Direct Content takes the privacy of its customers and users seriously. We take care to put measures in place to preserve the security and integrity of all the information provided to us and/or collected from those who use our services.
This policy covers our approach to collecting, storing, safeguarding and processing information submitted by or collected from users of this website.
Terms
- ‘Direct Content’ refers to Direct Content Limited, of 47-49 Colegate, Norwich, NR3 1DD, UK.
- ‘The site’ or ‘The website’ refers to the website found at the domain www.Compareinsurers.com, including all its international versions.
- ‘Website user’ refers to any individual who uses a website owned and operated by Direct Content Limited
- ‘Profile information’ refers to information submitted proactively at a website by individuals. Individuals’ profile information includes (but is not limited to) name, address, telephone and fax numbers, email addresses, third-party user IDs, URLs of online profiles, and so on
- ‘User data’ refers to information on the origin and behaviour of users, collected automatically (rather than being submitted proactively) and stored in anonymous and/or aggregated form. User data could include fields such as browser program, operating system, referring website, previous websites visited, entry URL, exit URL, IP address, country of origin, time on site, pages viewed, search text entered and other anonymous data. User data does not include any personally identifiable information.
- ‘Cookie’ refers to small piece of text stored on a user's computer by a web browser recording information such as user preferences, shopping cart contents and other website data. Cookies do not include any personally identifiable data.
Registration under the Data Protection Act
- Direct Content Limited is registered under the Data Protection Act 1998 (registration number Z6393880).
Scope and exclusions
The types of data collected by Direct Content, and covered by this policy, are as follows:
- User data collected by Direct Content from users of its own website
Direct Content is the data controller for all these types of data.
Use of information
In general, profile information and/or user data is used to deliver services or information to Direct Content clients.
Profile information may be used by Direct Content for the following purposes:
- To filter information available at the Direct Contentwebsite, or optimise its presentation, in order to improve, speed up or streamline the experience of using it
- To carry out direct marketing activities
Profile information may be combined with other information for the above purposes.
Anonymous user data may be used by Direct Content for the following purposes:
- To calculate performance metrics for individual affiliate websites, or for particular groups of affiliate websites
- To improve the overall targeting (relevancy to target users) of advertisements served by Direct Content to its affiliates and included in pages appearing on those affiliates’ sites
- To make (or consider making) improvements to any aspect of the services provided by Direct Content, including the improvement of Direct Content website functionality
Cookies
We use the following cookies:
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Purpose
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Privacy
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Compareinsurers.com
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These cookies are used by our Content management system.
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http://www.learnkenticocms.com/Privacy-Policy
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Third Party Cookies
We also use the following 3rd party cookies. If you would like more information about the cookies used by these suppliers, as well as information on how to opt-out, please see their individual privacy policies listed below.
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Purpose
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Privacy
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Google Analytics
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This is a web analytics service provided by Google which sets a cookie in order to evaluate your use of the website and compile reports for us on activity.
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Google stores the information collected by the cookie on servers in the US and may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law or for processing information on Google's behalf. Google analytics data is completely anonymous. By using the website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
http://www.google.com/intl/None/policies/privacy/
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We use a number of third party tracking tags provided by advertisers to enable the measurement of advertising activity and facilitate the payment of advertising commission. These also provide anonymous tracking data to Direct Content. These include:
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Awin
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http://www.affiliatewindow.com/documents/Privacy%20Policy.pdf
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Buyat
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http://www.buy.at/aboutus/privacypolicy.php
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Tradedoubler
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http://www.tradedoubler.com/uk-en/legal/privacy.html
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OMG
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http://uk.omgpm.com/tracking-privacy.aspx
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Security of information
Direct Content takes all reasonable measures to ensure that profile information and user data are stored possible and not lost, misused or altered.
Access to profile information and user data is restricted to those members of staff who must use it in order to carry out their responsibilities.
When clients, affiliates or users have been provided with a password that is intended to protect access to their profile or account information, it is their responsibility to keep that password confidential.
Data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure, and therefore we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.
Revision
We may revise this policy at any time in order to reflect changes to our services, or to comply with changes to relevant legislation and reserve the right to do so without notice. We advise you to check this page often in order to ensure you are aware of any recent revisions.
Your rights
You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you. Provision of such information may be subject to the payment of a fee (currently fixed at £10.00).
You may instruct us not to process your personal information for marketing purposes at any time by using our website contact form. (In practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal information for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt-out of the use of your personal information for marketing purposes.)