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LEICESTER INTERNET PRIVACY STATEMENT (04 Jan 2004)



Collection of your Personal Information

Leicester Internet explicitly asks when it needs information that personally identifies you ("Personal Information") pertinent to the specific product or service you are choosing to use or subscribe to on the Leicester Internet web sites. This information can include your e-mail address, name, address, and your telephone number, as applicable. Leicester Internet also may ask for non-personal information or demographic information.

Currently, Leicester Internet also collects personal information through the use of offline telesalesand networking operations. The information collected during the use of telesales may be merged with personal information you have previously shared with this Web site and is used in accordance with this Privacy Statement.


Use of your Personal Information

Leicester Internet and our affiliates and service partners use your personal information to operate the Leicester Internet sites and to provide the Leicester Internet services you have requested. The information is also used to communicate with you by sending out periodic newsletters that are considered as essential to the operation of the service. The non-personal information is used to compile general demographic statistics which is shared in the aggregate with Leicester Internet affiliates and service partners. We also use your e-mail address to respond to incoming service and support requests from you, to collect customer feedback, customer satisfaction surveys, and other service informational mailings.

We ask for your postal address because some of our services require a mailing address so that we can completely perform the service. Leicester Internet may disclose your Personal Information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Atel, Leicester Internet or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Leicester Internet. Leicester Internet, the site or the users of Leicester Internet; or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Leicester Internet, Leicester Internet, the site or the public.

Personally identifiable information collected by Leicester Internet may be stored and processed in the United Kingdom or any other country in which Leicester Internet or its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, and by using this site, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country.


Sharing your Personal Information with Other Companies


Except as otherwise described in this statement, Leicester Internet will share your personal information with other companies only with your consent. For example, when subscribing to a service which involves a third party to facilitate the service your personal information will be shared. These uses of personal information are primary to the operation of the site.

We occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, such as packaging and delivering purchases and other mailings, providing customer service, performing statistical analysis of our services, or providing other essential elements of the site. We will only provide those companies the personal information they need to deliver the product or service, and they are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.


Changes to your Personal Information


If you have chosen to receive information from Leicester Internet and then at a later date decide you do not wish to continue receiving such information, you can unsubscribe by following the instructions in the e-mail.


Use of Cookies

To make it easy and convenient for you to login to our services, the Leicester Internet site may require you to enable cookies to utilize our services. Because we use cookies, you can bookmark your Leicester Internet start page and access our selected services without logging in.

A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Leicester Internet Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Leicester Internet Web site.

Contact Information

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Statement, please send e-mail to email@leicesterinternet.com.

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