The information collected about you by your use of the Blue Sun World website will be held by Blue Sun Limited, whose main trading address is 1 Tolherst Court, Turkey Mill, Ashford Road, Maidstone, Kent ME14 5SF (who will be the ‘data controller’ for the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 (“the Act”)).

You can use the Blue Sun World website without submitting your details but to get the most from the products and services available we may occasionally ask for personal information about you ("Personal Information") which we will endeavour to keep secure.

This policy (together with our terms of use and any other documents referred to on it) sets out the basis on which any Personal Information we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your Personal Information and how we will treat it.

We will process your Personal Information in the way indicated in this Privacy Policy. Over time the way we process your Personal Information may change. We will let you know about changes that may not be obvious to you by publishing them in the Privacy Policy. By using the Blue Sun World website you agree to any change we tell you about unless, within 60 days of that notice, you write and tell us not to handle your information in the new way.

Information we may collect from you

• Information that you provide by filling in forms on the Blue Sun World website www.bluesunworld.com. This includes information provided at the time of registering to use the Blue Sun World website, subscribing to our services, posting material or requesting further services. We may also ask you for information when you enter a competition or promotion sponsored by Blue Sun Limited, and when you report a problem with the Blue Sun World website.
• If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
• Blue Sun Limited may also ask you to complete surveys that we use for research purposes, although you do not have to respond to them.
• Details of transactions you carry out through the Blue Sun World website and of the fulfilment of your orders.
• Details of your visits to the Blue Sun World website including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data, whether this is required for our own billing purposes or otherwise and the resources that you access.

Marketing Purposes

If you are a registered user, your Personal Information may be used by us and other businesses carefully selected by us to contact you in writing, by telephone or by e-mail to offer you content, advertisements, products and services that we believe may be of interest to you ("Marketing Purposes"). You can opt out of receiving such contact for Marketing Purposes any time by amending your registered details.

We may use your data, or permit selected third parties to use your data, to provide you with information about goods and services which may be of interest to you and we or they may contact you about these by post or telephone.

We, or any selected third parties, will only contact you by electronic means (e-mail or SMS) with information about goods and services if you have consented to such communications.

If you do not want us to use your data in this way, or to pass your details on to third parties for Marketing Purposes, please tick the relevant box situated on the form on which we collect your data (the registration form).

Other Purposes

In addition to the Marketing Purposes outlined above, we use information held about you in the following ways:

• To ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.
• To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us.
• To allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so.
• To notify you about changes to our service.

IP addresses and Cookies

We may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers. This is statistical data about our users' browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.

For the same reason, when you first visit the Blue Sun World web site we will automatically send you a cookie (a small text file which we create and is then sent to and stored on the hard drive of your computer) which allows us to recognise you when you come back to the Blue Sun World website. Cookies help us to improve the Blue Sun World website and to deliver a better and more personalised service. They enable us:

• To estimate our audience size and usage pattern.
• To store information about your preferences, and so allow us to customise our site according to your individual interests.
• To speed up your searches

If you wish to learn more go to www.allaboutcookies.org.

You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the acceptance of cookies. If you decide to reject cookies you may find that you will not be able to take full advantage of some of the features and services in the Blue Sun World website. Detailed instructions are available at allaboutcookies.org.

Please note that our advertisers may also use cookies, over which we have no control.

Where we store your Personal Information

The Personal Information that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area ("EEA"). It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us, or for one of our suppliers. Such staff may be engaged in, among other things, the fulfilment of your order, the processing of your payment details and the provision of support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to the Blue Sun World website; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

Disclosure of your information

We may disclose your Personal Information to any member of our group, which means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries, as defined in section 736 of the UK Companies Act 1985.

We may disclose your personal information to third parties:

• In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your Personal Information to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets.
• If Blue Sun Limited or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case Personal Information held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred assets.
• If we are under a duty to disclose or share your Personal Information in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our terms of use or any other agreement entered between us; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Blue Sun Limited, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

View and/or amend your registered details

You can use your password to view and edit your registered details and the records we hold about you by clicking on the feature "Your Registered Details" on the home page.

Your Rights/Access to Your Records

Under the Act you have a right to see a copy of the information we hold about you if you pay us the fee set by law (currently £10). If you wish to see a copy of the information we hold about you please write to the Data Protection Officer, Blue Sun Limited, 1 Tolherst Court, Turkey Mill, Ashford Road, Maidstone, Kent ME14 5SF.

You have the right to ask us not to process your Personal Information for Marketing Purposes. We will usually inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by checking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data. You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting us at Blue Sun Limited, 1 Tolherst Court, Turkey Mill, Ashford Road, Maidstone, Kent ME14 5SF.

Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies or the third party web sites. Please check these policies before you submit any Personal Information to these websites.

Application Information

If you decide to apply for a service or buy a product provided by a third party who appears on the Blue Sun World website the third party will ask for details about you. That third party will pass your Personal Information to us. The Personal Information we receive from the third party will include data about your use of their service which will be used to contact you for Marketing Purposes.

Occasionally we will take application details for products or services provided by a third party who appears on the Blue Sun World website. We will pass this information to the third party to process your application and your Personal Information in the application details will also be used to contact you for Marketing Purposes.

Changes to our privacy policy

Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page.

Contact

Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to Blue Sun Limited, 1 Tolherst Court, Turkey Mill, Ashford Road, Maidstone, Kent ME14 5SF.