When you supply any personal information to us at Leave It Out we hold legal and disclosure obligations towards you regarding collection and use of that data. By submitting personal information to us (through member registration, comments on a forum or requests for information for example), you acknowledge and consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of that information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. The Privacy Policy incorporates, and is governed by, the applicable legal requirements of England & Wales.
Your data will be password protected and accessible directly only by you although you acknowledge that on occasion a limited number of authorised Leave It Out personel or our authorised contractors may need to access this data for database or site maintenance purposes only, subject to the guidelines within this privacy policy and the restrictions of the Data Protection Act 1998. Data is stored and backed up on servers located in the UK.
Use of emails and other Internet based communications carries a degree of security risk that is beyond the control of Leave It Out Ltd and users should exercise appropriate caution and awareness in any personal information they submit through these channels.
Leave It Out stores personal information supplied to us by you for only as long as necessary to provide you with the services you have agreed to receive or participate in. Given the nature of the Leave It Out services, some services may require personal information relating your health to be submitted and held which may constitute 'sensitive personal data' under the of the Data Protection Act 1998. If you no longer wish to use one or any of our services to which you have subscribed, or if your personal information has changed, you will be able to correct, amend or remove your personal data through editing your personal profile on the site, or by sending an email to privacy@leaveitout.com.
You have the right to request a copy of the personal information that Leave It Out holds about you and to have any inaccuracies corrected.
All data you submit to us is held solely for use by Leave It Out. We will not supply your details directly to any third parties, except in cases where:
Leave It Out may use third party hosting and servers or IT contractors where access to some of your data may be possible. We will ensure that the degree of access is only as is necessary to perform tasks on maintenance of the site and we will take steps in our relationships with any contractor third parties to ensure access to data is restricted and protected in our agreements with them.
Leave It Out does not seek to obtain or store any financial or credit card information from users of the site – all financial transactions will be conducted through an established third party secure payment system and data managed through that system.
Users aged 16 or below are required to obtain the consent of a parent or guardian before submitting any personal information to the Leave It out website.
Please note that any personal or private information you reveal in a publicly accessible or published part of the site such as in a discussion forum or a restaurant review, can be seen and used or misused by third parties unrelated to Leave It Out without the control of Leave it Out and is therefore not subject to this Privacy Policy. You should recognize that such information becomes publicly accessible and exercise caution in revealing potentially sensitive personally identifiable information in this environment. Leave It Out Ltd is not responsible for any loss or harm resulting from failure to exercise caution in revealing personal information in publically accessible areas of our site. Information from our discussion forums, restaurant reviews, recipe rooms and other information exchange services is stored in archives since it is considered useful to future users.
Leave It Out may use 'cookies' to evaluate how people navigate the site and to help personalise our services for you. A cookie is a small amount of data sent from a web page to your browser and stored on your hard drive, which makes a note of how you have used a particular website. For example, it means when you go back to that website, it can give you tailored options based on the information it has stored about your last visit
Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the products or services, particularly personalised features on our website. However we know that some people are intolerant to cookies! If you do not want to accept cookies in your browser, you can normally alter the settings of your browser to tell you when a website wants to put a cookie on your computer or to prevent it from accepting cookies altogether
Each browser is different, so check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie settings
The Leave it out website may feature links to other websites and third party advertisements. Leave it out is not responsible for the content of any third party websites accessed by link or advertisement and use of such sites is not covered by this Privacy Policy. Users who follow links or click-through advertisements to third party sites do so at their own risk and should review the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy of these websites, particularly before submitting personal information to any such third-party websites. Links or advertisements on the leaveitout.com website should not be considered approved or endorsed by Leave it out with regards to security of information and/or Privacy Policy. For further information please refer to the Leave It Out Terms & Conditions section.
Leave It Out reserves the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any point. We will indicate that changes have been made to the Privacy Policy in the Privacy Policy section of the leaveitout.com website and users should review the policy regularly to be aware of any changes.
Privacy Policy last updated: 4th June 2008.