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Monasis: Privacy Statement (Web Site) v1.0 September 2005

Privacy Statement

We know that when you provide Monasis with information about yourself, you trust us to act in a responsible manner. Monasis believes this information should solely be used to help Monasis provide you with better service. Monasis has scripted this policy to protect your personal information.

Use of your Personal Information

Monasis uses your personal information for four primary purposes:

To make the site easier for you to use by not making you enter your personal information more than once.
To help you quickly find services or information.
To help create and deliver content most relevant to you.
To alert you to product upgrades, special offers, updated information and other new services.
We may send out periodic e-mails informing you of technical service issues related to a product or service you requested. You will not be able to choose to unsubscribe to these mailings, as they are considered an essential part of the service you have chosen.

Protecting your Privacy

We will take appropriate steps to protect your privacy. If you provide any sensitive information (for example, a credit card number to make a purchase), We will take reasonable steps to protect it, such as encrypting your card number. We will also take reasonable security measures to protect your personal information in storage. Credit card numbers are used only for payment processing and are not retained for marketing purposes. We will not provide any of your personal information to other companies or individuals without your permission. We will occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on his 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. This Monasis sites may provide links to third party sites. Since we do not control those third party sites, you are encouraged to review the privacy policies of these third party sites.

Legal Responsibilities

Monasis will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Monasis or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Monasis and, (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Monasis, or the public.

Use of cookies

To ensure Monasis is publishing content customers need and want, Monasis collects aggregated site-visitation statistics using cookies. We do not track individuals' use of the site.

A cookie is a very small text file that Monasis saves to your computer's hard disk to store information that you provide about yourself or to store your preferences.

Monasis uses cookies for various reasons. Cookies enable a better experience by allowing an understanding of what areas of the Monasis site are of interest to visitors. The cookie contains information that you chose to provide to that Monasis site. You are in charge of deciding what information sites know about you. We also use cookies in Monasis based applications. In this situation, a cookie will store useful information that enables the Monasis site to remember you when you return.

If you choose to not have your browser accept cookies from the Monasis site, you will be able to view the text on the screens, however you will not experience a personalized visit nor will you be able to subscribe to the service offerings on the site.

We do not share tracking information outside of Monasis, and does not allow other companies to place clear gifs on Monasis sites.

Security and Data Storage of your Information

Monasis strictly protects the security of your personal information and honours your choices for its intended use. We carefully protect your data from loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction. We will store and process that information in secure databases that are protected in controlled facilities.

Your personal information is never shared outside the company without your permission, except under conditions explained above. Inside the company, data is stored in password-controlled servers with limited access. Your information may be stored and processed in the United Kingdom or any other country where Monasis, its subsidiaries, affiliates or agents are located.

You also have a significant role in protecting your information. No one can see or edit your personal information without knowing your username and password, so please do not share these with others. The Monasis sites do not publish content that is targeted to children.

Changes to this Statement

Due to the rapidly evolving technologies on the Internet, we may occasionally update this policy. All revisions will be posted to this site.

Questions and Contact Information

Monasis welcomes your comments and questions on this statement of Privacy as we are dedicated to protecting your personal information, and will make every reasonable effort to keep that information secure. Questions regarding this statement should be directed to privacy@monasis.com by email of post

Monasis
Wharf House
Wharf Street
Victoria Quays
Sheffield
S2 5SY
United Kingdom