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Privacy Policy

BuildHub Forum Privacy Policy
1.   Introduction
1.1   We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; in this policy we explain how we will treat your personal information.
1.2   By using our website and agreeing to this policy, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy.
2.   Credit
2.1   This document was created using a template from SEQ Legal (http://www.seqlegal.com).
3.   Collecting personal information
3.1   We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal information: 
(a)   Information about your computer and about your visits to and use of this website, including your IP address.
(b)   Information that you provide to us when registering with our website (including your email address);
(c)   All information that you provide when completing your member profile on our website;
(d)   Information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our email notifications and/or newsletters (including your name, if provided, and email address);
(e)   Information that you post to our website for publication on the internet (including your user name, your profile pictures and the content of your posts); and
(f)   any other personal information that you choose to send to us.
3.2   Before you disclose to us the personal information of another person, you must obtain that person's consent to both the disclosure and the processing of that personal information in accordance with this policy.
4.   Using personal information
4.1   Personal information submitted to us through our website will be used for the purposes specified in this policy or on the relevant pages of the website.
4.2   We may use your personal information to: 
(a)   administer our website
(b)   personalise our website for you;
(c)   enable your use of the services available on our website;
(d)   send you email notifications that you have specifically requested;
(e)   deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to our website];
(f)   keep our website secure and prevent fraud; and
(g)   verify compliance with the terms and conditions governing the use of our website (including monitoring private messages sent through our website private messaging service).
4.3   If you submit personal information for publication on our website, we will publish and otherwise use that information in accordance with the licence you grant to us.
4.4   Your privacy settings can be used to limit the publication of your information on our website, and can be adjusted using privacy controls on the website.
4.5   We will not, without your express consent, supply your personal information to any third party for the purpose of their or any other third party's direct marketing.
5.   Disclosing personal information
5.1   We will not normally disclose your personal information unless you give us express consent to do so, except under the conditions given below.
5.2   We may disclose your personal information: 
(a)   to the extent that we are required to do so by law;
(b)   in connection with any ongoing or prospective legal proceedings;
(c)   in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights;
(d)   to any person who we reasonably believe may apply to a court or other competent authority for disclosure of that personal information where, in our reasonable opinion, such court or authority would be reasonably likely to order disclosure of that personal information.
5.3   Except as provided in this policy, we will not provide your personal information to third parties.
6.   International data transfers
6.1   Information that we collect may be stored and processed in and transferred between any of the countries in which our web servers are placed in order to enable us to use the information in accordance with this policy.
6.2   Information that we collect may be transferred to countries which do not have data protection laws equivalent to those in force in the European Economic Area
6.3   Personal information that you publish on our website or submit for publication on our website may be available, via the internet, around the world. We cannot prevent the use or misuse of such information by others.
6.4   You expressly agree to the transfers of personal information described in this Section 6.
7.   Retaining personal information
7.1   This Section 7 sets out our data retention policies and procedure, which are designed to help ensure that we comply with our legal obligations in relation to the retention and deletion of personal information.
7.2   Personal information that we process for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.
7.3   Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 7, we will retain documents (including electronic documents) containing personal data: 
(a)   to the extent that we are required to do so by law;
(b)   if we believe that the documents may be relevant to any ongoing or prospective legal proceedings; and
(c)   in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights
8.   Security of personal information
8.1   We will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.
8.2   We will store all the personal information you provide on secure (password- and firewall-protected) servers.
8.3   You acknowledge that the transmission of information over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.
8.4   You are responsible for keeping the password you use for accessing our website confidential; we will not ask you for your password (except when you log in to our website).
9.   Amendments
9.1   We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website.
9.2   You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes to this policy.
10.   Your rights
10.1   You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you. Provision of such information will be subject to the supply of appropriate evidence of your identity
10.2   We may withhold personal information that you request to the extent permitted by law.
11.   Third party websites
11.1   Our website includes hyperlinks to, and details of, third party websites.
11.2   We have no control over, and are not responsible for, the privacy policies and practices of third parties.
 

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