Privacy policy
1) Our commitment to your privacy
Abcaz Limited ("Abcaz") maintains, at all times, the highest regard for its users' privacy. Abcaz hope that, as a result, you feel comfortable trusting Abcaz and safe whenever you access this website at FindAndCompare.com (the "Site"). When using our Site, Abcaz make every effort to keep your information confidential and to protect your privacy. We take your privacy, and our responsibility under data protection legislation, very seriously. We believe this to be an important part of our service to all our users. We want you to be able to use Abcaz for the purpose it is intended in a worry-free and safe environment.
2) Purpose of collection and disclosure of your information
Abcaz strictly adheres to the Data Protection Act 1998 and to all subsequent data protection guidelines and requirements. For the purpose of improving Abcazs service to you and other users in the future, for customer administration and marketing related purposes, Abcaz may track your use of the Site and request information from you. Abcaz does not automatically collect any personal information about you. However, Abcaz will be able to deliver a more personalised service to you when you voluntarily provide Abcaz with details such as your name, address, email address etc. Abcaz will collect this information either through voluntary membership registration, electronic newsletters, instore promotions, Site competitions, special offers, emailed buying guides, loyalty schemes, new service announcements, customer surveys or other means. Abcaz will keep in confidence any personal identifying information you provide, now or in the future, and will not monitor, edit or disclose that information to any person (other than its employees, contractors, or professional advisors or other third-parties who satisfy Abcaz that they need to know the information) without your prior consent or unless required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (1) conform to law, judicial or agency order or other like instructions; (2) protect and defend the rights or property of Abcaz; (3) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal or informational safety of its members or the public; or (4) as Abcaz determines is reasonably necessary for the maintenance of the Site. All such information is administered by Abcaz and it's third party suppliers, affiliates and partners and will be used only for the administration of our offered services and in accordance with Abcazs Terms and Conditions of Use and this Privacy Policy.
3) Your Rights
By contacting Abcaz at the postal address or email address below, you can at any time request access to data held (Although Abcaz may charge you an administration charge of no more than ?10 for such access) and you may request that such data be amended. Abcaz may, from time to time, pass on your details to other relevant companies if you have consented to Abcaz doing so. Such consent is provided to Abcaz when you provide us with your details. If, you have provided your consent and subsequently, you object to any information you supply Abcaz with being used by other companies, you may 'opt-out' by simply stating your objection to Abcaz in writing and Abcaz will ensure that your information is used by only Abcaz alone in future. To request that Abcaz do not share your information with companies other than Abcaz please e-mail PrivacyandUse@abcaz.com.
4) Registration
Whilst you are not required to register with Abcaz to use the Site, you do need to do so to take advantage of some additional features such as advance notification of, or participation in, on-site promotions, competitions, offers, give-aways, surveys, service updates and other information that may be of interest to you. Following registration, the user has membership for an indefinite period, or until either party terminates the agreement. The user can terminate his/her membership, with a 28 day leeway period before actual termination. Abcaz has the right to terminate a users membership at immediate notice. If any damage is incurred as a result of a user breaking his/her contract with us, then the user is responsible for paying for those damages. When registering, you will be required to impart some limited personal information about yourself (ie your name and email address) and demographic information (ie your home address or age). We use this information as well as other profile data gathered during Site usage to build a loose picture of your interests and preferences so that we can both improve our service and offer you greater personalisation. This information also allows us to confirm and/or validate your competition or promotional entries and develop other more specific offerings and competitions based on your personal preferences. We may disclose certain statistics on an aggregate, anonymous basis to our partners and other carefully selected companies without sharing any of your personal information with them; so that we may provide you with offers and services tailored to your specific interests and requirements. Such companies let us know who might be interested in their offers or promotions; which we match against our data; and provide us with the full details, which we may then forward to you if we consider them relevant. As a consequence, your personal information is only ever accessible by Abcaz. You are, of course, entitled to access, review and amend any information we keep on you at any time, however the current UK Data Protection Legislation requires all data collectors to have effective security measures in place to ensure that no one can gain unauthorised access to any personal information. For this reason we may require proof of identity before we are able to disclose any information to you. If you have any comments or queries regarding our Privacy Policy please email them to PrivacyandUse@abcaz.com.
5) Cookies
Abcaz uses cookies (a small automated computer file containing a unique string of numbers or letters that is transferred from a website, such as the Site, to your computer's hard disk - to 'remember' your computer each time you re-visit the Site). The use of cookies is normal procedure on the internet and Abcaz cookies are harmless. They help Abcaz more effectively manage the Site and make your use of the Site more efficient. Cookies allow us to collect anonymous demographic or statistical information about user behaviour and analyse the popularity of the Site and its constituent parts. They do not collect any personally identifiable information about you. Cookies do not recognise you as a person, just your computer. They cannot be used to obtain other information from your hard disk. Initially, most browsers are set to accept cookies. However, if you would like to block cookies being transferred to your machine you may do so by simply altering your browser settings. Standard web-browsers such as Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator give you the option to disable all cookies (please consult the relevant 'help' files available within each application or contact your ISP for further assistance). By disabling Abcaz cookies, Abcaz cannot guarantee that you will be able to take advantage of the full functionality, now or in the future, of the entire Abcaz service.
6) Links to other sites
This Site may contain links to other websites. If you have concerns about how other websites collect and use information about you, please consult the relevant website's own privacy policy.
7) Correspondence
If you contact Abcaz or Abcaz contact you by telephone, Abcaz may: record the call so that Abcaz can check that all instructions are accurate and listen to calls for training purposes and to help Abcaz monitor the quality of the service. Abcaz will send emails to the return email address you have provided. Abcaz cannot be held responsible if anyone else accesses your emails. If you send Abcaz an email, you cannot assume that it has reached Abcaz until Abcaz return an email acknowledging receipt. It must be noted that the Internet is not a completely secure medium. Please inform Abcaz immediately if you find any failure, delay or error in sending or receiving email.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy you may contact:
Privacy and Use Abcaz Limited
St James House
13 Kensington Square
London
W8 5HD
United Kingdom
Email: PrivacyandUse@abcaz.com
All other queries with regard to the practices of this Site or your dealings with Abcaz should be addressed to:
Consumer Support Abcaz Limited
St James House
13 Kensington Square
London
W8 5HD
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 870 112 7533
Email: ConsumerSupport@abcaz.com
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