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Privacy Policy



Updated: July 1st, 2009
Our Commitment to You
Welcome to The Celtic Link.com (www.thecelticlink.com), the new Celtic networking site where members can stay in touch with their friends, meet new people and hang out, and find festivals and bands.

The founders of The Celtic Link.com Ltd take your privacy very seriously.

The key points of our privacy policy are:

  • You can end your membership at any time
  • We only disclose information from which you may be personally identifiable to selected third parties in accordance with this privacy policy
  • The Celtic Link.com Ltd does not spam
  • By participating in The Celtic Link.com (www.thecelticlink.com), you agree to this privacy policy
Information collected by The Celtic Link.com Ltd
We collect the following types of information about you when you use The Celtic Link.com (www.thecelticlink.com):

  • Information provided by you. We collect personal information, such as your name and email address, when you register to become a member of The Celtic Link.com. This information is used when you set up your personal profile. As part of your personal profile, you may choose to submit additional information such as your age, your hobbies and interests and other content, such as photos, music and videos.
  • Information collected automatically. The Celtic Link.com Ltd receives and stores information which is transmitted automatically from your computer when you browse the Internet and use The Celtic Link.com. This information includes information from cookies (which are described below), your IP address and browser type. Your IP address is the unique address of your computer which is automatically provided to other computers when your web browser or email application requests a web page or email from those computers on the Internet.
Use and Disclosure of information

  • We will display your personal information on your profile according to the preferences you set. We will use your name so that you are recognisable on our database and so that we can personalise your experience. We will use your email address to contact you from time to time and may also use it for security reasons to confirm that you are who you say you are.
  • We may use the information collected automatically, such as your IP address and information stored via cookies, to gather statistics about the number of people who visit The Celtic Link.com and to customise The Celtic Link.coms content, layout and services. We may share this information with third parties to help us improve The Celtic Link.com and better serve our users.
  • Advertisements that appear on The Celtic Link.com are delivered to you by our advertising partners. The Celtic Link.com Ltd may transfer information about your use of The Celtic Link.com, such as your IP address and information stored via cookies, to our advertising partners and other third parties. This information may be used to provide advertising, promotions and other products and services that may be of particular interest to you. It may also be used to provide you with a tailored choice of content and media products. If you do not want to receive targeted advertisements at any point in the future, please send a request to us via the Contact Us page.
  • Our advertising and promotions partners have no access to your name or personal contact information stored by The Celtic Link.com Ltd unless you choose to share it with them. The Celtic Link.com Ltd does not provide your name or personal contact information to an advertising partner when you interact with or view a targeted advertisement.
  • We may provide your personally identifiable information and the data generated by cookies and the aggregate information to the vendors and service agencies that we may engage to assist us in providing our services to you. Such third party entities will be obligated to use your personally identifiable information solely to provide the services to us.
  • We will disclose your personally identifiable information if we reasonably believe we are required to do so by law, regulation or other government authority or to protect the rights and property of The Celtic Link.com Ltd, its affiliates or the public. We may also co-operate with law enforcement agencies in any official investigation and we may disclose your personally identifiable information to the relevant agency or authority in doing so.
  • We reserve the right to transfer your personal information in the event of a transfer of ownership of The Celtic Link.com Ltd, such as acquisition by or merger with another company. If an acquiring company should plan to materially change this privacy policy, we will notify you beforehand.
Cookies
  • Cookies are a common Internet technology. Many web sites use cookies to provide useful features for their users. Cookies are small files that are written or downloaded to your computers hard drive when you access a site. They allow The Celtic Link.com Ltd to store and quickly retrieve login information on your computer and provide data that we can use to improve the quality of our service. Most Internet browsers (such as Internet Explorer and Safari) are initially set up to accept cookies. If you prefer, you can set your browser to refuse cookies, although you may not be able to take full advantage of The Celtic Link.com if you do so. You can disable cookies by going to Tools on your top menu bar. This will bring up the "Internet Options" dialogue box. On the top of the dialogue box, click on "Privacy". This will bring up the "Settings" box. Scroll up using the slide bar on the left-hand side of the box, until the wording in the box states Block All Cookies. Then click on the "OK" button on the bottom of the menu box. If you follow these instructions, your computer will not accept cookies in future.
  • Our advertising partners may set and access cookies or use other technologies such as web beacons (which are electronic files that allow a web site to count users who have visited that page or to access certain cookies) in order to personalise advertising content. Use by these advertising partners of their own cookies and any other tracking technologies are subject to their privacy policies. The Celtic Link.com Ltd uses its reasonable efforts to ensure that its advertising partners are operating privacy policies that are in accordance with The Celtic Link.com Ltds' own privacy standards as set out in this privacy policy.
You control who sees your information
  • Please bear in mind that if you choose to share your personal information (including any comments, videos, photos or any other information) to other people on The Celtic Link.com, you do so at your own risk. The Celtic Link.com Ltd recommends that you don't share your personal contact information.
Reviewing and changing your Profile
You can review and revise your personal profile at any time or contact us for assistance via the Contact Us page. You can control who messages you by adding or deleting other members as friends. Only people who are you friends will be able to message you in the Community.

Internet Awareness
Whenever you voluntarily post personal information in public areas, like journals, weblogs, message boards and forums, this information can be accessed by the public and can in turn be used by others to send you unsolicited communications. The Celtic Link.com Ltd recommends that you exercise discretion in deciding what information you disclose on the Internet and The Celtic Link.com website service.

Children
  • Children under the age of 13 are not eligible to use The Celtic Link.com and must not attempt to register with The Celtic Link.com and/or submit any personal information to us. The Celtic Link.com Ltd does not knowingly collect personal information from any person who is under the age of 13 or allow them to register. If it comes to our attention that we have collected personal data from a person under the age of 13, we will delete this information as quickly as possible. If you have reason to believe that this has occurred, please contact us via the Contact Us page, and we will delete any such information.
  • We recommend that children between the ages of 13 and 17 should not send any information about themselves to anyone over the Internet without asking their parents or legal guardians for permission beforehand.
Security and Confidentiality
  • The security of your personal information depends on your protection of your account password. Please do not disclose your account password to unauthorised people. The Celtic Link.com Ltd uses industry standard technology designed to help keep your personal information safe. Please bear in mind though, that it is impossible for The Celtic Link.com Ltd to guarantee that impenetrable security measures are in place. For example, we cannot control any illegal and/or unforeseen activity of other users that may allow them to get around the privacy or security settings on the The Celtic Link.com website. Consequently, you acknowledge that there are circumstances in which your personal information may be accessed by unauthorised persons.
  • We limit access to your personal information only to employees who we believe need to come into contact with that information in order to do their jobs in connection with the The Celtic Link.com website service.
  • If you become aware of any breach of data security or have any other questions about the security of our website, please contact us via the Contact Us page.
Changes in Privacy Policy
From time to time we may update this privacy policy and will post a notice of any changes on our website or blog. Additionally, we may send registered users an email notifying you of the change. IF ANY MODIFICATION IS UNACCEPTABLE TO YOU, YOU SHALL STOP USING THE The Celtic Link.com WEBSITE SERVICE. YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THE The Celtic Link.com WEBSITE SERVICE FOLLOWING OUR POSTING OF A CHANGE NOTICE OR ON OUR WEBSITE OR BLOG OR RECEIVING OUR EMAIL NOTIFYING YOU OF THE CHANGE WILL CONSTITUTE YOUR BINDING ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHANGE.

Cancelling Membership

 You always have the option to cancel your membership at any time. If you are a member and no longer wish to participate in The Celtic Link.com please email us at info@thecelticlink.com with the subject line "Membership Cancellation", we will then act on your request to cancel your membership within 72 hours.

Contact

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this website or your dealings with The Celtic Link.com Ltd generally, you can contact us via the Contact Us page, or by writing to:

Customer Support
The Celtic Link.com Ltd
22 Kenwyn Street
Truro
Kernow
TR1 3BU

The Celtic Link.com Ltd is regsitered in England and Wales, Company no 06928956

Effective Date and Last Revision Date

This Privacy Policy was first posted on May 1st, 2009

This Privacy Policy was last revised and is effective as of July 1st, 2009
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