StorPod
This Privacy Policy is effective from 17-May-2009.
StorPod (a service owned and operated by Got 2 Have You Limited) provides this Privacy Policy to inform users of our policies and procedures regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personally identifiable information received from users of this Website, located at www.storpod.com ("Website" or "Site") or collected through specific other means as defined from time to time on the Site.
This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time for any reason; each version will apply to information collected while it was in place. We will notify you of any material changes to our Privacy Policy by posting the new Privacy Policy on our Site. You are advised to consult this Privacy Policy regularly for any changes. You may email us at privacy@storpod.com with any questions concerning policy updates.
By using our Site you are consenting to our processing of your information as set forth in this Privacy Policy now and as amended by us. "Processing" means using cookies on a computer or using or touching information in any way, including, but not limited to, collecting, storing, deleting, using, combining and disclosing information, all of which activities will take place in the European Union ("EU"). If you reside outside the EU your personally identifiable information will be transferred to the EU and processed and stored there under EU privacy standards. By visiting our Site and providing information to us, you consent to such transfer to, and processing in, the EU.
Our primary goals in collecting personally identifiable information are to provide you with the product and services made available through the Site, to communicate with you, and to manage your registered user account, if you have one.
Information Collected. Certain pages on the StorPod Site (such as searching for properties and viewing property information) are accessible without registration. We collect personally identifiable information from you when you register on our Site, opt in to certain marketing services, communicate with another registered user, or place an order for services offered by our Site. Personally identifiable information that we may collect in such instances may include (but is not limited to) your IP address, your street address, the property address of a facility you wish to promote, PayPal email address, full user name, password, email address, city, time zone, mobile and land-line telephone numbers, and other information that you decide to provide us with. Although we will not require you to enter information which is irrelevant to your core usage of the StorPod Site, we may ask you for information which can help us provide a better service to you.
Photos. Some users (those who have paid in full) have the option to upload photos of their property for the sake of improving marketing and assisting in the description of the property. Users must exercise their own judgement to use photos which do not unduly compromise their privacy and security as StorPod cannot be held responsible for any such breaches. StorPod does not claim any copyright or ownership of these photos, but does reserve the right to use selected photos from time to time for the purposes of marketing the Site and specific properties and may do so without advance notice to the owner of the photo(s).
The StorPod system will place a watermark on the uploaded photo for marketing purposes. The user may delete any of his/her photos at any time from the system by logging into his/her account and following the relevant procedures.
StorPod does not exercise any control over photos. Photos are publicly viewable and thus these may be copied, circulated and used unbeknownst to us; in these and other cases you waive any real or perceived liability to StorPod by using any part of our service, including photo upload.
StorPod will delete from the system and without notice any photo it deems to be inappropriate; photos that depict illegal, illicit or other questionable activities could result in the user being banned from StorPod, the account being suspended and all profile information passed to relevant law enforcement authorities.
Use of Contact Information. In addition, we may use your contact information to process financial transactions, inform you of internal system messages received from another registered member, send periodic marketing emails, and provide you with information about, our products and services, and products and services of selected third parties. If you decide at any time that you no longer wish to receive such information or communications from us, please follow the disable account instructions provided on the Site.
Log Data. When you visit the Site, our servers automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit a website ("Log Data"). This Log Data may include information such as your IP address, browser type or the domain from which you are visiting, the web-pages you visit, the search terms you use, and any advertisements on which you click. For most users accessing the Internet from an Internet service provider the IP address will be different every time you log on. We use Log Data to monitor the use of our Site and for the Site’s technical administration. We do not associate your IP address with any other personally identifiable information to identify you personally, except in case of violation of the Terms of Service.
Payment Information. Members of StorPod who wish to list vacant properties for hire (and thus have their profiles visible to other members) must pay for this service. All payments are handled securely through encrypted transactions by PayPal payment services. PayPal operates under a range of incorporated company names and is in no way connected to, or in no way endorses StorPod. StorPod users are encouraged to visit the PayPal site and review their Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
At no time before, during or after the payment transaction will StorPod hold or store any credit card or payment information. Affiliates of StorPod who are due commission payments from us are paid via PayPal. In this case we hold the email address which the Affiliate has registered at PayPal for the sole purpose of making commission payments due. We reserve the right to use any information collected through our Site to detect and assist the authorities in combating fraud and questionable activities on our Site.
Like many websites, we also use "cookie" technology to collect additional website usage data and to improve the Site and our service. A cookie is a small data file that we transfer to your computer’s hard disk. We do not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information. StorPod may use both session cookies and persistent cookies to better understand how you interact with the Site and our Service, to monitor aggregate usage by our users and web traffic routing on the Site, and to improve the Site and our services. A session cookie enables certain features of the Site and our service and is deleted from your computer when you disconnect from or leave the Site. A persistent cookie remains after you close your browser and may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to the Site. Persistent cookies can be removed by following your web browser help file directions. Most Internet browsers automatically accept cookies. You can instruct your browser, by editing its options, to stop accepting cookies or to prompt you before accepting a cookie from the websites you visit.
It is possible that some third party advertisers will also use cookies and action tags in the advertisements that they display on our pages. We do not have any control over this and you are encouraged to review the privacy policies set by those advertisers.
Service Providers. We engage certain trusted third parties to perform functions and provide services to us, including, without limitation, hosting and maintenance, customer relationship, database storage and management, and direct marketing campaigns. We will share your personally identifiable information with these third parties, but only to the extent necessary to perform these functions and provide such services, and only pursuant to binding contractual obligations requiring such third parties to maintain the privacy and security of your data. In the majority of cases, information will be shared on an anonymised and aggregated basis.
Compliance with Laws and Law Enforcement. StorPod cooperates with UK and EU government and law enforcement officials to enforce and comply with the law. We may disclose any information about you to government or law enforcement officials or private parties as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate to respond to claims, legal process (including subpoenas), to protect the property and rights of StorPod or a third party, the safety of the public or any person, to prevent or stop any illegal, unethical, or legally actionable activity, or to comply with the law.
Business Transfers. StorPod may sell, transfer or otherwise share some or all of its assets, including your personally identifiable information, in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganisation or sale of assets or in the event of bankruptcy. You will have the opportunity to opt out of any such transfer if the new entity's planned processing of your information differs materially from that set forth in this Privacy Policy.
If you are a registered user of the Site, you may access and update or correct the information you provided to us by accessing your account and updating your own details. You may also disable your account. StorPod does not delete your information (except as allowed for in our policy towards children), or the history of messages you have sent / received, however we will cease to communicate with you if you disable your account. You may re-enable your account at any time.
StorPod is very concerned about safeguarding the confidentiality of your personally identifiable information. We employ administrative, physical and electronic measures designed to protect your information from unauthorised access. Access to your data is permitted only to designated StorPod employees, agents and third parties and only on an as-needed basis. We take measures to ensure the accuracy of data as well as its physical protection.
We will make any legally-required disclosures of any breach of the security, confidentiality, or integrity of your unencrypted electronically stored personal data to you via email or conspicuous posting on this Site in the most expedient time possible and without unreasonable delay, consistent with (i) the legitimate needs of law enforcement or (ii) any measures necessary to determine the scope of the breach and restore the reasonable integrity of the data system.
Our Site contains links to other websites. The fact that we link to a website is not an endorsement, authorisation or representation of our affiliation with that third party. We do not exercise control over third party websites. These other websites may place their own cookies or other files on your computer, collect data or solicit personally identifiable information from you. Other sites follow different rules regarding the use or disclosure of the personally identifiable information you submit to them. We encourage you to read the privacy policies or statements of the other websites you visit as we do not exercise control over any third party sites, or sites which claim to be operating on behalf of StorPod (other than those expressly listed on the Site).
The Site is not directed to persons under 13. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with personally identifiable information without their consent, he or she should contact us at privacy@storpod.com. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with personal identifiable Information, we will delete such information from our files.
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