Privacy Policy

 

KETTLE (inc Kettle Mag and Kettle Magazine) is committed to your privacy. It is the policy of KETTLE, the owner of this site, to act in accordance with current legislation and to meet the current best practice on the Internet. Our aim is to be relevant, responsible and secure in all our data management, use and storage methods.

Information submitted to KETTLE through forms on this website is governed by the following Electronic Personal Information Privacy Policy (the “Policy”). Please read the following policy to understand how your personal information will be treated as you make full use of KETTLE’s service. This Policy may be updated from time to time. Therefore, we ask you to check back periodically. This Policy discloses the privacy practices for KETTLE’s website and describes the information KETTLE collects about you and what may happen to such information.

Information that KETTLE may collect on you:
By using the website KETTLE is able to and may track certain information about you in order to perform internal research on its Users’ demographics, interests, and behavior. This information may include the URL from which you arrived, the next URL you may visit, what browser you are using, and your IP address.

Cookies at KETTLE:
You acknowledge and agree that KETTLE may use cookies on the Site. A cookie is a piece of text that can be entered into the memory of your hard drive and can store information about your use of KETTLE’s Materials (the “Cookies”). The Cookies will help KETTLE make its services more convenient, personalized, and more secure. In addition, Cookies may allow KETTLE to keep track and retrieve information about any User who acts in contradiction to this Policy or License Agreement. If you would rather not have Cookies on your computer, you can usually set your browser to deny some but not all Cookies. You can also delete Cookies from your computer at your sole discretion.

Usage of collected data:
KETTLE may use the collected data about you for internal purposes only, to improve its Site and to better tailor the Site to meet your needs.

Disclosure of collected data:
KETTLE will not disclose, sell or transfer any of the collected data, to any third parties (e.g., advertisers or business partners), except in the following cases:
(i) KETTLE receives your permission;
(ii) if KETTLE believes in good faith that the law requires such disclosure or transfer; or
(iii) if required by third party contractors and service providers who work with KETTLE, to provide the website’s service.
Notwithstanding the aforesaid, KETTLE may also disclose collected data, in special cases when it has reason to believe that disclosing such information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating KETTLE’s License Agreement or may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally), KETTLE’s rights or property, other Users, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities. You thus authorise KETTLE to disclose any collected data about you to law enforcement or other government officials if, in its sole and absolute discretion, believes that such disclosure is necessary or appropriate. Although, KETTLE uses industry standard practices to protect your privacy, KETTLE does not ensure, and you should not expect, that your collected data or any private communications will always remain private. Since KETTLE’s Site may contain links to other sites, KETTLE is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such linked sites.

Google
If you have found an KETTLE a website through an advertisement or a search on Google, or any of Google’s other affiliated websites, Google will attempt to place a cookie on your machine. This cookie enables us to track the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns. The cookie will exist on your machine for 30 days and then it will automatically be removed.

This cookie will not track any other search activity, browsing history and Google will not have visibility of your personal details.

Users who do not wish to participate in tracking activities can easily disable Google’s conversion tracking cookie in their Internet browser’s user preferences settings. Users who disable cookies will not be included in our Google conversion tracking statistics and program. For more information on Google’s privacy policy, please visit: http://www.google.com/privacy.html

Security:
KETTLE uses industry standard efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of the collected data. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, KETTLE cannot ensure the security of any information that you transmit to KETTLE or any information that you receive from KETTLE online, and you transmit such information at your own risk. Once KETTLE receives your transmission, it uses its best effort to ensure security on its systems.

Updates to this privacy policy:
This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time, and so you should review this Policy periodically.

Privacy Support:
For enquiries concerning your permission and privacy rights, please email: info@kettlemag.com .

Emails from our staff:
The information contained in this communication is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and others authorised to receive it. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by responding to this email and then delete it from your system. We are neither liable for the proper and complete transmission of the information contained in this communication nor for any delay in its receipt.

Liability
In view of the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Human Rights Act 1998 we do not monitor all outgoing e-mails. We accept no liability for the contents of e-mails unconnected with our affairs or our clients.

Social Media Disclaimer

The KETTLE social media accounts (including Twitter and Facebook) are not managed by KETTLE. Views expressed here are those of the students that run the account and not necessarily those of KETTLE. KETTLE takes every step to avoid libelous or inflammatory remarks but it does not accept liability for any published post/status/tweet.

KETTLE is a published by Red Chilli Publishing Ltd.

Last updated: 30th June 2011