Privacy Policy:
Compare Insurance UK ("
Compare Insurance UK")
operates Compare Insurance UK and may operate other websites. It is
Compare Insurance UK policy to respect your privacy regarding any
information we may collect while operating our websites.
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, Compare Insurance UK collects
non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and
servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language
preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor
request. Compare Insurance UK purpose in collecting non-personally
identifying information is to better understand how Compare Insurance UK
visitors use its website. From time to time, Compare Insurance UK may
release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g.,
by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
Compare Insurance UK also collects potentially personally-identifying
information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users
and for users leaving comments on Compare Insurance UK blogs/sites.
Compare Insurance UK only discloses logged in user and commenter IP
addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses
personally-identifying information as described below, except that
commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to
the administrators of the blog/site where the comment was left.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to Compare Insurance UK websites choose to interact
with Compare Insurance UK in ways that require Compare Insurance UK to
gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of
information that Compare Insurance UK gathers depends on the nature of
the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at
Compare Insurance UK
to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in
transactions with Compare Insurance UK are asked to provide additional
information, including as necessary the personal and financial
information required to process those transactions. In each case,
Compare Insurance UK collects such information only insofar as is
necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor's
interaction with Compare Insurance UK. Compare Insurance UK does not
disclose personally-identifying information other than as described
below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying
information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in
certain website-related activities.
Aggregated Statistics
Compare Insurance UK may collect statistics about the behavior of
visitors to its websites. Compare Insurance UK may display this
information publicly or provide it to others. However, Compare Insurance
UK does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as
described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
Compare Insurance UK discloses potentially personally-identifying and
personally-identifying information only to those of its employees,
contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that
information in order to process it on Compare Insurance UK behalf or to
provide services available at Compare Insurance UK websites, and (ii)
that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees,
contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your
home country; by using Compare Insurance UK websites, you consent to the
transfer of such information to them. Compare Insurance UK will not
rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and
personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its
employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above,
Compare Insurance UK discloses potentially personally-identifying and
personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court
order or other governmental request, or when Compare Insurance UK
believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to
protect the property or rights of Compare Insurance UK, third parties or
the public at large. If you are a registered user of an Compare
Insurance UK website and have supplied your email address, Compare
Insurance UK may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new
features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what's
going on with Compare Insurance UK and our products. If you send us a
request (for example via email or via one of our feedback mechanisms),
we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or
respond to your request or to help us support other users. Compare
Insurance UK takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against
the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially
personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a
visitor's computer, and that the visitor's browser provides to the
website each time the visitor returns. Compare Insurance UK uses cookies
to help Compare Insurance UK identify and track visitors, their usage
of Compare Insurance UK website, and their website access preferences.
Compare Insurance UK visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on
their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using
Compare Insurance UK websites, with the drawback that certain features
of Compare Insurance UK websites may not function properly without the
aid of cookies.
Business Transfers
If Compare Insurance UK, or substantially all of its assets, were
acquired, or in the unlikely event that Compare Insurance UK goes out of
business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the
assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge
that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Compare
Insurance UK may continue to use your personal information as set forth
in this policy.
Ads
Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by
advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad
server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online
advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your
computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things,
deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most
interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by
Compare Insurance UK and does not cover the use of cookies by any
advertisers.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, Compare Insurance UK
may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Compare
Insurance UK sole discretion. Compare Insurance UK encourages visitors
to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If
you have a Compare Insurance UK account, you might also receive an alert
informing you of these changes. Your continued use of this site after
any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of
such change.
