Security policy

Your privacy is important to us, so FiredUp.com operates the following privacy and security policy:
Any personal data about you collected by us in setting up and maintaining your access to the website/service will be only be used in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1984 (or the Data Protection Act 1998, once in force).

When do you give us information?
In arriving at the website, completing your registration, bidding in auctions, subscribing to newsletters, completing questionnaires, entering competitions, making enquiries on the website, and leaving the website, you will give us data. We also note what browser you use and your IP address. This is common practise amongst most web sites.

What happens to information you give us?
We keep this personal data on a secure server to protect it from being used by outside parties. We will use your data for the limited purposes of processing your orders, and for internal administrative purposes as it helps us to improve our site by tailoring it to meet your needs. We may use your data to analyse site usage, to help in developing our marketing and public relations, and to improve the site's content, commercial offerings, layout and usability.

Advertising and Special Offers
From time to time we may use your data also to notify you of products or special offers that may be of interest to you. If you do not wish to receive such promotional e-mails from FiredUp.com, please go to the email notification page at the bottom of the homepage and unsubscribe.

Sharing Information
We do not rent or sell any data that you give us that may personally identify you to a third party. However we do use your data in a non-personalised, statistical form for reporting to advertisers and prospective partners.

From time to time we may want to share your data with other companies or trading divisions within the News Group of Companies, and with other reputable companies both within and outside the European Union. Unless it has been expressly agreed with you, such as forwarding the details of a successful bid to a vendor, aside from the general data, we will not disclose your user id, password or credit card details to any third party.

On registration you will be asked if you agree to the use of your data for these purposes; a distinction is drawn between sharing the information with other News Group of Companies, and with third parties, and if you object to either of these, you will not be allowed to register.

If we ever need to collect data of a sensitive personal nature we will always inform you that we intend to collect such data and how we intend to use it. Before we collect this data you will have the opportunity to consent or otherwise to such collection if you wish.

FiredUp.com "Cookies"
A 'cookie' is a small amount of data sent to your browser from a Web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. As part of providing our services, we use 'cookies' to store and sometimes track information about you on the FiredUp.com website in general. This enables us to measure certain traffic patterns, such as which area of the website you have visited, and your visiting patterns over a period of time.

When and how will we contact you?
We will contact you by email (and in rare circumstances by 'phone or fax) in the following circumstances:

(1) To confirm your registration on the website;
(2) To confirm any bids you place;
(3) If you are the winning bidder in a FiredUp.com Events Auction;
(4) If you are the winner of one of our competitions; and
(5) If a problem arises with your account.

We may also contact you from time to time, to ask for specific feedback on the site. Under our Terms and Condit

ions we may also use your e-mail address and, where applicable, your mailing address, to contact you with administrative notices from time to time.

Changing your details We aim to
keep our records as current as possible and you may change or update our records at any time by going to the Profile option of the MyAccount section of the site.

Security
We aim to hold your data securely to give you peace of mind when visiting FiredUp.com. To demonstrate our commitment to the security of your personal data we limit access in the Company to any private or personal information received strictly through use of passwords and usernames.

Your Registration Information is password-protected; this means that only you have access to this personal information. We recommend you do not give out your password to anyone. We will never ask you for your password in an unsolicited phone call or in an unsolicited email. IP addresses are not linked to any personally identified information and we use credit card information only to verify your account when you register with FiredUp.com. It is sent over our secure server using SSL Technology, an industry-wide encryption software.

Disclaimer
This privacy policy only covers how we use and disclose your data. You should be aware that partner websites and other third-party Internet sites accessible through the FiredUp.com Events website have their own privacy and data collection policies and practices. FiredUp.com Events has no responsibility or liability for these independent policies or actions. Also, any personal data disclosed online between you and third parties in the context of e-mail and forums, for instance, can be collected and used by others. If you post personal information online which is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return. While we will respect your privacy by following the above, we may be required to depart from this if ordered to do so by the law enforcement agencies and/or if ordered to do so by a court of law, in relevant circumstances.