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 PRIVACY
STATEMENT
WHAT DATA DO I KEEP ABOUT USERS?
Not much, is the answer! The only personal data
I ask for from users is their name, country, telephone,
fax and e-mail address. It's the stuff you see on the
join form, see
it here. Of that only the Contact e-mail address
is really absolutely essential, I don't mind if people
don't want to provide the other stuff. All this data
can be updated at any time in Admin (go to Your details).
If you have a Premium account, or you buy some other
service from me, then I will have your payment details
stored in a myMal payment account. This will
include your name, address, e-mail address and possibly
your card details (if that is how you have elected to
pay). European businesses will be required to provide
a their tax number too (VAT number). All communications
between you and your myMal account is over SSL, the
financial data is stored encrypted. You may view and
update any part of it by logging into your myMal account
the details of which are e-mailed to you when you first
create it.
From the moment you enter Admin your activities may
be logged. Tracking is via cookie and IP address. This
information may be used proactively develop a profile
of your behaviour. It is collected purely for the purpose
ensuring your own security. For example, if you try
to login too many times with the wrong password then
you may be blocked from further attempts. You cannot
enter Admin without cookies enabled.
For information about cookies see the Help file that
comes with your browser. As a general rule I only every
use session (memory resident) cookies, they "die"
when you close down your browser.
USE OF THIS DATA
I don't have a mailing list, I don't make any sort
of mass mailings to users. I use the Contact e-mail
address only when I need to contact a user about an
operational matter. If you have a Premium account holder
you will receive a renewal notice when you paid up period
is over. It is sent to the e-mail address in your myMal
account.
Data such as a users country and business type is purely
for statistical analysis. I keep it so that I can make
sure I'm targeting my resources in the right places.
I don't have any advertising on this site, I don't sell
data to anyone else. It's just for me.
Note: SMTP (e-mail) is not an encrypted protocol. When
we use an e-mail address it passes across the internet
unencrypted...
WHO HAS ACCESS TO THE DATA ABOUT YOU?
No one except, myself and the other employees of
Mal's e-commerce limited. Our host Rackspace.com
have physical access to the servers too of course.
There is a "Mall" with links to users websites,
it is entirely voluntary to join. In addition some users
publish information about their site as part of a post
in the User Group Forum. But apart from these "self-disclosures"
there are no circumstances under which I would pass
on any details about a user to a third-party. Very
occasionally I help a customer contact a merchant but
I do so only after very carefully considering their
request.
LINKS TO OTHER SITES
This Web site contains some links to other sites
that are not owned or controlled by Mal's e-commerce
Limited. Please be aware that I am not responsible for
the privacy practices of them. You should read the privacy
statements of each and every web site that collects
personally identifiable information.
This privacy statement applies only to information
collected by Mal's e-commerce Limited.
BUSINESS TRANSITIONS
In the (unlikely) event Mal's e-commerce Limited
goes through a business transition, such as a merger,
acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a
portion of its assets, your personally identifiable
information will likely be among the assets transferred.
You will be notified by prominent notice on our Web
site, for 30 days, of any such change in ownership or
control of your personal information.
Changes in this Privacy Statement
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will
post those changes to this privacy statement, the homepage,
and other places we deem appropriate so that you are
aware of what information we collect, how we use it,
and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
A WORD ABOUT CUSTOMER DATA
We do not keep customer data beyond the routine back-up
of the live database which is made for purely operational
reasons. Customer data belongs to the merchant, not to
Mal's e-commerce Limited, we just store it for you temporarily
on our hard disks. There are no circumstances under which
we would pass on customer data to anyone other than the
merchant to whom it belongs.
If you have any specific questions about Privacy then
please feel free to contact me personally.
Mal Stewart
Mal's e-commerce Limited
ms@mals-e.com
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