Privacy Policy
The ICS Group of companies, ICS Ltd, is committed to meeting its obligations under the Data Protection Act of 1998. The ICS Group will strive to observe the law in all collection and processing of subject data and will meet any subject access request in compliance with the law.
This policy covers all users who register on the ICS Group of websites (listed below). It is not necessary to register in order to gain access to the websites, but we may restrict access to certain areas. We are committed to protecting your privacy when you are using our download services. To protect your privacy, we apply the following principles which you can read about below:
Information Collection
During our registration process, we ask for personal information which both identifies you and enables us to communicate with you. If you choose not to register or not provide personal information, you may still visit the ICS websites but you will not be able to access the download areas available to registered users. By completing the registration process, you accept the Terms and Conditions described herein and consent to our using your information accordingly.
If you do not wish to receive any information from us following registration, you may inform us of this by email or letter, or ‘unsubscribe’ using the facility enabled on email marketing communications.
We do not seek sensitive personal information (e.g. data relating to race or ethnic origin).
Purpose of information collection
We will use the information you provide only for the following purposes:
- To send you newsletters and details of offers and promotions in which we believe you will be interested.
- To perform other such general marketing and promotional activities focused on our products and services.
Methods of Contact
We may contact you for the aforementioned purposes using either telephone or email.
Other websites
This privacy policy covers the ICS Group of companies and websites which are listed as follows:
www.icsltd-uk.com - The ICS Group website
www.theapplicationexperts.com - The Application Development & Support Experts
www.thebiexperts.co.uk - The Microsoft Business Intelligence Experts
www.rsinteract.com - RSinteract
Other links within these sites to other websites or framed third party sites are not covered by this policy.
Security
We have taken appropriate measures to ensure that your personal information is not unlawfully processed. ICS Ltd uses industry standard practices such as "firewalls to safeguard the confidentiality of your personal identifiable information. ICS Ltd treats data as an asset that must be protected against loss and unauthorised access. However, no information transferred over the Internet or wireless network can be guaranteed to be completely secure. We employ many different security techniques to protect such data from unauthorised access by users inside and outside the company.
We will not be transferring your personal information outside of the European Economic Area unless otherwise specifically advised.
Cookies
Our website creates a single cookie on your machine containing session and state information. The information within this cookie does not include any personal or financial information. Our website requires cookies to be enabled in the web browser to allow tasks such as registering or logging in. Please be aware that should cookies be disabled, many of the features of the website will be impaired or unavailable. At no point does the ICS website create any third party cookies on your machine. For information on managing cookies please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/. For general information regarding cookies, please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/
Questions
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, or the use of your personal information, or if you wish to request us to stop using your information in any way, please write to:
Data Protection Officer
ICS Ltd (Registered Data Controller)
Furness House
Furness Quay
Salford Quays
Manchester
M50 3XZ