Privacy Policy

About this Privacy Policy

This privacy policy sets out how Backup Technology uses and protects any information that you give Backup Technology when you use this website.

Backup Technology is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide Personally Identifiable Information (PII) when using this website, you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

Backup Technology may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 5th October 2011 00.00 GMT.

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 and website navigation)
b. information that you provide to us for the purpose of registering with us (including your name and email address)
c. information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our website services, email notifications and/or newsletters
d. information that you provide to us through forms on our website (such as name and job title, email address, postcode, preferences and interests; and
e. other information relevant to your interest in our services that you send to us

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 our products and services
c. contact you via email, phone, fax or mail in response to any information you provide us
d. supply you with a service
e. send you email notifications which you have specifically requested
f. improve your browsing experience by personalising the website
g. deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to the website; and
h. enable your use of the services available on the website

Controlling your personal information

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
a. whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes
b. if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by emailing us or writing to us as outlined in the “Contacting Backup Technology about this policy” section below.

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.

If Backup Technology becomes involved in a merger, acquisition or any form of sale of some or all of its assets, we will ensure the confidentiality of any personal information involved in such transactions and provide notice before personal information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to the address outlined in the “Contacting Backup Technology about this policy” section below. Additionally, if you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to us or email us as soon as possible. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

How we use cookies

A cookie is a small file which a website can give to your internet browser. Depending on the internet browser and the cookie, the cookie is either stored in memory until you close your browser window or stored on your hard drive. Each time you visit the website your internet web browser will send all the cookies previously sent by that website back to it allowing web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about how you use the application. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you.

We use traffic log cookies which assign a unique ID to each visitor on our website and help us distinguish between two different visitors. This helps us analyse data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from our systems. These traffic log cookies will be removed from your computer when you close your web browser. We also use various other cookies that save various preferences and settings you have changed on the website so that we can ensure they are not lost when you return to the website. These preference and setting cookies are stored on your computer’s hard drive for no longer than a year.

You can choose whether to accept or decline cookies. Most internet web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. However, this may prevent you from taking full advantage of websites such as our own.

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics to help analyze how users use the site. Google Analytics uses cookies to track individual users and also anonymously collects standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information (such as IP address and geographic location, pages visited, length of time spent on pages). This information about your use of the website is transmitted to Google and is used to evaluate use of the website and compile statistical reports on website activity for the use of Backup Technology.

We will never use Google Analytics or any of its tools to track or collect any Personally Identifiable Information (PII) of visitors to our site. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. Neither we nor Google will link, or seek to link, an IP address with the identity of a computer user. We will not associate any data gathered from this site with any Personally Identifiable Information (PII) from any source, unless you explicitly submit that information via a fill-in form on our website.

For more information on Google Analytics see Google Analytics Privacy Overview (this link will take you to another website.)

ClickTale

This site uses ClickTale web analytics. ClickTale may record mouse clicks, mouse movements, scrolling activity as well as text you type in this website. This site does not use ClickTale to collect any Personally Identifiable Information (PII) entered in this website. ClickTale does not track your browsing habits across web sites which do not use ClickTale services. We use the information collected by ClickTale service to improve our website and provide our visitors with a fuller and cleaner experience.

For more information on ClickTale web analytics, and instructions on how to opt-out of the service, see Privacy Policy for Information Collected by the ClickTale Web Analytics Service (this link will take you to another website.)

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest (sometimes referred to as external websites.) You should note that we do not have any control over these other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy policy. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy policy applicable to the website in question.