Your privacy is important to Mercian Travel Centre. Personal Data (as defined in the Data Protection Act 1988) supplied by you will only be used by Mercian Travel Centre for the purposes of your interaction with us and will not be passed to any other organisation, without your prior consent.

The aim of this is to detail how we intend process and store your data. We follow strict security procedures as required by the UK Data protection Act 1998. These cover the storage and disclosure of any information you’ve provided, and the prevention of unauthorised access. In general, you can visit the Mercian Travel Centre website on the Internet without telling us who you are and without giving any personal information about yourself. There are times, however, when we or our partners may require information from you.

You may choose to give us personal information in a variety of situations. For example, you may want to give us information, such as your name and address or e-mail id, to correspond with you, or to provide you with a subscription. You may give us a description of your education and work experience in connection with a job opening at Mercian Travel Centre that you wish to be considered for. We intend to let you know how we will use such information before we collect it from you; if you tell us that you do not want us to use this information to make further contact with you beyond fulfilling your requests, we will respect your wishes. If you give us personal information about somebody else, such as a work colleague, we will assume that you have their permission to do so.

1. Collected Information
What information do I give you as a user of the Mercian Travel Centre?
As a user you may browse the Mercian Travel Centre website freely, there is no registration and we require no information from you.

What if I want to ‘Tell a Friend’ or subscribe to your Newsletter?
If you want to ‘Tell a friend’ then you will need to give us details of your name and email address and the name and email address of your friend. We will retain your personal data only as long as is necessary for the purposes to which you consent under the Mercian Travel Centre Terms and Conditions and this Privacy Policy, or as is required by applicable law, and then we will delete it.

We have regular and occasional newsletter emails, which you may choose to subscribe to. You may choose to opt in or opt out of receiving the newsletter at any time. To subscribe to our Newsletter you will need to give us your name and email address. This information is kept securely in our main database. If you choose to opt out of the Newsletter, we will retain your personal data only as long as is necessary for the purposes to which you consent under the Mercian Travel Centre Terms and Conditions and this Privacy Policy, or as is required by applicable law, and then we will delete it.

What information do I give you as a customer of Mercian Travel Centre?
To submit your advert we require your business details, which enable us to give you private access to details we might be holding for you, like advert information, and also are necessary for us to process and fulfil your order and contact you in case of a query. We only collect the minimum information required to identify you and to ensure that we provide you with appropriate information. Details we collect may include:

• Forename and surname (as they appear on your passport)
• Postal address
• Telephone number
• Email address

Why do you need my email address?
We need your email address to contact you in the event of any problems or issues relating to your order or payment

2. Stored information
If I browse Mercian Travel Centre do you gather information about me?
There is no way that you can be identified as a result of browsing the Mercian Travel Centre website.

We only examine browsing activity to monitor aggregated site traffic and analyse it; this gives us information to help us improve the relevance of the service that we offer you.

We may also provide anonymous statistics about users to our advertisers or reputable third party vendors, but these will not include details that would allow the recipient to identify you.

3. Disclosing information and consent
Will Mercian Travel Centre disclose information about me to other parties?
Not unless it’s necessary for the operation of the site. We may occasionally use the information we collect to send you details of offers or services that we think you might be interested in, but only if you’ve opted in.

The only exception to this is for legal reasons. We reserve the right to communicate such advertisers information as we hold to third parties which seek the disclosure of it, and which make a legally-compliant request for disclosure.

Each time we email you, you can choose not to receive any further messages.

4. Security

If a third party acquired Mercian Travel Centre would you let them have my details?
If a third party acquires all of the assets, which the Mercian Travel Centre website uses to operate its business (or substantially all of them), we may transfer personal data we then hold to that party.

Can anybody else who’s using the Mercian Travel Centre website access my personal details?
All personal information given to Mercian Travel Centre is secured and stored away from public access.

However, it is the responsibility of the cstomer to protect against unauthorised access to your details by keeping your chosen password secure, and to ensure against use by anyone else of the computer while you are logged on to your details in the Mercian Travel Centre website. We advise that you log off or exit from your details in the Mercian Travel Centre website when you are not using it, and keep your password secret.

Is my information available to any companies who partner with Mercian Travel Centre to provide products and services?
Yes. The Mercian Travel Centre may use partners to ensure the effective operation of our site. These companies have access to your personal information under our strict supervision and within the requirements of the Data Protection Act.

Will you sell the information that I have given you to other companies?
No. The information that you give us isn’t sold on to other companies. We, and (where relevant) our credit card processing agents, will not supply your personal data to a third party for commercial exploitation.

5. User access
Can I access my personal information at any time?

Under the Date Protection act 1998, you’re entitled to view any information we hold on you. Please note that by English law we are entitled to charge you a small sum for providing this information. Details on how to do this are available from us or from the Office of the Information Commissioner. If any information held is inaccurate, we’ll make the necessary changes and contact you with confirmation.

Can I correct or change any details I’ve given to you?
Yes. You can make changes to any of the information you gave us when you placed your original advert. Just access your profile and change your details as required.

6. Links to other sites
Is my privacy safe if I visit other sites from your site?
Our site contains links to other sites. Mercian Travel Centre is not responsible for the privacy practices, or the content, of those web sites.

7. Data Protection Information
How do I find out more about my privacy rights?
You can obtain further information about data protection laws by visiting the Information Commissioner’s website at www.dataprotection.gov.uk. You can search for our Data Protection Notification there, should you so wish.

8. Contacting the Mercian Travel Centre about this privacy policy
If you have any questions relating to this privacy policy or how we use the personal information we hold about you, please contact us. Details of this can be found in the Contact Us box at the bottom of every page.