Ardrishaig.com Privacy Policy

Personally Identifiable Information

Ardrishaig.com has no intention of collecting personally identifiable information about any individual except when such individual or individuals specifically provide such information on a voluntary basis. For example, such information may be collected from competitions, suggestions, etc. Personally identifiable information on any individual will not be sold or otherwise transferred to a third party without the approval of the user at the time of collection of such information. At points of collection of any information, the user will have the opportunity to indicate whether or not he or she would like to "opt out" of receiving promotional and/or marketing information about other products, services and offerings, if any, from Ardrishaig.com and/or any third parties. Further, notwithstanding any opt out of promotional information by the user, Ardrishaig.com reserves the right to contact a subscriber regarding, if any, account status, changes to the service agreement and other matters relevant to the underlying service and/or the information collected.

Ardrishaig.com - Statistical Analyses

Ardrishaig.com may perform, for its use, any statistical analyses of user behaviour and characteristics in order to measure interest in the use of the various areas of the site and to inform advertisers of such information as well as the number of users that have been exposed to or clicked on their advertising banners. Ardrishaig.com, however, will provide only aggregated data from these analyses to third parties. Also, users should be aware that Ardrishaig.com may sometimes permit third parties to offer subscription and/or registration-based services through an Ardrishaig.com site. Under such circumstances, Ardrishaig.com is not responsible for any actions or policies of such third parties; the users should check the applicable privacy policy of such third parties when providing personally identifiable information to them.

Voluntary Disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information

Additionally, users should be aware that when they voluntarily disclose personally identifiable information (e.g. user name, e-mail address) on the bulletin boards or in the chat areas of the Ardrishaig.com sites, that information, along with any substantive information disclosed in the user's communication, can be collected and correlated and used by third parties and may result in unsolicited messages from other parties of the said third parties. Such activities are beyond the control of Ardrishaig.com

Non-personal Information and Data

Users should also be aware that non-personal information and data may be automatically collected through the standard operation of Ardrishaig.com's internet servers or through the use of cookies. Cookies are small text files web sites use to recognise repeat users often in order to facilitate the user's ongoing access to and use of the site, track usage, follow site behaviour and compile aggregate data that allows content improvements and targeted advertising. Cookies are not programs that come onto a user's system to damage files. Generally, cookies work by assigning a unique number to the user that has no meaning outside the assigning site. Users should be aware that Ardrishaig.com cannot control the use of cookies or the resulting information by advertisers or third parties hosting data for Ardrishaig.com If a user does not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows the user to deny or accept the cookie feature; however, users should note that cookies may be necessary to provide the user with certain features (e.g. customised delivery of information) which will be available on the Ardrishaig.com web site.

Ardrishaig.com - Opt Out

Upon request, Ardrishaig.com will allow any user to "opt out" of further promotional contacts at any time.

Ardrishaig.com - Right to Change the Policy

The foregoing policies are effective as of August 1, 2002. Ardrishaig.com reserves the right to change this policy at any time by posting a new privacy statement on Ardrishaig.com web site. This statement and the policies outlined herein are not intended to and do not create any contractual or other legal rights in or on behalf of any party.