Saratoga Privacy Policy
Saratoga Technologies (UK) Ltd – Privacy and Cookies Policy

The following statement explains our policy regarding the personal information we collect about you.

  1. Introduction
  2. Visitor Information
  3. What is a cookie?
  4. Submitting personal information
  5. Access to your personal information
  6. Users 16 and under
  7. How to find and control your cookies
  8. How do you know which sites use cookies?
  9. How to see your cookie code
  10. Use of material

1. Introduction

This policy covers Saratoga Technologies (UK) Ltd's use of personal information that Saratoga Technologies (UK) Ltd collects when you use www.saratogauk.com (or other Web sites controlled by Saratoga Technologies (UK) Ltd). The policy also gives you information about cookies; Saratoga Technologies (UK) Ltd and third parties' use of cookies; and how you may reject such cookies. From time to time, you may be asked to submit personal information about yourself (e.g. name and email address) in order to receive or use services on our website. Such services include newsletters. By entering your details in the fields requested, you enable Saratoga Technologies (UK) Ltd and its service providers to provide you with the services you select. Whenever you provide such personal information, we will treat that information in accordance with this policy. When using your personal information Saratoga Technologies (UK) Ltd will act in accordance with current legislation and aim to meet current Internet best practice.

2. Visitor Information.

During the course of any visit to www.saratogauk.com (or other Web sites controlled by Saratoga Technologies (UK) Ltd), the pages you see, along with a short text file called a 'cookie', are downloaded to your computer. Many websites do this, because cookies enable website publishers to do useful things like find out whether the computer (and probably its user) has visited the website before. This is done on a repeat visit by checking to see, and finding, the cookie left there on the last visit. Information supplied by cookies can help us to provide you with a better online user experience and assist us to analyse the profile of our visitors. For example: if on a previous visit you went to our Internet security pages, we might find this out from your cookie and highlight Internet security on your second and subsequent visits. Saratoga Technologies (UK) Ltd, gathers non-personal information regarding the visitors to our website using cookies, log file data and code which is embedded on our websites. Saratoga Technologies (UK) Ltd uses this type of information, as with that obtained from other cookies used on the site, to help it improve the services to its users. If you wish to reject cookies, you can use the process set out below in point 7.

3. What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier that is sent to your browser from a website's computer and stored on your computer's hard drive. Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser's preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a web site to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites. Many sites do this whenever a user visits their web site in order to track online traffic flows. Cookies record information about your online preferences. Users have the opportunity to set their computers to accept all cookies, to notify them when a cookie is issued, or not to receive cookies at any time. The last of these, of course, means that certain personalised services cannot then be provided to that user and accordingly you may not be able to take full advantage of all of the www.saratogauk.com (or other Web sites controlled by Saratoga Technologies (UK) Ltd) features. Each browser is different, so check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences. If you have set your computer to reject cookies you can still browse www.saratogauk.com (or other Web sites controlled by Saratoga Technologies (UK) Ltd) anonymously until such time as you wish to register for www.saratogauk.com (or other Web sites controlled by Saratoga Technologies (UK) Ltd) services. For further information on cookies please visit http://www.aboutcookies.org.

4. Use and storage of your personal information.

That When you supply any personal information to www.saratogauk.com (e.g. for newsletters) (or other Web sites controlled by Saratoga Technologies (UK) Ltd) we have legal obligations towards you in the way we use this data. We must collect the information fairly, that is, we must explain how we will use it (see the notices on particular web pages that let you know why we are requesting the information) and tell you if we want to pass the information on to anyone else. In general, any information you provide to Saratoga Technologies (UK) Ltd will only be used within Saratoga Technologies (UK) Ltd and by its agents and service providers. Your information will be disclosed where we are obliged or permitted by law. Also, if you post or send offensive, inappropriate or objectionable content anywhere on or to www.saratogauk.com (or other Web sites controlled by Saratoga Technologies (UK) Ltd) or otherwise engage in any disruptive behaviour on www.saratogauk.com (or other Web sites controlled by Saratoga Technologies (UK) Ltd), Saratoga Technologies (UK) Ltd can use whatever information that is available to it about you to stop such behaviour. This may involve informing relevant third parties such as your employer, school e-mail/Internet provider and law enforcement agencies about the content and your behaviour. We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as you use the service you have requested, and remove it in the event that the purpose has been met, or, in the case of www.saratogauk.com (or other Web sites controlled by Saratoga Technologies (UK) Ltd) membership you no longer wish to continue your registration as a www.saratogauk.com (or other Web sites controlled by Saratoga Technologies (UK) Ltd) member. We will ensure that all personal information supplied is held securely, in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. If you are notified on a www.saratogauk.com (or other Web sites controlled by Saratoga Technologies (UK) Ltd) site that your information may be used to allow Saratoga Technologies (UK) Ltd to contact you for "service administration purposes", this means that Saratoga Technologies (UK) Ltd may contact you for a number of purposes related to the service you have signed up for. For example, we may wish to provide you with password reminders or notify you that the particular service has been suspended for maintenance. We will not contact you for promotional purposes, such as notifying you of improvements to the service or new services on www.saratogauk.com (or other Web sites controlled by Saratoga Technologies (UK) Ltd) unless you specifically agree to be contacted for such purposes at the time you submit your information on the site, or at a later time if you sign up specifically to receive such promotional information.

5. Access to your personal information.

You have the right to request a copy of the personal information Saratoga Technologies (UK) Ltd holds about you and to have any inaccuracies corrected. (We charge £10 for information requests.) Please address requests to the Data Protection Officer, Unit E, The Outlook, Ling Road, Poole, Dorset BH12 4PY (Email: info@saratogauk.com).

6. Users 16 and under.

If you are aged 16 or under, please get your parent/guardian's permission beforehand whenever you provide personal information to Saratoga Technologies (UK) Ltd's websites. Users without this consent are not allowed to provide us with personal information.

7. How to find and control your cookies.

If you're using Internet Explorer 6.0 or 7.0:

  1. Choose Tools, then
  2. Internet Options
  3. Click the Privacy tab
  4. Click on Custom Level
  5. Click on the 'Advanced' button
  6. Check the 'override automatic cookie handing' box and select Accept, Block or Prompt for action as appropriate.
If you're using Firefox 2.0:
  1. Choose Tools, then
  2. Options
  3. Click the Privacy icon
If you're using Firefox 1.0 or 1.5:
  1. Choose Tools, then
  2. Options
  3. Click the Privacy icon
  4. Click the Cookies tab
If you're using Opera 8.0 or 9.0:
  1. Choose Tools, then
  2. Preferences
  3. Advanced
  4. Cookies
If you're using Opera 7.0:
  1. Choose File, then
  2. Preferences
  3. Privacy
If you're using Netscape 6.0:
  1. Choose Edit, then
  2. Preferences
  3. Click on Advanced
  4. Click on Cookies
If you're using Internet Explorer 5.0 or 5.5:
  1. Choose Tools, then
  2. Internet Options
  3. Click the Security tab
  4. Click on Custom Level
  5. Scroll down to the sixth option to see how cookies are handled by IE5 and change to Accept, Disable, or Prompt for action as appropriate.
If you're using Internet Explorer 4.0:
  1. Choose View, then
  2. Internet Options
  3. Click the Advanced tab
  4. Scroll down to the yellow exclamation icon under Security and choose one of the three options to regulate your use of cookies.
If you're using Internet Explorer 3.0:
  1. Choose View, then
  2. Options
  3. Click on Advanced
  4. Click on the button that says Warn before Accepting Cookies.
If you're using Netscape Communicator 4.0:
  1. Choose Edit, then
  2. Preferences
  3. Click on Advanced
  4. Set your options in the box that says Cookies.

8. How do you know which of the sites you've visited use cookies?

If you're using Internet Explorer 5.0, 6.0 or 7.0:

  1. Choose Tools, then
  2. Internet Options
  3. Click the General tab
  4. Click Settings
  5. View Files
If you're using Firefox 2.0:
  1. Choose Tools, then
  2. Options
  3. Click the Privacy icon
  4. Show Cookies
If you're using Firefox 1.0 or 1.5:
  1. Choose Tools, then
  2. Options
  3. Click the Privacy icon
  4. Click the Cookies tab
  5. View Cookies
If you're using Opera 8.0 or 9.0:
  1. Choose Tools, then
  2. Advanced
  3. Cookies
If you're using Opera 7.0:
  1. Choose File, then
  2. Preferences
  3. Privacy
  4. Click on Manage Cookies
If you're using Netscape 6.0:
  1. Choose Edit, then
  2. Preferences
  3. Click on Advanced
  4. Click on Cookies
  5. Click the View Cookies button
If you're using Internet Explorer 4.0:
  1. Choose View, then
  2. Internet Options
  3. Under the tab General (the default tab) click
  4. Settings
  5. View Files.
If you're using Internet Explorer 3.0:
  1. Choose View, then
  2. Options
  3. Advanced
  4. View Files.
If you're using Netscape Communicator 4.0: Netscape bundles all cookies into one file on your hard drive. You'll need to find the file, which it calls Cookie.txt on Windows machines.

9. How to see your cookie code.

Just click on a cookie to open it. You'll see a short string of text and numbers. The numbers are your identification card, which can only be seen by the server that gave you the cookie.

10. Use of Material.

Saratoga authorises you to view and download the materials at this site only for your personal, non-commercial use. This authorisation is not a transfer of title in the materials and copies of the materials and is subject to the following restrictions: 1) you must retain, on all copies of the materials downloaded, all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the materials; 2) you may not modify the materials in any way or reproduce or publicly display, perform, distribute, or otherwise use them for any public or commercial purpose; 3) you must not transfer the materials to any other person unless you give them notice of, and they agree to accept, the obligations arising under these terms and conditions of use. This site, including all materials, is protected by worldwide copyright laws and treaty provisions, whether or not a copyright notice is present on the materials. You agree to comply with all copyright laws worldwide in your use of this site and to prevent any unauthorised copying of the materials. Except as expressly provided herein, Saratoga Technologies does not grant any express or implied right to you under any patents, trademarks, or copyrights.

Saratoga Technologies (UK) Ltd
Unit E
The Outlook
Ling Road
Poole
Dorset
BH12 4PY

© Saratoga Technologies (UK) Ltd 2007