Terms & Conditions This Privacy Policy applies
to the site accessible from www.blastradio.co.uk ("Site") and data
we receive from you via this Site or by another means. By using this
site, you consent to the collected and use of your
personal information by Blast Radio, in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
1. At Blast Radio, your privacy is greatly respected and it is our intention
to keep this privacy fully protected whilst you are online. We want
our Site to be as relevant and entertaining as possible and so to help
us
maintain this, it may help us if we learn more about you, the end user.
You have a right to know what happens with this information and how
we use it to maintain the quality and interest of the Site. That is precisely
what this policy will reveal/provide.
2. Please note that it may be necessary for us to amend this policy occasionally.
In the event of this happening, details will be displayed on the Site so
that you are kept up to date with our use of your information. Please be
sure to check our Privacy Policy before proceeding to use our Site. Regardless
of the changes we make to our Privacy Policy we will always use your personal
data in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.
POLICY OVERVIEW
3. The security of personal information is a high priority at Blast
Radio.
Although no information or computer system can ever be fully protected
against all
hazards, we are fully committed to providing reasonable and appropriate
security controls to protect our Site and its information against foreseeable
hazards. To that end, our Site and all associated data are implemented
with safeguards to protect against loss, unauthorized access, destruction,
misuse, modification and improper disclosure.
4. We want this Site to be as useful and as enjoyable as possible and
by providing us with your information you can help us achieve this.
It also
means that we are able to offer you updates about our services. These
will become available to you when you become a registered member of
our Site.
It is important to remember that if you do sign up to become a member
of the listener, you should not receive any email or postal mail from
any
other parties as a result, unless you have specifically given permission
to receiving such correspondence.
5. If at any point you do voluntarily disclose personal information
in public areas of the Blast Radio Site please bear in mind that your information
can be viewed and therefore possibly be used by others. We would suggest
that users do not disclose personally identifiable information that
they
do not wish others to obtain, such as full name, home address, or phone
number.
PERSONAL DATA COLLECTED
6. On our Site you can register yourself to use the MEMBERS AREA. The
types of personal information you provide to us on these pages may
include name,
e-mail address, User IDs and passwords. On becoming a member, you
agree to receive a Blast Radio newsletter. The frequency of this is for
Blast Radio to
change without notice. You can unsubscribe to membership by emailing
webmaster@blastradio.co.uk
.
INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USE
7. Below are more details about the information that Blast Radio gathers
from you and how we use it.
7.1 Email Newsletters. Blast Radio offers email newsletters. Only registered
users of our Site will be able to receive newsletters. We will use
your email address only to send you the newsletter(s) that you have
signed up
for. As a policy, we do not rent, sell, or in any way share our newsletter
subscriber lists with third parties, but we may send notices to the
registered users of our Site on behalf of third parties and our newsletters
may contain
advertisements from Blast Radio's sponsors and/or advertisers.
7.2 Email Updates to Members . Blast Radio will periodically send service
email updates announcing special offers and new features to registered
users.
If you want to stop receiving our email service announcements, please
email webmaster@blastradio.co.uk .
7.3 Promotions. We may ask you for Personally Identifiable Information
at other times, including but not limited to, when you enter sweepstakes,
contests or promotions sponsored by a third party. If you choose
to enter sweepstakes, contests or promotions of this nature, we may
share
your Personally
Identifiable Information with third parties so they can contact you
in relation to the relevant promotion. The third party may use that
information
to send you advertisements or other notices, and it is possible that
your information may be shared with others.
7.4 Surveys and User Research. Blast Radio conducts email and web-delivered
surveys from time to time, as well as instant polls, to gather information
about
our audience. It is important to remember that taking these surveys
and polls is entirely optional. You have no obligation to respond
to them.
We share only the aggregate results of these surveys, not individual
data, with our advertisers and partners to help them better understand
our services
and monitor the reach of their advertising on our service. We may
also store some of the information that our users provide in these
surveys
to help us understand your interests and to make the Site more useful
for
you.
7.5 Other Third Parties. Blast Radio may share non-personal, aggregate, annonymised information relating to our registered users with other
third parties
not mentioned in this policy.
7.6 Legal Authorities. Blast Radio may so disclose Personally Identifiable
Information in cases when we have reason to believe that it is necessary
to identify
someone who may be causing injury to Blast Radio's rights or property,
other users, or anyone else. Blast Radio may disclose Personally Identifiable
Information
of our users to government authorities at its sole discretion.
COOKIES
8. On the Internet, a "cookie" is a piece of information (a
file) that a web site transfers to a user's computer for record-keeping
purposes.
The use of cookies is common on the Internet. The process we use to serve
advertisements and to track use of our Site involves cookies. Cookies
help us and our advertising track the frequency and placement of advertisements.
Cookies also enable us to measure aggregate, or total usage and traffic
to our Site and to specific offerings. This aids us in producing content
that best meets our users' preferences. We may also use cookies to understand
better what parts of our Site you like best. We may use that information
to display advertisements that we think will be of particular interest
to you. You may configure your browser to reject cookies, but this may
interfere with some functionality of Blast Radio's Site.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
9. Parts of our Site contain links to third party websites, for
your convenience and information only. If you use these links,
you will
leave the Site.
When you access a third party site, please understand that we do
not control the content and are not responsible for the privacy
practices of that site.
We suggest that you carefully review the privacy policies of each
site
you visit. These other sites may send their own cookies to users,
collect data, or solicit personal information. COMPLAINTS AND DISPUTES
11. We are committed to working with you to obtain a fair and rapid
resolution of any complaints or disputes relating to privacy matters.
Please send
us your questions and comments regarding our privacy practice to:
complaints@blastradio.co.uk fax 0871 247 7459
12. These terms can be changed at anytime so its best you keep
checking on a regular basis to see if these terms have changed.