MyPropertySpy takes your privacy seriously and takes every reasonable precaution
to safeguard the personal information you supply to it.
MyPropertySpy recognizes that your privacy and the protection of your personal information
is important to you, this statement discloses how MyPropertySpy helps to protect
your personal information while using the MyPropertySpy Web Site (
http://www.mypropertyspy.co.uk).
MyPropertySpy is registered under the Data Protection Act 1998 under registration
number Z4685005. The information you provide is safeguarded under the terms of that
Act. To find out more information about the data protection act please visit
http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk
MyPropertySpy collection of your personal information
MyPropertySpy registration
In order to use this Web site, you must first complete the registration form and
choose a password. During registration you are required to give contact information
(such as name and email address). We use this information to contact you about the
services on our site in which you have expressed interest.
You have the option to provide demographic information (such as income level and
gender) to us; we encourage you to submit this information so we can provide you
a more personalized experience on our site.
MyPropertySpy collects demographic (information about you, such as name, age and
address) and lifestyle (information about your interests and purchasing habits).
MyPropertySpy collects data about you, including answers to specific questions asked
by MyPropertySpy' sponsors. This information is used to assist MyPropertySpy and
third parties in sending you by, email, sms, voice, post or other appropriate means,
communications about their products and services.
MyPropertySpy use of your personal information
MyPropertySpy will not use or share your personal information in a manner that differs
from what is described within this Privacy Statement and within the registration
opt-in statement without your prior consent. The following statement is prominently
displayed before you can join MyPropertySpy
“By registering and entering your details you consent to MyPropertySpy and its clients
sending you information about products and/or services that may be of interest to
you.
You also agree to the terms and conditions of the privacy statement that govern
how your information will be processed.”
Your data together with that of other subscribers to MyPropertySpy may be aggregated
at Postcode or other levels for the building of statistical and analytical tables.
At no time will your data be individually identifiable in such tables.
MyPropertySpy general disclosure of personal information
Once you register with MyPropertySpy you consent to MyPropertySpy and it's clients
being able to send you relevant communications.
The collection of data by MyPropertySpy through registration on third party sites
may lead to your data also being held by that third party site.
MyPropertySpy holds your data in a central database and this database is only accessed
by reference to interest or demographic categories in order to provide you with
information about selected goods and services. The process of supplying you with
this information is at all times under the control of MyPropertySpy although specialist
third party suppliers may carry out the dispatch.
At times it may be appropriate for MyPropertySpy, its clients or sponsors to contact
you with offers and information or to inform you about subjects upon which you have
requested information through your mobile phone or other PDA devices. If you wish
to withdraw your consent you may do so by logging on and amending your details on
the site.
Your data may be provided to clients of MyPropertySpy to be appended to information
they already hold about you for the purpose of contacting you with information about
their products and services. When first contacting you these clients will seek your
appropriate consent.
MyPropertySpy may from time to time use third party suppliers to provide all or
part of a service to you. MyPropertySpy shall only be entitled to supply such of
your personal information as is necessary to enable them to provide the relevant
service to you.
You should be aware that such outside service providers might be based in countries
outside the European Union whose laws provide for a different standard of protection
for your personal data than that provided under English law. In such circumstance
MyPropertySpy will have in place contractual arrangements which will require your
data to be processed at least to a standard compliant with the Data Protection Act
1988.
Except as provided above, MyPropertySpy will not provide your personal information
to any third party without your prior consent, however, under certain circumstances
the force of law may require the provision of information to the legal authorities.
In order to maintain the integrity of its website and safeguard the interests of
its subscribers MyPropertySpy will comply with any such legally binding request.
Managing your personal information
The data you provide to MyPropertySpy will be held as you have provided it. You
may at any time amend or update your data by visiting MyPropertySpy at
http://www.mypropertyspy.co.uk/u_updateUserDetails.aspx, login
and click on “Account”. There you will find the Personal Info panel where you can
amend or update your details.
You are entitled to see the information held about you and you may ask us to make
any necessary changes to ensure that it is accurate and kept up to date. If you
wish to do this, please contact us.
We are entitled by law to charge a maximum fee of £10 to meet our costs in providing
you with details of the information we hold about you.
MyPropertySpy deregistration and un-subscribing from emails
You may at any time deregister from MyPropertySpy by visiting
http://www.mypropertyspy.co.uk/u_updateUserDetails.aspx and
selecting the deregister link located within "Account". The consequences of deregistration
are that your account details will be placed in a suppression file and you will
not receive any further email communications from MyPropertySpy.
There is information on how you can un-subscribe at the bottom of every email that
MyPropertySpy send out ether on behalf of MyPropertySpy or its clients and sponsors.
Each email that MyPropertySpy sends contains the following information:
"This email has been sent to the following email address: yourname@yourdomain.com
MyPropertySpy respects your privacy and only sends emails to registered members.
Our emails are never sent unsolicited. To update your details online please visit
http://www.mypropertyspy.co.uk then login and select 'My Account'. If you wish to
unsubscribe from our offers list either click here to unsubscribe online or alternatively
please send an email to: unsubscribe@message.email-mypropertyspy.co.uk with the
word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. Please note that unsubscribe requests must
be made from the email account used to register with MyPropertySpy: yourname@yourdomain.com
MyPropertySpy 46 Gillingham Street, LONDON, SW1V 1HU To find out more about our
privacy policy: http://www.mypropertyspy.co.uk/privacypolicy.aspx To find out more
about us: http://www.mypropertyspy.co.uk/aboutus.aspx"
If you no longer wish to receive our newsletter and promotional communications,
you may opt-out of receiving them by following the instructions included in each
newsletter or communication or by emailing us at privacy@mypropertyspy.co.uk. We
offer an opportunity to opt-out of certain communications on "Account".
Security and storage of your personal information
The Internet is not a 100% secure medium for communication and, accordingly, MyPropertySpy
cannot guarantee the security of any information you send to MyPropertySpy via the
Internet. MyPropertySpy is not responsible for any loss or damage you or others
may suffer as a result of the loss of confidentiality of such information.
MyPropertySpy is committed to protecting the security of your personal information.
We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal
information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. For example, we store
the personal information you provide on computer systems with limited access, which
are located in controlled facilities.
You must type the correct password to access your MyPropertySpy account information.
It is your responsibility to ensure the security of your MyPropertySpy password
and not to reveal this information to others.
Personal information collected by MyPropertySpy may be stored and processed outside
the United Kingdom. By using MyPropertySpy, you consent to any such transfer of
information outside of the United Kingdom.
A cookie is a very small text file that a Web site saves to your computer's hard
disk to store information that you provide about yourself or to store your preferences.
MyPropertySpy uses cookies whenever you login to MyPropertySpy. MyPropertySpy stores
your unique ID number, and the time you signed in, in an encrypted cookie on your
hard disk. This cookie allows you to move from page to page at the site without
having to Login in again on each page. MyPropertySpy uses session cookies to store
data on our server that are individually identifiable when you log out of MyPropertySpy,
these session cookies are deleted from your computer.
MyPropertySpy also uses cookies to improve the login experience. For example, MyPropertySpy
may store your login details in a cookie that will remain on your computer after
you log out. This cookie allows you to be automatically logged in the next time
you visit MyPropertySpy. If you are using a public computer or do not otherwise
want this information to be stored, you can un-check the “remember me” tick box
when you log-in or register, and this cookie will not be used.
The sites or services you visited may store their own cookies on your computer.
MyPropertySpy recommends that you read each site's privacy statement to understand
their policies and practices regarding the use of cookies. You have the ability
to accept or decline cookies using the settings on your browser. If you have cookies
disabled in your browser you are still able to use the MyPropertySpy site but you
will not have the benefit of an automatic login.
The functionality of MyPropertySpy depends upon your browser accepting session cookies.
MyPropertySpy tracks visitors to and on the MyPropertySpy site by using referrer
tracking. MyPropertySpy uses click thru and open mail tracking when sending emails.
This process allows MyPropertySpy and its clients the ability to profile the recipients
of their communications.
Some of our business partners (e.g., advertisers) use cookies on our site. We have
no access to or control over these cookies.
On this website we use Google Analytics to measure and analyse information with
respect to visits to our website. To that effect we use your IPaddress to collect,
among other things, internet traffic data and data regarding your browser type and
computer.
In addition cookies are used. A cookie is a small file that is stored on your computer
when you visit a website. If you visit the website again, it is recognized as a
repeat visit by means of the cookie. The cookie contains merely a unique number
and therefore no personal data. The cookie cannot be used to identify you on websites
of third parties, including Nedstat.
It is possible to configure your web browser to refuse cookies or to be informed
if a cookie is set. We refer to the manual of your web browser.
We will not use the IPaddresses or cookies to identify you personally.
We use the services of Nedstat in order to increase the efficiency of our websites.
This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by http://www.mypropertyspy.co.uk
only and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Below are the rules that apply to all the prize draws that appear on the site. In
addition to these rules there may be special terms & conditions which are relevant
to individual prize draws, this will appear as a link on the relevant prize draw.
• MyPropertySpy.co.uk is a UK site and unless otherwise stated all prize draws
are open to EU residents aged 18 or over.
• Our prize draws may be promoted over several different websites simultaneously.
• Only one entry per person per prize draw can be accepted in any one calendar
month unless otherwise stated.
• Persons connected with MyPropertySpy or any of the prize draw sponsors are
ineligible.
• Winners will be selected at random by computer within five working days of
the beginning of every calendar month and normally notified by email within 72 hours,
except where stated in the individual prize draw special terms and conditions.
• On the first day of each calendar month we send all the prize entrants from
the competitions closing in the previous month to an external prize draw company.
Two weeks later we receive the winners’ names and an email is sent to the winners
informing them of their win. If you are a winner, simply follow the instructions
on the email within 90 days of receiving it and your prize will be sent to you within
28 days.
• Prizes must be claimed within 60 days of each draw. Unclaimed prizes will
be void.
• Void prizes may be included in the 'Second Time Lucky' prize draw where users
will be required to complete a short questionnaire to gain entry.
• All prizes are subject to availability should any prize be unavailable, a
prize of similar price or specification will be substituted.
• By submitting information each visitor to MyPropertySpy agrees to receive
offers as stated in the Login and sponsored Prize Draws questionnaires. Such offers
will be sent only by MyPropertySpy, its sponsors or its clients.
• MyPropertySpy is registered in accordance with the Data Protection Act and
practices 100% opt-in permission marketing.
• Certain Prize Draws contain special terms. Please click on the icon at the
bottom of the questionnaire for details.
• Prizes are as stated but in some circumstances a cash equivalent will be
offered where stated in the individual prize draw special terms and conditions.
•
Free Entry to Prize Draws - If you would like to enter our
prize draws without registering with MyPropertySpy.co.uk, please
click here to download an entry form.
Changes to this Privacy Statement
MyPropertySpy will occasionally update this Privacy Statement. When we do, we will
also revise the "last updated" date at the top and bottom of the Privacy Statement.
MyPropertySpy will obtain your opt-in consent for any updates to this Privacy Statement
that materially expand the sharing or use of your personal information in ways not
disclosed in this Privacy Statement at the time of collection.
If you have questions regarding this Privacy Statement, please contact MyPropertySpy
at:
By email:
privacy@mypropertyspy.co.uk
By post:
MyPropertySpy (REF# Privacy Statement)
46 Gillingham Street
London
SW1V 1HU
Last Updated: March 2009
