At Thinc Group, we believe strongly in protecting the privacy of our users' personal information. This statement describes the privacy practices we apply to the Thinc Group website. As part of that, it also expresses our approach to complying with the data protection laws that apply in the United Kingdom. If we change this Privacy Policy, we will notify you of the changed document in the same way as we notify changes to the Thinc Group Website Terms and Conditions.

If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should email Thinc Group using the Contact Us button to be found on the Thinc Group website, About Us.

1. The information we collect

• Registration Information
  When you register on the Thinc Group website, you provide your name, your email address, contact details, address, and some optional notes about yourself ("Registration Information"). They are available to you, and capable of being changed.
• Cookies
  We use "cookies". Our websites use cookies as follows:
  • To facilitate optimal use of websites by means of a temporary "session" cookie. These cookies disappear when the Member's browser session ends.
• Log files
  Like most standard Web site servers we use log files. This includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyse trends, administer the site, track user's movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc. are not linked to personally identifiable information. (IP addresses are tied to personally identifiable information to enable our Web-based service).
• Email addresses
  We make your e-mail address available to other members of the Thinc Group intermediary network and in some instances we make it available to product providers. If you do not want your e-mail address given to other members of the Thinc Group network or to product providers and other carefully selected third party suppliers please email Thinc Group who will be happy to help you opt-out of one or more of these facilities.

2. Sharing and use of information

• The over-riding principle we apply is: We do not sell lists of our Members' email addresses to other third parties.
• Advertising
  The Thinc Group website and its pages may include interactive advertising for other businesses. We do not pass on any personal information.
• Newsletters
  We have regular and occasional emails, which all Thinc Group intermediaries receive, typically these will be compliance bulletins, research if you take that and other materials relevant to your contract as an intermediary of Thinc Group.
• Companies in the Thinc Group Ltd
  We may share data supplied by you with our subsidiaries and other companies in our group, but only for the purposes described in this policy and Thinc Group Website Terms and Conditions.
• Place of processing
  The personal information held by us is held on and processed by computers situated in the United Kingdom.

3. Security

We have security measures in place to protect our database and access to this database is under strict guidelines. However, it remains each Member's responsibility:

• to protect against unauthorised access to its website access details;
• to ensure against use by anyone else of the Thinc Group website and pages through the machine that Member uses while they are "logged on" to the Thinc Group website and pages;
• to log off or exit from the Thinc Group website and pages when not using it; and
• to keep his/her password secret.

4. Opt-out policy

• You may have your registration details removed from our Websites at any time. To remove yourself please email us and we will remove Your Details.
• We provide Members with the opportunity to opt-out of receiving e-mailed Newsletters and other correspondence that they have previously opted to receive. This opt-out can be effected by emailing us.

5. Disclosure for legal reasons

We reserve the right to communicate such of a Member's personal information as we hold to third parties which seek the disclosure of it, and which make a legally-compliant request for its disclosure.

6. Contacting Thinc Group

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with Thinc Group, you should email us.

If you change any of your personal details or you want us to correct any personally identifiable information you email us and we will endeavour to make the changes you request.

7. Links to third party sites

Our site contains links to other sites. Thinc Group is not responsible for the privacy practices, or the content, of those web sites.

8. Data Protection Information

You can obtain further information about data protection laws by visiting the Information Commissioner's website at www.dataprotection.gov.uk. You can search for our Data Protection Notification there, should you so wish.

9. Changes to this Privacy Policy

If we change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to our homepage and any other place we deem appropriate. After we have posted changes, if you use the Thinc Group website or any page within it you will be bound by the terms of change to our new privacy policy.

10. What Else you Should Know about Privacy?

Remember to close your browser when you have finished your user session. This is to ensure that others cannot access your personal information and correspondence if you share a computer with someone else or are using a computer in a public place like a library or Internet cafe. You as an individual are responsible for the security of, and access to, your own computer.

Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information over the Internet that this information can be collected and used by others. In short, if you post personal information in publicly accessible online forums, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return. Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your usernames and passwords and any account information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you are using the Internet.

Our Websites may contain links to other websites, and you should be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices on other websites.