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Privacy statement
Schillings is committed to protecting your privacy. You can visit all pages on our site without giving us any information about yourself unless you choose to. But sometimes we do need information to provide services that you request, and this privacy statement explains data collection and use in those situations.
Collection of your personal information
We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you (personal information) or allows us to contact you. Generally, this information is requested when you are registering for an event such as one of our seminars or if you are signing up to receive specific news that you have requested. Personal information collected by Schillings often is limited to your name and company name, email address, and postal address but may include other information when needed to provide a service you requested.
Schillings also collects certain information about your computer hardware and software. This information may include: your IP address, browser type, operating system, domain name, access times and referring web site addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of www.schillings.co.uk.
Schillings also collects information about which pages people visit within www.schillings.co.uk This site visitation data is identified only by a unique ID number, and it is never linked with personal information unless a user consents as described below.
Use of your personal information
Schillings use your personal information for the following purposes:
- To ensure our site is relevant to your needs
- To deliver services, such as news alerts and events
- To help us create and publish content most relevant to you.
- To alert you to updated information and other new services from Schillings, if you so request.
We occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, including packaging, mailing and delivering purchases, sending postal mail and processing event registration. We will only provide those companies the information they need to deliver the service, and they are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.
Schillings may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law.
Your information may be stored and processed in the United Kingdom or any other country in which Schillings or its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, and by using this site, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country. Schillings abides by the retention of data from the EC.
Control of your personal information
When you register, or otherwise give us personal information, Schillings will not share that information with third parties without your permission, other than for the limited exceptions already listed. It will only be used for the purposes stated above.
Access to your personal information
Schillings will provide you with the means to ensure that your personal information is correct and current.
If you subscribe to the email newsletters, you can edit your personal information by emailing legal@schillings.co.uk and advising us of the change in details.
Enforcement of this privacy statement
If you have questions regarding this statement, you should first contact Schillings by emailing legal@schillings.co.uk
Changes to this statement
Schillings will occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the "last updated" date at the top of the privacy statement.
Contact information
Schillings welcomes your comments regarding this privacy statement, please contact us by emailing legal@schillings.co.uk.