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8 Mobile Limited ("8 Mobile") is committed to ensuring your privacy and the security and confidentiality of any personally identifiable information (“PII”) you provide to us. This privacy policy describes how and for what purposes we collect and use, and to whom we disclose the PII collected through www.8mobile.com (“8 Mobile Site”). PII includes information that can be linked to a specific individual, such as name, address, phone number or email address.
Collection of your information
8 Mobile will only collect PII, which you provide voluntarily to us. The 8 Mobile site collects PII when you:
Cookies
A cookie is a method for a Web server to maintain state information about how a user navigates the site. There are two types of cookies: a persistent cookie and a per-session cookie. Persistent cookies are stored for a length of time that is set by the Web server when it passes the cookie to the browser. These cookies are used to store stat information between visits to a site. Information collected using this method, are generally used to tailor the site to your individual preference and enhance your experience of the Site. The cookie may collect technical information including the type of internet browser you are using, the domain name of the web site from which you link to the Site and your browsing pattern. Organisations may aggregate this type of information for market research purposes and to improve the Site. Cookies of this type does not collect or contain any PII. It is important to emphasis that cookies do not execute any programs on your computer.
Per-session cookies are used to store stat information only within a session. These cookies are cached only while a user is visiting the Web server issuing the per-session cookie and are deleted from the cache when the user closes the session.
8 Mobile Limited makes use of cookies with care. The website uses both a persistent and per-session cookies only to keep track on internal system's identifiers. The session cookie manages a logged-in user’s navigation through the website. This cookie expires after 88 minutes of user inactivity.The persistent cookie identifies a specific recycling basket (containing sold mobile phones) and it expires from the browser cache after 90 days.
In a separate automatic operation our web servers will collect your IP address. This information is used to: (i) work out how many times the 8 Mobile Site has been visited; and (ii) record which parts of the 8 Mobile Site you have visited. The above applies to all visitors to the Website whether or not they have registered. No PII is collected in this way.
Use of your information
8 Mobile may use the PII collected on the 8 Mobile Site:
If you chose to receive communications from 8 Mobile about other products and services that 8 Mobile offers when registering, we may use your contact details to contact you about such products and services.
Aggregated but non-PII data collected through your use of the 8 Mobile Site, may be used for statistical and market analysis and research. We may also provide these data to our affiliate companies and other third parties.
Sharing Your Information
Service Providers
We only provide your PII to third parties that provide services or functions on behalf of 8 Mobile (for example to a courier for delivery of products and/ or services, which you have purchased).
Data processing in countries outside the European Economic Area
No personal data collected via this website is processed outside the European Economic Area.
Other disclosures
8 Mobile will not sell, rent, or in any way transfer or disclose PII that you provide to us on the 8 Mobile Site to any third party unless: 1) we believe that it is necessary to identify, contact or take legal action against someone whom we consider is infringing or interfering with our rights or property, or those of our clients or other visitors to the 8 Mobile Site or 2) such disclosure is part of a sale of all (or substantially all) of the assets of one or more divisions or affiliates of 8 Mobile.
Bulletin Boards and Chat Rooms
From time to time, portions of the 8 Mobile Site may allow you to post information, which other visitors to the site will be able to access (such as on a "bulletin board" or during an interactive "chat" with other visitors). If you post any information on the bulletin boards or chat rooms please remember that it is available to the public, and 8 Mobile have no ability to control or limit its use by visitors to the 8 Mobile Site.
Protecting your information
To prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the appropriate use of PII, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect through the 8 Mobile Site.
If you register with the 8 Mobile Site, you will be required to create an account with a password. In certain areas of our website 8 Mobile uses SSL-encryption to protect data transmissions from being viewed by any third party. Example, when you register at the site or when submitting information during an on-line transaction/purchase. However, whilst we strive to protect your information, we cannot ensure the security of any information that is being transmitted to us via the Internet - no transmission of data via the Internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Control over and access to your information
Under the Data Protection Act 1998 you have certain rights to review, update and/or correct the PII that 8 Mobile holds about you. You can access your personal profile to make changes by clicking on 'Register/login' on the top of any page and typing in your password. Alternatively, you may contact 8 Mobile at any time to check the accuracy of any PII that 8 Mobile holds relating to you, or request that 8 Mobile updates or corrects such PII, by clicking on the "Contact Us" button on the 8 Mobile Site or writing to, 8 Mobile Limited, 8 Premier Business Park, Dencora Way, Luton, LU3 3HP.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
8 Mobile may change this Privacy Policy from time to time for any reason by posting the changes immediately on the 8 Mobile Site. We encourage you to check this page periodically to ensure that you are aware of the current Privacy Policy.
Some best practice to increase your level of security
Logging On
Before logging-on, please satisfy yourself that the equipment you will be using will not permit electronic eavesdropping or recording of your activities. When logging-on, ensure that you are not being over-looked (by a person or by a Closed-Circuit Television).
Logging Off
The following advice is good practice and we recommend that these steps are performed. It is particularly important that these steps are followed if you access your personal section of the 8 Mobile Website from a public location, or one where you do not have complete control over your computer environment - such as a LAN in your workplace, an internet cafe etc. Although the 8 Mobile Web application will log you off after a certain period of inactivity, it is recommended that you always explicitly log-off from the service when you have finished using it. This is prevent someone else from gaining access to your account between the time when you finish using the service and automatic log off.
Protecting the privacy of minors
Our websites are not addressed to children and young people under the age of 18. Children and young people under the age of 18 may not transmit any personal data over the Internet without the consent of their parents or guardian. We ensure that we do not knowingly store any personal data relating to minors.
8 Mobile Limited is committed to ensuring your privacy and the security and confidentiality of any personally identifiable information (“PII”) you provide to us. This privacy policy describes how and for what purposes we collect and use, and to whom we disclose the PII collected through www.8mobile.com (“8 Mobile Site”). PII includes information that can be linked to a specific individual, such as name, address, phone number or email address.
