Privacy Statement

General Information.

Unless stated otherwise, this Privacy Statement applies only to the BuyAssociation website. Any future sites belonging to BuyAssociation may have additional privacy statements that relate to their content, practices and use of personal information on each specific site.

BuyAssociation Privacy Statement

BuyAssociation will use any personal information collected from this website (www.buysssociation.co.uk) in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. Further details on the UK Data Protection Act can be found at the website of The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner. BuyAssociation has taken appropriate measures to keep secure the personal information given by user of this site.

What information do we collect and why?

We use the information we collect to supply our services to you. The information you provide enables us to deliver the information appropriate to your specific request.

The information collected on this site includes:

Users. IP address, which is automatically logged by our web server. IP addresses are used to observe users. interest in this website.

Email addresses and/or other contact details which users voluntarily provide in order to:

  1. Receive information from the BuyAssociation Group of Companies and/or our affiliate partners.
  2. Register for premium and personalised content.
  3. Participate in discussion forums (see below).

BuyAssociation will not disclose voluntarily provided details to third parties or use the information in any other way without prior consent. On all pages where personal data is collected, specific details on the use of this information will be provided.

Opt in:

When you register or create an account you will be asked to "opt in" to our Terms & Conditions.

Opt Out:

We ask you to opt out of specific communications by proactively making a choice about what marketing communications you wish to receive from BuyAssociation. It also allows you to opt-out of BuyAssociation sharing your details with any third-party and affiliate partners. You can do this easily by un-checking the box provided. If your preferences change in the future about what services and communications you want to receive from BuyAssociation, you can alter your preferences by following the specific instructions in your account or in any email communication you receive.

Security of Your Personal Information

BuyAssociation is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. If a password is used to help protect your accounts and personal information, it is your responsibility to keep your password confidential. Do not share this information with anyone. If you are sharing a computer with anyone you should always choose to log out before leaving a site or service to prevent access to your information by subsequent users.

Occasionally the selections you make when using our services may include information about you that you may regard as sensitive, such as where you live. As with all of the personal information you provide us with, be assured that this will only be used in accordance with this privacy policy and with your consent.

Cookies

Cookies are very small text files saved to your computer used to track user navigation around a website. Cookies can help a website to arrange content to match your preferred interests and requirements efficiently.

Session cookies - temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your browser until you leave the site.

Persistent cookies - these remain in the cookie file of your browser for much longer (though how long will depend on the lifetime of the specific cookie).

How we use cookies

BuyAssociation may use a third party to serve advertisements on our sites. The advertisers may use cookies to track the number of users responding to the campaign. BuyAssociation does not have access to or control of cookies placed by third parties.

Disabling/Enabling Cookies

Users have the ability to accept or disable cookies by modifying the settings in their browser. Disabling cookies however may mean that some functionality may be affected and we won.t be able to deliver our services to you effectively.

For further directions on how to disable cookies please click here.

You can easily delete any cookies that have been installed in the cookie folder of your browser. For example, if you are using Microsoft Windows Explorer:

If you are not using Microsoft Windows Explorer, then you should select 'cookies' in the 'Help' function for information on where to find your cookie folder.

What can I do to stop cookies being installed on my browser?

All web browsers enable you to set your cookie preferences before you start using the internet.

Your rights

You have the right to access your information held by BuyAssociation and where necessary, to have it amended. If you receive marketing communications that you have not opted in to, please contact: info@buyassociation.co.uk

Links to other websites

This website contains links to other sites that are completely unrelated to BuyAssociation. This privacy statement does not apply to these sites nor are we responsible for the content and practices of these websites.


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