Data Protection & Legal Information
Privacy Statement and the Data Protection Act 1998
1. General
We know how important the privacy of your information is
to you. Confidentiality is of utmost importance to us. This privacy
statement explains what we do with any information you give us
and what purposes it may be used for. We may change the content
or services found on our sites at any time without notice and
this privacy policy may change at any time in the future.
We will treat all your personal information as private and confidential
except where disclosure is made at your request or with your consent
or where we are required by law to disclose. We will continue
to hold information about you after your relationship with us
has ended, but we will only hold it for as long as we are legally
required.
GUITARGUITAR Limited may use your information for the purposes
of administration, to process an order, to respond to any requests
that you may have, to source products for you, customer services,
analysing your purchasing preferences and customer profiling.
We do not share your information with any third parties. All credit
and debit card processing is handled securely by WorldPay. We
do not see your card details at any time.
2. Marketing
If you decide now or at any time that you do not want to
receive our Newsletter please e-mail us at newsletter@guitarguitar.co.uk;
use the Contact us
page on our website www.guitarguitar.co.uk;
or write to us at GUITARGUITAR Limited, 283-287 St Johns Road,
Edinburgh EH12 7XF. You have the right to ask for a copy of your
information (subject to a fee). Please write to us at GUITARGUITAR
Limited, 283-287 St Johns Road, Edinburgh EH12 7XF.
3. Email & Web Site
The GUITARGUITAR web site offers a range of products and
services. Please ensure that you read the legal information notice
when you enter the site.
It is recognised that there are associated risks with the use
of public networks such as the internet and we cannot guarantee
the safety of any part of the internet that we do not provide
or control.
To ensure you remain secure we recommend that you use the latest
versions of web browsers available. We cannot guarantee that all
types of browser will work securely with our web site.
Standard internet email is not suitable for transmission of confidential
information. If you communicate with us via email we cannot guarantee
its security while in transit.
4. Use of Cookies
We also obtain data and information by using cookies. Our
web site may send cookies to your browser. A cookie is a piece
of software that is placed on your computer that identifies it
to our website. They can be stored on your computer’s hard
drive or your browser’s memory. Cookies are used to provide
you with a better browsing experience and for analysis of our
web site traffic so we can improve our service to you. A cookie
helps analyse web traffic or lets us know when you visit a particular
web page. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as
an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to
your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information
about your preferences. We only use this information for statistical
analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
When cookies are used for either analysis or to improve your browsing
experience, information is not collected that would identify individual
users for sales or marketing purposes.
A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information
about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. We
believe that the benefit we both gain from their proper use is
worthwhile. You may set your web browser to notify you of cookie
placement requests or decline cookies completely. You can delete
files that contain cookies – those files are stored as part
of your Internet browser.
5. Disabling Cookies
By adjusting the settings of your browser, you may opt
to accept cookies, to be informed when one is about to be placed
on your computer, or to automatically reject all cookies.
By disabling cookies you may experience difficulties
and stop our web site site working as designed.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 and above, to adjust
your cookies preferences follow the steps below.
.select the 'tools' menu
.choose 'internet options'
.click on the 'security' tab
.press the 'custom level' button
.scroll down to 'cookies' and select your preference
Netscape Navigator 4 and above, to adjust your cookies
preferences follow the steps below.
.select the 'edit' menu
.choose 'preferences'
.click on the 'advanced' option
.select your 'cookies' preference
If you aren't using either of the above browsers,
consult the help section on your internet browser.