This document sets forth Automatic
Products (UK) Ltd Privacy Policy (the "Privacy Policy")
for this Web site, www.automaticproducts.co.uk (the "Site").
If you have objections to the Privacy Policy, you should
not access or use this Site. This Privacy Policy does
not govern privacy practices associated with offline activities
or other Automatic Products (UK) Ltd web sites.
Changes in Privacy Policy
All "personal information" ("personal information"
is defined as any information that identifies or can be
used to identify, contact, or locate the person to whom
such information pertains) that we collect and maintain
will be subject to the version of the Privacy Policy in
effect at the time of such collection.
Automatic Products (UK) Ltd reserves the right to change
the Privacy Policy from time to time at its sole discretion
and will provide notice of material changes on the home
page of the Site. If as the result of such changes, you
want to alter the ways in which Automatic Products (UK)
Ltd is allowed to use your personal information, you can
do so by following the procedure described below in the
section titled "Updating your personal information
and privacy preferences." You will be deemed to have
been made aware of and will be subject to, the changes
to the Privacy Policy by your continued use of the Site
after such notice has been posted for thirty (30) days
with the following exception: If at the time you provide
personal information to Automatic Products (UK) Ltd you
are given the opportunity (as you currently are) to limit
how such information will be used to communicate with
you, either by Automatic Products (UK) Ltd or by its associates,
Automatic Products (UK) Ltd will not change your preference
in this regard without your express consent.
However, if Automatic Products (UK) Ltd sells assets (or
the assets of a division or subsidiary) to another entity,
or Automatic Products (UK) Ltd (or a division or subsidiary)
is acquired by, or merged with, another entity, Automatic
Products (UK) Ltd may provide to such entity customer
information that is related to that part of our business
that was sold to or merged with the other entity without
your consent.
Entities collecting personal
information
Personal information on this Site is collected by Automatic
Products (UK) Ltd. Automatic Products (UK) Ltd's address
is 1 Christleton Court, Stuart Road, Manor Park, Runcorn,
Cheshire WA7 1ST, United Kingdom and the telephone number
is: +44 (0)1928 579363.
The Site contains links to other sites at which personal
information is collected. In such instances, unless expressly
provided to the contrary, the collection and use of your
personal information will be governed by the privacy policy
applicable to that site. That privacy policy should identify
the entity that is collecting your personal information.
Collection of personal information
As a visitor to this Site, you can engage in many activities
without providing any personal information. In connection
with other activities, Automatic Products (UK) Ltd may
ask you to provide certain information about yourself
by filling out and submitting an online form. It is completely
optional for you to engage in these activities. If you
elect to engage in these activities, however, Automatic
Products (UK) Ltd may ask that you provide us personal
information, such as your first and last name, mailing
address (including Post/ZIP code), e-mail address, telephone
number and other personal information.
Depending upon the activity, some of the information that
we ask you to provide is identified as mandatory and some
as voluntary. If you do not provide the mandatory data
with respect to a particular activity, you will not be
able to engage in that activity.
When you use the Site, Automatic Products (UK) Ltd or
third parties authorized by Automatic Products (UK) Ltd
may also collect certain technical and routing information
about your computer to facilitate your use of the Site
and its services. For example, we may log environmental
variables, such as browser type, operating system, CPU
speed and the Internet Protocol ("IP") address
of your computer. We use these environmental variables
to facilitate and track your use of the Site and its services.
Automatic Products (UK) Ltd also uses such environmental
variables to measure traffic patterns on the Site. Without
expressly informing you in each particular circumstance,
we do not match such information with any of your personal
information.
When you submit personal information to Automatic Products
(UK) Ltd through this Site, you understand and agree that
this information may be transferred across national boundaries
and may be stored and processed in any of the countries
in which Automatic Products (UK) Ltd and its affiliates
and subsidiaries maintain offices. You also acknowledge
that in certain countries or with respect to certain activities,
the collection, transferring, storage and processing of
your information may be undertaken by trusted vendors
of Automatic Products (UK) Ltd. Such vendors are bound
by contract not to use your personal information for their
own purposes or provide it to any third parties. One instance
where this could occur is in conjunction with framed pages
in which the URL for the pages is not visible and the
pages are being hosted by a vendor of Automatic Products
(UK) Ltd.
Automatic Products (UK) Ltd has established relationships
with various service providers whose services are available
to you from this Site or from Web sites that are linked
to this Site. Typically, these providers offer services
that Automatic Products (UK) Ltd customers might find
useful, such as those that can be used in conjunction
with Automatic Products (UK) Ltd services and products.
In order to use those services, you may be required to
provide personal information to the providers. Unless
expressly provided to the contrary, personal information
that you provide while you are visiting a provider's Web
site will be subject to the privacy policy posted on such
site and personal information that you provide while on
this Site in conjunction with a provider's service will
be subject to this Privacy Policy.
You should be aware that our agreements with these service
providers often provide that they will share with Automatic
Products (UK) Ltd personal information collected from
you. In such instances, Automatic Products (UK) Ltd may
use this information in a manner consistent with this
Privacy Policy. In the situation where sites have Automatic
Products (UK) Ltd "look and feel," and you reasonably
believe you are on a Automatic Products (UK) Ltd site,
the site is collecting information in a solely intermediary
capacity and does not use personal information for secondary
purposes.
How your personal information
is used
Automatic Products (UK) Ltd collects your information
in order to record and support your participation in the
activities you select. If you subscribe to a service,
for example, the information is used to register your
rights, if any, to technical support or other benefits
that may be made available to registered users. Your personal
information may also be used to keep you informed about
special offers and other products and services of Automatic
Products (UK) Ltd and selected third parties if you have
so opted to receive such communications. Automatic Products
(UK) Ltd may collect information about the use of the
Site, such as the types of services used and how many
users we receive daily.
This information is collected in aggregate form, without
identifying any user individually. Automatic Products
(UK) Ltd may use this aggregate, non-identifying statistical
data for statistical analysis, marketing, or similar promotional
purposes.
Your choices with respect to personal information
Automatic Products (UK) Ltd recognizes and appreciates
the importance of responsible use of information collected
on this Site. Without your consent, ** will not communicate
any information to you regarding products, services and
special offers available from Automatic Products (UK)
Ltd, although we may find it necessary to communicate
with you regarding your use of the services on this Site.
Except in the particular circumstances described in this
Privacy Policy, Automatic Products (UK) Ltd will also
not provide your name to other companies or organizations
without your consent.
There are other instances in which Automatic Products
(UK) Ltd may divulge your personal information. Automatic
Products (UK) Ltd may provide your personal information
if necessary, in Automatic Products (UK) Ltd's good faith
judgment, to comply with laws or regulations of a governmental
or regulatory body or in response to a valid subpoena,
warrant, or court order or to protect the rights of Automatic
Products (UK) Ltd or others.
Protection of your personal
information
The personal information that you provide in connection
with registering yourself as a user of Automatic Products
(UK) Ltd products or services is classified as Registration
Information. Registration Information is protected in
several ways. Access by you to your Registration Information
is available through a password and unique customer ID
selected by you. This password is encrypted. We recommend
that you do not divulge your password to anyone.
Personal information that you provide that does not constitute
Registration Information is only accessible to selected
Automatic Products (UK) Ltd personnel and contractors
via password. Since this information is not accessible
by you, you will not be asked to select a password in
order to view or modify such information.
Use of cookies
When you visit this Site, you can browse the Site and
access important information without revealing your identity.
In order to improve our Site, we use "cookies"
to track your visit. A cookie is a small amount of data
that is transferred to your browser by a Web server and
can only be read by the server that gave it to you. It
functions as your identification card and enables Automatic
Products (UK) Ltd to record your passwords, purchases
and preferences. It cannot be executed as code or deliver
viruses.
Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. You
can set your browser to notify you when you receive a
cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept
it. (For some Web pages that require an authorization,
cookies are not optional. Users choosing not to accept
cookies will probably not be able to access those pages.)
While Automatic Products (UK) Ltd uses cookies to track
your visit to www.automaticproducts.co.uk and our Web
servers automatically log the IP/Internet address of your
computer, Automatic Products (UK) Ltd does not generally
use this information to identify you personally. However,
if you expressly provide consent for www.automaticproducts.co.uk
to "remember" the unique identifier that you
select when you register for various activities on the
site, that unique identifier will be stored on a cookie
on your computer, linked to your registration information
and your navigation path around the site will be tracked.
We associate this data to understand how our site and
services are being used so we can understand our customers
and offer appropriate products and services.
Updating your personal information and privacy preferences
You have the right to access and correct any personal
information and privacy preferences at any time. With
respect to Registration Information, this may be accomplished
by linking to your account at Change Web Details on the
Dealer Network, where you can view and make changes to
your personal information. You may also access and correct
your personal information and privacy preferences (such
as whether you wish to receive promotional communications
from Automatic Products (UK) Ltd or third parties) by
writing to or telephoning Automatic Products (UK) Ltd
at:
Automatic Products (UK) Ltd Customer Services Dept. 1
Christleton Court, Stuart Road, Manor Park, Runcorn, Cheshire
WA7 1ST, United Kingdom and the telephone number is: +44
(0)1928 579363.
Please include your name, address and/or e-mail address
when you contact us.
Personal information submitted through this Site that
is not Registration Information is not accessible online.
To correct such information, you may write Automatic Products
(UK) Ltd at the above address In your correspondence,
please indicate with as much detail as possible the location
on this Site where you provided your personal information.
Privacy-related inquiries
and complaints
Automatic Products (UK) Ltd takes its users' privacy concerns
seriously. If you believe that Automatic Products (UK)
Ltd has not complied with this Online Privacy Policy with
respect to your personal information or you have other
related inquiries or concerns, you may write to the Automatic
Products (UK) Ltd Customer Services Dept. at the address
indicated above. In your letter, please describe in as
much detail as possible the nature of your inquiry or
the ways in which you believe that the Automatic Products
(UK) Ltd Online Privacy Policy has not been complied with.
We will investigate your inquiry or complaint promptly.
Please note that if you provide Automatic Products (UK)
Ltd with inconsistent privacy preferences (for example,
by indicating on one occasion that third parties may contact
you with marketing offers and indicating on another occasion
that they may not), Automatic Products (UK) Ltd cannot
guarantee that your most recent privacy preference will
be honoured.
Also, please note that Automatic Products (UK) Ltd is
not responsible for the content or privacy practices of
non-Automatic Products (UK) Ltd Web sites to which this
Site or any other Automatic Products (UK) Ltd Web site
may link. You should review the privacy policy of such
sites before using the sites.