A2000systems.co.uk Statement of Privacy

"A2000systems.co.uk" is an independent limited company.

Last updated on 10th September, 2004

At A2000systems.co.uk, we are committed to protecting your privacy.

You acknowledge that by providing data to us, you consent to the processing of your data in accordance with this Privacy Policy Statement. However, you can contact us at anytime to have your details removed from lists used by us for direct marketing purposes, to update your information or to otherwise tell us how you would like to receive information about our and/or third party products and services - the choice is yours.

You can travel through most of our Web site without giving us any information about yourself. However, sometimes we do need information to provide services that you request, and this statement of privacy explains data collection and use in those situations and in more generally. Please read the complete A2000 privacy statement.


Collecting your Personal Information

We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you (personal information) or allows us to contact you. Generally, this information is requested when you are placing an order, entering a contest, subscribing to e-mail newsletters, or when registering A2000 products. Personal information collected online by A2000 is often limited to e-mail address, language, country or location, but may include other information when needed to provide a service you requested.

For example: If you choose to make a purchase in the A2000 Online Store of the Web site, we will request personal information such as: name, address, telephone number, credit card number and shipping information.

When you buy and install a new product, we may ask you to register your purchase electronically. When you do, we keep this registration information on file with any information you've already given us on previous visits to our Web site.


Use of your Personal Information

We use your personal information for four primary purposes:

To alert you to product upgrades, special offers, updated information and other new services from A2000.
To make the A2000 Web site easier for you to use by not making you enter your personal information more than once.
To help us create and deliver content most relevant to you.


We occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, including packaging, mailing and delivering purchases, answering customer questions about products or services, sending postal mail and processing event registration. We will only provide those companies the information they need to deliver the service, and they are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.

A2000 will disclose your personal information, without notice, only 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 A2000 or the A2000 Web site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of A2000 and its Web sites, and, (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of A2000, its Web sites, or the public.


Control of your Personal Information

When you register, or otherwise give us personal information, A2000 will not share that information with third parties without your permission, other than for the limited exceptions already listed. It will only be used for the purposes stated above.

A2000 occasionally allows other companies to offer our registered customers information about their products and services, using postal mail only. If you do not want to receive these offers, you should write to or e-mail our Customer Service Department.


Access to your Personal Information

We will provide you with the means to ensure that your personal information is correct and current. You may review and update this information at any time by writing to us. You can: Tell us whether you want A2000 to send you marketing information.
Subscribe or cancel subscriptions to newsletters about our services and products.



Security of your Personal Information

A2000 recognizes that its customers are increasingly concerned about how companies protect personal information from misuse and abuse and about privacy in general. A2000 is constantly reviewing and enhancing its technical, physical and managerial procedures and rules to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, accidental loss and/or destruction. We use industry standard secure sockets layer (SSL) technology, for example, to encrypt sensitive information such as your credit card and other financial information and inside the company data is data is stored in password-controlled servers with limited access.

Please be aware that communications over the Internet, such as e-mails/webmails, are not secure unless they have been encrypted. Your communications may route through a number of countries before being delivered - this is the nature of the World Wide Web/Internet. A2000 cannot accept responsibility for any unauthorized access or loss of personal information that is beyond our control.


Use of Cookies

To ensure we are publishing online content customers need and want, A2000 collects aggregated site-visitation statistics using cookies. We do not track individuals' use of the site.

When someone visits the site, a cookie is placed on the customer's machine (if the customer accepts cookies) or is read if the customer has visited the site previously.

We do not use this technology to access your personally identifiable information on A2000systems.co.uk; it is a tool we use to compile aggregated statistics about A2000systems.co.uk Web site usage. We do not share tracking information outside of A2000.

If you choose to not have your browser accept cookies from the A2000systems.co.uk Web site, you will be able to view the text on the screens, however you will not experience a personalised visit nor will you be able to subscribe to the service offerings on the site.


Monitoring and/or recording of your communications

Monitoring or recording of your calls, e-mails, and other communications may take place in accordance with UK law, and in particular for business purposes, such as for quality control and training, and in order to prevent or detect crime. Please visit the following Web sites for further information:

www.dataprotection.gov.uk www.dti.gov.uk



Changes to this Statement

A2000 will occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the "last updated" date at the top of the privacy statement. For material changes to this statement, A2000 will notify you by placing prominent notice on the Web site.

Contact Information

A2000 welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy, please contact us by e-mail, or postal mail.