Ashton Court Group Ltd (ACG) is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Ashton Court Group Ltd Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Ashton Court Group Ltd website, you are agreeing to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Ashton Court Group Ltd may collect personally identifiable information, including but limited to your e-mail address, name, home or work address and telephone number. Ashton Court Group Ltd also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your postal code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favourites. This anonymous data may be used by Ashton Court Group Ltd for statistical analysis and to help Ashton Court Group Ltd in developing a better online experience for its visitors.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Ashton Court Group Ltd public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Ashton Court Group Ltd will not read any of your private online communications, unless required to access them by law.

Ashton Court Group Ltd encourages you to review the privacy statements of web sites you choose to link to from Ashton Court Group Ltd so that you can understand how those web sites collect, use and share your information. Ashton Court Group Ltd is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on web sites outside of the Ashton Court Group Ltd and Ashton Court Group Ltd family of web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Ashton Court Group Ltd collects and uses your personal information to operate the Ashton Court Group Ltd web site and deliver the services you have requested. Ashton Court Group Ltd with your permission may also use your personally identifiable information, to inform you of other products or services available from Ashton Court Group Ltd and its affiliates. Ashton Court Group Ltd again with your permission may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Ashton Court Group Ltd does not sell, rent or lease personal information of customers or visitors to third parties. Ashton Court Group Ltd may with your permission from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information e.g. e-mail, name, address, telephone number is not transferred to the third party.

Ashton Court Group Ltd will only share data with trusted partners where there is a need to do so, for example in fulfilling our obligations to customers. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Ashton Court Group Ltd, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Ashton Court Group Ltd does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Ashton Court Group Ltd keeps track of the web sites and pages our customers visit within Ashton Court Group Ltd, in order to determine what Ashton Court Group Ltd services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Ashton Court Group Ltd to customers whose behaviour indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Ashton Court Group Ltd web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Ashton Court Group Ltd or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Ashton Court Group Ltd; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Ashton Court Group Ltd, or the public.

The Data Protection Act 1998, the UK law under which Ashton Court Group Ltd operate provides that customers and visitors may at any time request not to be sent marketing materials, or be included in surveys. Should you wish to exercise this right at any time, it may be done by the contact details listed below.

Use of Cookies

The Ashton Court Group Ltd web site uses "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience, however these are not mandatory and cookies can be switched off, as detailed below. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Ashton Court Group Ltd pages or register with the Ashton Court Group Ltd site or services, a cookie helps Ashton Court Group Ltd to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Ashton Court Group Ltd web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Ashton Court Group Ltd features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Ashton Court Group Ltd services or web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Ashton Court Group Ltd secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Ashton Court Group Ltd secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Ashton Court Group Ltd will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback and changes in the law. Ashton Court Group Ltd encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Ashton Court Group Ltd is protecting your information. The data this statement was last changed may be found at the top of the statement.

Contact Information

Ashton Court Group Ltd welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Ashton Court Group Ltd has not adhered to this statement, please contact Ashton Court Group Ltd using one of the methods listed below and we will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.

Email contact: info@ashtoncourt.com.

Postal: Privacy and Data Protection Department,
Ashton Court Group Ltd,
Thorpewood Management Centre,
Blisworth Road,
Courteenhall,
Northampton,
NN7 2QB.