The principal activity of Matkee Ltd is owning and operating the web site www.matkee.com. Protecting your privacy and your personal data is an important aspect of the way we create, organise and implement our activities. Matkee's activities are also governed by the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998, which you can access at http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1998/19980029.htm.
This privacy policy only applies to Matkee's site http://www.matkee.com (matkee.com). It does not apply to sites or pages that are linked to matkee.com or, even though co-branded, provided by other providers. You will generally be able to tell whether this privacy policy applies as there will be a link to this privacy policy on that page of the site. By your use of matkee.com and/or the submission of personal information to us, you consent to the use of your personal information on and subject to the terms of this privacy policy.
Matkee may from time to time invite you to provide personal information in order to provide you with services (such as email newsletters and special offers) and to enable you to order goods. In order to deliver such services or goods, Matkee will need to process and store your personal information and may need to transfer it to affiliates and service providers for processing inside the European Economic Area. By submitting your personal information, you consent to such processing and transfers in connection with such orders, offers or services and for any other purposes to which you consent at the time you provide the information.
Registration Information
You cannot access matkee.com and browse through certain parts of handbag.com without disclosing personal information. However, if you wish to use certain services offered on matkee.com or obtain certain information made available by matkee.com, you may be asked for information such as your name, email address, company address and postcode. If you choose not to provide the information that is requested, you may not be able to use the service which is being offered or obtain the information you seek. Matkee may also collect information that you provide as part of registrations, orders, surveys, contests and promotions and other communications with us. Matkee will collect your personal information only with your knowledge and your consent.
Cookies
Matkee.com Limited uses cookies in order to track your visit to matkee.com. Cookies are pieces of information that a website transfers to your computer's hard disk for record-keeping purposes. The use of cookies is an industry standard, and many websites use them to provide useful features for their customers. handbag.com may associate the information stored in a user's cookie with other personal data and information that the user has provided to Matkee.
In addition matkee.com also embeds cookies from a number of third parties in the site to monitor usage and to help improve the service provided to its customers.
Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you'd prefer, you can set your browser to refuse cookies (details can be found at www.aboutcookies.org). You should be aware that areas of certain websites (including matkee.com) do not operate properly if you refuse to accept cookies.
How your information is used
The personal information that you disclose to Matkee may be used to provide you with goods, services and features and to communicate with you. Such information may also be used for verification purposes, fulfilling orders, tracking compliance with the terms and conditions of use for matkee.com, compliance with applicable laws and the performance of legal obligations.
Matkee uses the information obtained from cookies for several purposes. The cookies enable us to understand your own personal preferences and tailor your experience on handbag.com by using those preferences. Matkee also uses cookies to track user trends and patterns. The information which Matkee receives from cookies enables us to modify and improve matkee.com to meet the needs of our users, including yourself.
When users provide matkee.com with registration information such as name, email address and postal address, this data can be matched with cookie data, if cookies have been set to be received. This means Matkee is able to match an identifiable user with specific usage of matkee.com. This information would be used by Handbag and its parent companies only.
Matkee logs IP addresses for purposes of site administration and collecting aggregate information about the visitors to matkee.com.
Matkee will only use your personal information for purposes for which you have consented and will not sell or rent your personal information to third parties for marketing purposes without such consent. In order to protect your privacy, Matkee is registered in accordance with and seeks to comply with the UK Data Protection Act 1998.
Except as specifically provided in this policy, Matkee.com Limited will not disclose your individual, identifiable personal information without your prior consent except as may be permitted or required by any applicable law or legal process or to protect its officers, directors and employees, other users of handbag.com or the public.
Matkee does, however, share aggregate statistics, information and data about the users of matkee.com where no individual person can be identified with advertisers, business partners, sponsors, content providers and other third parties. Some services which are provided through or in connection with matkee.com may display your IP address. Please review the terms and conditions of use and the privacy policy for each service that you use on or in connection with matkee.com and only use those services that disclose the information you are willing to share.
Security
Matkee has implemented appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal information under its control from unauthorised or unlawful processing and against accidental loss or destruction or damage. However, Matkee Limited cannot guarantee or insure the security of any information that is transmitted over the Internet or that loss, misuse or alteration of data so transmitted will not occur.
The personal information which you provide to Matkee is stored in secure databases on shared servers. The security of your personal information is also your responsibility. We recommend that you do not provide any passwords to anyone. Nor does Matkee believe that you should provide any personal information while you are using the Internet if you are not comfortable in doing so. Handbag will never ask you for any of your passwords or any other personal information in an unsolicited telephone call.
Opting out
You will be given the opportunity to opt out of receiving email communications and of having your personal information stored in the matkee.com registration process.
Changing and deleting your personal information
You can find out what personal information Matkee has about you by sending an email to info@matkee.com. Upon request, Matkee will provide you with a copy of the personal information which is kept about you.
You are entitled to change, update, amend and delete any personal information that Matkee has about you. Please keep in mind that this may mean you are unable to access and use certain services and information provided on matkee.com.
In the event that you have provided personal information that has been shared with one of our business partners, you will need to contact that business partner in order to make changes to your personal information.
How to contact us
If you have any questions about our privacy policy or the practices of Matkee, please contact us at: Satkartar UK Ltd T/A
Matkee, 23b Derby Street, Manchester, UK, M8 8HW or by email at info@matkee.com.
