Privacy & Cookies • [NERDPHORIA]

5.1.2 To provide you with information, products or services that you request or which we feel may interest you, from us or from third parties, where you have consented to be contacted for such purposes including contact by email, post and telephone;

5.1.3 To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us;

5.1.4 To allow you to participate in interactive features on our sites, when you choose to do so;

5.1.5 To notify you about changes to our sites or any services; and

5.1.6 For other purposes clearly stated on our sites or by another method at the point at which you provide your information to us.

5.2 We may use User Content (as defined in the Terms of Use) as set out in the Terms of Use.

5.3 If you do not want us to use your information as described at condition 4.1.2 above, or to pass your details on to third parties for marketing purposes, please make the appropriate selection on the form on which we collect your information (the registration form) or notify us in accordance with condition 6.1 below.

5.4 We do not disclose information about identifiable individuals to our advertisers, but we may provide them with aggregate information about our users (for example, we may inform them that 500 men aged under 30 have clicked on their advertisement on any given day). We may also use such aggregate information to help advertisers reach the kind of audience they want to target (for example, women in the LS1 postcode). We may make use of the personal information we have collected from you to enable us to comply with our advertisers’ wishes by displaying their advertisement to that target audience.

Disclosure of your information

6.1 We may disclose your personal information to any member of our group, which means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries, as defined in section 1159 of the UK Companies Act 2006.

6.2 You agree that we may share your personal information with third parties:

6.2.1 If Nerdphoria or some of its assets are acquired by a third party, where personal information about our users and customers is one of the transferred assets;

6.2.2 If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal information in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our Terms of Use and any other agreements, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Nerdphoria, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction;

6.2.3 Where you have given your consent, so that such third parties may contact you directly in relation to goods or services which may be of interest to you; and

6.2.4 In the event that we use third parties to process personal information on our behalf (for example, we may use a third party to provide website hosting services or to facilitate the provision of information to you or to provide services on our behalf).

6.3 Where third parties process your personal information on our behalf, we will ensure that they have adequate security measures in place and are governed by our privacy policies in respect of the use of your personal information.

Your rights

7.1 You have the right to ask us not to process your personal information for marketing purposes. We will usually inform you (before collecting your personal information) if we intend to use your personal information for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by making the relevant selection on the forms we use to collect your data. You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting us in writing at 20 Dale Street, Manchester, M1 1EZ or by emailing us at talk@nerdphoria.net

7.2 Our sites may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites may have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for any third party policies, including those of our affiliated companies and group companies. Please check any policies before you submit any personal information to any of these websites.

Access to information

8.1 The Act gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Act. Any access request may be subject to a fee of £10.00 to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you. We will respond to any access request as soon as reasonably practicable following receipt of payments by cash or cheque.

COOKIES POLICY

This website, is operated by Nerdphoria.

This Cookies Policy sets out the cookie practices used by us, including the type of cookies we may use, the purposes for using the cookies and how you may refuse to accept or block the cookies.

This Cookies Policy and our Privacy Policy forms a part of our Terms of Use.

Please read this Cookies Policy, our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use carefully before you use our sites or send us any information. These documents constitute a legally binding agreement and contain important information about your legal rights and obligations.

By using our sites you accept this Cookies Policy, Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use and agree to abide by them. If you do not agree to this Cookies Policy, our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use, please do not use our sites.

What is a cookie?

1.1. A cookie is a small text file that is downloaded onto your computer when you visit certain websites and allows a website to recognise a user’s computer or other device. Cookies are used to help users navigate websites more efficiently and to perform certain functions, as well as to provide information to the owners of the website.

What cookies do we use?

1.2 We may from time to time use the following cookies:

1.2.1 Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our sites. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into any secure areas of our sites.

1.2.2 Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our sites when they are using it. These cookies may enable us to estimate our audience size and usage pattern and may also help us to improve the way our sites work, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

1.2.3 Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our sites. This may enable us to personalise our content for you and remember your preferences.

1.2.4 Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our sites, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We may use this information to make our sites and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.

1.3 We may also use cookies for additional purposes, including but not limited to:

1.3.1 identifying you when you sign-in to our sites (where applicable);

1.3.2 delivering content, including advertisements, relevant to your interests;

1.3.3 conducting research and diagnostics to improve our sites content and any services; and

1.3.4 preventing fraudulent activities.

1.4 Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue certain cookies as soon you visit our sites.

1.5 Please note that our advertisers and those websites linking to our sites may also use cookies, over which we have no control or responsibility.

How do you restrict or delete cookies?

1.6 Some of the cookies we use are essential for parts of our sites to operate and have already been set. You may delete and block all cookies from our sites, but please be aware that restricting or deleting cookies may impact on the functionality of our sites and your ability to use our sites.

1.7 Your web browser may allow you to restrict or delete cookies set by our sites. The Help function within your browser should tell you how. Alternatively, you can visit www.allaboutcookies.org which provides general information about cookies and how you can manage cookies on your computer.

Changes to our cookies policy

We may revise and update this Cookies Policy at any time. Please periodically review the Cookies Policy, as your continued use of our sites indicates your agreement with any changes that we make.