Caspian Caviar.co.uk Privacy Notice
Last updated 21st September, 2003
Caspiancaviar.co.uk knows that you care how information about you is used and shared and we
appreciate your trust in us to do that carefully and sensibly. This notice describes our privacy
policy. By visiting Caspiancaviar.co.uk, you are accepting and consenting to the practices
described in this Privacy Notice .
Controllers of Personal Information.
Any personal information provided or to be gathered by Caspiancaviar.co.uk is controlled primarily
by Caspian Caviar Ltd of Grindstone Mill, Alderley, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England
GL12 7QT.
Collection and Use of Personal Information About Customers
The information we learn from customers helps us personalise and continually improve your shopping
experience at Caspiancaviar.co.uk. We use the information to handle orders, deliver products and
services, process payments, communicate with you about orders, products, services and promotional
offers, update our records and generally maintain your accounts with us, display content such as
wish lists and customer reviews and recommend merchandise and services that might be of interest
to you. We also use this information to improve our store and platform, prevent or detect fraud
or abuses of our Web site and enable third parties to carry out technical, logistical or other functions on our behalf.
Here are the types of information we gather.
- Information you give us: we receive and store any information you enter on our Web site or give
us in any other way. You can choose not to provide certain information but then you might not be able
to take advantage of many of our features.
- Automatic information: we receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact
with us. For example, like many Web sites, we use "cookies" and we obtain certain types of information
when your Web browser accesses Caspiancaviar.co.uk. A number of companies offer utilities designed to
help you visit Web sites anonymously. Although we will not be able to provide you with a personalised
experience at Caspiancaviar.co.uk if we cannot recognise you, we want you to be aware that these
tools exist.
- E-mail communications: to help us make e-mails more useful and interesting, we often receive a
confirmation when you open e-mail from Caspiancaviar.co.uk if your computer supports such capabilities.
We also compare our customer list to lists received from other companies in an effort to avoid
sending unnecessary messages to our customers. If you do not want to receive e-mail or other mail
from us, please adjust your advise us at
- Information from other sources: we might receive information about you from other sources and
add it to our account information
- What About Cookies? Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer's
hard drive through your Web browser to enable our systems to recognise your browser. The Help menu on the
menu bar of most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have
the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie and how to disable cookies altogether. However,
cookies allow you to take full advantage of some of Caspiancaviar.co.uk's most innovative and useful
features and we recommend that you leave them turned on. If you do leave cookies turned on, be sure to
sign off when you finish using a shared computer.
Does Caspiancaviar.co.uk Share the Information It Receives?
Information about our customers is an important part of our business and we are not in the business of
selling it to others. We share customer information only as described below
- Agents: we employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. Examples
include fulfilling orders, delivering packages, sending postal mail and e-mail, removing repetitive
information from customer lists, analysing data, providing marketing assistance, processing credit card
payments and providing customer service. They have access to personal information needed to perform their
functions, but may not use it for other purposes. Further, they must process the personal information in
accordance with this Privacy Notice and as permitted by the UK's Data Protection Act.
- Business transfers: as we continue to develop our business, we might sell or buy stores,
subsidiaries or business units. In such transactions, customer information generally is one of the
transferred business assets but remains subject to the promises made in any pre-existing Privacy
Notice (unless, of course, the customer consents otherwise). Also, in the event that Caspian Caviar
or substantially all of its assets are acquired, customer information will of course be one of the
transferred assets.
- Protection of Caspiancaviar.co.uk and others: we release account and other personal information
when we believe release is appropriate to comply with law, to enforce or apply our
and other agreements or to protect the rights,
property or safety of Caspiancaviar.co.uk, our users or others. This includes exchanging information with
other companies and organisations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction. Obviously, however, this
does not include selling, renting, sharing or otherwise disclosing personally identifiable information
from customers for commercial purposes in a way that is contrary to the commitments made in this
Privacy Notice.
- With your consent: other than as set out above, you will receive notice when information about
you might go to third parties and you will have an opportunity to choose not to share the information.
Whenever we transfer personal information to countries outside of the European Economic Area in the course of
sharing information as set out above, we will ensure that the information is transferred in accordance with
this Privacy Notice and as permitted by the UK's Data Protection Act.
How Secure Is Information About Me?
- We work to protect the security of your information during transmission by using
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts information you input.
- We reveal only the last five digits of your credit card numbers when confirming an order. Of course,
we transmit the entire credit card number to the appropriate credit card company during
order processing.
- We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards in connection with the collection,
storage and disclosure of personally identifiable customer information. Our security procedures mean that
we may occasionally request proof of identity before we disclose personal information to you.
What Information Can I Access?
Caspiancaviar.co.uk gives you access to a broad range of information about your account and your interactions
with Caspiancaviar.co.uk. This list will change as our Web site evolves.
What Choices Do I Have?
- As discussed above, you can always choose not to provide information, even though it might be needed to
make a purchase
- If you do not want to receive e-mail or other mail from us, please advise us
at .
(If you do not want to receive Conditions of use and other legal notices from us, such as this Privacy Notice,
those notices will still govern your use of Caspiancaviar.co.uk and it is your responsibility to review them
for changes.)
Conditions of Use, Notices and Revisions
If you choose to visit Caspiancaviar.co.uk, your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this
Privacy Notice and our conditions of use, including limitations on damages and application of the laws of
England. If you have any concern about privacy at Caspiancaviar.co.uk, please send a thorough description to
and we will try to
resolve it.
Our business changes constantly and our Privacy Notice and the conditions of use will change also. We may
e-mail periodic reminders of our notices and conditions, unless you have instructed us not to, but you
should check our Web site frequently to see recent changes. Unless stated otherwise, our current
Privacy Notice applies to all information that we have about you and your account. We stand behind the
promises we make, however, and will never materially change our policies and practices to make them less
protective of customer information collected in the past without the consent of affected customers.
Information You Give Us
You provide most of such information when you search, buy, post, participate in a contest or questionnaire or
communicate with customer services. For example, you provide information when you search for a product, place
an order through Caspiancaviar.co.uk or one of our third-party sellers, purchase, communicate with us by
phone, e-mail or otherwise, complete a questionnaire or a contest entry form, As a result of those actions,
you might supply us with such information as your name, address and phone number, your credit card information,
details of people to whom purchases have been shipped (including address and phone number), people
(with addresses and phone numbers).
Automatic Information
Examples of the information we collect and analyse include the Internet protocol (IP) address used to
connect your computer to the Internet, login, e-mail address, computer and connection information such as
browser type and version, your operating system and platform, purchase history, the full Uniform Resource
Locators (URL) clickstream to, through and from our Web site (including date and time), cookie number,
products you viewed or searched for, and any phone number used to call our customer services number.
Information from Other Sources
Examples of information we receive from other sources include updated delivery and address information from
our carriers or other third parties, which we use to correct our records and deliver your next purchase or
communication more easily, account information, purchase or redemption information and credit history
information from credit bureaus, which we use to help prevent and detect fraud and to offer certain credit
or financial services to some customers.
Information You Can Access
Examples of information you can currently access easily at Caspiancaviar.co.uk include up-to-date information
regarding recent orders, personally identifiable information (including name, e-mail, communications preferences.