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1. Introduction and General Terms
Reds Online is committed to protecting you and your family's personal information when you are using our services. We want our services to be safe and enjoyable environments for our audience. This Privacy Policy relates to our use of any personal information you provide to us through the Reds Online websites.
In order to provide you with the full range of Reds Online services, we are sometimes required to collect information about you.
This privacy policy explains the following:
• what information Reds Online may collect about you;
• how Reds Online will use information we collect about you;
• when Reds Online may use your details to contact you;
• whether Reds Online will discolse your details to anyone else;
• your choices regarding the personal information you have provided to us;
• the use of cookies on Reds Online websites and how you can reject these cookies.
As set out above, Reds Online is committed in safeguarding your personal information. Whenever you provide such information, we are legally obliged to use your information in line with all laws concerning the protection of personal infromation, including the Data Protection Act 1998 (these law are referred to collectively in this Privacy Policy as the "data protection laws").
The websites contain hyperlinks to websites owned and operated by third parties. These third parties websites have their own privacy policies, including cookies, and we urge you to review them. They will govern the use of personal information you submit or are collected by cookies whilst visiting these websites. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the privacy practices of such third party websites and your use of such websites is at your own risk.
2. What information will Reds Online collect about me?
When you sign up to participate in or receive a service from any Reds Online website, such as newsletters, competitions, live chats, messageboards or register for The Predictor or Fantasy SPL Football, we may ask for personal information about you. This can consist of information such as your name, email address, postal address, telephone or mobile number or date of birth. Different webpages may ask for different personal information.
By entering your details in the fields requested, you enable Reds Online and its service providers to provide you with the services you select.
Please note that sometime on particular webpages we will require toy to provide additional personal information. When we do this we will specify further on these webpages why we are collecting your information and how we will use it.
Reds Online also uses cookies and collects IP addresses (an IP addrss is a number that can uniquely identify a specific computer or other network device on the internet). We use analysis software to look at IP addresses and cookies for the purpose of enhancing your user experience. This information is not used to develop a personal profile of you and the log files are regularly purged.
3. How will Reds Online use the information they collect about me?
Reds Online will use your personal information for a number of purposes including the following:
• for "service administration purposes", which means that Reds Online may contact you for reasons related to the service you have signed up for, ase set out in paragraph 4 below (e.g. to provide you with password reminders or to notify you that a particular service has been suspended for maintenance);
• to contact you about a submission you have made to the websites, including any content you provide;
• to personalise the way Reds Online content is presented to you;
• IP addresses are used to identify the location of users, the number of visits from different countries and also to block disruptive use, and
• to analyse and improve the services offered on Reds Online to provide you with the most user-friendly navigation experience.
Where Reds Online proposes using your personal information for any other uses we will ensure that we notify you first. You will also be given the opportunity to withhold or withdraw your consent for use other than as listed above.
4. When will Reds Online contact me?
Reds Online may contact you:
• in relation to the functioning of any service you have signed up for in order to ensure that Reds Online can deliver the services to you;
• where you have opted to receive further correspondence;
• in relation to any contribution you have made to Reds Online, e,g. on the Messageboards
• to invite you to participate in surveys about Reds Online services (participation is always voluntary); and
• for marketing purposes where you have specifically agreed to this
Local pages will give you detailed information about how Reds Online will contact you in relation to specific services.
5. Will I be contacted for marketing purposes?
Reds Online won't contact you for marketing purposes, or promote new services to you unless you specifically agreed to be contacted for these purposes. By signing up to The Predictor and Fantasy SPL Football you are agreeing to be contacted for these purposes.
6. Will Reds Online share my personal information with anyone else?
We will keep your information confidential excpet where disclosure is required or permitted by law (for example to government bodies and law enforcement agencies) or as described in paragraph 7. Generally, we will only use your information within Reds Online. However, sometimes Reds Online use third parties to process your information. Reds Online will require these third parties to comply strictly with its instructions and Reds Online will require that they do not use your personal information for their own business purposes.
Please note that if you are accessing Reds Online from outside the UK and you may a comment or complaint regarding any element of advertising, then Reds Online may forward your correspondence to that advertiser for the purpose of responding to you.
7. Offensive or inappropriate content on Reds Online websites
If you post or send offensive, inappropriate or objectionable content anywhere on Reds Online or otherwise engage in any disruptive behaviour on Reds Online websites, Reds Online may use your personal information to stop such behaviour.
Where Reds Online reasonably believes that you are or may be in breach of any of the laws of Scotland, England or Wales (e.g. because content you have posted may be defamatory), Reds Online may use your personal information to inform relevant third parties, such as your employer, school e-mail/Internet provider or law enforcement agencies about the content and your behaviour.
8. What if I am a user aged 16 or under?
If you are aged 16 or under, please get your parent/guardian's permission beforehand whenever you provide personal information to Reds Online\s websites. Users without this consent are not allowed to provide us with personal information.
