Privacy Policy
This website is provided by BlueLight Partners LLP. (also referred to as "us" or "we").
We take very seriously the privacy of our website users and the security of their personal information.
The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to set out the principles governing our use of personal information which you give or we obtain about you. By using this website, or (where applicable) by registering as a user of the on-line services which we provide, you agree to this use. We ask you to read this Privacy Policy carefully. Any dispute which may arise over privacy will be subject to this policy, any data collection notice incorporated into this website and the provisions of English law.
We may change our Privacy Policy from time to time. Therefore we ask you to check this Privacy Policy occasionally to ensure that you are aware of the most recent version which will apply each time you access this website.
Your attention is also drawn to the Terms of Use concerning the Website, which can be found at (Terms of Use) and which shall apply to your use of the Website.
Description of the Information We Collect
Personal Information
1. If you provide your contact details via the Contact Us form, then we will collect personally identifiable information about you, such as your name, e-mail address, country of residence and other information which you voluntarily submit.
2. We may also obtain information about your opinions if, for example, you send us feedback, or ask us questions.
How we use your information
3. If we have collected any personal information about you then we will hold and use such information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and any data collection notice which we provided to you when we obtained your data.
4. In addition we may use your information to inform you from time to time of other products and/or services we offer which we consider may be of interest to you. If you do not want to receive information in this way then you should tick the relevant box in the Website when we ask for your consent to do this. You may otherwise email us by using the Contact Us form to indicate that you do not want to receive information in this way from us.
Use of cookies by Bluelight Partners
5. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
On 26 May 2011, the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 came into force on the 26 May 2011 and cover the use of cookies and similar technologies for storing information, and accessing information stored, on a user's equipment such as their computer or mobile.
The cookies used on the Bluelight Partners site are as follows:
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These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. |
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Comment Cookies |
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When a comment is placed on an article cookies are set to remember the author’s details so they need not type them in again. |
The about cookies website provides guidance on how you can manage or remove cookies
IP Protocol (IP) Addresses
6. When you access the Internet using your computer, your Internet service provider assigns you an IP Address. Generally, every time you connect to the Internet, your IP Address changes. In some circumstances (i.e. with some broadband connections) your IP Address may not change in which case it can be associated with your particular computer and may therefore amount to personal information. Examples of the type of information that can be collected using your IP Address include your type of Internet Browser and the type of computer operating system you are using. BlueLight Partners, or its authorized agents, may use your IP Address to collect and report aggregate information on how the Website is being used and ways in which the Website can be improved.
Web Log Information
7. Web log information is non-personal information that is collected by the computer that hosts the Website (the “Website Server”) when you visit the Website, including, but not limited to, the date and time you visited the Website, the type of Internet Browser you are using and the type of computer operating system you are using. Web log information may be collected and used by BlueLight Partners or its authorized agents in aggregate to assess how the Website is being used and how to improve the Website.
Security
8. We take all reasonable steps to protect your personally identifiable information as you visit and use the Website and to protect such information from loss, misuse, unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration or destruction.
BlueLight Partners is careful to ensure that the information you voluntarily provide when visiting to and using the Website is as secure as possible. Unfortunately no data transmission can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result we cannot warrant the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk.
Opting Out of Further Communications From Us
9. If we have specified (in a data collection notice on this website) that we will contact you with information about our products or services and you wish to opt out of receiving such information, then you can do so by using the form that can be found on the Contact Us page, providing your contact details and typing “Un-subscribe” in the question box.
How We Protect Your Information
10. If we collect any information relating to you, we will store it on a secure server which is password protected and shielded from the outside world by a firewall. We have in place security policies which are intended to ensure, as far as possible, the security and integrity of all our information, including your personal information.
Storage
11. Your personal information is stored on secure servers maintained by FASTHOSTS Information collected from the use of the Website, including personal information, may be stored on secure servers located outside the UK in countries whose privacy laws are not as rigorous as those of the UK. However we always take steps to ensure the security of your data. By using the Website, you consent to the transfer of your personal information to countries outside the UK
Accuracy of Your Information
12. You can check the information which we hold on you by emailing us using the Contact Us form on the Website. We will send you the information (as held by us) within the appropriate legal time limit and will try to send it within fourteen (14) days.
Removal of Data
13. We provide the following options for users to have their personal information removed from our servers, so as to not receive future communications
13.1. you can send an e-mail via the Contact Us form
13.2. you can send mail to: BlueLight Partners LLP BioCity, Pennyfoot Street, Nottingham, NG1 1GF, United Kingdom Your personal data will be removed from our servers within three working days of your request.
Agents and Service Providers
14. We sometimes employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. They may need access to your personal information in order to perform their functions. However they may not use your personal information for any other purpose.
Improper Conduct
15. We may use the information we gather and/or receive about you to investigate and help prevent unlawful activity, or any activity that threatens our network or otherwise jeopardises the provision of this website and we may disclose such information to third parties (such as the police) for these purposes.
Access and Corrections
16. If we process personal information about you, then you have a right under European Data Protection law to request access to that personal information (for which we may charge a small fee).
17. You also have a right to require any inaccuracies in your information to be corrected free of charge. You can ask us to modify your details by using the form that can be found on the Contact Us page.
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with its registered office at BlueLight Partners LLP, BioCity, Pennyfoot Street, Nottingham, NG1 1GF, United Kingdom
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