Koch Media Limited Web Site Privacy Statement (Consumers)

Koch Media Limited ("Koch"), The Bullpens, Manor Court, Herriard, Hampshire, RG25 2PH, respects the privacy rights of our online visitors and recognises the importance of protecting the information we collect about you. Please read this Privacy Statement carefully before giving your consent to these terms.

By using this website you signify acceptance of this website Privacy Statement. Each time you use this website you will be bound by the then current privacy statement and you should review this each time you use this website to satisfy yourself that you are happy with it.

Summary:

We need your consent to do the following: Koch’s trade customers to whom you have previously purchased products from Nindie.com will send you the regular newsletter and alert you to new products, features and enhancements, special offers, upgrade opportunities, and contests and events of interest. Such announcements are delivered via e-mail, mail or similar delivery methods.

Koch may use your personal information for internal demographic studies, so we can improve our web sites and products to better meet our visitors' needs.

Koch’s trade customers may place web beacons in email communication sent to you which will notify Koch’s trade customers when you open such email communication and, while reading such e-mails, will notify Koch’s trade customers whenever you reach a certain section of such emails.

Koch may place cookies and web beacons on its website which may be used to collect information about the pages you visit and the navigation you choose through our website.

Koch may share your information with other entities of the Koch group to inform you about their products and for internal marketing studies, (for details see below "What happens to the information provided?").

You have the right to revoke this consent at any time. Just send an email to the following address: ukoffice@nindie.com

Details of the use of your data are set out below.

What information is collected?

Koch owns several domain names and we will from time to time add new sites. Please note that this Privacy Statement applies only to sites maintained by Koch, and not to web sites maintained by other companies or organisations to which we link. Furthermore, from time to time Koch may employ third parties who may collect personal information on Koch's behalf. In such cases, such third parties will be instructed by Koch to comply with the Koch Privacy Statement as set forth herein.

For the purpose of ordering for the delivery to home scheme Koch requires that you submit your full name, address, contact telephone numbers, email address, and a valid means of payment for delivery to be effected. You may also voluntarily provide further information specified on the registration and profile page.

What about cookies?

Some of our sites use cookies (Cookies are small files downloaded to your computer to track movements within web sites) to keep track of the fact that you have signed in so you don't have to continually enter your username and password.

Also, we use cookies to collect information about the web pages you visit and the products you are interested in. We may use this information to deliver content specific to your interests to you and for other marketing purposes. If you are a registered user of our website, this information may also be stored with your name in Koch's customer database.

Most browsers are automatically set to accept cookies. You can disable cookies or set your browser to alert you when cookies are being sent. However, if you do disable cookies, you may not be able to use all functions of this website. There are many sources for additional information about Internet cookies, and we encourage anyone concerned about the use of cookies to do more research on the topic so you can make an informed decision about accepting them from any site. Cookies will be stored on your computer.

What about web beacons?

Koch may place web beacons on its website to collect information about the pages you visit and the navigation you choose through our website. If you are a registered user of our website, this information may be stored in Koch's customer database to customize the website for you, to provide individualized information about Koch products to you and for other marketing purposes.

Additionally, Koch may place web beacons in email communication and newsletters sent to you. These web beacons will notify Koch when you open such e-mail communications and newsletters. Furthermore, while you read such emails, Koch may be notified whenever you reach a certain section of such emails.

Web beacons are tiny graphics files invisibly integrated into websites (in particular in banners) or into communications sent to you. When you access websites or communications which contain such web-beacons, the respective graphics files are loaded from the Koch server. The technique used to integrate such graphics files into websites or communication sent to you allows Koch to identify you as the individual accessing the files, provided that you are a registered user of the Koch website.

What happens to the information provided?

Koch may use your personal information for internal demographic studies, so we can improve our web sites and products to better meet our visitors' needs.

The information you provide will also allow us, besides sending you the regular newsletter, to alert you to new products, features and enhancements, special offers, upgrade opportunities, and contests and events of interest. Such announcements are delivered via e-mail, mail or similar delivery methods if you consent to the use of your personal data for such services (see below). Koch does not sell personal information that we collect, but only employs that information for its own purposes and those of its branches and affiliated companies.

Provided you consent, (see below) Koch may share your information with its trade customers from whom you have purchased product from Nindie.com

Koch may also share your information with third party outsourced data processors acting in the interests of Koch and strictly in compliance with the Koch Privacy Statement as set forth herein.

E-mail correspondence with Koch

Because an e-mail address might contain personal identifying information, we protect the privacy of the sender by limiting access to these e-mail messages and keeping them in a secure e-mail system. Most e-mail messages are deleted after they are responded to, however in certain cases, when necessary for the intended purpose, hard copies or data from certain e-mail correspondence may be kept on file. Any such copies will also be stored in a secure location, and information from these messages will not be used for marketing purposes. In the event that Koch becomes legally obligated to disclose information obtained from consumers on its web site pursuant to legal or administrative process, Koch will take all reasonable steps to remove personal information from the data where possible.

Consent process and removal from Koch's database

If you do not want Koch’s trade customers to send you the newsletters, e-mails or other marketing material about our products and services or to use your personal data for marketing purposes or to share your personal data with our branches and business partner, you can exclude each of these services or all of them from your consent by making use of the respective checkboxes presented in the frame below, which you will have access to during the registration process. You can also de-activate this service at any time later on by using the respective links contained in each e-mail you receive from us.

In addition, you have the right to request the deletion of all or part of your personal data from our database at any time. Just send an e-mail to the following address: ukoffice@nindie.com

Safeguarding your personally identifiable information

Koch will only collect personally identifiable information to the extent deemed reasonably necessary to perform the services provided through the Nindie Website and to serve our legitimate business purposes, and Koch will maintain appropriate safeguards to ensure the security, integrity and privacy of the information you have provided. In addition, Koch will take reasonable steps to ensure that third parties to whom we transfer any data will provide sufficient protection of that personal information. (For example, if they are sending out an e-mail announcement on Koch's behalf).

Review and correction of information

After you provided personal information to Koch you can review, change or delete it by clicking here, or sending an email to ukoffice@nindie.com