Privacy Policy

Please read this carefully

Updated 13 June 2007
Published: 13 June 2007

Before using the Website (that is, any site operated by a company in the Hampstead Sports Services group) it is your responsibility to read the Privacy Policy. You can notify us in the manner set out below if you do not want us to share information about you with third parties.

Hampstead Sports Services (together with its holding and associated companies where relevant), is hereinafter referred to as HSS.

The basic principles

By accessing and using the Website you are agreeing to be legally bound by the Terms of Use and this Privacy Policy. You should therefore also read the Terms of Use before using the Website.

HSS is determined to protect your privacy. It is very important to us that you should be able to use and enjoy the Website and our services without having to compromise your privacy unacceptably.

Knowing something about our users is, however, necessary to ensure that our service is continually improved. Certain services need us to build an accurate picture of our users, and to be able to communicate with you. That enables us to offer a service that is relevant and appropriate.

We answer your important questions

"What information do you collect about me?"

We automatically collect some data about our users' browsing actions and patterns. This is aggregate data and does not identify any individual.

We may also ask you to provide personal information in order to offer you certain services - its is at your discretion whether you are happy to provide this information.

In the course of entering trials, events, competitions, promotions and other offers you will be asked to give some details about yourself. You may also choose to e-mail us or make contact with us in other ways. Such contact gives us information about you.

If you have any financial dealings or make purchases with our trading partners on co-branded sites, they will ask for certain information. This information may be shared with us.

"For what purposes do you collect and use this information?"

We use aggregate audience details (where no individual is identifiable) to help us improve our understanding of our users and their preferences. It also helps us develop the Website and audit its use.
* The information about you as an identifiable individual, including contact details, may be used in the following ways:
* to contact you with regards trials and products offered on the website

"How private are my details?

You can ask to see the information we have about you by e-mailing a request to info@hampsteadsportsservices.com.

"What do I do if I am not happy for you to share information about me with others?"

We will not share personal details about you with third parties outside the HSS group, or use your information in any other ways other than how we have described in this Privacy Policy. We may also have to release information (which could include the contents of e-mail communications between any persons) because of a legal requirement on us or pursuant to a court order.

Use of cookies on a website

The basic principles

A cookie is a text-only string of information that a website transfers to the cookie file of the browser of your computer's hard disk so that the website can remember who you are. A cookie will typically contain the name of the domain from which the cookie has come, the "lifetime" of the cookie, and a value, usually a randomly generated unique number.

Two types of cookies are used on the Website: Session Cookies which are temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your browser until you leave the Website. Persistent Cookies which remain in the cookie file of your browser for much longer (though how long will depend on the lifetime of each specific cookie). Cookies can help a website to arrange content to match your preferred interests more quickly. Most major websites use cookies. Cookies cannot be used by themselves to identify you.

How we collect cookies on the Website and what information we collect

Session Cookies: To allow you to carry information across pages of the Website and avoid having to re-enter information. Persistent Cookies: To help us recognise you as a unique visitor (just a number) when you return to the Website and to allow us to tailor content, advertisements and the presentation of the Website to match your preferences. To compile anonymous, aggregated statistics that allow us to understand how users use the Website and to help us improve the structure of the Website. We cannot identify you personally in this way.

Disabling/Enabling Cookies.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying the settings in your browser. However, you may not be able to use all the interactive features of the Website if cookies are disabled.

Further information

If you want further information, or wish to communicate with us about this Privacy Policy and your wishes about your personal information, please e-mail us at info@hampsteadsportsservices.com.