Data Protection and Privacy Policy

We are committed to respecting the privacy of individuals who choose to become members or partners.

When do we collect data? We can collect data on you only when you complete our membership form; when you enter data into our membership form on the web site, and when you speak to us and provide your contact information.

What do we do with your personal information? Unless we have your express consent we will only disclose personal data to third parties if this is required for the purpose of verifying our membership, for example, when dealing with governments as your representative. This is of course subject to the proviso that we may disclose your data to certain permitted third parties, such as members of our own group, our own professional advisers who are bound by confidentiality codes, and when we are legally obliged to disclose your data.

By becoming a member you consent to receive from us by email our enewsletter any details of of any events that we may think may be of interest to you.

We do not sell, rent or trade your personal information to third parties.

Public Information; Forum, Guestbook, Directories. By their very nature the Forum, Guestbook, Listing Directories, etc. are open to the public, any information given will be viewable to the general public. We do make every effort to keep details such as email addresses private, but if you do select to have your email address shown it will be viewable by the general public.

Children’s Privacy We are committed to keeping the details of children private by following the guidelines set out in the US, C.O.P.P.A Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. We do not collect private information from children under the age of 13 without written permission from the child’s parents of guardians. If you are under the age of 13 or you have a child under this age who wishes to use areas of the site that require some level or personal information be given then you must provide written approval in advance. Parents or guardians that find that their children have given private information in accessing any parts of our site can request that this information be destroyed by emailing using the contact us form.

Cookies Our web site uses cookies. A cookie is a small text file of which there are two types:

Session cookies: These are used to maintain something called session state. If you consider your journey through the site to be a conversation with us and this cookie just reminds the site where we were in that conversation. These are required for the site to function for example when you login into client or forum areas of the web site.

Permanent cookies: These store data on your hard drive. You can view them by looking in the cookies directory of your browser installation if you are interested. They last for a long time and each time you come to our site you send us a copy of them. We use them to identify you between visits. For instance when you login into the community forums a cookie is created to maintain your login to the system.

You can block cookies but they are required for certain parts of the site to work correctly and will enhance your experience when using the web site.

Consent By disclosing your personal information to us using this web site or over the telephone, you consent to the collection, storage and processing of your personal information by us in the manner set out in this Privacy Policy. Some information and emails sent to us may be used as testimonials but no email address or contact details will be displayed.

Change/Modify Details If you need to Modify or Change your personal details after you have registered to use certain parts of the web site please contact us as soon as possible.

Contact If you have any questions or concerns about the information we hold about you, you can also contact us.

E-mail: privacy@helloboquete.com