Version 1 2006
This Privacy Policy (“privacy policy”) applies to the services provided by Limereef.com Ltd UK, PO Box 418, Welwyn Garden City, Herts. AL7 9AD United Kingdom. The services are available at www.limereef.com, www.limereef.co.uk, and www.limereef.com.au, hereafter all 3 domains are jointly and severally referred to as Limereef.com.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By submitting your personal information either manually or electronically to Limereef.com, or by using Limereef.com, you give your consent that all personal information you provide or submit may be processed in the manner and for the purposes described below. If you do not agree to your personal data being processed you should NOT use Limereef.com.

This Privacy Policy applies to all persons using Limereef.com on or after 1st July 2006.

We (Limereef.com Ltd) undertake the following in relation to your usage of Limereef.com.

Summary

• You can browse Limereef.com without providing any personal information.
• If you register with us either as a member or in order to review a listing, you will be asked to provide personal information – if you do not wish to do so you should NOT register or review.
• Your movements around Limereef.com will be collected and stored to assist in providing you and other users with the best possible service, to recognise areas requiring additional development, to ensure that our website is maintained in working order and to resolve any technical problems.
• We will not sell or rent your personal information without your explicit consent.
• We cannot be responsible for the privacy procedures of third parties, and their websites, including those visited via Limereef.com.
• We are not responsible for any misuse of personal information which you choose to display in public, or share with a group on our website i.e. travel blogs.
• We use cookies to monitor your movements around Limereef.com and also where you have come from to reach Limereef.com and where you go to once you leave Limereef.com. You can turn off the cookies but may lose some functionality of Limereef.com.
• We use industry standard practices to safeguard your personal information.
• You must respect the privacy of others, any postings on Limereef.com which invade the privacy of another user may be removed.
• We may be required to access or disclose your personal information in certain circumstances.
• You should contact the Data Controller info@limereef.com with any queries relating to this privacy policy, or to delete your personal information.
• This Privacy Policy complies with the England and Wales Data Protection Act 1998.
• We may share some of your personal information with our affiliate companies, or third party companies that we contract to carry out work for us, but we shall ensure that these companies have a Privacy Policy which complies with the England and Wales Data Protection Act 1998.

Our Principles
We recognise that all information you provide that identifies you personally must be covered by a privacy policy. We take the protection or your privacy seriously, this Privacy Policy is written in accordance with the England and Wales Data Protection Act 1998. We also follow the Best Practice as outlined by the Office of the Information Commissioner in the United Kingdom. For more information please visit the website of the Information Commissioner at www.dataprotection.cov.uk. Other countries may have data protection rules and legislation that are more stringent than those in England and Wales, but we are committed to protecting your personal information, and will store and transmit your personal information in a safe, confidential and secure environment.

We undertake not to sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent. In relation to the sale or rental of your personal information Limereef.com operates on an opt in basis, which will require you to opt in to your personal information being provided to third parties for purposes other than the management, promotion, and running of the Website.

What Can You Do About Your Personal Information That We Hold? The Data Protection Act 1998 provides that users have the right to know what personal information is held about them, and also to have their personal information deleted. Should you wish to know what information is held about you, or have such information deleted then please contact us at info@limereef.com. Whilst Limereef.com will do its utmost to ensure that your personal information is deleted on your request, it cannot be guaranteed that all information will be deleted, particularly information held on data back up systems.

You can amend your personal Member’s profile at any time by clicking on 'Edit my Profile'

What Do We Expect From You?
You must respect the privacy of others when entering data onto limereef.com e.g. in travel blogs and travel stories. Any postings on Limereef.com that invade the privacy of others may be deleted.

You must comply with the terms of the User Agreement at all times whilst using Limereef.com

We Reserve the Right to Remove You as a User and Delete your Personal Information or Data You have Entered.
We reserve the right to delete your User Profile or delete any data which breaches the terms of the User Agreement.

What you can do without providing your personal information?
If you do nothing more than browse Limereef.com pages or download information during your visit to Limereef.com we will capture and store information about your visit but this information will not personally identify you, it relates to

• The internet domain (www.companyname.co.uk) and IP address from which you access Limereef.com.
• The top level domain name used (e.g. .com, .net, or .org).
• The type of browser (Internet Explorer or Netscape) and operating system (windows or UNIX) you use.
• The date and time of your visit, and how long you remain in Limereef.com.
• The pages you visit within Limereef.com and the data you download.
• The external pages you visit via Limereef.com.
• The external page you visit next after leaving Limereef.com.
• The address of the website through which you linked to us, including any search terms used.

We use this information to make your visit more rewarding and provide us with statistical information to help us to improve our service, and diagnose any problems with Limereef.com. We will also use this information to market our product to potential advertisers. We do not know the identities of people who visit us in this way.

What You Can do On The Website Once you Have Entered Your Personal Information
If you add or review any of the listings on Limereef.com you will be asked to enter your e-mail address – if you do not agree to us holding these details you should not enter them, but you will not be able to either add or review a listing.

If you register as a member you will be required to provide your name and e-mail address. This is so that we can create a profile for our registered members to ensure that you get the best out of using Limereef.com, and to provide extra member benefits which can only be obtained by those providing their personal information (e.g. travel blogs, photo album, submission of messages to the notice board and travel forum). It was also help to ensure you are being provided with the best service from us and to assist in identifying areas for improvement, and diagnosing problems with Limereef.com.

Once you have entered your name and email address, your Username and Password or registered as a member we will capture and store information about your visits to Limereef.com. This information will be your personal information and will relate to

• The internet domain (www.companyname.co.uk) and IP address from which you access Limereef.com
• The top level domain name used (e.g. .com, .co.uk, .net, or .org).
• The type of browser (Internet Explorer or Netscape) and operating system (Windows or UNIX) you use
• The date and time of your visit, and how long you remain in Limereef.com.
• The pages you visit within Limereef.com, and the data you download
• The external pages you visit via Limereef.com.
• The external page you visit next after leaving Limereef.com.
• The address of the website through which you linked to us.
• The data you enter onto Limereef.com e.g. the contents of any travel blog that you write, or any notices that you post on the notice board, or reviews that you write about a listing.
• Any bookings that you make with a website affiliated to Limereef.com.
• The data that you store on Limereef.com e.g. travel itinerary.
• Any correspondence that you have with other members or listings through the internal messaging system.
• Any communications with us, such as e-mail enquiries or requests.

We use this information to make your visit more rewarding and provide us with information to help us to improve our service and tailor our services to you personally. We will also use this information to market our product to potential advertisers, but will not disclose any information that personally identifies you without your explicit consent.

Your Choice to Display Your Personal Information and Data on Limereef.com
Should you choose to enter your personal information into the public domain within Limereef.com – such as providing your e-mail address or phone number on a notice on the Notice board, we hold no responsibility for subsequent misuse of those details or any invasion of your privacy due to the details being made public.

By entering data onto the Travel Tips, Travel Stories and Newsletter sections of Limereef.com you are explicitly agreeing to the display of your personal data, this includes the personal data that you enter into these sections and also your Username, which will be displayed at the end of your entry. The data that you enter may also be reproduced on other sections of Limereef.com or sent to other users e.g. if you provide a Travel Tip this may be reproduced in our online newsletter which may also be e-mailed to subscribers.

On certain sections of Limereef.com you can choose whether to keep the personal information and data you enter as a private entry or alternatively to share it with a selected group of other users, or all users. If you choose to share the personal information and data it is then in the public domain and we will not be responsible for any further use or misuse of the personal information or data.

When We Send Unsolicited E-mails
If you have a Username and Password sent to you in an unsolicited e-mail you have the right to ‘opt out’ on receipt of the e-mail. If you do so your personal information will be deleted. If you enter your Username and Password you are deemed to have accepted the terms of this Privacy Policy.

We may also use your personal information to send you information, offers, and other promotional materials from selected third parties and us. We carefully select the information we send to you and attempt to send you items that are of value and interest to you and are related to Limereef.com. We provide you with the option of declining to receive offers from us by ‘opting out’ of receipt of this type of communication. You cannot ‘opt out’ of receiving unsolicited e-mails from us regarding your membership.

How We Use Cookies
Cookies will be used as part of the website. A cookie is a piece of information sent via your internet browser and stored on your local hard drive. Some of them are deleted when you shut down your browser, others are stored for longer. Cookies do no harm in themselves but you can choose to accept or reject them by changing the setting on your browser. If you choose to reject the cookies you may find that there are elements of Limereef.com that are not available to you.

If you do not register as a user then a cookie may still be placed on your local hard drive when you browse the website, but we will not be able to identify you from this and it will be deleted when you end your session on the internet.

If you have registered as a user then you will have the option to select that the cookie remembers your log in details and password for the next time you visit.

Your Disclosure of your Personal Information to External Sites
You are likely to visit external websites via Limereef.com. We cannot be responsible for the privacy policies of these external websites and you are advised to read the privacy policy of the external website before entering your personal information (including credit card details) onto the external website. If you do not agree with the privacy policies of the external websites you should not provide your personal information to them.

Messages You Send Through the Internal Messaging System
Members will be able to send e-mail messages to companies listed on Limereef.com, through the internal messaging system. This message will display the member’s Username and e-mail address. If you do not wish external websites to know your Username you should not send a message through this system. Any personal information you provide within the message will not fall within the protection of this Privacy Policy as it is information being sent to an external site.

Our Use and Disclosure of Your Information With Our Affiliate Companies
We offer some of our services in connection to other websites via an affiliate system. Personal information that you provide to us may be sent to those sites and likewise personally identifiable information that you provide to those sites may be sent to us. This is in order to facilitate the affiliate system and allow us to track users movements to ensure that that the affiliate agreements are being complied with, or to rectify any faults in the affiliate system. We ensure that the privacy policies of these companies provide the same level of protection as this Privacy Policy.

Our Use of Third Party Companies
We may use third party companies to provide some of our services i.e. to take payment for advertising, or to carry out customer surveys, in such cases, we will ensure that the third party’s privacy policy provides a sufficient level of protection as required by the England and Wales Data Protection Act 1998.

Disclosure of your Personal Information in the case of a Company Merger
It is possible that we could merge with, or be acquired by another business entity. Should this occur you should expect, and you agree that we may share some or all of your personal information in order to continue to provide the service. You will receive notification of such event.

We May Be Required to Access or Disclose Your Personal Information
We may be required to access or disclose your personal information to third parties in order to

• Comply with any applicable laws, regulations, law enforcement or government request.
• Comply with any applicable laws, regulations, law enforcement or government request.
• Enforce the terms of the User Agreement, including investigations of violation of the User Agreement.
• Prevent, detect or rectify security issues, technical issues, fraud etc.
• Protect the property, safety and rights of Limereef.com, and its employees, users, or the public as permitted or required by law.

Security of your Personal Information
We use industry standard practices to safeguard your personal information, these practices include the use of encryption, and firewalls. We use commercially reasonable efforts to protect your personal information from unauthorised access or disclosure, however whilst we use such efforts, we cannot and will not act as insurers of your personal information transmitted over the Internet. Accordingly, we assume no liability for any disclosure of data due to errors in transmission, unauthorised third party access, or other acts of third parties, or acts or omissions beyond our reasonable control.

Changes to this Policy
The personal information that we collect and maintain will be subject to the version of the Privacy Policy in effect at the time of the collection. We reserve the right to change the Privacy Policy from time to time and will provide notice of these changes on the Limereef.com homepage. You should make sure you periodically review the Privacy Policy to make sure it meets your needs.

Where do we Process and Store your Personal Information and Data You have Entered onto The Website?
All information, including your personal information will be stored and processed on our computers in Australia.

Contact Details
If you have additional queries about this Privacy Policy or general privacy principles please contact the Data Controller via e-mail at info@limereef.com or write to Limereef.com, PO Box 418, Welwyn Garden City, Herts. AL7 9DA, United Kingdom.