The My Pick TV Code of Practice is designed to ensure that we avoid any unwarranted infringement of privacy in our programmes, or in connection with the acquisition of any materials included within our programmes.
Any infringement of privacy in our programmes, or in connection with the acquisition of any materials included within our programmes, must be warranted.
This privacy policy sets out how My Pick TV uses and protects any information that you provide when you use the My Pick TV website.
At My Pick TV, we are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information, by which you can be identified when using this website, you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
My Pick TV reserve the right to modify this policy in the future, so you are advised to check this page, from time to time, in order to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 1st Sept. 2012.
In order to better understand the needs of our viewers, so that we can improve the products and services that we provide, we may collect the following information from visitors to the My Pick TV website:
(i) names and job titles
(ii) contact information including email addresses
(iii) demographic information such as postcodes, preferences and interests
(iv) other information relevant to visitor surveys and/or offers
We may also, periodically, send messages about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the contact information that you have provided. From time to time, we may also contact you via a range of media including, but not limited to, email, telephone, SMS, social networking sites, fax or the postal service for market research purposes. This information may be used for a variety of purposes, including website enhancements to improve our visitors’ experience.
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
(i) Whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for a box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes
(ii) If you have previously agreed to allow us to use your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by emailing us at privacy@mypicktv.com
(iii) 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 indicate that you wish this to happen.
(iv) You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998, however, a small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of any information held about you, please contact us via email at privacy@mypicktv.com.
(v) If you believe that any information we are holding about you is incorrect, or incomplete, please contact us via email at privacy@mypicktv.com. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
Cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow 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 your preferences.
We reserve the right to use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us to analyse data about webpage traffic and improve our website by tailoring it to our visitors’ needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes before removing the data from our systems.
Overall, cookies help us to enhance the experience of the visitors to the My Pick TV website by enabling us to monitor which pages are regarded to be useful and which are not. A cookie in no way allows us access to a visitor’s computer or any information about them, other than the data they have chosen to share with us.
Each visitor to our website can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most 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 the My Pick TV website.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that visitors’ 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 that we collect online and elsewhere.
Links
Our website contains links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that 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 statement. You should always exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
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