Website Visitors

Like most website operators, EPC Northern Ireland collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. EPC Northern Ireland's purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how EPC Northern Ireland's visitors use its website. From time to time, EPC Northern Ireland may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

EPC Northern Ireland also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on epcnorthernireland.co.uk blogs/sites. EPC Northern Ireland only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog/site where the comment was left.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to EPC Northern Ireland's websites choose to interact with EPC Northern Ireland in ways that require EPC Northern Ireland to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that EPC Northern Ireland gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at epcnorthernireland.co.uk to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with EPC Northern Ireland are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, EPC Northern Ireland collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor's interaction with EPC Northern Ireland. EPC Northern Ireland does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Aggregated Statistics

EPC Northern Ireland may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. EPC Northern Ireland may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, EPC Northern Ireland does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

EPC Northern Ireland discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on EPC Northern Ireland's behalf or to provide services available at EPC Northern Ireland's websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using EPC Northern Ireland's websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. EPC Northern Ireland will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, EPC Northern Ireland discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when EPC Northern Ireland believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of EPC Northern Ireland, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an EPC Northern Ireland website and have supplied your email address, EPC Northern Ireland may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what's going on with EPC Northern Ireland and our products. If you send us a request (for example via email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. EPC Northern Ireland takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor's computer, and that the visitor's browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. EPC Northern Ireland uses cookies to help EPC Northern Ireland identify and track visitors, their usage of EPC Northern Ireland website, and their website access preferences. EPC Northern Ireland visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using EPC Northern Ireland's websites, with the drawback that certain features of EPC Northern Ireland's websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Business Transfers

If EPC Northern Ireland, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that EPC Northern Ireland goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of EPC Northern Ireland may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.

Ads

Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by EPC Northern Ireland and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, EPC Northern Ireland may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in EPC Northern Ireland's sole discretion. EPC Northern Ireland encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a epcnorthernireland.co.uk account, you might also receive an alert informing you of these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.