systems or otherwise.

links to external websites

Where this website contains a link to another site this is provided only for the convenience of the user of this website, Ladybird Communications do not endorse or confirm any contents of any such website and accept no responsibility for the contents or the use of any such website.

liability

Ladybird Communications accept no liability for any errors or omissions on this website and its liability howsoever arising in relation to the website shall exclude liability for indirect and consequential loss including loss of profits, loss of opportunity, loss of systems, loss of reputation, business interruption, loss of programmes or other data.

governing law

The website (www.ladybird-comms.co.uk) Ladybird Communications and its contents are governed by English law.