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whatwasHere.com Privacy Policy
 

We take privacy rights and protection of the interests of whatwasHere.com and whatwasin users very seriously and we seek to ensure the highest standards of compliance with UK Data Protection Laws and Regulations. whatwasHere.com Limited has an up-to-date data protection notification registered with the Office of the Information Commissioner. This can be seen at: http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

This Privacy Policy is incorporated in and subject to the whatwasHere.com Terms of Use and whatwasHere.com Service Terms and Conditions. This Privacy Policy explains to you how whatwasHere.com Limited may use your personal data.

By registering via a whatwasHere.com or whatwasin website or otherwise using whatwasHere.com's services, You give your consent to the use of your data in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you have any questions regarding this policy or whatwasHere.com Limited then please contact us as set out at the end of this document.

1. What do we mean by "Your Data"?

1.1 "Your Data" means any information about you which is personally identifiable, including, without limitation, your name, address, telephone numbers, email address, whatwasHere.com user name, password, comments, personal descriptions, photos and other information from which you can be identified and which you may disclose to us or otherwise via whatwasHere.com at any time.

2. When do We collect Your data?
2.1 We collect Your Data from you when you:

2.1.1 register via a whatwasHere.com or whatwasin website;
2.1.2 post an entry, message or comment on one of our websites;
2.1.3 make a complaint or enquiry or provide other feedback whether to other users or to us through one of our websites; and
2.1.4 choose to disclose your data to us or otherwise through one of our websites at any other point.

3. How does whatwasHere.com Limited use Your Data?
3.1 We use Your Data to:

3.1.1 monitor, develop and improve our services, websites and your experience;
3.1.2 process and administer your registration as a whatwasHere.com or whatwasin User;
3.1.3 process and deal with any complaints or enquiries made by or about You;
3.1.4 monitor and investigate any suspected breach of the whatwasHere.com Service Terms and Conditions or whatwasHere.com Terms of Use made by or otherwise relating to you;
3.1.5 unless you have requested that we do not, to keep you updated with information by email or sms about existing and new whatwasHere.com or whatwasin services that we think may be of interest to you. To opt-out of receiving any such information you can make this clear on registering or by going to ‘view your profile’ on whatwasHere.com at any time.

3.2 Please note that although we do not monitor or vett entries and communications placed on or sent via any whatwasHere.com websites, we do reserve the right to randomly check, amend, edit or remove information or data on the website that comes to our attention and is in breach or potentially in breach of the whatwasHere.com Terms and Conditions or we may ask carefully selected third parties to undertake such activities for us.

4. Will whatwasHere.com Limited pass Your Data to third parties?
4.1 whatwasHere.com Limited may pass Your Data to other people as follows:

4.1.1 Your user name will be publicised on the relevant website against any entries that you post and this will be the identity by which you are known on the website and will therefore be available to any other users of the website. We therefore strongly recommend that you do not use your full name or disclose any other personal details about yourself that you do not want to be publicised and available to other viewers.
4.1.2 To our employees, agents and partners to administer the services and whatwasHere.com Limited websites and the products and services provided to you by whatwasHere.com now or in the future.
4.1.3 In some cases we may use a technical partner to conduct some processing of Your Data on our behalf in providing the services and website, but this is always subject to strict contractual control and is in compliance with UK Data Protection Legislation.
4.1.4 Some general statistical information about the whatwasHere.com user base, use patterns, traffic volumes and related matters may be passed on to reputable third parties but these details will not include information personally identifying you.
4.1.5 We may disclose Your Data to the police, regulatory bodies or legal advisers, your parents, teacher or legal guardian in connection with any alleged criminal offence or suspected breach of the whatwasHere.com Terms and Conditions by you.

4.2 Always think carefully before disclosing Your Data or other information to other whatwasHere.com or whatwasin users or otherwise posting Your Data on a whatwasHere.com or whatwasHere.com website. It is important that you are aware that any of Your Data or other information which You choose to disclose on the website may then be viewed and even used by other whatwasHere.com users. As stated in the whatwasHere.com Service Terms and Conditions and whatwasHere.com Terms of Use, we have no responsibility or control over the contents of communications made between users although you can make a complaint about another user as detailed in the whatwasHere.com Service Terms and Conditions and whatwasHere.com Terms of Use.

4.3 You must respect the privacy of others and you should not disclose any personal details about other people including your family, friends, acquaintances, classmates, teachers or other persons that may be misleading or cause them harm or offence. It is your responsibility to obtain their prior permission in respect of any mention of them where relevant.

4.4 Other than in the circumstances outlined in paragraph 4.1 above, we will not provide Your Data to any third party without your consent or unless we are required to do so by law.
5. Data Security

5.1 whatwasHere.com Limited endeavours to take all reasonable steps to protect Your Data. All the Data collected by us is stored on a secure server. The secure server software encrypts all information you input before it is sent to us.

6. Cookies

6.1 Cookies are small pieces of information stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. We use cookies to allow us to understand who has seen which pages, to determine how frequently particular pages are visited and to determine the most popular areas of the whatwasHere.com websites and services. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, though you do not have to. We do not control the use of cookies by third parties. If you wish to disable cookies then you can do so by readjusting your browser settings although please note that by disabling cookies you may not be able to register with or use all features of our websites.
6.2 For more information on cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information provided by the Interactive Advertising Bureau at http://www.allaboutcookies.org.

7. Third party information

7.1 We may supplement the information that you provide to us with information that we receive from third parties, for example, collected from other members of your household, class or organisation.

8. Access to and Updating Your Data

8.1 You may access and update Your Data by selecting ‘view your profile’ you must make sure that you update Your Data as soon as possible with any and all relevant changes.

9. Other links

9.1 Please be aware that whatwasHere.com and whatwasin websites may link to other web sites, which may be accessed by you through our site. We are not responsible for the data policies, content or security of these linked web sites.

10. Contact Us

If You have any comments or queries in connection with this privacy policy, please contact whatwasHere.com Limited by email at or write to whatwasHere.com at Unit 240, Bon Marche Building, Ferndale Road, London, SW9 8BJ.


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