We, MCI Exhibitions Limited, are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
This policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us in respect of Motorcycle Live. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.
For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the Act), the data controller is MCI Exhibitions Ltd of 1 Rye Hill Office Park, Birmingham Road, Allesley, Coventry, CV5 9AB. Our nominated representative for the purpose of the Act is Finlay McAllan.
Information we may collect from you
As part of the Motorcycle Live database, we may collect and process the following
data about you:
IP addresses
We may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address,
operating system and browser type, for system administration and to report aggregate
information to our advertisers. This is statistical data about our users’ browsing actions
and patterns, and does not identify any individual.
Cookies
Our website makes use of cookies. Cookies are small pieces of information that are
sent from our website to the cookie file of the browser on your computer’s hard disc.
Some files only remain on your file for the duration of your visit to our website
(which are known as “session cookies”), whilst others remain after you have left our
website in order to help us remember details about you (these are known as
“persistent cookies”).
Cookies are used for several reasons:
Details of all of the cookies that we use on our website and the reason for using them are set out in the table below. Please note that the exact names may change from time to time and there may be a slight delay in us updating this table:
| Type | Name(s) | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Google Analytics | _ga __utma __utmb __utmc __utmz | These are used to collect information about how visitors use our website in order that we can improve our website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form (such as the number of visitors we receive to our website) and do not for example collect your email address, name or payment details. |
| Competition progress cookies | _entry | We use this cookies to leverage your competition experience by storing your current entry state. This cookie contains no personally identifiable information and is only used to improve your experience while completing a competition entry. |
| System cookies | wordpress_* wp-* |
We operate a number of system cookies to improve your user experience and allow you to login and maintain website sessions. Some cookies also allow the user to manage their user preferences when logged in. |
| Trackers | None | No trackers currently active. |
Where we store your personal data
The data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination
outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). By submitting your personal data, you agree to this
transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your
data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.
All information contained in the Motorcycle Live database is stored on our secure servers.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our website; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
Uses made of the information
We use information held about you in the following ways:
We may also use your data, or permit selected third parties to use your data, to provide you with information about goods and services which may be of interest to you and we or they may contact you about these by post or telephone.
Where we permit selected third parties to use your data, we (or they) will contact you by email or SMS only if you have consented to this.
If you do not want us to use your data in this way, or to pass your details on to third parties for marketing purposes, please tick the relevant box situated on the form on which we collect your data, or alternatively contact us at the address at the bottom of this policy.
Disclosure of your information
We may disclose your personal information to third parties:
Your rights
You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes.
We will usually inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data
for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for
such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by checking
certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data. You can also exercise
the right at any time by contacting us at the address set out below.
Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.
Access to information
The Act gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of
access can be exercised in accordance with the Act. Any access request may be
subject to a fee of £10 to meet our costs in providing you with details of the
information we hold about you.
Changes to our privacy policy
Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this
page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail.
Contact
Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should
be addressed to Gina Evans gina@motorcyclelive.co.uk