Privacy Information

The North Berwick and District Business Association (NBADBA), owner of this site, recognizes the confidentiality of information that may be disclosed by users in registering with the North Berwick Golf Coast Web Portal (the Portal), operator of this site, and we as owner and operator are firmly committed to protecting your privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices.

Overview
The personal, private information that is provided to the Portal by individual users is not provided to unrelated third parties except in rare cases involving possible violations of our use policies or legal statutes.

We do collect some data, always with your knowledge and consent, which is used to help us to better understand the Portal’s local and external markets; and otherwise to prepare us to enhance content that continues to meet – and anticipate - the needs of you, our users. Your registration is also an essential pre-condition of access to certain parts of the Portal (such as the Forum) which we carefully monitor in the interests of all users.

Information submitted by you online may be shared with our NBADBA Members for marketing purposes – always subject to our control and to the continuing high standards required of Members by NBADBA. In such circumstances you will be considered their customer as well as our user.

Demographic information collected through on-site user surveys may be used in aggregate statistical form to attract potential sponsors.

In respect of other web sites and web pages hosted by us within the Portal, the owners may request your personal details in the ordinary course of their business – for example to make purchases or to avail of their online services. In such circumstances you will be considered their customer.

The specifics of our Privacy Policy are best described in the answers to the following Frequently Asked Questions:

What is North Berwick and District Business Association (NBADBA)?
What is the relationship of NBADBA with the Portal?
Does the Portal ask for personal information?
How Does the Portal use my personal information?
Does the Portal request or require any personal financial information?
Will the Portal disclose any of my personal information to third parties?
Will the Portal use my information for direct mailings?
May I refuse to provide personal information to the Portal or to accept advertising?
Does the Portal use "IP Addresses" and cookies?
Contacting the Portal

What is North Berwick and District Business Association (NBADBA)?
NBADBA is a mutual association of business-people in the Golf Coast that works for the interests of its members who are required to uphold the high standards of the Association and to act in its best interests at all times.
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What is the relationship of NBADBA with the Portal?
The Portal is an autonomous business unit of, and owned by NBADBA. The Portal has its own persona, managed and run by a professional team with its own authorities and responsibilities.
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Does the Portal ask for personal information?
Yes. The Portal asks for your name, e-mail address and other limited personal information when you complete the optional registration process.
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How Does the Portal use my personal information?
Our goal is to provide you with the most personalised, relevant, user-friendly Internet experience possible. The primary use of your personal information is to better understand our user-base so that we can keep the Portal moving in the right strategic direction.

The Portal also uses your data to let you know about new products, services, and other items of interest from the Portal and NBADBA Members. Such use by NBADBA Members is carefully monitored by the Portal to ensure that this privilege is not abused. If you object to such use, you may exercise the opt-out provision contained in each such communication, to withdraw from all future communications of this nature.

Your data is also used to address Portal user service needs and requests to you. Again, you may opt out of receiving these advices but you should note that your opting out will cancel your registration for access to certain parts of the Portal.
It is our duty and responsibility to identify any user who misuses the Portal, particularly its sensitive areas such as the Forum, and to take such steps as are necessary to eliminate any further misuses.

The Portal does not sell, rent or otherwise distribute your personal information to anyone or any organisation outwith the NBADBA.
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Does the Portal request or require any personal financial information?
To facilitate payment and fulfilment for online purchases of Portal goods or services, we may request personal credit card or debit card information.

To facilitate payment and fulfilment for online purchases of their goods or services, web pages and microsites hosted by us within the Portal may request personal credit card or debit card information.
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Will the Portal disclose any of my personal information to third parties?
The Portal and NBADBA will not disclose any of your personal information, except with your knowledge and consent as described in this policy or as may be required by law, or to protect the rights or property of the Portal or NBADBA.

The Portal reserves the right to disclose aggregated user statistics, such as "25% of our users order more than once" or "47% of our users are located in North Berwick" in order to describe our services to prospective partners, advertisers, and other third parties. Under protection of confidentiality agreements, the Portal may match common user information, such as name, address and phone number with third party data to avoid duplication and prevent errors.

Additionally, if you click away from the Portal to visit the site of any third party advertiser or sponsor (including web pages or microsite hosted by the Portal), you may be asked for your credit card or other personal information in order to purchase or use products and services offered. These companies have their own privacy and data collection practices. The Portal has no responsibility or liability for these independent policies. You should therefore review their privacy policies carefully if you have concerns about how your information may be used.
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Will the Portal use my information for direct mailings?
The Portal may send electronic mail to you, for the purpose of informing you of changes or additions to the Portal, or of any Portal or NBADBA Member related products and services. If you do not want to receive such mailings, you may opt out at any time by using the unsubscribe link listed in the e-mail.
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May I refuse to provide personal information to the Portal or to accept advertising?
In order to make a purchase you need to provide some mandatory information however you can choose not to give us the optional information. Because the Portal site may be partially advertiser supported, you may not "turn off" the advertising that appears on Portal pages, but you may opt to be excluded from any e-mail advertising.
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Does the Portal use "IP Addresses" and cookies?
IP Addresses: We do use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Web site. Your IP address is also used to gather broad demographic information such as geographic distribution of our customers.

Cookies:
Cookies are tiny files placed onto the hard drive of your computer when you register at our Web site, that enable our server to recognize or "remember" who you are each time you return. The Portal may utilise cookies to deliver content specific to your interests. For instance they may be used to retain your personal preferences, hold session information for a "shopping basket," or save your password so it doesn't have to be re-entered each time you login.

Advertiser Cookies:
The Portal may post third party advertising banners in the future on our general use pages. These ads may contain cookies used primarily to provide data to the advertiser about where visitors are coming from.
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Contacting the Portal
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Portal, you can contact:
Portal Administrator
10 Ware Road
North Berwick
EH39 4BN
Email: Portal@North-Berwick.co.uk

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