Privacy policy.

If you’re worried about Green Thing passing your email address to lots of spammers, you can stop worrying.

Your Privacy Is Important To Us

Green Thing Limited ("We") are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy (together with our Website Terms of Use and any other documents referred to on it) sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. We are Green Thing Limited (c/o Stephen Lloyd, Bates Wells & Braithwaite London LLP, 2-6 Cannon Street, London EC4M 6YH, UK) and we take our responsibilities seriously so read on to get an idea of our privacy approach and respect for our customers. By using the website http://www.dothegreenthing.com (the "Website") or submitting information to us (via our Website or otherwise, e.g. by fax, post, email), we take it that you consent to comply with our privacy policy and allow us to collect and use your data in the ways described below. Obviously if you have an issue about anything, please contact us directly or avoid using our website or just simply edit your preferences or unsubscribe, following the instructions set out below in the Unsubscribe section.

Your Details

When you opt in to receive Green Thing e-mails and/or register on the site, we collect specific information such as your name, e-mail address, postal address and zip code and mobile phone number. Typically we collect and use your personal data in the following ways set out below:

• To send you our Green Thing newsletters, emails reminders or other services which you will have opted in to receive;
• When you interact with us and pass personal data to us whether by phone, fax, post, email or Website e.g when you register on our website, hook up into our services, participate in promotions or online surveys or let us know how you feel about things via website postings or our customer services dept;
• Some data collection may be automatic (see Cookies section);
• Details of your visits to our Website ( such as traffic data, IP address, location data, weblogs and other communication data) and the resources that you access (see Cookies section below).

We will of course not provide your information to any third parties for marketing purposes without your consent and any information provided to us in terms of surveys and promotions, (apart from using contact details for notifying winners) will only ever be used on an aggregated anonymised basis for research purposes or to offer Green Thing service enhancements, we know you’ll like. We may however need to disclose your personal data if we are required to do so by law, court order, government regulation or any other regulatory body or if we are subject to a corporate amalgamation.

How to Unsubscribe

You may unsubscribe at any time by opting out or editing your preferences by simply, simply logging into your profile page and update your e-mail preferences, or sending us an e-mail at nothanks@dothegreenthing.com with ‘thanks, but no thanks’ in the subject line.

Cookies

Pieces of information transferred automatically to your computer's hard disk from a website are known as cookies. They allow our Website to store information about your browsing patterns, making the Website more personalized to your own usage. Each time you use our Website, the cookie is accessed. This way, we can track the features you use and the pages and content that you view on the Website to help personalise your experience. You also benefit by e.g. not having to re-enter identical log-on data due to ‘Cookie recognition’ of your IP address. You may disable cookie support on your browser but be aware that by doing so, you may lose recognition benefits. Although we may use the information collected by the cookie to provide us with various statistics about traffic usage, rest assured that this data is in an aggregated anonymised form and is not able to personally identify any individual. We’re here to help so just email us at help@dothegreenthing.com if you require information about disabling any cookies on the Website.

Where We Store and Process Your Information

The data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area ("EEA"). It may also be processed by staff, operating outside the EEA who work for us or for one of our suppliers or affiliates. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy and any other applicable laws.

Third Party Service Providers

We may from time to time employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf such as acting as ‘E-Postman’ for us or helping us maintain our customer database, or providing marketing assistance or customer services however such third parties will be legally obligated to process our customers’ personal data for the specific purpose only and will be required to respect all applicable privacy, confidentiality and security requirements.

Use of Your Personal Information Submitted to Other Websites

We are not responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other websites even if you accessed the third party website using links from our Website or have accessed our Website through a third party link. We recommend that you check the policy of each website you visit and contact the owner or operator of such website if you have concerns or questions.

The Data Protection Act 1998

Green Thing Limited is registered as a Data Controller under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998 and we ensure we comply with all the protections the Act affords to you. Our registration number is 6216396. We reserve the right to amend or modify this Privacy Policy and if we do so we will post the changes on the Website. It is your responsibility to check the Privacy Policy every time you submit information to us or place an order. Your continuing access and use of our website will signify that you agree to any such changes.

Access rights

You have a right to access the personal data that is held about you. To obtain a copy of the personal information Green Thing Ltd. holds about you, please write to us at the following address: Green Thing Limited, Stephen Lloyd, Bates Wells & Braithwaite London LLP, 2-6 Cannon Street, London EC4M 6YH, UK enclosing your postal details and a cheque for £10 payable to Green Thing Limited. We should be grateful if you would also provide brief details of the information of which you would like a copy or which you would like to be corrected (this helps us to more readily locate your data). We will require proof of your identity before providing you with details of any personal information we may hold about you. We charge a fee of £10 to cover the administration costs involved in providing you with a copy of your information.

How to contact us

For further information from us on data protection and privacy or any requests concerning your personal information, please e-mail us at privacy@dothegreenthing.com. Please reference this Privacy Policy in those communications.

Hope you’re not worried any more.

Last updated: 15th August 2007

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