THEDESERT.COM
PRIVACY POLICY:
The following provides details about our Privacy Policy. TheDesert.com
treats your privacy very seriously. In general, we use the personal
information that we collect from you to identify personal preferences
and match your needs with relevant services and process any orders that
you may make through our website.
NOTICE:
This policy only applies to TheDesert.com web site and not to the companies,
individuals, organisations or other websites to which there are links.
You should therefore ensure that you are familiar with the applicable
privacy policy before entering any personal information on a third party
site.
CONSENT
Your use of this web site signifies your consent to us collecting and
using personal information about you as specified below in accordance
with this Policy. Should we choose to change our Policy for any reason,
the changes will be posted here, so that you are always kept informed
of how we collect and use your personal information, and when we may
disclose it.
How
Do We Collect Information About You and How Is It Used?
You may provide personal information when communicating with us. You
may order a service and give your name, e-mail address, delivery address,
credit or debit card number and expiry date so that the order can be
processed and payment can be collected. Sometimes you may be asked for
your telephone number. If you enter a competition or promotion on our
website we will ask for your name, address and e-mail address.
It may be that you provide to us details of credit or debit cards or bank accounts in order to make payments to us. Any such information ("confidential financial information") will be dealt with as described below. We may use personal information collected about you to personalise your visits to our web site and recommend services to you. We also use the information to help us develop the design and layout of our website to ensure that our sites are as useful and enjoyable as possible. We may use personal information collected about you to let you know about functionality changes to our website or changes to our terms and conditions of use.
Sometimes (and only in accordance with any preferences selected by you) we or our affiliated companies might use the personal information collected about you to let you know about services or offers that you might find interesting.
TRAFFIC
DATA
We may provide aggregate statistics about our sales, customers, traffic
patterns and other site information to third parties, but these statistics
will not include any information that could personally identify you.
OTHER
DISCLOSURES
TheDesert.com reserves the right to access and disclose individually
identifiable information to comply with applicable laws and lawful government
requests, to operate its systems properly or to protect itself or its
users.
How
Do We Protect Your Information?
When you buy a product or service TheDesert.com offers the use of a
secure server. The secure server software encrypts the information that
you input before it is transmitted to us. In addition, we have strict
security procedures covering the storage and disclosure of your information
in order to prevent unauthorised access and to comply with the Data
Protection Act 1998. This means that sometimes we may ask you for proof
of identity before disclosing any personal information to you.
COOKIES
A cookie is a piece of information that is stored on your computer's
hard drive by your web browser. On revisiting this site our computer
server will recognise the cookie, giving us information about your last
visit. Most browsers accept cookies automatically, but usually you can
alter the settings of your browser to prevent automatic acceptance.
If you choose not to receive cookies, you may still use most of the
features of our web site.
Agents,
Suppliers and Contractors
If you choose during registration or use of the website to receive information
about other products and services (our own and/or those of third parties),
your personal information may sometimes be shared with TheDesert.com
or those third parties' contractors or agents for the purpose of providing
you with such information. The contractors, suppliers or agents will
have undertaken not to use your personal information other than to provide
you with information about those products and services. We recognise
the importance of privacy to our customers and visitors. We will keep
this policy under review and any changes made from time to time will
be posted on this page.
