We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; this policy sets out how we will treat your personal information.

1. What information do we collect?

   We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal data:

   1. information about your computer and about your visits to and use of this website (including your IP address, geographical location, browser type, referral source, length of visit and number of page views);
   2. information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our newsletters (including name, email address, company name (optional), telephone number (optional));
   3. information that you provide to us for the purpose of getting a response (e.g. using the 'Contact Us' form) (including name, email address, company name (optional), telephone number (optional), subject (optional) and content of submission);
   4. any other information that you choose to send to us.

2. Cookies

   A cookie consists of information sent by a web server to a web browser, and stored by the browser. The information is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. This enables the web server to identify and track the web browser.
   
   We use both "session" cookies and "persistent" cookies on the website. We will use the session cookies to: keep track of you whilst you navigate the website. We will use the persistent cookies to: enable our website to recognise you when you visit.
   
   Session cookies will be deleted from your computer when you close your browser. Persistent cookies will remain stored on your computer until deleted, or until they reach a specified expiry date.
   
   We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of this website. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users' computers. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. Google will store this information. Google's privacy policy is available at: http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html.
   
   Most browsers allow you to reject all cookies, whilst some browsers allow you to reject just third party cookies. For example, in Internet Explorer you can refuse all cookies by clicking "Tools", "Internet Options", "Privacy", and selecting "Block all cookies" using the sliding selector. Blocking all cookies will, however, have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites, including this one.

3. Using your personal data

   Personal data submitted on this website will be used for the purposes specified in this privacy policy or in relevant parts of the website.
   
   We may use your personal information to:

   1. administer the website;
   2. send to you our newsletter and other marketing communications relating to our business which we think may be of interest to you by email or similar technology (you can inform us at any time if you no longer require newsletters or marketing communications);
   3. deal with enquiries and complaints made by you relating to the website;
   4. conduct market, social and satisfaction research;

   We will not, without your express consent, provide your personal information to any third parties for the purpose of direct marketing.

4. Disclosures

   We may disclose information about you to any of our employees, consultants or suppliers insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes as set out in this privacy policy.
   
   In addition, we may disclose information about you:

   1. to the extent that we are required to do so by law;
   2. in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings;
   3. in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk);
   4. to the purchaser (or prospective purchaser) of any business or asset which we are (or are contemplating) selling.

   Except as provided in this privacy policy, we will not provide your information to third parties.

5. Security of your personal data

   We will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.
   
   We will store all the personal information you provide on our secure (username/password and firewall protected) servers. Data from the 'Contact Us' form is submitted via email.
   
   Of course, data transmission over the internet (including email) is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.

6. Policy amendments

   We may update this privacy policy from time-to-time by posting a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes.
   
   We may also notify you of changes to our privacy policy by email.

7. Your rights

   You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you. Provision of such information may be subject to the payment of a fee (currently fixed at £10.00).
   
   You may instruct us not to process your personal data for our marketing purposes by email at any time. (In practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal data for our marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt-out of the use of your personal data for our marketing purposes.)

8. Third party websites

   The website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of third party websites.

9. Updating information

   Please let us know if the personal information which we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.

10. Contact

    If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our treatment of your personal data, please write to us by email to info@virtualsurveys.com or by post to:
    
    Virtual Surveys Ltd,
    Faulkner House,
    Faulkner Street,
    Manchester,
    M1 4DY,
    UK

11. Data controller

    The data controller responsible for our website is 'Virtual Surveys Ltd'.
    
    Our data protection registration number is 'Z562232X'.

This privacy policy is courtesy of
Employment Law Contracts and Website Law