Privacy Statement of Blue Plume International Marketing

This Policy is a statement of our general privacy policy and practices governing the ways in which we collect, hold and use information about individual persons. This Policy exclusively applies to data gathered by us from online resources that display a link to this policy and not from any other source. BY USING THIS WEBSITE, YOU CONSENT TO THE COLLECTION AND USE OF INFORMATION AS SET FORTH IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. YOU ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BLUE-PLUME.COM. MAY PERIODICALLY CHANGE, MODIFY, ADD OR REMOVE OR OTHERWISE UPDATE THIS PRIVACY POLICY AT ITS DISCRETION, WITHOUT PRIOR NOTIFICATION. It is our intention to post any such changes on this page so that you are fully informed concerning the types of information we are gathering, how we use it, and under what circumstances it may be disclosed.
 

At certain data collection points, further explanation may be provided, where appropriate, as to the purposes for which the data will be used. This Policy, coupled with any supplementary explanation, will tell you how we will treat any data about yourself that you voluntarily submit in connection with your use of our websites.

 

1. Pledge on Privacy
 

The term “personal data” as used in this Policy refers to information such as your name, birth date, e-mail address, mailing address, or telephone number, that can be used to identify you. blue-plume.com or Blue Plume International Marketing will not process your personal data without your consent. However, we reserve the right, in exceptional circumstances to conduct additional processing to the extent permitted or required by law.
The next sections explain how and when we collect personal data from you.

 

2. Intended Use of Personal Data
 

Most of our services do not require any form of registration, allowing you to visit our site without telling us who you are. However, some services may require registration. When you register with us, you may need to complete certain fields (some are required and some are optional), as well as choose a user name and password. In these situations, if you choose to withhold any personal data requested by us, it may not be possible for you to gain access to certain parts of the site and for us to respond to your query.
 

We process personal data for the purposes which we inform you about when we ask you for information. For example, we may collect and use personal data to provide you with products or services, to bill you for products and services you request, to market products and services which we think may be of interest to you, or to communicate with you for other purposes. Information you send to our customer service department is used only to help resolve your problem and is otherwise kept confidential. 
We keep your data in accordance with any applicable legal or ethical reporting or documentation retention requirements.

 

3. Non-Disclosure of Information
 

We will not sell, share, or otherwise distribute your personal data to third parties except as provided in this Privacy Policy. We may disclose your personally identifiable information to other blue-plume.com affiliates worldwide that agree to treat it in accordance with this Privacy Policy, but only in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy. Personal data may occasionally be transferred to third parties who act for or on behalf of blue-plume.com or Blue Plume International Marketing for further processing in accordance with the purpose(s) for which the data were originally collected, such as delivery services, evaluation or technical support. These third parties have contracted with blue-plume.com or Blue Plume International Marketing that they will only use personal data for the agreed upon purpose, and will not sell your personal information to third parties, and will not disclose it to third parties except as may be required by law.
 

There is instance that personal data may be disclosed to a third party is if we are required to do so because of an applicable law, court order, governmental regulation, or investigation. In such cases, the personal data may be transferred to third parties to process for or on behalf of blue-plume.com or Blue Plume International Marketing. These third parties have contracted with blue-plume.com or Blue Plume International Marketing that they will only use personal data in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.
Where such disclosure of personal data to a third party occurs, we will endeavour to ensure that the processing is performed in accordance with the purposes and within the limits under which the data were originally collected.

 

4. Right of Access
 

You have the right to ensure that your personal data is always up-to-date.You can ask us, by:

whether we are keeping personal data about you.

Upon request, which you can indicate by:

We will provide you with a readable copy of the personal data which we keep about you, within a week. - although we may before require proof of your identity -. We will provide the information without any charge.

If you contact us, please note the name of the website where you provided the information, as well as the specific information you would like us to correct, update, or delete. Your requests will be dealt with in a prompt and proper manner. Requests to delete personal data will be subject to any applicable legal and ethical reporting or document filing or retention obligations imposed on us.

 
5. Security and Confidentiality
 

We give you the option of using a secure transmission method to send us the following types of personal data:

We have implemented security policies, rules and technical measures to protect the personal data that we have under our control from:

All our employees and data processors, who have access to, and are associated with the processing of personal data, are obliged to respect the confidentiality of our visitors' personal data.

We ensure that your personal data will not be disclosed to State institutions and authorities except if required by law or other regulation.

In the course of handling your personal data, we take measures reasonably designed to protect that information from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction. While we cannot guarantee against any loss, misuse, or alteration to data, we try to prevent such unfortunate occurrences.
 

6. Anonymous Data and “Cookies”
 

We may collect and process anonymous information about your visit to this website, such as some of the pages you visit and some of the searches you perform. Such anonymous information is used by us to help improve the contents of the site and to compile aggregate statistics about individuals using our site for internal, market research purposes. In doing this, we may install “cookies” that collect the first level domain name of the user (e.g., “samplemail.com” from an e-mail address of “sample@samplemail.com”) and the date and time of access. “Cookies” as used by us cannot be used to discover the identity of an individual user. A “cookie” is a small piece of information which is sent to your browser and stored on your computer’s hard drive. Cookies do not damage your computer. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a “cookie”, this will enable you to decide if you want to accept it or not. We may obtain the services of outside parties to assist us in collecting and processing the information described in this Section and all such third parties will be placed under the obligations described above in Paragraph 3.
 
 
7. Personal Information and Children
 

Most of the services available on this site are intended for persons 18 years of age and older.  We will not knowingly collect, use or disclose personal data from a minor, without obtaining prior consent from a person with parental responsibility (e.g., a parent or guardian) through direct off-line contact. We will provide the parent with (i) notice of the specific types of personal data being collected from the minor, and (ii) the opportunity to object to any further collection, use, or storage of such information. We abide by laws designed to protect children.

 

8. Links to Other Sites
 

This Privacy Policy applies only to this website to the exclusion of third party websites. We may provide links to other websites which we believe may be of interest to our visitors. We aim to ensure that such websites are of the highest standard. However, due to the nature of the World Wide Web, we cannot guarantee the privacy standards of every website to which we link or be responsible for the contents of sites other than this one, and this Privacy Policy is not intended to be applicable to any linked, non-blue-plume.com site.

 

9. Privacy Support

If you have an enquiry or concern about our privacy policy, please contact:

 
 
This privacy policy is last updated on Sep 2, 2006. We aim to constantly improve the tools available to you to manage the data that you provide to us. Please refer to this page from time to time to review these and other new features.