The Information We Collect This notice applies to all information collected on
the Taking the Strain Domains website, or submitted to Taking the Strain
Domains at any time through any of our services on the website. Personally Identifiable
Information - When visiting Taking the Strain Domains` Web site and signing-up
for or using an Taking the Strain Domains powered service such as registering
for a domain, our Forum, Tell-A-Friend or Reporting Abuse, you may choose to
supply Taking the Strain Domains with information that identifies you
personally. This information may include your name and contact information, as
well as other demographic or commerce related information.
Cookies A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a
user’s computer for record-keeping purposes. We use cookies on this site. We do
not link the information we store in cookies to any personally identifiable
information you submit while on our site. We use both session ID cookies and
persistent cookies. We use session cookies to make it easier for you to
navigate our site. A session ID cookie expires when you close your browser. A
persistent cookie remains on your hard drive for an extended period of time.
You can remove persistent cookies by following directions provided in your
Internet browsers “help” file. We set a persistent cookie to store your
passwords, so you don’t have to enter it more than once. Persistent cookies
also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the
experience on our site. If you reject cookies, you may still use our site, but
you will be asked to enter your username and password again every time you
closed your browser or your session has timed out. Some of our business
partners (e.g., advertisers) use cookies on our site. We have no access to or
control over these cookies. See “Third Party Advertisers.” This privacy
statement covers the use of cookies by Taking the
Strain Domains only and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Log Files As is true of most Web sites, we gather certain
information automatically and store it in log files. This information includes
internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider
(ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream
data. We use this information, which does not identify individual users, to
analyse trends, to administer the site, to track users‟ movements around
the site and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole.
We do not link this automatically-collected data to personally identifiable
information. IP addresses are tied to personally identifiable information to
prevent and block abusers to keep using our services such as members who
violates our terms of service. We use a third-party tracking service that uses
cookies and log files to track non-personally identifiable information about
visitors to our site in the aggregate of usage and volume statistics to
determine how our users navigate through our website and to know how many users
are using our services demographically.
The Way We Use Information We use the information you provide about yourself or
others to complete the transaction for which it is intended. This may include
administering a service such as registration, email, forum, etc., or contacting
you if you have indicated your permission to do so by agreeing to accept
further notification and service announcement from us on your member profile
page. You can choose to opt-out of receiving any further notification from your
member profile page. We do not share this information with outside parties
without your permission.
Tell-A-Friend If you choose to use our referral service to tell a
friend about our site, we will ask you for your friend’s name and email address.
We will automatically send your friend a one-time email inviting him or her to
visit the site. Taking the Strain Domains stores this information for the sole
purpose of sending this one-time email and tracking the success of our referral
program.
Support Forum If you use the Support Forum on this site, you should
be aware that any personally identifiable information you submit there can be
read, collected, or used by other users of these forums, and could be used to
send you unsolicited messages. We are not responsible for the personally
identifiable information you choose to submit in these forums.
Internal Surveys Upon using our free services, you will be requested to
participate in our periodic internal surveys which are conducted by Taking the Strain Domains to determine your personal
interests. These surveys are strictly voluntary. The data collected through
these surveys will be used solely to determine the type of advertisements you
will be exposed with when you are logged in to your control panel account. Each
survey will be sponsored by our partners, which will be in a form of survey
prizes. However, any PII collected will not be shared in any way to any of our
partners or affiliates. The information collected will only be used to enhance
our Web site and your experience and to award prizes. The surveys will be
prompted when you are logging in to your Taking the
Strain Domains account, a new survey will be prompted to you, whenever it is
available.
Communications From The Site When
we receive email, we use return email addresses to reply with the information
requested. Such addresses are not used for any other purpose and are not shared
with outside parties. When supplying contact information to Taking the Strain
Domains you can indicate your preference if you would like to be contacted to
receive information and updates about our services by logging in to your Taking
the Strain Domains account, going to your member profile page and choose not to
receive any further notification emails from us or other information pertaining
to Taking the Strain Domains. Information you submit to us will not be used for
this purpose unless you indicate this as your preference. When supplying
contact information to Taking the Strain Domains you can indicate your preference
on your members profile page to participate in the Taking the Strain Domains
program if you would like to receive special offers from other companies that
we think may be of interest to you through our periodically newsletter.
Information you submit to us will not be used for this purpose unless you elect
to participate in the Taking the Strain Domains program or otherwise consent.
You will receive a confirmation email from us when placing an order on our site
and paying through one of our trusted 3rd parties such as PayPal or 2Co. They
only share back information with us about the transaction such as your name,
item ordered, email address, etc.
Choice/Opt-out We provide you the opportunity to “opt-out” of having
your personally identifiable information used for certain purposes, when we ask
for this information. For example, if you register for our free services, but
choose not to receive any promotional newsletter concerning our updated
services. If you no longer wish to receive our newsletter and promotional
communications, you may opt-out of receiving them by following the instructions
included in each newsletter or communication or by emailing us at
admin@takingthestraindomains.co.uk. We offer an opportunity to opt-out of
certain communications on our member profile page, or you may contact us at
admin@takingthestraindomains.co.uk or to Taking the Strain Domains, 30 Winstone Road, Trevethin,
Pontypool, NP4 8EY to opt-out. You will be notified when your personal
information is collected by any third party that is not our agent/service
provider, so you can make an informed choice as to whether or not to share your
information with that party. Generally, you may not opt-out of service related
communications (such as replying to your emails, order confirmation emails,
etc.) which are not promotional in nature. If you do not wish to receive them,
you have the option to deactivate your account by contacting us at
admin@takingthestraindomains.co.uk.
Information Sharing and Disclosure We share aggregated demographic information about our user base with
our partners and advertisers. This information does not identify individual
users. We use non-identifying and aggregate information to better design our
Web site and services, and to share with advertisers. For example, we may tell
an advertiser that X number of individuals visited a certain area on our Web
site, or that Y number of men and Z number of women use a certain service, but
we would not disclose anything that could be used to identify those individuals
unless they indicated this as their preference by participating in the Taking
the Strain Domains program. We do not link aggregate user data with personally
identifiable information.
Personally identifiable
information: Taking the Strain
Domains does not share, sell, rent, or trade PII with third parties for their
promotional purposes except with your consent as described in this privacy
policy Finally, we never use or share the personally identifiable information
provided to us online in ways unrelated to the ones described within this
privacy policy without also providing you an opportunity to opt-out or
otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses.
How You Can Access Or Correct Your Information You can access all your personally identifiable
information that we collect online and maintain by logging into your
password-protected account and selecting to update your Profile or Personal
Info. We use this procedure to better safeguard your information. You can also
correct factual errors in your personally identifiable information by sending
us a request that credibly shows error. To protect your privacy and security,
we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting
access or making corrections.
Specific Terms and
Conditions Taking the Strain Domains
considers email transmitted via our service to be the private correspondence
between the sender and recipient. We will not monitor, edit or disclose the
contents of a user`s private communications, except as required by law, to
comply with legal process, if necessary to enforce the Service Agreement, to
respond to claims that such contents violate the rights of third-parties, or to
protect the rights or property of Taking the Strain Domains. By using the
service you agree that technical processing of email communications is and may
be required to send and receive messages, to conform to the technical
requirements of connecting networks, to conform to the limitations of the
Service, or to conform to other, similar technical requirements. By using the
service you acknowledge and agree that Taking the Strain Domains do not endorse
the content of any user communications and are not responsible or liable for
any unlawful, harassing, libellous, privacy invading, abusive, threatening,
harmful, vulgar, obscene, tortuous, or otherwise objectionable content, or
content that infringes or may infringe the intellectual property or other
rights of another.
Legal Disclaimer We reserve the right to disclose your personally
identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure
is necessary to protect our rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding,
court order, or legal process served on our Web site
Security The security of your personal information is important
to us. We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal
information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it.
No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage,
is 100% secure, however. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially
acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its
absolute security. If you have any questions about security on our Web site,
you can send email us at admin@takingthestraindomains.co.uk .
Links to Other Sites This Web site contains links to other sites that are
not owned or controlled by Taking the Strain Domains.
Please be aware that we, Taking the Strain Domains are
not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage you
to be aware when you leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each
and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This
privacy statement applies only to information collected by this Web site.
Changes in this Privacy Statement If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the home page, and other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or by means of a notice on our home page. Taking the Strain Domains Administration Department 30, Winstone Road, Trevethin, Pontypool. NP4 8EY admin@takingthestraindomains .