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Privacy Statement for this Website

This privacy statement describes how we collect and use information about you when you use the Site. This privacy statement forms part of our terms and conditions, which may be accessed by clicking here, and any terms which are defined in those terms and conditions have the same meaning in this privacy statement.

DomeShells takes its responsibilities under the Privacy Act 1998 seriously. DomeShells is subject to that Act and the National Privacy Principles.

1. Collection and Use of Personal Information

We request and collect information that personally identifies you or allows:

(a) when you register with us to receive information;

(b) when you request information from us by using the email links provided on the Site;

(d) in other instances (such as through our enquiry form or a user survey).

Such information may include your name, email address, user identification, password and other information collected by our cookies (described below) (collectively Personal Information). It may also include the information which you choose to provide us in the process of submitting questions and answers while interacting with us and corresponding with us via the Site.

DomeShells may also collect Personal Information at the Site through cookies. Cookies are very small text files placed on your hard drive by a computer server. A cookie serves as your identification card on the Site and is uniquely yours. A cookie can only be read by the server that gave it to you. Cookies tell us that you returned to a specific web page on our Site, and help us track individual preferences and transactional habits. Cookies help us personalize your experience at the Site by permitting our computer server to "remember" who the individual visitor is.

Most web browsers are set by default to accept cookies. If you do not wish to receive cookies, you may set your browser to prompt you about cookies or to refuse to accept cookies. Rejecting cookies may interfere with your use of the Site.

2. DomeShells Use of Your Personal Information

We use your Personal Information to respond to your queries and to complete any dealings we have with you. Generally, this information will be about our products and services. If you are an existing or potential customer DomeShells may also include inform you about promotions and other of our products and services which we think may be of interest to you.

We, the service provider for the Site, and any vendor providing products or services through the Site, use your Personal Information to operate the Site, to create and share reports about your transactions among ourselves.

3. DomeShells Disclosure to Third Parties

We may disclose your Personal Information to third parties to enable those third parties to assist us with providing you with our products and services, such as our web host, but only where those third parties are under the same obligations in relation to your Personal Information as the obligations set out in this privacy statement. Please contact us if you would like to know the identity of any of these third parties.

We may also disclose Personal Information required by applicable law or when deemed advisable by us. This means that we may make disclosures that are necessary or advisable to conform to legal and regulatory requirements or processes and to protect the rights, safety and property of us, users of the Site, and the public.

4. Access and Correction

We take reasonable steps to ensure that all Personal Information which we hold is up to date. You have the right to seek access to the Personal Information which we hold about you and to ask us to correct it if you consider it to be inaccurate, incomplete or out of date. We realize it is important for you to be able to control your personal details. If you wish to find out what Personal Information we hold about you, please contact us at one of the contact points set out at 7 below.

In the first instance, we will generally provide you with a summary of the information we hold about you. We will assume (unless you tell us otherwise) that your request relates to our current records about you. These current records will include personal information about you which is included in our databases and in paper files, and which may be used by DomeShells on a day-to day-basis.

To provide you with access to this personal information DomeShells would ordinarily provide you with a printout of the relevant personal information from our databases, or with photocopies of records that are held only on paper files. If personal information about you (for example, your name & address details) is duplicated across different databases, we will generally provide you with one printout of this information, rather than multiple printouts. Ordinarily, DomeShells will not charge you for the cost of providing this type of access to these records.

For legal and administrative reasons, DomeShells may also store records containing personal information in its archives. You may seek access to the records held by DomeShells that are not current records, but if you do so, we may charge you for the cost of providing access.

Occasionally, your request for access to personal information may be denied.

DomeShells will not always be required by operation of the new privacy legislation to provide you with access to your personal information.

Access may be refused in a number of circumstances. They include:

• Where the information may relate to existing or anticipated legal proceedings with you;

• Where denying access is required or authorized by law;

• Where the request is regarded as frivolous or vexatious.

In any event, all denials of access issued by us or refusals to correct personal information where appropriate, will be accompanied by an explanation.

5. Security

We take reasonable steps to protect your Personal Information online through the use technology such as encryption, access control procedures, firewalls and physical security.

If Personal Information is held in paper files, we take reasonable steps to ensure that only authorized personnel are able to access it.

6. Changes To this Privacy Statement

We may make changes to this privacy policy from time to time. We will post changes to this privacy policy here, so be sure to check back periodically. This Privacy Statement was put in place 30/9/2003.