This privacy policy sets out how Share & Compare Limited uses and protects any information that you give us when you use the shareandcompareplay.com website (the "Website").

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully - by using this Website, you agree to its terms (including as amended from time to time). If, for any reason, you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, please stop using the Website immediately.

This Privacy Policy should be read alongside, and in addition to, our website terms and conditions www.shareandcompareplay.com/terms_and_conditions

Share & Compare Limited is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

Share & Compare Limited may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 2nd February 2009.

Who we are

In this Privacy Policy, references to "we" or "us" are to Share & Compare Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales (registered number 6779507) whose registered office and principal place of business is at 57 Rean Meadow, Tattenhall, Chester Cheshire CH3 9PU.

If you have any questions about how we collect, store and use your information, you may contact us by telephoning 07799 111771 or by e-mailing us at privacy@shareandcompareplay.com.

What we collect

We will encourage you to register with us so that we can offer the best possible service both now and in the future. The precise information collected will depend upon how you choose to use the website but may include the following information:

• name
  

• contact information including email address, address, postcode, telephone number

• demographic information such as, preferences and interests

• details of the internet protocol address of your computer and passwords

• other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers

What we do with the information we gather

In addition to using your data for the purposes set out below if you submit a supplier contact form we will pass your data on to those suppliers which you have selected on that form to enable them to contact you.

By using the Website you agree that your information may be used by us for the following purposes:

• internal record keeping and compliance with any legal and regulatory requirements.

• to fulfil any contractual agreements between us and to improve our products and services.

• to periodically send you promotional email about new products, special offers or other information which you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided unless you inform us in writing that you do not want to receive these. You may opt out of any such promotional communications in any email that we send to you or by emailing us at privacy@shareandcompareplay.com giving your email address and notifying us that you wish to cancel your registration to the site (for further information see controlling your personal information, below).

• to contact you (by email, phone, fax or mail) for market research purposes and to undertake polls and obtain feedback on your experiences of the Website.

• to customise the website according to your interests.

By completing and submitting a supplier contact form you also agree that we may pass your information to those suppliers and that the information may be used by those suppliers for any of the above purposes. We cannot control, or be liable for the uses to which third party suppliers (to whom you have requested/consented that your data be passed) use your personal data and as such you are advised to review the privacy policies of such suppliers to satisfy yourself as to how they will hold and use such data and how you should unsubscribe from such sites if you no longer wish to receive such communications from them.

We may also disclose your information to third parties in connection with the sale, transfer or disposal of our business, provided that they continue to use your information substantially in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in place suitable technical, organisational, physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online and prevent loss.

No data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be totally secure and whilst we have used our best efforts to ensure the security of your data, please be aware that we cannot guarantee the security of any information you send us which is transmitted over the Internet and you do so at your own risk.

In addition, we (or third parties acting on our behalf) may also store or process information that we collect about you in countries outside the European Economic Area, which may have lower standards of data protection.

How we use cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Supplier advertising on our Website may also contain cookies and you are advised to review the supplier privacy policy if you wish to obtain any further details about their use of cookies.

Controlling your personal information

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:

• whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes

• if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at privacy@shareandcompareplay.com

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee (currently £10) will be payable as permitted by the Data Protection Act to cover administrative expenses. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to Data Compliance Officer, Share & Compare Limited, 57 Rean Meadow, Tattenhall, Chester, CH3 9PU enclosing your details and a cheque in the sum of £10 made payable to Share & Compare Limited.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.