Privacy Policy

The Culture Hampshire privacy promise

CultureHampshire.com is absolutely committed to protecting your privacy. (1) Individual user details will not be passed on without prior consent; (2) Only aggregate statistics about the number of users and their traffic patterns will be given to advertisers. However, if CultureHampshire.com changes hands, CultureHampshire.com reserves the right to transfer all information collected through CultureHampshire.com to the new owner.

Personal information

CultureHampshire.com does not require you to provide any personal information in order to access CultureHampshire.com. However, if you choose to fill out any reader surveys, enter a competition, apply for an offer or become a member, you will be asked to supply some information about yourself, including your name, address, phone number and e-mail address. By entering a competition or applying for an offer you give permission for CultureHampshire.com to pass your details to any third party sponsor of the competition / offer so they may contact you in the event that you win the competition or qualify for the offer.

CultureHampshire.com tracks the number of users to CultureHampshire.com, the pages visited and the length of visit. In addition, CultureHampshire.com collects information from users who click on advertisements to measure interest and inform advertisers as to how many users have seen or clicked on their ads. CultureHampshire.com also uses demographic and preference information to allow advertising banners on CultureHampshire.com to be targeted, in the aggregate, to the users for whom they are most pertinent.

CultureHampshire.com collects these kinds of aggregate user information for two main reasons: (1) To help to continually improve the service offered. (2) To sell sponsorships on CultureHampshire.com to advertisers. CultureHampshire.com may disclose this information to advertisers.

Culture Hampshire e-mail policy

When you give CultureHampshire.com your e-mail address, you are asked to let CultureHampshire.com know how it can be used. You may 'opt in' to receive regular e-mail newsletters that contain information which CultureHampshire.com believe to be of value to you, specifically events, special discounts and offers selected by the CultureHampshire.com marketing department. Data will not be passed on to third parties. All emails will contain a link to opt out of further communications from CultureHampshire.com. If you make a purchase via CultureHampshire.com the assumption may be made that you will be interested in similar products and you may receive emails with information about these products. All emails will contain a link to opt out of further communications from CultureHampshire.com.

If CultureHampshire.com ever requests that you volunteer additional information, such as financial data or age (in an online survey, for example) your response will always be voluntary and this data will only be used as an aggregate of data in conjunction with users of CultureHampshire.com as a whole.

Competitions

If you enter a competition you should read the terms and conditions of that promotion which will confirm how we will use any personal data submitted as part of the entry to the competition.

Third-party disclosure of personal information

Links to other sites: CultureHampshire.com contains links to other sites that are not under CultureHampshire.com control, even though they may feature the website because of a marketing agreement. CultureHampshire.com cannot be held responsible for the privacy policies of other companies. CultureHampshire.com recommends you review the privacy policy of any site visited on the Internet.

On occasion, CultureHampshire.com sponsors special promotions, sweepstakes and contests that are hosted by partner websites, which may require that your browser accepts cookies.

Required disclosures: CultureHampshire.com cooperates with all law-enforcement inquiries and reserves the right to disclose personally identifying or aggregate information in connection with a court-sanctioned demand for such information.

Security

CultureHampshire.com has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under CultureHampshire.com's control. Despite these efforts, CultureHampshire.com cannot guarantee that a hacker will not obtain access to communications between users and CultureHampshire.com.

Collection of personal data from children

Content on CultureHampshire.com is not directed to users under the age of 13 ("children"). CultureHampshire.com will not knowingly collect information from individuals under the age of 13.

On ocCulture Hampshire.co.uk may, from time to time, use third party suppliers to provide part of our service to you. In such circumstances, Culture Hampshire will have in place strict contractual arrangements that will require your data to be processed securely or at least to a standard equivalent to the UK Data Protection Act 1998.

This policy is effective as of April 2012. CultureHampshire.com may change this policy at any time. You should periodically revisit the CultureHampshire.com privacy policy to be sure you are familiar with the current policy. Use of CultureHampshire.com following any modifications to the privacy policy will be conclusively deemed as acceptance of the terms of this privacy policy and any changes to the policy. Nothing in this privacy policy is meant to impede CultureHampshire.com's right or ability to transfer, sell or otherwise dispose of any of its assets. Requests for Personal Information. You can contact CultureHampshire.com regarding this policy by email.