B-stone limited respects the privacy of every individual who visits our website. The policy stated below outlines the information b-stone limited may collect and how we may use that information.
What information do we collect?
We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal information:
a) information about your computer and about your visits to and use of this website (including your ip address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views, website navigation)
b) information that you provide to us for the purpose of registering with us
c) information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our website services, email notifications
d) any other information that you choose to send to us
e) other information.
Cookies
A cookie consists of a piece of text sent by a web server to a web browser and stored by the browser. The information is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. This enables the web server to identify and track the web browser. We [may] use [both] [session cookies] [and persistent cookies] on the website. We will use the session cookies to: keep track of you whilst you navigate the website; we will use the persistent cookies to: enable our website to recognize you when you visit [session cookies will be deleted from your computer when you close your browser. ] [persistent cookies will remain stored on your computer until deleted, or until they reach a specified expiry date. ]
we use google analytics to analyse the use of this website. Google analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users computers. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. Google will store this information. Googles privacy policy is available at: privacypolicy
most browsers allow you to reject all cookies, whilst some browsers allow you to reject just third party cookies. For example, in internet explorer you can refuse all cookies by clicking tools, internet options, privacy, and selecting block all cookies using the sliding selector. Blocking all cookies will, however, have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.
Using your personal information
personal information submitted to us via this website will be used for the purposes specified in this privacy policy or in relevant parts of the website.
We may use your personal information to:
a) administer the website
b) improve your browsing experience by personalizing the website
c) enable your use of the services available on the website
d) send you general (non-marketing) commercial communications
e) send you email notifications which you have specifically requested
f) send to you [our newsletter and other] marketing communications relating to our business [or the businesses of carefully-selected third parties] which we think may be of interest to you by post or, where you have specifically agreed to this, by email or similar technology (you can inform us at any time if you no longer require marketing communications);
g) deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to the website where you submit personal information for publication on our website, we will publish and otherwise use that information in accordance with the licence you grant to us. We will also get your express opt-in consent before we share your personal data with any company outside the company (or our group) for marketing purposes.
Disclosures
we may disclose information about you to [any of our employees, officers, agents, suppliers or subcontractors] in so far as reasonably necessary for the purposes as set out in this privacy policy. In addition, we may disclose your personal information:
a) to the extent that we are required to do so by law
b) in connection with any legal proceedings current or future
c) in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk)
d) to the purchaser (or prospective purchaser) of any business or asset that we are (or are contemplating) selling
e) to any person who we reasonably believe may apply to a court or other competent authority for disclosure of that personal information where, in our reasonable opinion, such court or authority would be reasonably likely to order disclosure of that personal information. Except as provided in this privacy policy, we will not provide your information to third parties.
International data transfers
Information that we collect may be stored and processed in and transferred between any of the countries in which we operate or our servers reside, in order to enable us to use the information in accordance with this privacy policy. Information which you provide may be transferred to countries which do not have data protection laws equivalent to those in force in the european economic area. You expressly agree to such transfers of personal information.
Security of your personal information
we will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information. Of course, data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.
Childrens privacy
Our service does not address anyone under the age of 18 (children).
We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we discover that a child under 18 has provided us with personal information, we will delete such information from our servers immediately.
Policy amendments
We may update this privacy policy from time-to-time by posting a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes.
Your rights
a) the payment of a fee; and
b) the supply of appropriate evidence of your identity [(for this purpose, we will usually accept a photocopy of your passport certified by a solicitor or bank plus an original copy of a utility bill showing your current address)].
We may withhold such personal information to the extent permitted by law. You may instruct us not to process your personal information for marketing purposes [, by sending an email to us]. In practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal information for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt-out of the use of your personal information for marketing purposes.
Third party websites
The website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of third party websites.
Updating information
Please let us know if the personal information which we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.
Contact
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our treatment of your personal information, please contact us via phone or email, information of both you will find detailed on this website.