Privacy Policy
Studentmash.com is absolutely committed to providing you with the highest level of customer service; this includes the protection of your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines studentmash.com’s policies relating to the collection and use of your personal information. Your personal information includes all personally identifiable information collected by this Site (“Personal Information”). This Privacy Policy governs only the Personal Information collected by this Site and does not cover any information collected in any other manner or for any other purpose, by any other site or by any other company or third party, unless specifically stated. This site, www.studentmash.com, is owned and operated by UCTV Digital Limited, Devonshire House, 60 Goswell Road, London, EC1M 7AD. Company Registration No.: 4877319. VAT No.: 848 2945 83.
Why We Need Personal Information
In order to help us provide services to you, we must gather some of your Personal Information. The Personal Information you provide to us is used to produce your web page and any information you supply may be displayed to the public on this page, unless otherwise stated. Examples of your Personal Information include your username, e-mail address, and any other pertinent information.
The Registration Process
The information you provide during the registration process is used to create your own unique identification as a site visitor/services user and enables us to undertake the various administration processes necessary to provide services to you.
Your Unique Identification
This identification is provided in the form of a username and password. It is important that you do not share your username and password with anyone to avoid unauthorized use of your account. You and only you are responsible for keeping your username and password confidential. Unless and until you have notified us that your username and password may have been compromised, we will not be responsible for any losses you may suffer as a result of your failure to keep your username and password confidential. It is also your responsibility to provide us with accurate Personal Information and to keep this information current. We will not be responsible for any losses you may suffer as a result of your failure to provide us with accurate and current Personal Information.
Information Collected and Used by Studentmash.com
From time to time, you will be asked to submit Personal Information about yourself (for example, your username, email address, and other pertinent information) in order to receive or use services at studentmash.com. Such services include newsletters, competitions, "Alert Email", message boards and studentmash.com membership.
By entering your details in the fields requested, you enable studentmash.com and its service providers to provide you with the services you select. Whenever you provide such Personal Information, we will treat that information in accordance with this policy. Our services are designed to give you the information that you want to receive. Studentmash.com will act in accordance with current legislation and aim to meet current Internet best practice.
Invitations and Other Communications to Non-members
Studentmash.com members can invite friends to join the service by sending invitation emails via our automated invitation system.
Studentmash.com does not sell these email addresses or use them to send any other communication besides invitations and invitation reminders. Recipients of invitations from studentmash.com may contact studentmash.com to request the removal of their information from our database.
What Is a Cookie and How We Use Them
When you enter a site your computer will automatically be issued with a cookie. Cookies are text files that identify your computer to our server. Cookies in themselves do not identify the individual user, just the computer used. Many sites do this whenever a user visits their site in order to track traffic flows. Cookies themselves only record those areas of the site that have been visited by the computer in question, and for how long. Users have the opportunity to set their computers to accept all cookies, to notify them when a cookie is issued, or not to receive cookies at any time. The last of these, of course, means that certain personalized services cannot then be provided to that user.
Most websites use cookies to allow the website publisher to ascertain whether the computer (and by implication its user) has visited the site before. This is done on a repeat visit by checking to see, and finding, the cookie left there on the last visit.
Any information that is supplied by cookies can help us to provide you with a better service and assists us to analyze the profile of our visitors.
Please note that even if you haven't set your computer to reject cookies you can still browse our site anonymously until such time as you register for studentmash.com services.
Use and Storage of Your Personal Information
When you supply any Personal Information to studentmash.com (e.g. for competitions, studentmash.com Community services or studentmash.com membership) we have legal obligations to you in the way we deal with that data. We must collect the information fairly, that is, we must explain how we will use it and tell you if we want to pass the information on to anyone else. In general, any information you provide to studentmash.com will only be used within studentmash.com and by our service providers. It will never be supplied to anyone outside studentmash.com and its service providers without first obtaining your consent, unless we are obliged or permitted by law to disclose it. If, in our sole discretion, we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our business and/or defend our interests, we shall be permitted to disclose the Personal Information. If you post or send what we believe to be offensive or inappropriate content anywhere on or to studentmash.com or otherwise engage in what we believe to be objectionable conduct on studentmash.com, and studentmash.com considers such conduct to be serious and/or repeated, studentmash.com can use whatever information that is available to it about you to stop such conduct. This may include informing relevant third parties such as your employer, school, or e-mail provider about the objectionable conduct. We reserve the right to deny access, use and registration privileges to any user, and to terminate access to a registered user of any services, features or functions of the site if we believe the person trying to access the user's account or any services, features or functions thereof is not you. In such cases, we will provide to you an explanation of why access cannot be provided and a contact person for further inquiries.
Access to Your Personal Information
You have the right to request a copy of the Personal Information studentmash.com holds about you and to have any inaccuracies corrected. Studentmash.com users may modify or remove any of their Personal Information at any time by logging into their account and accessing features such as Profile and Preferences.
Security
Studentmash.com member accounts are secured by member-created passwords. Studentmash.com takes precautions to insure, to the best of our ability, that member account information is kept confidential. We use reasonable measures to protect member information that is stored within our database, and we restrict access to member information to only those employees who need access to perform their job functions, such as our customer service personnel and technical staff. Please note that we cannot guarantee the security of member account information. Unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure, and other factors may compromise the security of member information at any time. For additional information about the security measures we use on studentmash.com, please contact us at info@studentmash.com.
Hackers and Viruses
Your registration details are very important – it is up to you to keep your password and username strictly confidential. It is better for other users to register separately than to share your account access information. We will never write to ask for your login details - be cautious of anyone asking for this information.
Linked Sites
This Privacy Promise does not apply to any third parties over whom we have no control.
Protect Your Privacy
We caution you against giving out personally identifiable information (such as social security numbers, credit card numbers, names and addresses, driver license numbers, passwords) to strangers online, which may be used for illegal or harmful purposes.
Some Personal Information you provide to studentmash.com may be stored outside of the country in which you reside.
Users 16 and Under
If you are aged 16 or under, please obtain your parent/guardian's permission before you provide Personal Information to studentmash.com. Users without this parental consent are not allowed to provide us with Personal Information.
Please note that parental control protections (such as computer hardware, software, or filtering services) are commercially available that may assist you in limiting access to material that is harmful to minors. For specific information concerning providers of such protections, please visit www.ebtco.com.
Chat Rooms, Journals and WebLogs, Message Boards, Classifieds and Public Forums
Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily post public information to Journals, WebLogs, Message Boards, Classifieds or any other Public Forums that that information can be accessed by the public and can in turn be used by those people to send you unsolicited communications.
Email Choice/Opt-out
Members who no longer wish to receive updates or notifications may choose not to by selecting the appropriate instruction in the 'Settings' section of the site.
Third Party Advertising
Ads appearing on this Website may be delivered to users by studentmash.com or one of our Web advertising partners. Our Web advertising partners may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement. In this way, ad servers may compile information about where you, or others who are using your computer, saw their advertisements and determine which ads are clicked on. This information allows an ad network to deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by studentmash.com and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Security
Studentmash.com member accounts are secured by member-created passwords. Studentmash.com takes precautions to insure, to the best of our ability, that member account information is kept confidential. We use reasonable measures to protect member information that is stored within our database, and we restrict access to member information to only those employees who need access to perform their job functions, such as our customer service personnel and technical staff. Please note that we cannot guarantee the security of member account information. Unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure, and other factors may compromise the security of member information at any time. For additional information about the security measures we use on studentmash.com, please contact us at info@studentmash.com.
Sharing and Disclosure of Information Studentmash.com Collects
Studentmash.com member accounts are secured by member-created passwords. Studentmash.com takes precautions to insure, to the best of our ability, that member account information is kept confidential. We use reasonable measures to protect member information that is stored within our database, and we restrict access to member information to only those employees who need access to perform their job functions, such as our customer service personnel and technical staff. Please note that we cannot guarantee the security of member account information. Unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure, and other factors may compromise the security of member information at any time. For additional information about the security measures we use on studentmash.com, please contact us at info@studentmash.com.
Changes in Our Privacy Policy
From time to time we may make changes to our privacy policy. If we make changes, we will post them on our site to make users aware of what the changes are so users will always be aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and when we may disclose it. A user is bound by any minor changes to the policy when she or he uses the site after those changes have been posted. If, however, we are going to use users' personally identifiable information in a manner materially different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify you by posting a notice on our Website for 30 days.
Contacting the Web Site
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Website, please contact us at: info@studentmash.com, or at UCTV Digital Limited, Devonshire House, 60 Goswell Road, London, EC1M 7AD.
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