In general, we will only use your personal information to notify you periodically of information we think you may find interesting.

Consent

Your use of our site signifies your consent to our collecting and using personal information about you in accordance with this Policy. Should we choose to change our Policy for any reason, the changes will be posted here, so that you are always kept informed of how we collect and use your personal information, and when we may disclose it.

Registration

If you provide us with your email address we will aim to send you information on changes to our site, and DIY information which we feel you may like. You do not have to register to be able to use SimplifyDIY.com, however you may only perform a limited number of searches in our directory before you will be asked to register. We ask that you please make sure your details are correct and up-to-date so that we can provide you with information efficiently.

How we collect information from you and how it is used?

To a computer an email address is essentially just a set of numbers. Unless you tell us what your email address is we won't know who you are. Whilst we record these numbers when you visit our site, we don't know who is visiting. We do not match these numbers with any information you give us if you register, but there may be a time where we may try to identify you from these numbers, either because it is the law or so that we can protect our services and other visitors to our site.

Some of the information we collect, and uses to which we put it include;

• We or our affiliated companies may use personal information collected about you to personalise your visits to our web site and recommend information or services to you, which you might find interesting. We also use the information to help us develop the design and layout of our web site to ensure that it remains as useful and enjoyable as possible.
• We may use personal information collected about you to let you know about functionality changes to our web site or changes to our terms and conditions of use including this privacy policy.
• If you enter a competition or promotion we will ask for your name, postal address and e-mail address.
• We may provide aggregate statistics about our services, sales, customers, traffic patterns and other site information to third parties such as business partners, licensors or advertisers, but these statistics will not include any information that could personally identify you.
• With your agreement we will send you useful e-mail information and keep you posted on the development of this website.

Cookies

Cookies are small files of information, which are stored on your computer. Web sites you visit ask your computer to store this information and retrieve the information from your computer so that they can keep track of things like other web sites you visit or how you navigate the site. On revisiting this site our computer server will recognise the cookie, giving us information about your last visit.

Most browsers accept cookies automatically, but usually you can alter the settings of your browser to prevent automatic acceptance. If you choose not to receive cookies, you may still use most of the features of our web site, however you may find that our website may not function properly or is slower. You may also have to keep entering registration information every time you log on. It also means we would find it difficult to give you any other information which you might be particularly interested in because we would not be able to recognise that it was you visiting our site.

When do we give information you provide to other people?

Unless you permit us, we never give your information to anyone outside SimplifyDIY.com or any of our affiliate web sites or the companies we use to look after your information or to run our site. Where we use other companies to look after your information we ask them to make sure they keep your information safe and secret.

We may give advertisers information where you are not identified such as how many people have clicked on their advertisements. We never give any individually identifiable information to the advertiser themselves so they will never know about you.

SimplifyDIY.com reserves the right to access and disclose individually identifiable information to comply with applicable laws and lawful government requests, to operate its systems properly or to protect itself or its users.