Privacy Policy

Womens Healthcare Direct Limited ("WHD" or "We") is committed to protecting your privacy and providing a safe online experience for all our users.

 

The importance of feeling safe online is critical to our vision of a confidential and secure site and we are fully committed to ensuring that your privacy is respected and protected. Our Privacy Policy details the type of information we typically request of you while you are within our web site, as well as ways in which we process and in some cases disseminate information collected from you. Our web site is an all English-language, United Kingdom based Website, with web pages and channels owned, controlled and operated by WHD. This Privacy Policy is applicable to any personal information, which is given by You to Us ("User Information") via the web site located at www.womenshealthcaredirect.com ("the Website"). Please read the complete Privacy Policy below and contact us if you have any questions.

 

Collection/Tracking of Personal Information

So that we can provide you with the most efficient and enhanced service we request information about you. We collect personally identifiable information such as names, email addresses and demographic information such as age, gender and zip / postal codes. We also may collect your IP address, browser type, domain name, access times and referring Web site address. This information is collected both, during registration on a site, or in response to specific requests, for example when signing up for a newsletter, entering a sweepstake or contest or answering a survey.

 

On occasion, we may give you the opportunity to opt-in to offers from third parties not affiliated with WHD. If you decide to accept these offers, we will provide, with your consent, your information to the third party. However, you should note that this Privacy Policy does not apply to information users consent to give to third parties not affiliated with WHD. Any information users give to another party is governed by the rules of that party's privacy policy, which may differ from this Privacy Policy. We are not responsible for information given to other parties. Please review their privacy policies prior to providing any information to third parties.

 

Use of collected personal information

We use personal information so that we may display customized, personalized content to our visitors and send newsletters, emails, features, promotional material, surveys and other updates to our users. A user may, at any time, opt-out of receiving such information. We also use collected information to evaluate and administer our service, respond to any problems that may arise and to gauge user trends to determine what part of our services are most popular with users. By submitting your information to us you consent to the use of that information by us as set out in this policy and our terms and conditions.

 

We may, at times, produce reports for advertisers containing aggregate information about our users such as demographic, age and online usage information. This allows us to work more closely with advertisers to provide content and offers that are most relevant to our users. We will never include any personal information of our users in these reports.

 

We reserve the right to use or disclose any information without notice or consent as needed to satisfy any law, regulation or legal request; to conduct investigations of consumer complaints or possible breaches of law; to protect the integrity of our site and our property; to protect the safety of our visitors or others; to fulfill your requests; or to cooperate in any legal investigation.

 

You should be aware that if you voluntarily disclose information online, personal or otherwise, that information can be collected and used by others. For example, if you use chat, forums, bulletin boards, your e-mail or if you post personal information online, you may receive unsolicited messages from others. We have no control over this use of your personal information.

 

Use of Cookies

We use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web 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. For example, if you personalize any Web pages, or register with womenshealthcaredirect.com sites or services, a cookie helps Women's Healthcare Direct to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, preferred email address, and so on. When you return to the Website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the features that you customised.

 

Some of the ads displayed on our Web sites are provided by third-party companies. These banner ads may contain cookies. While we use cookies in other parts of our Web sites, cookies received with ads are collected by our advertisers and we do not have access to this information. We use a reputable third party to serve some or all of the advertisements that are placed within our sites and they may use information (not including personally identifiable information) about your visits to our sites and other sites to assist in serving advertisements to you.

 

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 Women's Healthcare Direct services or Web sites you visit.

 

Use of Web Beacons

Some of our Web pages may contain electronic images known as Web beacons, which are also called single-pixel gifs. These images allow us to count users who have visited those pages and to deliver co-branded services. We also may include Web beacons in promotional e-mail messages or newsletters in order to count how many messages have been opened and acted upon. Web beacons are not used to access your personally identifiable information but they are a technique we use to compile aggregated statistics about our Web site usage. Web beacons collect only a limited set of information including a cookie number, time and date of a page view, originating IP address, and a description of the page on which the Web beacon resides. Some of our Web pages may also contain Web beacons placed there by our advertising partners to help us determine the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns.

 

Control of Personal Information

A user may, at any time, change, correct, modify or delete any personal information they may have provided to WHD by visiting the Member Center located on the homepage. Users can also unsubscribe from any newsletters or opt-out of various promotional e-mailings at any time by visiting the Newsletters section in the Member Center or clicking on "unsubscribe" links in each of our newsletters or emails.

 

Security of Personal Information

WHD's employees are aware of our privacy practices. All access to private and confidential data is restricted to those employees with a specific need to retrieve this information, such as our consultants. We store all user data on service systems, in controlled, secure environments. To maintain our level of security, we conduct both internal reviews and external audits of our security measures and procedures on a regular basis.

 

Security and Data Retention

Security is very important to us. Secure Socket Layer ("SSL") encryption technology is used for protection of information in transit for any sensitive transactions such as payments. Additional security procedures are in place to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of Your User Information.

 

UK Data Protection Act 1998

WHD is committed to protecting the rights and privacy of individuals in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. WHD processes information about its staff, customers and other individuals it has dealings with for a range of administrative purposes (e.g. to recruit and pay staff, deliver services and comply with legal obligations to government). In order to comply with the law, information about individuals must be collected and used fairly, stored safely and securely and not disclosed to any third party unlawfully. All "processing" of personal data (includes collection, holding, retention, destruction and use of personal data) are governed by the Data Protection Act 1998. The Act applies to all personal data - whether they are held on a computer or similar automatic system or whether they are held as part of a manual file. Personal data is defined as information relating to an identifiable living individual and can be held in any format, electronic (including websites and emails), paper-based, photographic etc. from which the individual's information can be readily extracted. Under the 1998 Act, all organisations that process personal information are required to notify the Information Commissioner's Office. WHD's notification describes the various types of processing of personal information and defines the persons or bodies to which the information may be disclosed. Full details of WHD's notification can be found at http://www.dpr.gov.uk/search.html - the registration number is PZ9192780. WHD's notification describes the various types of processing of personal information and defines the persons or bodies to which the information may be disclosed. Full details of WHD's notification can be obtained from the Data Protection Registrar.

 

Users 16 and under

If you are aged 16 or under, please obtain your parents or guardian's permission, before you provide ANY personal information to The Website, at ANY time. Users without this consent are not allowed to provide us with personal information.

 

Visitors from outside of the United Kingdom

Our Website and the servers that make it available worldwide are located in the United Kingdom. All matters relating to it are governed by the laws of England and Wales and are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts. Any information you provide will be transferred to the United Kingdom. By visiting our sites and submitting information, you authorize this transfer.

 

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We will occasionally update this Privacy Policy as necessary to maintain the highest protection for our users and to comply with a changing environment. We recommend that you check the policy when you visit our site to be sure you are aware of and understand our current policy. If we make material changes to this policy or in how we will use or collect your personally identifiable information, we will prominently post such changes prior to implementing the change.