Privacy policy

Ascent Publishing Ltd (“Ascent”) will use the information provided by you in the course of our dealing with you to process your requests and orders and in order to provide a more personalised web-surfing experience.

OUR PRINCIPLES
We are absolutely committed to protecting your privacy. Our policy can be summarised in one sentence: we will not share your information with other companies outside of Ascent and those Centaur Companies that provide related products and services without your prior consent. We have also established the following three principles:

1.  We will continue to invest in the best quality security available and do our utmost to protect user privacy.
2.  We will not pass on any individual User details (including your e-mail address) unless we have your prior consent.
3.  Otherwise, we will only share aggregate statistics about our Users, sales and traffic patterns with our advertisers.

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
We collect some basic information from all of our registered Users. This includes your name, e-mail address, and post-code. We also ask some further questions so we can gain a clearer understanding of our Users. They also enable us to personalise services for our Users. We collect data listings on which of our pages are most frequently visited and by which types of Users.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ's)
• How does www.plotfinder.net protect customer information?
We do our utmost to protect User privacy. To comply with UK Data Protection legislation, we follow procedures in the storage and disclosure of information that you have given us, to prevent unauthorised access.
• Why does www.plotfinder.net use "cookies"?
"Cookies" are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. They make it possible for us to identify registered Users without needing to ask for registration details every time you access one of our sites. Using cookies make accessing our site more convenient as you don't need to remember your username and password each time you enter.
• Will www.plotfinder.net disclose the information it collects to outside parties?
www.plotfinder.net will not sell, trade or rent your personal information to other companies outside relevant Centaur Companies unless you have given us your permission. With your permission we will only share the information with carefully chosen, reputable and trustworthy third parties. Also, www.plotfinder.net may provide aggregate statistics about our customers; sales, traffic patterns and related site information to reputable third-party vendors, but these statistics will include no personally identifying information. www.plotfinder.net follows the relevant legal requirements and uses all reasonable precautions to ensure only responsible third parties see the information; however we are not responsible for any breach of security or any actions of any third parties who receive the information.
• What if you change your policy in future?
Any changes to our policy will be posted here.

TELL US WHAT YOU THINK?
www.plotfinder.net welcomes your questions and comments. Please contact us with your feedback.

INTERPRETATION
In this Privacy Policy, the following words and phrases shall bear the following meanings:

• “Centaur Companies” are any company under the direct control of Centaur Media plc; the ultimate parent of Ascent Publishing Ltd (“Ascent”)
• “Personal Information” means Personal Data as defined in the Data Protection Act 1998 as amended
• "User" means any person who accesses or uses www.plotfinder.net.