Privacy Policy

We take your privacy very seriously. This privacy policy describes what personal information we collect and how we use it.

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What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Personal Information

At no time do we request, nor collate, nor store ANY personal information about you if you just browse our website. If you make a purchase from our competitions site, the only information we collate is your name and contact details to contact you if you are one of our winners. Your email address, is used to send you confirmation of entries purchased on website, including confirmation of your entry details and ticket number(s).

We are not provided with any payment details of yours such as bank or card details, etc – these are all processed by our third party payment gateway provider on our behalf. We are merely advised of payment amount, your name and which order number your payment is for.

If you use our Contact Form to send us a message or enquiry, you may provide personal information to enable us to reply to you. We will merely use the information you supply to respond to your query. In such circumstances, your personal information or contact information will not be stored by us either digitally or in hard copy.

Non-Personal Information

Our website collects and records the following non-personal information from you:

• the IP address and / or domain name from which you access the internet
• the date and time you access our site
• the pages you view on our site
• the internet address from which you linked to our site
• any search terms you used to find our site
• details of your web browser and operating system.

This may be linked to personal data you have given us.

We simply use this data to measure the number of visitors to the different sections of our site and evaluate traffic statistics (such as the times of day and days of week at which we see peak traffic) in order to improve performance and help make our site more useful to visitors.

Except as might be required by law or to carry out our business, we do not share any information we receive with any outside parties – other than in an anonymous, aggregated format.

We do not sell any information to third parties.

How is the information used?

As above, if you contact us, we will merely use the information to be able to respond to you – be this your name or email address.

If you make a purchase from us, we will use the information to send entry confirmations to and make contact with you if you are one of our winners. Winning entrants names will also be displayed on our website and our Facebook page.

We do not send out “promotional” emails or “sales” emails – so your details will not be used for this

We will never divulge your personal information to any third party.

Routine Information Collection

All web servers track basic information about their visitors. This information includes, but is not limited to, IP addresses, browser details, timestamps and referring pages. None of this information can personally identify specific visitors to this site. The information is tracked for routine administration and maintenance purposes.

Use of links

Throughout our web pages, you may find links to other carefully selected websites which may contain information or products of interest. We take no responsibility for, and exercise no control over, the organisations, views, or accuracy of the information contained on other websites / servers.

You are entirely free to create a text link from your website to our site and this does not require permission.

Security

We place great importance on the security of your personal information and we always try to take appropriate precautions to protect it.

Our server and its security are monitored regularly.

Despite all of our precautions however, no data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. So, whilst we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information which you disclose to us online and you must understand that you do so at your own risk.

We are also concerned to protect your personal information off-line. We take steps to ensure that access to personal information is restricted to employees who need it. All employees who handle personal information are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. Our employees are notified and reminded about the importance we place on privacy, and what they can do to ensure your information is protected.

We cannot, however, be responsible for the theft, destruction or inadvertent disclosure of your personal information whether we hold it on or off-line.

All our payments are processed by a third party payment gateway provider. None of your credit or debit card information is supplied to or stored by us.

Cookies

Like most websites, Mad House Competitions uses cookies in order to provide you with a more personalised web service.
A cookie is a small piece of information sent by a web server to a web browser, which enables the server to collect information from the browser.

All cookies are created on first page load and remain persistent throughout the site visit.

Third party cookies can be disabled or deleted at any time via your browser settings.

Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. However, please note that if you avoid the use of cookies you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

Further information about cookies, including steps you can take to refuse their use, can be found at the Interactive Advertising Bureau’s website www.allaboutcookies.org.

Controlling Your Privacy

Note that you can change your browser settings to disable cookies if you have privacy concerns. Disabling cookies for all sites is not recommended as it may interfere with your use of some sites. The best option is to disable or enable cookies on a per-site basis. Consult your browser documentation for instructions on how to block cookies and other tracking mechanisms.

Changes

We may make changes to this policy from time to time. If we change our privacy policy we will post the changes on this page. Please revisit the policy each time you consider giving personal information.

Your acceptance of this policy

By using our site, you consent to the collection and use of information by Mad House Competitions in accordance with this privacy policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our site.

Your Rights

Any personal information submitted via our websites is treated in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and the EU General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). To find out more about your entitlements under the data protection legislation, visit the website of the Information Commissioner’s Office.

Access to your personal information

You have the right under the Data Protection Act 1998, to request details from us of personal information which we hold about you. You can make such a request by contacting us. We will take necessary steps to confirm your identity before releasing any information to you. We have the right to charge a small fee for complying with your request. We will respond to your request within 14 days, unless there are exceptional circumstances.