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| The Ethical Company Organisation publishes The Good Shopping Guide, GOOSHING.co.uk and also runs the UK's leading Ethical Company accreditation scheme. |
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| A. Terms of Use
- All editorial and ethical research and ethical
ratings content found on GOOSHING.co.uk or on
any other GOOSHING domains is the property of
The Ethical Company Organisation Ltd.
- GOOSHING is a registered European Trademark
of The Ethical Company Organisation Ltd.
- The ethical views and research listed on
GOOSHING are not necessarily those of The Ethical
Company Organisation Ltd. These views have nothing
to do with the individual retailers that sell
the products and brands featured covered by
GOOSHING.
- GOOSHING is made available free of charge
and for non commercial use only.
- No Part of GOOSHING may be sold on to any
third party or be passed on for any commercial
gain without the written permission of GOOSHING.
- GOOSHING is not responsible for any loss
including consequential loss as a result of
omissions from its index.
- Use of the information contained on or linked
to from GOOSHING.co.uk is at the risk of the
user.
- Use of the logo is restricted to linking
to GOOSHING and can only be used in this way
and with written permission of GOOSHING.
- You may not use, frame or utilize framing
techniques to enclose any GOOSHING trademark,
logo or other proprietary information (including
the images found at this site, the content of
any text or the layout/design of any page or
form contained on a page) without GOOSHING's
express written consent. Further, you may not
use any meta tags or any other "hidden
text" utilizing a GOOSHING name, trademark,
or product name without GOOSHING's express written
consent.
- GOOSHING is not responsible for the accuracy,
quality or suitability of the sites it links
to.
- All trade marks on the site are acknowledged
as the property of the attributed owners
- We may change these terms of use at any
time without prior notice.
B. Sites Associated To GOOSHING.co.uk
- Some sites that appear in the GOOSHING index
may contain offensive or objectionable material.
We have no control over the content any sites
display or the language used.
- GOOSHING reserves the right to remove or suspend
sites which in the view of GOOSHING have attempted
to mislead the indexing process.
C. Data Protection and Privacy Policy September
2004 for the GOOSHING.co.uk site
- Please find below our privacy policy for the
GOOSHING.co.uk site which shall be deemed to
be incorporated into these terms and conditions.
We are The Ethical Company Organisation Ltd
(trading as 'GOOSHING.co.uk') and our registered
address is 240 Portobello Road, London W11 1LL.
GOOSHING.co.uk takes the privacy of its customers
data very seriously. Please read the following
policy to understand how we will treat your
personal data after it has been collected by
us through your use of one of our distribution
channels. Those distribution channels will include
our website and may in the future include our
WAP, PDA and digital TV services our Interactive
Voice Recognition software and other channels
as they evolve. If this policy changes then
we will let you know via our homepage but we
assure you that we only use your data as specified
here and for our legitimate business reasons.
- When do we collect data?
We can collect data on you from a variety
of different sources these include:
- When you purchase products or services
from the site or via any of our other distribution
channels.
- When you become a subscriber;
- When you speak to our customer services
personnel;
- Via explicit data capture measures, for
example by entering competitions and completing
surveys;
- Via implicit data capture measures such
as studying which pages you read the most
and the use of cookies.
In any of the above cases the data we collect
could be personal data.
- What do we do with your personal information?
When you buy anything via the site or give
us any personal data as indicated above, we
may need to collect information about you
to process the transaction, fulfil your order
and provide you with the services you expect
then and in the future. This information may
include, but is not limited to, details such
as your name, your address, your phone number
and your credit card details.
- Unless we have your express consent we will
only disclose personal data to third parties
if this is required for the purpose of completing
your transaction with us. This is of course
subject to the proviso that we may disclose
your data to certain permitted third parties,
such as members of our own group, our own professional
advisers who are bound by confidentiality codes,
and when we are legally obliged to disclose
your data.
- By becoming a subscriber you consent to receive
from us by e-mail and/or through the post and/or
SMS our newsletter and details of other special
offers which we may think may be of interest
to you.
- GOOSHING.co.uk retains and uses your personal
information to provide you with the best remote
commerce (including electronic and mobile commerce)
experience by providing you with a personalised
service and to give you details of offers which
we think will be of interest to you. We may
also use the information to process any transactions
you undertake with us and for internal administration
and analysis. For quality assurance and training
reasons we may record the calls you make to
us.
- We do not sell, rent or trade your personal
information to third parties for marketing purposes
without your express consent.
- For any of the above purposes we may send
your information internationally including to
countries outside the EEA. Some of these jurisdictions
offer differing levels of protection of personal
information, not all of which may be as high
as the UK.
- Cookies:
Each web site operated by GOOSHING.co.uk
group uses cookies. A cookie is a small text
file of which there are three types:
Session cookies: These are used to maintain
something called session state. If you consider
your journey through the site to be a conversation
with us and this cookie just reminds the site
where we were in that conversation (for instance
if at some point in the conversation you asked
us to add a hotel to your basket, next time
you click on the basket it is still there).
These are required for the site to function
but are not used in any way to identify you
personally.
Permanent cookies: These store a few numbers
on your hard drive. You can view them by looking
in the cookies directory of your browser installation
if you are interested. They last for a long
time and each time you come to our site you
send us a copy of them. We use them to identify
you between visits. For instance if you were
looking at hotels in London last time you
were on the site and we have a great hotel
deal we may use this cookie to recognise you
and show you our great deal. They are not
required for the site to work but may enhance
your experience. We do not store any personal
data in these cookies, just a unique number
that identifies you to us.
Third Party Cookies: You may have noticed
that we carry advertising from third parties
on our site. Occasionally they may send you
a cookie. We have no control over these.
Although you cannot block "session"
cookies as they are required for our site
to function correctly you can configure your
internet browser so that it can reject both
"permanent" and "third party"
cookies. How you do this will depend upon
the internet browser you use (for example,
Internet Explorer 5, Netscape 4 or Opera etc)
and it is therefore impractical for us to
detail here how you can reject those cookies.
Please refer to the relevant internet browser
manufacturer's website where you should be
able to receive all the information you need."
Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on your site.
Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and other sites on the Internet.
Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.
- Third Party Advertising
The ads appearing on this web site are delivered
to you, on our behalf, by our web advertising
partner. Information about your visit to this
site, such as number of times you have viewed
an ad (but not your name, address, or any other
personal information), is used to serve ads.
- Data
In the UK we operate and are registered in accordance
with applicable data protection legislation.
- Consent
By disclosing your personal information to us
using this website or over the telephone, you
consent to the collection, storage and processing
of your personal information by GOOSHING.co.uk
in the manner set out in this Privacy Policy.
Some information and e-mails sent to GOOSHING.co.uk
may be used as testimonials but no e-mail address
or contact details will be displayed.
- Opt-Out Policy/Modify Details
If you wish to unsubscribe to GOOSHING’s
newsletter or if you wish to change any personal
details which you have given us, simply consult
the relevant instructions in our welcome email.
Alternatively, you can email us at
if you no longer have this email.
- Contact
If you have any questions or concerns about
the information we hold about you, you can also
contact us
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