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 Introduction
Protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal data is held securely is very important to Sperosens. We want you to be confident that we are looking after your interests and that is why we have set out our information practices in this Privacy Statement.
This Privacy Statement will apply when you use our website to discover more information about Sperosens and its products or when you purchase products and/or services from Sperosens, through our trading division Sperosens Style, or from one of our Sperosens Centres which are operated by a network of independent, authorised retailers. We explain the types of data that Sperosens and/or the Sperosens Centres may collect and hold, how that data is used and with whom the data is shared. We also set out how you can contact us if you have any queries or concerns about your personal information.
Certain Sperosens websites may employ an industry-wide technology called “cookies”. These are small pieces of data that are placed on your hard disk drive when you access a website or a certain part of a website. Cookies help Sperosens understand which parts of its websites are the most popular, where Sperosens visitors are going, and how much time they spend there.
Sperosens uses cookies to study traffic patterns on its sites in order to improve website performance, to customise the user experience, and to better match the users’ interests and preferences. For example, Sperosens keeps track of the domains from which people visit, and also measures visitor activity on Sperosens websites. However, these tracking records are performed and maintained in ways that keep the data non-identifiable.
Cookies may also be used to recognise your computer next time you visit a website. This might save you time (e.g. by ensuring that you don not have to register again) or help you by customising your internet settings.
If you do not wish to accept cookies, they can be disabled by referring to your browser manufacturer’s instructions. Please refer to your browser instructions or help screen to learn more about these functions. For example, in Internet Explorer, you can go to the Tools/Internet options/Security and Privacy Tabs to adapt the browser to your expectations.
Web beacons, also known as single pixel or clear gif technology, or action tags, may be used on our site. This technology tells us which visitors clicked on key elements (such as links or graphics) on a Sperosens Web page or a Sperosens email. When you ask us to send you information on a promotion or a newsletter, we may use web beacons to establish which emails are actually opened. We use this information in order to optimise our content and services.
These Web beacons usually work in conjunction with cookies. If you don't want your cookie information to be associated with your visits to these pages, you can set your browser to turn off cookies. In Microsoft Outlook 2003 or similar, downloading of pictures can be turned off on a site by site basis.
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