Privacy Policy
The web site (the "Site") you are visiting is operated by Cantos Communications (UK) LLP ("us", "we", "our" or "Cantos") either on our own behalf or on behalf of one or more of our clients ("Cantos Clients").
CANTOS COMMUNICATIONS (UK) LLP and Cantos Clients respect the privacy of users and our registered users to our websites. We are strongly committed to protecting your personal information on-line. We will not release or make available in any way your personal information (such as your name and e-mail address) except as set out in this Policy.
This Policy describes how we collect personal information from registered users to this Site, the type of personal information we collect and in what circumstances we will share that information. This Policy applies to all registered users to this Site.
By becoming a registered user to the Site, you acknowledge that you have read this Policy and you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information as set out in this Policy. This Policy is incorporated into the Terms of Use for the Site. We reserve the right to amend, vary and/or to withdraw this Policy as we may require at any time. In the event of any changes being made to this Policy, we will notify you of them, however we shall be responsible for determining the appropriate form that such notification should take.
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Collection of Personal Information
Personal information is any information about you, from which you can be identified, such as, for example, your name, address and email address (which becomes your username when you use this Site). We collect three types of data about our registered users:
1.1. personal information provided by you through the registration process;
1.2. personal information provided by you when you contact us by email or telephone for technical support or other queries; and
1.3. tracking information, which is automatically collected by our systems when registered users visit the Site.
The personal information we collect about you, may, from time to time, be supplemented with information obtained through other sources to enhance the database records held by us or by Cantos Clients.
When visiting Cantos Communications (UK) LLP’s website (www.cantos.com) you can correct or update personal information on-line by visiting the 'My Profile' page. You may also contact our customer service department by email at support@cantos.com or by post to Cantos Communications (UK) LLP, 16 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3ED.
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Use of Personal Information
Personal information collected from registered users via this Site is held by Cantos Communications (UK) LLP. We use the personal information collected in the following ways:
2.1. to enable us to operate this Site and the additional services we offer to registered users. We reserve the right to use your personal information for any purpose which reasonably arises out of and/or in connection with your subscription to this Site.
2.2. on occasion, to verify the personal information you have provided to ensure that Cantos meets its legal obligations in connection with the services we provide. We reserve the right to request additional personal information from you and to undertake checks with appropriate third parties for this purpose.
2.3. to enable us to send you email alerts and updates as part of our service to you. As a subscriber you are able to define which types of email alert you wish to receive. You can also choose not to receive email alerts.
2.4. on occasion, to contact you, either by email, telephone (including voice mail message) or other means, to ask you to provide feedback regarding various aspects of the services Cantos provide to registered users. Your feedback will be used for both internal purposes (for example to enable Cantos to improve and develop the services we offer) and to provide statistical and anecdotal feedback to other companies, firms and organisations who have contracted with Cantos to include content on the Cantos website or who have engaged Cantos to host web sites on their behalf or their sponsors and advertisers. We will not disclose that you are the source of any anecdotal feedback unless you consent to this.
2.5. if you are a subscriber, we may share such information with Cantos Clients. The terms of our contract with our clients allows our clients to use such personal information only for the following purposes:
- Advertising, marketing and public relations
- Research
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Tracking Information/Cookies
Tracking information is automatically gathered on the Site using "cookies".
3.1. What is a "cookie"? A "cookie" is a small data file containing information, such as a user's login name, that is written to the user's hard drive by a web server and used to track the pages visited. "Cookies" used by Cantos are encoded and contain a unique digital code to prevent tampering. Local shared objects or "flash cookies" may also be used on the Site from time to time. The individual information gathered in this manner by Cantos is used:
3.2. to enhance your use of the Site; and
3.3. to track traffic patterns on the Site and to provide anonymous reporting of these.
For more information about "cookies", "flash cookies" and how to disable them, please see the Terms of Use, which are available on the Site.
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Disclosure of Personal Information
Cantos does not permit Cantos Clients to sell or rent the personal information we collect about you to any third parties. We do however reserve the right to disclose the information to third parties as follows:
4.1. to other companies as described in paragraphs 2.4 and 3.1.2 above;
4.2. to any sub-contractors we may engage to assist us in operating this Site and the additional services we offer to registered users. Cantos ensures that it requires all such subcontractors to enter into confidentiality agreements which prevent them from having any independent right to use your personal information;
4.3. to appropriate third parties for the purposes of verifying personal information as described in paragraph 2.2 above;
4.4. in connection with an actual or potential sale, merger, transfer, exchange or other disposition (whether assets, shares or otherwise) of all or part of Cantos;
4.5. where disclosure is necessary (i) in response to a subpoena, court order or government request; (ii) for the purposes of taking legal action to establish or exercise Cantos' legal rights or defend legal claims against Cantos; (iii) to investigate, prevent and/or take other action in connection with possible illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any persons or violations of the Terms of Use; or (iv) as otherwise required and/or permitted by law or regulation.
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Security of Personal Information
Cantos has appropriate technical organisational measures in place, which are designed to protect your personal information. However no on-line system is impenetrable and we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information on-line. Cantos and/or any Cantos Client may transfer your personal information outside the EAA. You confirm that you consent to this.
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Links to Other Sites
This Site includes links to a number of other web sites. On leaving this Site via these links, you may be asked to provide your personal details again. You are free to accept or reject any such requests.
