Privacy
Last Updated: 18th May 2009
FreeSerifSoftware.com
knows how much you care about the way your personal information
is used. We are committed to protecting the integrity and confidentiality
of your information and appreciate the trust you place in us. We
have drawn up this privacy policy to inform you how we collect and
use your information in a careful, sensible manner in compliance
with the Data Protection Act 1998. By visiting FreeSerifSoftware.com,
you are consenting to the procedures outlined in this statement.
Who Controls The Personal Information
Collected?
All personal information collected is in the control of FreeSerifSoftware.com
which is a registered trading name of Serif ( Europe ) Ltd of 12
Wilford Industrial Estate, Nottingham , NG11 7EP .
How Do We Collect Your Personal Information?
The information we gain from you is essential in helping us continually
improve the download experience of FreeSerifSoftware.com
There are 5 types of visitor information we collect:
- When you visit the site, we use cookies
to collect Website usage information and information about your
computer and internet connection, including your computer's IP
address, the type and version of browser and operating system
you use, your internet domain and, if you arrived at FreeSerifSoftware.com
via a link from another Website, the referring URL.
- During the registration process we will request your name and
email address in order to send you your software registration
key. By using this key to register your free software you opt-in
to receive special Serif email offers. You will also be given
the option to supply information to us which may be used to provide
carefully targeted offline offers for registered users. On completing
the registration process Serif will be automatically be sent confirmation
of your registration success.
- When you subscribe to receive Serif special email offers, we
will request your name and email address.
- When you place an order from FreeSerifSoftware.com, we will
request all the personal information required to complete the
sale and deliver the item(s) purchased. This information will
include: name, address, email address, telephone number, credit
card details and shipping information.
- We will receive confirmation of you opening Serif HTML special
offer emails by the use of special image tracking. This information
is used as an indication of the popularity of the offer. If you
wish to unsubscribe from receiving email offers please use the
opt-out links provided within the emails and change your account
details accordingly.
What Is Your Personal Information Used
For?
We use your personal information for three primary purposes:
- To help us create and deliver Website content most relevant
to you.
- To alert you to software support, product upgrades, special
offers, updated information and other new services from FreeSerifSoftware.com.
- To support the download process through email delivery of the
registration key.
We also use the information for internal
analysis to:
- Identify areas of the Website in need of improvement.
- Build visitor profiles to improve the relevancy of the Website.
Do We Share Your Information?
FreeSerifSoftware.com
will not share personal information with third parties without your
permission, other than for the limited exceptions listed below.
FreeSerifSoftware.com
will only disclose your personal information, without notice, if
required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action
is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply
with legal process served on FreeSerifSoftware.com;
(b) protect and defend the rights or property of FreeSerifSoftware.com,
and, (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety
of the users of FreeSerifSoftware.com,
or the public.
FreeSerifSoftware.com
will not share personal information with third parties without your
permission, other than for the limited exceptions listed above.
Occasionally, we will send email offers in association with other
businesses to specially selected customers of FreeSerifSoftware.com.
In these instances, we do not share any details with the associated
business.
How Do We Use Cookies?
We place a cookie, which is a small text file, on to your computer’s
hard drive through your web browser. This file enables us to enhance
your future visits to the site through personalized greetings, the
showing of relevant content and the storage of previously found
items of interest. All we can do to the cookie is write data to
it. We can’t make anything run on your PC.
It is also a tool we can use to aggregate usage statistics about
the site. This information enables us to recognize popular site
features and further develop new ones, adding to the overall shopping
experience of the site. We never share any of this information outside
the company.
If you choose to delete FreeSerifSoftware.com cookies or do not
have your browser set to accept cookies from FreeSerifSoftware.com,
you will still be able to view the site, however you will not experience
a personalized visit nor will you be able to benefit from other
personalized site offerings.
For further information about cookies please click
here.
Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on the Serif site, Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to you based on your visit to the Serif site and other sites on the Internet.
Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.
How Can You Gain Access To Your Personal
Information?
We will provide you with the means to ensure that your personal
information is correct and current. You may review and update this
information at any time by writing to us. You can:
- Tell us whether you want FreeSerifSoftware.com
to send you marketing information. Subscribe or cancel subscriptions
to special service and product offers.
You can write to us at any time to obtain details of the personal
information we may hold about you. Please write to: Data Protection
Manager, FreeSerifSoftware.com,
12 Wilford Industrial Estate, Nottingham NG11 7EP.
Please quote your name and address together with your Product Serial
Number. We would be grateful if you could also provide brief details
of the information required as this will help us to accurately deliver
your data requirements.
For the protection of all our customers, we will take all reasonable
steps to confirm your identity before providing you with details
of any personal information we may hold about you.
We will respond to such requests within 20 working days.
How Secure Is Your Personal Information?
FreeSerifSoftware.com
recognizes that you are increasingly concerned about the protection
of personal information from misuse and abuse, and about privacy
in general. We constantly review and enhance our technical, physical
and managerial procedures in connection with the collection, storage
and disclosure personal data in order to protect it from unauthorized
access, accidental loss and/or destruction.
We use industry standard 128 bit secure sockets layer (SSL) technology
to encrypt sensitive information such as your credit card and other
financial information.
It is important to remember to protect yourself against unauthorized
access to your password if you use a shared PC. Make sure you sign
off or close your browser when you have finished using it.
Do We Transfer Personal Data Overseas?
The Internet is a global environment. Using the Internet to collect
and process personal data involves the transmission of data on an
international basis. By browsing FreeSerifSoftware.com
and communicating electronically with us, you acknowledge and agree
to our processing your personal data in this way.
What Happens If We Change This Statement?
FreeSerifSoftware.com
will occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we
will also revise the "last updated" date at the top of the privacy
statement. For material changes to this statement, FreeSerifSoftware.com
will notify you by placing a notice on the site’s home page for
at least 7 days.
Contact Information
FreeSerifSoftware.com
welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy, please
contact us or send your request
by postal mail.
Data Protection Manager, FreeSerifSoftware.com,
12 Wilford Industrial Estate, Nottingham, NG11 7EP
Thank you for your trust.
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