We respect your privacy!

This policy (the "Privacy Policy") tells you how ToyGuard (UK) Ltd collects information from you, how we protect it and how we use it, and covers all personal information which you provide when you use any of the ToyGuard sites (the "Sites"), unless otherwise specified on the relevant Site where a different privacy policy will be displayed, and also controls information provided by you when dealing with any one of ToyGuard's promotional partners where you may opt in to receive information from ToyGuard and agree to your information being forwarded by that partner to us but do not directly register on a ToyGuard Site.

This Privacy Policy also covers any other personal information which you may provide when dealing with ToyGuard (UK) Ltd or interacting with any of our Sites (whether or not you are registered), including data when you make a purchase, register for our newsletter. We refer to this type of information as transactional data .

This Privacy Policy explains how ToyGuard (UK) Ltd record and use information about you and the choices you can make about how the information is collected and used. By using the Sites or by clicking the "Register" button or other relevant button during your initial registration with the relevant Site, you signify your consent that we store and process your personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

What type of information we collect about you

We will collect personally identifiable information from you in a variety of ways including when you register on the ToyGuard Express site or the main ToyGuard site or use any other ToyGuard services, enter competitions or prize draws, navigate around our Sites and respond to communications from us.

To register on ToyGuard Express Site we require that you submit personal data, e.g. your name, gender, date of birth, email address and a password for entry to the Site.

What we do with personally identifiable information

This information may be used for marketing (where you have agreed to this) and for market research purposes, including internal demographic studies, to provide, optimise and personalise our services.

Use of information for marketing

In line with any permissions you give us, we may send you direct marketing about our own, or carefully selected third parties� goods and services and disclose your information to other organisations who may send direct marketing to you.

In addition, you can unsubscribe from email communications via unsubscribe links provided in communications sent to you.

Who has access to the information at ToyGuard?

Only registered staff within the ToyGuard organisation have access

Who else has access to the information?

We will only pass on your information to third parties in the following situations

• If this was clearly stated at the time of collection or registration and, where required, if you have given permission for this;
• If we employ another organisation to perform tasks on our behalf – such as delivering goods to you. In this case, the organisations may only use your information to fulfil this specific task;
• If we sell the business to another organisation or merge with other businesses. In this case, the buyer will only be able to use your information as set out in this Privacy Policy;
• If we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary for legal proceedings. We may also disclose information when we believe in good faith that applicable law or regulation requires it or to protect the safety or security of users of our Sites; and
• If we use third party processors to administer and process your personal information for the purposes notified in the Privacy Policy, e.g. for hosting activities related to the use of our Sites or services. We may also share details with third parties (such as auditors or legal advisors) to obtain advice. Any such processing will be governed by an agreement in the form required by law, preserving any statutory data protection rights.

Our registration policy – How to remove or amend your information

You can ask us to modify or remove your personal information from any or all of our mailing lists at any time or cancel your registration by clicking on the "Register" link or any other link we may provide for you.

We will use our reasonable endeavours to remove your name from the related mailing list within 10 working days of your request.

Use of cookies and web beacons

We collect information through technology to make our Sites and other content or services which we make available to you more interesting and useful to you. You agree that we collect your IP address or other unique identifier. At times, we also use these identifiers to collect information regarding the frequency with which our guests visit various parts of our Sites. We may combine your IP address with other personally identifiable information for marketing and for market research purposes, including internal demographic studies, so we can optimize our products and services and customise the site for you.

Our sites use a variety of technical methods for tracking purposes, including cookies and web beacons.

Cookies are pieces of information that a Site sends to your computer or other media device while you are viewing or interacting with the Site. We use cookies for a variety of purposes including tracking usage on our Sites in order to- enhance our guests′ experience on our Sites and to learn more about your preferences and interests. For instance, when you return to one of our Sites after logging in via your computer, cookies provide information to the Site so that the Site will remember who you are ("visitor session information"). You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies.

You do this through your browser settings. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser’s Help to learn the correct way to modify your cookies. We may use cookies to analyse the traffic patterns on our Sites, such as the frequency which our users visit various parts of our Sites.

We also use these technical methods in HTML e-mails that we send our guests for a number of purposes including: to determine whether our customers  have opened or forwarded those e-mails and/or clicked on links in those e-mails; to customise the display of the banner advertisements and other messages after a guest has closed an email; and to determine whether a customer has made an enquiry or purchase in response to a particular email.

Cookies, web beacons and other technical methods may involve the transmission of information either directly to us or to another party authorised by us to collect information on our behalf. The information from use of these technical methods may be collected in a form that identifies you personally.

Links to other sites

It may be necessary to link your enquiry to another site i.e. a supplier or legislative body where there is a highlighted link.  By clicking on such a link the click may take you to a third party site. The privacy policy of the new site will govern the information obtained from you on that site.

Changes to this policy

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time and we will post the latest version on this and all our other Sites. If we ever wish to use your personal information in a way which is incompatible with the information in this Privacy Policy, we will only do so with your consent.

Queries

If you have queries about our use of your personal information or wish to have your personal information removed, you can email office@toyguard.co.uk or write to us at ToyGuard (UK) Ltd, 4 Morton Wynd, Milnathort, Kinross-shire KY13 9WR