Privacy Policy

Homepages Online is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Privacy Statement applies to the Homepages Online website and governs data collection and usage. By using the Homepages Online website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Homepages Online collects personally identifiable information, such as your email address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Homepages Online also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your postcode, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Homepages Online. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by Homepages Online for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Homepages Online website.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Homepages Online Communication Services, this information may be collected and used by others.

Homepages Online encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from Homepages Online so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. Homepages Online is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the Homepages Online and Homepages Online family of websites.

Use of your Personal Information

Homepages Online will not transfer identifying information about you to any other party unless otherwise stated or subject to the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998.

Homepages Online collects and uses your personal information to operate the Homepages Online website and deliver the services you have requested. Homepages Online also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Homepages Online, its affiliated companies and necessary sublicensees. Homepages Online may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Homepages Online does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Homepages Online may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external parties about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (email, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Homepages Online may share data with trusted third parties to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Homepages Online, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Homepages Online does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Homepages Online keeps track of the websites and web pages our customers visit within Homepages Online, in order to determine what Homepages Online services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customised content and advertising within Homepages Online to customers whose behaviour indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Homepages Online websites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Homepages Online or the website; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Homepages Online; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Homepages Online, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Homepages Online website uses "cookies" to help you personalise your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalise Homepages Online web pages, or register with Homepages Online website or services, a cookie helps Homepages Online to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. When you return to the same Homepages Online website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Homepages Online features that you customised.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Homepages Online services or websites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Homepages Online secures your personal information from unauthorised access, use or disclosure. Homepages Online secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorised access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, by Homepages Online, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Homepages Online will occasionally update this Privacy Statement to reflect company and customer feedback. Homepages Online encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Homepages Online is protecting your information.

Contact Information

For any questions about this Privacy Statement, the practices of this website, or your dealings with this website, please contact Homepages Online on the following:
a: Homepages Online
The Media Centre
7 Northumberland Street
Huddersfield
HD1 1RL
England
e: privacy1{remove_to_send}@homepagesonline.com

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