Privacy Policy
InterestingBuys.com is a company incorporated in England, and is owned and managed by Northleaf Limited. InterestingBuys.com ("we","us") also includes Northleaf Limited.
The purpose of this statement is to set out how we use personal information that we may obtain about you. By either registering as a user of any services provided by InterestingBuys.com on this website and by using the InterestingBuys.com web site generally, you agree to this use.
This privacy policy governs the use of the information gathered within this web site, our magazines and e-newsletters and collected from visitors to the web site. In some areas of the site you may be asked to provide certain information about yourself, your company and your shopping requirements.
We take permission and privacy issues seriously, and work closely with all our partners and clients to ensure they do too.
Use of your Personal Information
When you register and use this site:
You will 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.
We may use information that you provide or that is obtained by us:
(a) To register you with our web site and to administer our web site services;
(b) 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 programmer. 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 keep you informed of such products and services (including special offers, discounts, offers, competitions and so on by any of the following methods:)
* SMS text message and other electronic messages such as picture messaging
* post or otherwise
If you do not wish to receive information of such products and services, please tick the opt-out box provided when registering on this website.
(c) To administer any prize draws or competitions you may enter.
We may supplement the information that you provide to us with information that we receive from third parties.
Fraud Prevention - In order to protect our customers and us from fraud and theft, we do not store your credit card details and only pass through the information to reputable payment gateway providers.
Cookies - New technologies are emerging on the Internet that help us to deliver customised visitor experiences. In particular, there is a technology called "cookies" which may be used by us to provide you with, for example, 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. Depending on the type of cookie we use, cookies also allow us to make our web site more user friendly, for example, permanent cookies allow us to save your password so that you do not have to re-enter it every time you visit our web site.
If you wish, you can usually adjust your browser so that your computer does not accept cookies. If you do this, you will still be able to browse around the site but the functions that allow you to add items to your trolley, set up a new account or access an existing account will not be available. Alternatively you can adjust your browser to tell you when a website tries to put a cookie on your computer. How you adjust your browser to stop it accepting cookies or to notify you of them, will depend on the type of internet browser programmer your computer uses. If your computer uses Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator, you will need to follow these instructions after clicking onto this link www.aboutcookies.org (InterestingBuys.com is not responsible for the content of external websites. This link will open a new window.) Go to the heading "Manage Cookies". Click onto the option you prefer, either stopping cookies being installed, or notifying you of them. From the list provided, click onto the programme which your computer uses. If this is not shown on the list, click on the "help" heading on the bar at the top of this page, search for information on "cookies" - an explanation of how to delete cookies will appear, then follow these instructions.
Please remember, cookies do not contain confidential information such as your home address, telephone number or credit card details. We do not exchange cookies with any third party websites or external data suppliers. We only keep cookies for the duration of your visit to our website, except where you save your login name as referred to above.
Your browser also generates other information, including which language the site is displayed in, and your Internet Protocol address ("IP address"). An IP address is a set of numbers which is assigned to your computer during a browsing session whenever you log on to the Internet via your internet service provider or your network (if you access the Internet from, for example, a computer at work). Your IP address is automatically logged by our servers and used to collect traffic data about visitors to our web sites. We do not use your IP address to identify you personally.
Copyright - All pages of this site are subject to copyright. Access is provided for use on a temporary basis and for the purpose of using these pages. Permanent storage, distribution, or copying of the information in the website is strictly prohibited.
Web Beacons - In our email broadcasts we may use Web Beacons, which help us to monitor and analyse subscribers' interactions with our emails. These Web Beacons take the form of single pixel transparent GIF images; they are not malicious and cannot harm your computer. By choosing to download the images in our emails - which include the Web Beacons - we are able to measure the number of recipients who viewed our email. Additionally we may use tracked hyperlinks in our email broadcasts, which help us monitor which parts of our emails our subscribers are most interested in. We may use this data to develop future promotions which we hope will be more relevant to you. The information we collect is used to help us segment our database by profiling our customers. Our profiling is done to identify broad target audiences and to target future message according to your preferences.
Security - We endeavor 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. For further information about the steps we take to protect your information and make online shopping as secure as possible. please see information on Secure Online Shopping (link to InterestingBuys.com page Online shopping)
General - 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 (see details below).
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.
How can I get my name removed from the InterestingBuys.com mailing list?
If you want to be removed from our mailing list, please update your account information and check the opt out button. Please note that it may take up to 28 days to action your request. In addition, each electronic mailing we send you will contain details of how you can un-subscribe.
How do I change any details stored on InterestingBuys.com
To change any of your registered details on InterestingBuys.com, click My Account link and enter your login name and password. Once logged in change any of the details shown and click 'Update'.
Contact Us
If you have any comments or queries in connection with our privacy policy, please email customer.service@interestingbuys.com
For further information about shopping on InterestingBuys.com please read our TERMS AND CONDITIONS and DELIVERY INFORMATION.
