Privacy policy
The Advertising Archives respects the privacy of every individual who visits our website. We operate in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
- Your information
Information about you may be collected when you visit our website either by automatic tracking devices (see 'Tracking our visitors' below) or, more directly, where you request a specific service, such as subscribing to our blog.
You are most likely to submit personal information when you register on the site. We only use this information to supply the services that have been requested and to monitor and improve the quality of our websites. It is the Archives policy not to distribute or sell your information on to any third party.
- Tracking our visitors
The Archives monitors how people use our websites and aggregates general statistics about customers, traffic patterns and related site information in an anonymous form. In order to collect this data, we use software that collects statistics from IP data. This software can determine which country they access the websites from, how long they visit for, what browser they are using, etc. This information is collected primarily to measure the popularity of the website as a whole and particular content, allowing us to judge visitor needs and tailor future content.
- Cookies
In some areas of our site, a cookie may be placed on your computer. A cookie is a small file that resides on your computer's hard drive that allows the Archives to improve the quality of your visit to our websites. If your browser permits it you can set your computer to reject cookies, although this may affect the quality of your visit. If you are concerned about the use of cookies, we suggest you set your browser's privacy settings to 'high'. This setting will block cookies that collect personal information without your explicit consent while allowing you to fully enjoy the features of the websites.
- Links
We may link to websites, that have different privacy policies and practices from those disclosed here. We assume no responsibility for the policies or practices of such linked sites, and encourage you to become acquainted with them prior to use.