Privacy policy
Last updated 25-Mar-10

Catherine McCloskey takes the privacy of her users seriously. Generally, you can browse through the Website without giving any information about yourself (including your email address). When we do need your personal information to place an order or when you choose to provide us with your personal information, this policy describes how we collect and use your personal information.

If we decide to change our privacy policy for this Website, we will post those changes here so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information and whether we will disclose it to anyone.

Information Collection
The information we collect via this website may include:

Personal details you type in and submit, such as name, address, email address, etc.;

data which allows us to recognise you, your preferences and how you use this website. This saves you from re-entering information when you return to the site. This data is collected by cookies from your navigation around the site. A cookie is a small amount of data which we send to your computer. The data is then stored on your browser or hard disk. Most web browsers can be set to prevent you from receiving new cookies, notify you before accepting cookies or disable cookies altogether. Details about this can normally be found in the Help facility provided with your browser. If you disable cookies, you will not be able to receive personalised facilities and your progress to check-out may take longer. The cookies store information only for as long as you are viewing the website.

Your IP address (the Internet address of your computer) to give us an idea of which part of our Website you visit and how long you spend here. We do not link your IP address to any other personal information that you send to us.

Your preferences and use of email alerts, recorded by emails we send you (if you select to receive email alerts on products and offers).

Use of information we collect
Any personal information we collect from you will be used in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and other applicable laws.

We will use your information for several general purposes including:

a) to process your order;
lfilling any requests for information or services placed by you
fulfilling any requests for information or services placed by you
c) personalising your experience on our Website
d) keeping you up todate with news about Catherine McCloskey, her products and services, and providing other information to you which we think you may find of interest.
keeping you up todate with news about Catherine McCloskey, her products and services, and providing other information to you which we think you may find of interest.

Your personal information shall not be used for Your personal information shall not be used for any other purposes.

Who May Process Data
Your personal information may be processed by us in accordance with this privacy policy. We take all reasonable care to prevent any unauthorised access to your personal data. Personal information will not be sold or transferred to unaffiliated third parties without your prior consent.

Security Measures
We are serious about guarding the security of your personal information that we have under our control from unauthorised access, improper use and disclosure, unauthorised destruction or accidental loss. However we cannot guarantee the protection of your personal data as due to the nature of the Internet, the Website is theoretically accessible by any user of the World Wide Web. You should be aware that when you disclose personal information on the Website it may be collected by another user and may result in unsolicited messages from other Internet users.

Session Variables
Some sections of our website require your information to be stored in what's known as a session variable. Session variables exist for the length of your visit (or in the case of our client login, until you log out).

Access and Changes to your Personal Information
Upon request, we may provide you with a copy of the personal information which we hold about you (in return for a small fee). Please address requests to catherine@space-to-talk.com and insert "access request" as the subject heading, or write to me at address in the Contact section, stating your name and email address for identification purposes.

At your request, we will use reasonable efforts to update / correct personal information previously submitted by you. You may also request that we cease processing the personal information we have about you and that we delete your personal information from our database or records. However, it may be impossible to delete your information without some residual information because of backups and records of deletions.

Please address your requests to change or delete your personal information catherine@space-to-talk.com and insert "change details" or "unsubscribe" as appropriate as the subject heading. Alternatively you may write to us at the address in the Contact section, stating your name and email address for identification purposes.

We will only perform the activities outlined above to the extent that such activities will not compromise privacy or security interests.

Changes to this Policy
We may change this privacy policy from time to time. When such a change is made we will post a revised version on the Website. It is your responsibility to view this privacy policy from time to time to be aware of any such change. Your continued use of the Website will indicate your agreement to any such change.

For further information
If you have any further enquiries or concerns about our privacy policy please email us at catherine@space-to-talk.com or write to me at The House on Snow Hill, 1 Snow Hill Court, London EC1A 2EJ.