OfferX Privacy Policy
Last updated: 28 April 2009
Introduction
OfferX recognizes that your privacy and the protection of your personal information
is important to you. OfferX takes your privacy seriously, taking every reasonable
precaution to safeguard the personal information that you provide. OfferX complies
fully with the Data Protection Act 1998. If you wish to find out more regarding
the Data Protection Act please visit
http://www.ico.gov.uk
This statement discloses how OfferX helps to protect your personal information
while using the OfferX website(s).
Collected Data
OfferX collects, store and uses data about you and answers to specific questions
asked by sponsors. OfferX and its clients or sponsors may contact you with
offers and information which they feel will be of interest to you through mail,
telephone or email.
Sponsors of OfferX have their own privacy policies and some have their own
opt-in statements, it is strongly recommended that you read and understand this
information.
Your data together with that of other subscribers may be aggregated at Postcode
or other levels for the building of statistical and analytical tables. At no time
will your data be individually identifiable in such tables.
Registration Information
When you are registering with OfferX, it is not until you click the 'Join'
button that your information is transferred. Once you have completed and submitted
all your details you have then "completed" the registration confirming
you are a valued member of OfferX.
OfferX may use other reputable partners to provide its services in connection
with the registration. However this will not affect your statutory rights under
the Data Protection Act.
Use of personal information
We use personal information collected via offerx.co.uk to:
- Provide you with information about the products and services we offer
- Provide you with a more personalised service
- Conduct market research
- Run competitions and promotions
- Pass on to selected companies to provide you with other offers and promotions
- Help other companies profile and extend their databases
- Facilitate communication between yourself and others
General disclosure of personal information
Personally identifiable information
We share personally identifiable information with selected third-parties. We also share the information
that you have answered in the questionnaires with the relevant client. The clients and third parties
use this to profile you, this enables them to send you targeted communications.
Once you register with OfferX you consent to OfferX Ltd, its clients and selected third parties being
able to send you communications via email, post or telephone.
The collection of data by OfferX through registration on third party sites
may lead to your data also being held by that third party site.
The data that you provide to OfferX is held by both OfferX and the sponsors,
of the questionnaires that you answer. OfferX holds your data in a central
database and this database is only accessed by reference to interest or demographic
categories in order to provide you with information about those interests you have
selected. The process of supplying you with this information is at all times under
the control of OfferX although specialist third party suppliers may carry out
the dispatch.
Security and storage of your personal information
OfferX is committed to protecting the security of your personal information.
We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal
information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. For example, we store
the personal information you provide on computer systems with limited access, which
are located in controlled facilities.
The Internet is not a 100% secure medium for communication and, accordingly, Prize
Punch cannot guarantee the security of any information you send to OfferX via
the Internet. OfferX is not responsible for any loss or damage you or others
may suffer as a result of the loss of confidentiality of such information.
Sponsored Questionnaires and Co-branded sites
Every user must agree and opt-in to the following statement before completing their
OfferX registration:
“By registering and entering your details you consent to OfferX, its
clients and third parties sending you information about products and/or services that have been selected
based on your stated interests. You also agree to the terms and conditions of the
privacy that govern how your information will be processed.”
At times it may be appropriate for OfferX, its clients or sponsors to contact
you with offers and information in respect of your interests or to inform you about
subjects upon which you have requested information through your mobile phone or
other PDA devices.
You give your consent that OfferX or any third party it provides data to may
contact you by post or telephone. Where your telephone number is not provided, Prize
Punch or a third party may seek to append your telephone number from a third party
source. You accept that OfferX or a selected third party may contact you by
phone on our behalf or in partnership with OfferX with an offer of their own,
and may choose not to suppress you against the Telephone Preference Service, whilst
you are a member of OfferX.
Your data may be provided to clients of OfferX to be appended to information
they already hold about you for the purpose of contacting you with information about
their products and services. When first contacting you these clients will seek your
appropriate consent.
OfferX may from time to time use third party suppliers to provide all or part
of a service to you. OfferX will only supply such of your personal information
as is necessary to enable them to provide the relevant service to you.
You should be aware that such outside service providers might be based in countries
outside the European Union whose laws provide for a different standard of protection
for your personal data than that provided under English law. In such circumstance
OfferX will have in place contractual arrangements which will require your
data to be processed at least to a standard compliant with the Data Protection Act
1988.
Except as provided above, OfferX will not provide your personal information
to any third party without your prior consent, however, under certain circumstances
the force of law may require the provision of information to the legal authorities.
In order to maintain the integrity of its website and safeguard the interests of
its subscribers OfferX will comply with any such legally binding request.
Managing your personal information
You are entitled to see the information held about you and you may ask us to make
any necessary changes to ensure that it is accurate and kept up to date. If you
wish to do this, please contact us.
Use of your responses
OfferX collects data about you, including answers to specific questions asked
by OfferX's sponsors. This information is used to assist OfferX and third
parties in sending you by, email, sms, voice, post or other appropriate means, communications
about their products and services, to assist in the providence of a personalised
service. The information that OfferX collects maybe demographic (information
about you, such as name, age and address) and lifestyle (information about your
interests and purchasing habits).
Cookies
A cookie is small text-only file which is stored on your computer when visiting
a site that record preference for that particular site's usage.
OfferX uses cookies solely to enable us to identify you when you return to
the OfferX web site, therefore enabling us to show you offers which will be
appropriate to you and your interests, gathered from your registration details.
The cookie will not allow a website to learn any personally identifiable information
(such as your name and address) that you have not otherwise given to us. The cookie
will also not track where you go when you leave OfferX or where you came to
our website from. It's only purpose is to make your visit to OfferX easier
and more rewarding for you.
The use of cookies in OfferX means that you do not have to enter information
such as your log in name and password every time you visit the site, resulting in
an improved login experience.
For example, OfferX may store your login details in a cookie that will remain
on your computer after you log out. This cookie allows you to be automatically logged
in the next time you visit OfferX. If you are using a public computer or do
not otherwise want this information to be stored, you should log out before leaving
the site.
The sites or services you visited may store their own cookies on your computer.
OfferX recommends that you read each site's privacy statement to understand
their policies and practices regarding the use of cookies. You have the ability
to accept or decline cookies using the settings on your browser. If you have cookies
disabled in your browser you are still able to use the OfferX site but you
will not have the benefit of an automatic login.
The functionality of OfferX depends upon your browser accepting session cookies.
OfferX tracks visitors to and on the OfferX site by using referrer tracking.
OfferX uses click thru and open mail tracking when sending emails. This process
allows OfferX and its clients the ability to profile the recipients of their
communications.
Some of our business partners (e.g., advertisers) use cookies on our site. We have
no access to or control over these cookies.
It is possible to configure your web browser to refuse cookies or to be informed
if a cookie is set. We refer to the manual of your web browser.
We will not use the IP address or cookies to identify you personally.
Deregistration
You may at any time deregister from OfferX by using the following link:
unsubscribe. The consequences of deregistration are that your account details
will be placed in a suppression file and you will not receive any further communications
from OfferX.
Every email the OfferX sends contains a link to unsubscribe and a link to this
privacy policy.
Web Beacons
OfferX web pages, emails and newsletters may contain electronic images known
as web beacons - sometimes called single-pixel gifs - that allow us to count users
who have visited those pages and to determine whether messages have been opened
and acted upon.
OfferX may also employ web beacons from third parties in order to help us compile
aggregated statistics and determine the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns.
We prohibit web beacons on our sites from being used by third-parties to collect
or access your personal information.
Finally, we may work with other companies that advertise on the OfferX website
to place web beacons on their sites in order to allow us to determine the effectiveness
promotional campaigns.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
OfferX will occasionally update this privacy policy. When we do, we will also
revise the last updated date at the top of this page. OfferX will obtain your
opt-in consent for any updates to this privacy policy that materially expand the
sharing or use of your personal information in ways not disclosed in this privacy
policy at the time of collection.
Data Contrroller
The data controller responsible for OfferX is OfferX Ltd who registration
number is Z8889311.
Further Information
If you have questions regarding this privacy policy, please contact OfferX
by following this link:
Contact OfferX
or by post:
OfferX Ltd
Kestrel Court
Waterwells Drive
Gloucester
GL2 2AT