Reg Hardware is owned and operated by Situation Publishing.

Situation Publishing
410 The Bon Marche Centre
London
SW9 8BJ

Reg Hardware strongly believes in the importance of keeping readers' personal information personal. It will never use your information for any use beyond that stated or the permissions you give us.

IP Addresses and Server Logs

The Reg Hardware site does record IP addresses and produces server logs - as all Web Servers do. This information is used solely for monitoring the volume of traffic the site receives and measuring the number of readers. We do not use the information for tracking the activities of specific visitors to the site.

Cookies

The Reg Hardware site sets cookies in order to help with the management of its advertising. The data is used by our Advertising Server, purely to help decide which adverts to display on the page at any given time, and for no other purpose beyond this. You may of course choose to block these cookies if you wish, and the site should continue to function normally.

Advertising

Reg Hardware runs advertising for a wide variety of organisations. These adverts are served from our own advertising server, Falk AdSolution, as well as from third-party ad servers managed by the advertiser. Recent third-party ad servers include DoubleClick, Atlas DMT and BlueStreak

These ad servers may attempt to set cookies on your computer. All these sites stress that information gathered through these cookies is used purely for the purpose of advert delivery, recording and segmentation. They do not use information gathered through their cookies for their own use, and they do not collect any personally identifiable information.

The respective privacy policies of these ad servers can be found here :

Falk AdSolution Privacy Policy
DoubleClick Privacy Policy
Atlas DMT Privacy Policy
DoubleClick also has a cookie opt-out facility here.

If you encounter any problems with advertising please email webmaster@theregister.co.uk

Email and Online Forms

Readers who choose to subscribe to our optional headlines-by-email service, or complete any of our online forms, may be asked to supply personal data. If they choose to do so, that information is recorded and used for broad demographic information. If permission is granted, this information may be used to target specific users with occasional emails informing them about commercial services provided by Reg Hardware.

If permission is granted, this information may be used to send occasional emails containing offers from our partners. This will only ever be provided to readers who have specifically given us permission to use their information in this way.

Reg Hardware will never use your data for anything beyond the reason stated and the permissions you grant us. To alter the emails which you receive from us, including unsubscribing from all email communications, please visit this page. Make sure that you enter exactly the same e-mail address as you used to sign up.

Competitions

Readers who enter Reg Hardware competitions will be asked for some personal information, but only to allow us to judge the validity of their applications and to contact them should they be declared a competition winner.

If permission is granted, this information may be used to target specific users with commercial services provided by Reg Hardware.

If permission is granted, this information may be used to send occasional emails from Reg Hardware containing offers from our partners. This will only ever be provided to readers that have specifically given us permission to use their information in this way.

Reg Hardware will never use your data for anything beyond the reason stated and the permissions you grant us.

Publishing

We reserve the right to publish emails and letters sent to Reg Hardware. If the sender asks that that we don't reveal his or her identity, that information won't be published. We never publish a private email address unless specifically asked to do so by its owner.

Cash'n'Carrion

Our online store, Cash'n'Carrion, inevitably records some personal data, including names, addresses and credit card details.

If permission is granted, this information may be used to target specific users with commercial services provided by Reg Hardware.

If permission is granted, this information may be used to send occasional emails from Reg Hardware containing offers from our partners. This will be provided solely to readers who have specifically given us permission to use their information in this way.

Third Parties

Reg Hardware has partnered with other organisations to provide you with a number of service. All have their own privacy policies, which can be found here :-

WorldPay

WorldPay provide Reg Hardware with their credit card processing facilities. Privacy Policy

Expansys

Expansys run Reg Hardware's Mobile and Wireless store. Privacy Policy

5Star Networks

5Star run Reg Hardware's Download and Software sites. Privacy Policy

Sirenic

Sirenic run Reg Hardware's Mobile Reg Service. Privacy Policy

Skinkers

Skinkers run Reg Hardware's NewsAlerts Service. Privacy Policy

Data Protection

Anyone who provides Reg Hardware with personal information is given the opportunity to manage how that information is used. This includes opting out of any services and restricting the use of that information. You can do that by visiting this address or by contacting Philip Mitchell.

Accessing your Data

Readers of Reg Hardware have certain rights under the UK's Data Protection Acts. You can, for instance, ask to be told what information we hold about you in our databases. Reg Hardware will provide you with all of the details that we hold about you, both online and offline, upon request.

Reg Hardware reserves the right to charge a £10 administration fee for this process. If you would like to request this information please use the contact details below.

Changes to this Policy

As statutory and online requirements change so this policy document may change. Any changes will be highlighted across the site to ensure that all readers have the opportunity to respond to these changes.

Contacting Situation Publishing Data Controller

If you wish to contact Situation Publishing regarding any aspect of the Privacy Policy you should use the following contact details:

By Post:

The Data Controller
Situation Publishing
410 The Bon Marche Centre
London
SW9 8BJ

By Email

philip.mitchell@theregister.co.uk