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Costmodelling Limited

Privacy Policy

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1. Introduction and General Terms

Costmodelling Limited is committed to protecting your personal information when you are using Costmodelling Limited's services. We want our services to be safe and enjoyable environments for our audience. This Privacy Policy relates to our use of any personal information you provide to us through costmodelling.com websites.

In order to provide you with the full range of Costmodelling Limited's services, we are sometimes required to collect information about you.

This privacy policy explains the following:

  • What information Costmodelling Limited may collect about you;
  • How Costmodelling Limited will use information we collect about you;
  • When Costmodelling Limited may use your details to contact you;
  • Whether Costmodelling Limited will disclose your details to anyone else;
  • Your choices regarding the personal information you have provided to us.

As set out above, Costmodelling Limited is committed to safeguarding your personal information. Whenever you provide such information, we are legally obliged to use your information in line with all laws concerning the protection of personal information, including the Data Protection Act 1998 (these laws are referred to collectively in this Privacy Policy as the "data protection laws").

The websites contains hyperlinks to websites owned and operated by third parties. These third party websites have their own privacy policies, including cookies, and we urge you to review them. They will govern the use of personal information you submit or are collected by cookies whilst visiting these websites. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the privacy practices of such third party websites and your use of such websites is at your own risk.

2. What information will Costmodelling Limited collect about me?

When you sign up to participate in or receive a service from any costmodelling.com website, such as newsletters or registration of products, we may ask for personal information about you. This can consist of information such as your name, email address, postal address, telephone or mobile number. Different web pages may ask for different personal information.

By entering your details in the fields requested, you enable Costmodelling Limited and its service providers to provide you with the services you select.

Costmodelling Limited does not us cookies.

3. How will Costmodelling Limited use the information they collect about me?

Costmodelling Limited will use your personal information for a number of purposes including the following:

  • For "service administration purposes", which means that Costmodelling Limited may contact you for reasons related to the service you have signed up for, as set out in paragraph 4 below (e.g. to provide you with password reminders or to notify you that a particular service has been suspended for maintenance);
  • To contact you about a submission you have made to the websites, including any content you provide.
  • To analyse and improve the services offered on costmodelling.com.

Where Costmodelling Limited proposes using your personal information for any other uses we will ensure that we notify you first. You will also be given the opportunity to withhold or withdraw your consent for your use other than as listed above.

4. When will Costmodelling Limited contact me?

Costmodelling Limited may contact you:

  • In relation to the functioning of any service you have signed up for in order to ensure that Costmodelling Limited can deliver the services to you;
  • Where you have opted to receive further correspondence;
  • In relation to any contribution you have made to costmodelling.com, e.g. on Costmodelling Limited message boards;
  • To invite you to participate in surveys about Costmodelling Limited services (participation is always voluntary); and
  • For marketing purposes where you have specifically agreed to this (see paragraph 5 below)

Local pages will give you detailed information about how Costmodelling Limited will contact you in relation to specific services.

5. Will I be contacted for marketing purposes?

Costmodelling Limited won't contact you for marketing purposes, or promote new services to you unless you specifically agree to be contacted for these purposes.

6. Will Costmodelling Limited share my personal information with anyone else?

We will keep your information confidential except where disclosure is required or permitted by law (for example to government bodies and law enforcement agencies) or as described in paragraph 7 below. Generally, we will only use your information within Costmodelling Limited. However, if Costmodelling Limited needs to use third parties to process your information Costmodelling Limited will require these third parties to comply strictly with its instructions and Costmodelling Limited will require that they do not use your personal information for their own business purposes.

7. Offensive or inappropriate content on Costmodelling Limited website

If you post or send offensive, inappropriate or objectionable content anywhere on or to costmodelling.com, or otherwise engage in any disruptive behaviour on costmodelling.com, Costmodelling Limited may use your personal information to stop such behaviour.

Where Costmodelling Limited reasonably believes that you are or may be in breach of any of the laws of England or Wales (e.g. because content you have posted may be defamatory), Costmodelling Limited may use your personal information to inform relevant third parties such as your employer, e-mail/Internet provider or law enforcement agencies about the content and your behaviour.

8. What if I am a user aged 16 or under?

If you are aged 16 or under, please get your parent/guardian's permission beforehand whenever you provide personal information to Costmodelling Limited's website. Users without this consent are not allowed to provide us with personal information.

9. How long will Costmodelling Limited keep my personal information?

We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant service, or as long as is set out in any relevant contract you hold with Costmodelling Limited or Costmodelling Limited's corporate retention schedule (this is a database that defines which documents should be kept and for how long). In the case that you wish to cancel your registration as a costmodelling.com member, once an account is deleted a red flag goes on the database and, while people cannot use the personal information, it stays on the system for a period of one year for administration purposes before being deleted automatically.

Where you contribute to costmodelling.com Costmodelling Limited will generally only keep your content for as long as is reasonably required for the purpose(s) for which it was submitted.

10. Can I find out what personal information Costmodelling Limited holds about me?

Under the Data Protection Act you have the right to request a copy of the personal information Costmodelling Limited holds about you and to have any inaccuracies corrected. (We charge £10 for information requests and will require you to prove your identity with 2 pieces of approved photographic identification.) We will use reasonable efforts to supply, correct or delete personal information about you on our files.

Please address requests and questions about this or any other question about this Privacy Policy to Costmodelling Limited, Burnside, Keldspring Lane, Barmby Moor, York, England YO42 4HW. Email:

11. Changes to Costmodelling Limited's Privacy Policy

This privacy policy may be updated from time to time so you may wish to check it each time you submit personal information to any costmodelling.com website. The date of the most recent revisions will appear on this page.

12. Contacting Costmodelling Limited about this Privacy Policy

If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy please contact;

Costmodelling Limited
Burnside
Keldspring Lane
Barmby Moor
York
YO42 4HW
Email: