Privacy Policy regarding "Practical Airsoft"

This policy describes what information and/or data we may collect from you, and what is done with this information and/or data.

1. What personally identifiable information of yours or third party personally identification is collected from you through the web site
2. The organization collecting the information
3. How the information is used
4. With whom the information may be shared
5. What choices are available to you regarding collection, use and distribution of the information
6. The kind of security procedures that are in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of information under the control of the Practical Airsoft
7. How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.

If you feel that the Practical Airsoft is not abiding by its posted privacy policy, you should first contact the Webmaster by E-mail. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you should try again. If you live in the UK or EU, and if you are still not satisfied, you should contact the following organisation:
 
The Data Protection Commissioner,
Wycliffe House,
Water Lane,
Wilmslow,
Cheshire,
SK9 5AF.

They can be found on the internet at: www.dataprotection.gov.uk;
They can be e-mailed at: mail@dataprotection.gov.uk
The can be telephoned at: +44-(0)16-2554-5700
They may also be sent Facsimile transmissions at: +44-(0)16-2552-4510

Information Collection and Use

The Practical Airsoft will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. Hitbox (the company whose visitor tracking systems we use) also collects information from our users at several different points on our website, for web site traffic monitoring purposes. We have no control over the uses that Hitbox may put to that information. You can see their Privacy Policy by looking to the foot of this page, and clicking 'privacy' by the banner advertisement.

Cookies

Practical Airsoft uses cookies in our Forums (only).

In addition, some of our business partners use cookies through our site (for example, advertisers and third party service suppliers). However, we have no access to, or control over those cookies.

A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s hard drive containing information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site. Once the user closes their browser, the cookie normally terminates. For instance, by setting a cookie on some sites, the user would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on that site. If a user rejects the cookie, they may still use that site. The only drawback to this is that the user may be limited to certain areas of the site, or some functions of the site. In the case of Practical Airsoft, if you cannot accept Cookies, then you will not be able to register to use the Feedback Forums. Sorry!

You'll note that we said that a cookie normally terminates when you leave a site. In our case, if you fail to 'Logoff' the Forums, the cookie will stay resident on your computer. This is nothing to worry about - it merely allows you to get back 'onto' the forums, without having to manually log on again!

Log Files

We may use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.

An IP address is a numeric world wide web address, comprising the Internet Service Provider that you use, and the port on their internet web access servers that you use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

Sharing

We may share aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person.

We partner with another party to provide specific services. If or when the user signs up for these services, we will share names, or other contact information that is necessary for the third party to provide these services.

These parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing these services.

Links

This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we, Practical Airsoft, are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.

Newsletters and Mailing Lists

If a user wishes to subscribe to a newsletter or Mailing List provided by The Practical Airsoft (should we supply such facilities), we ask for contact information such as name and email address. Note that we do NOT allow or practice e-mail anonymity in any mailing lists we may operate, or have operated by a third party for us. If you participate in our mailing lists, other members of the mailing list may see, and take note of your e-mail address.

Surveys & Contests

From time-to-time our site requests information from users via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and home town), and demographic information (such as postal/zip code, age level). Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes, if offered. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site, and for no other purpose. Any information collected will NOT be shared or sold.

Security

This website takes every precaution to protect our users' and members' information. If and when users submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected off-line. We have NO control of the e-mail system you may use to provide information to us, until such time as we download it to our own computer systems.

If you have any questions about the security at our website, you can send an email to security@practicalairsoft.co.uk.

Third Party Site and Service Updates

Practical Airsoft uses WebSideStory's HitBox service to measure and monitor traffic to, and around, this web site. WebSideStory uses cookies to track visitors to and on this web site. To find out more about how this information is used and to read the WebSideStory privacy policy, go to http://www.websidestory.com/cgi-bin/wss.cgi?privacy&privacy&index.

In association with Amazon.co.uk, we have a shop that sells various products; Amazon.co.uk uses cookies to track customers around their site; their privacy policy is posted on their site.

In association with Trade Doubler and Field and Trek, we market various items of F&T merchandise. Trade Doubler and F&T use cookies to track customers around their respective sites; their privacy policies are posted on their sites.

Correction/Updating Personal Information

Compliant with the sections 7(1) and 7(1)(d) of the United Kingdom's Data Protection Act 1998, you may gain access to any of your information that may be held by us. We have a procedure in place, to allow us to assure ourselves that you are authorised to see this information, so as to prevent unauthorised persons from seeing it. This will require you to supply confirmation of certain details, and pay a reasonable fee (not more that ten pounds sterling), before access is granted.

Please note that we regularly purge unused and unwanted files from our systems, and the information regarding you may have been purged. Never the less, we will do what we can to assist you. Following a successful request for sight of such information, we normally take a maximum of thirty working days to send you an copy of whatever information we may possess about you.

If, however, you do NOT receive a response within thirty working days from your initial enquiry, you should send a message to information@practicalairsoft.co.uk, stating the date you sent your first enquiry, and noting any pertinent details which you think might help us respond.

If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from us, and if you live in the UK or EU, you should contact the following organisation:
 
The Data Protection Commissioner,
Wycliffe House,
Water Lane,
Wilmslow,
Cheshire,
SK9 5AF.

They can be found on the internet at: www.dataprotection.gov.uk;
They can be e-mailed at: mail@dataprotection.gov.uk
The can be telephoned at: +44-(0)16-2554-5700
They may also be sent Facsimile transmissions at: +44-(0)16-2552-4510

If you find, on examining the information we send you, that it is factually inaccurate, you MUST notify us as quickly as possible. We will then, if possible, correct the error, at no extra charge to you.

Choice/Opt-out

Users who no longer wish to receive our newsletter(s), or participate in our mailing list(s), may opt-out of receiving these communications by following the unsubscribe instructions in the initial welcome message to our mailing list(s), or by sending us an email at opt-out@practicalairsoft.co.uk.

Users of our site are always notified when their information is being collected by any outside parties. We do this so our users can make an informed choice as to whether they should proceed with services that require an outside party, or not.

Notification of Changes

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our Homepage so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify the affected users by way of an email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.

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