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COLLECTION AND USE OF USER DETAILS Personal information about users of this website is collected when you choose to complete the registration form or when you order (or enquire about) products and/or services offered through the website. We use this information for the following purposes: to enable us to fulfil orders/subscriptions for products and/or services; to notify customers of other products and/or services which we (and/or the [Peer Information Group of companies]) are offering which may be of interest to you; and We keep user information for research and analysis to: enable us to understand the needs of our customers and to develop the best products and services to meet those needs; build profiles of our customers for marketing purposes; assist us in the strategic development of our business. Where possible, the results of such research and analysis will be anonymised or aggregated information so that it does not reveal the identity of individual customers (or any personal information about them). USER CHOICES If you choose to register on our website you will be required to fill out and submit a registration form. If you do not want us to (i) inform you of other products and/or services offered by the [Peer Information Group of Companies], (ii). inform you of technical/functional developments related to this or any of the [Group's] website, then you should email webmaster@webservicesarchitect.com, and your request will be actioned. If you would like to be removed from our mailing list, then simply email listmanager@webservicesarchitect.com, from the email address that you wish removed, with the word REMOVE in the subject line. Please note that we require certain key information to provide you with products and/or services. Cookies Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers, which are stored on the user's hard drive when they first visit our website. We use cookies to provide useful features on our website for our customers (for example, they enable us to personalise your visit to our website). Cookies themselves do not personally identify users (although they do identify a user's computer). Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you prefer, you can set yours to refuse cookies. However, you may not be able to take full advantage of the website's functionality if you do so. We therefore recommend that you leave the facility to receive cookies switched on. Security Policy Tect, and our third party Credit Card transaction service WorldPay, use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software to encrypt the sensitive information (e.g. credit card details) which you submit to us through the website. In addition, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that your personal details are not misused, accidentally destroyed, lost or altered. Transfer of Personal Data Overseas Using the Internet to collect and process personal data necessarily involves the transmission of data on an international basis. Therefore, by browsing this website and communicating electronically with us you acknowledge and agree to our processing of personal data in this way. SHARING OF USERS' PERSONAL DATA We reserve the right to: provide customer information to credit reference agencies; release customer information when we believe that release is appropriate in order to comply with the law, or to enforce our Terms and Conditions of Use, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Tect, our users, or other third parties. This may include exchanging information with other companies, organisations and law enforcement agencies for the reduction of fraud and credit risk. release customer information if we acquire any new businesses or sell any part of our business or assets, customer information may be one of the business assets transferred, and if Tect or substantially all of its business is acquired by a third party, that third party will acquire the customer information relating to the whole or that part of the business Updating Customer Details It is your responsibility to ensure that we have correct contact information. This will enable us to ensure that you don't miss out on further correspondence or experience problems with the delivery of products and/or services that you order from us. Queries/Requests Please address all your requests and/or queries about our privacy policy to the Data Protection Manager at support@Tect.com Terms and Conditions of Use, Privacy Policy and Revisions The use of this website is subject to the terms of this Privacy Policy and also our Terms and Conditions of Use, both of which may be amended from time to time. Our use of customer information that we obtain now is subject to the terms of our Privacy Policy in force at the time when we use the information in question. We may from time to time send you reminders by e-mail of our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions, and notify you of any changes to them, unless you instruct us not to do so, but you should check our website regularly to see if there have been any recent changes. 11. Force Majeure Tect shall be under no liability for any failure, delay or omission on its part if the same arises from any cause beyond Tect's reasonable control including (but not limited to) Acts of God, acts or regulations of government or other authorities, war, fire, strikes or other industrial disputes, power failure, failure of telecommunication lines connections or equipment or failure or defects in any hardware or software owned or supplied by third parties. 12. Applicable Law These Terms and Conditions shall be construed in accordance with the Laws of England and the parties agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts. 13. Entire Agreement These Terms and Conditions along with the Privacy Policy, save for any written agreement to the contrary, shall form the entire arrangement between parties and supersede all prior Terms and Conditions, arrangements or understandings about its subject matter. 14. Variations Tect may vary or amend the above Terms and Conditions by posting notice of such variations and amendments on the Website at any time.