General Information
Wherever mentioned in this document, service shall mean Birkdale. Wherever information is referred to in this document, it means the information owned by Birkdale.

Wherever in this document personal data is referred to, it means the data/information on customer service that contains the user name service.

Information We Collect
Birkdale agrees not to resell or share the information gathered by Birkdale other than as described in this document.

We do not require user registration. To receive a free e-newsletter requires filling out the appropriate form and e-mail address. The data obtained in this way will be added to our software service mailing list. Giving the details is always optional and will be used by Birkdale according to the user’s will and the purpose of the data transfer. Each registered newsletter user has the right at any time to change or remove your details from our database. To unsubscribe, please use the link in your newsletter message.

Use of data
The identity of Birkdale users shall not be transferred to any third party for any purpose. Details of users who register with Birkdale to obtain access to the Newsletter will be used to send the Newsletter to these users.

Birkdale reserves the right to send unsolicited, commercial information to users registered in the Newsletter database, provided the user has given prior consent. This may include information about news, promotions, or other news about Birkdale. Personal information collected during correspondence between you and the Service will be used solely to respond to a user’s query.

In the case of control of the Data Protection Supervisor, your personal information may be made available to authorized persons by the applicable law provisions on the protection of personal data. In case of violation of the Rules to use Birkdale, violations of law or where this will require legislation, user data can be made available to other public authorities or local government, particularly the judicial authorities.

Cookies
Cookies are small files placed on your computer’s hard disk. It is contained in the information used to identify the service user. Birkdale uses this information to identify you and trace site activity. This information does not include any personal data but only an identification number. This information may be linked to the comments placed. You can disable the cookies in your browser at any time. Users with disabled cookies in the browser will still have access to all parts of the Birkdale site.

Cookie Name

__utma

Expires

2 years

Information

Used by Google Analytics. Each unique browser that visits a page on the site is provided with a unique ID via the __utma cookie. In this way, subsequent visits to the website via the same browser are recorded as belonging to the same (unique) visitor. Thus, if a person interacted with the website using different browsers, the Analytics reports would track this activity under two unique visitors. Similarly, if the same browser were used by two different visitors but with a separate computer account for each, the activity would be recorded under two unique visitor IDs. On the other hand, if the browser happens to be used by two different people sharing the same computer account, one unique visitor ID is recorded, even though two unique individuals accessed the site.

Cookie Name

__utmb
__utmc
__utmz

Expires

30 min
End of session
6 month

Information

Google Analytics uses these two cookies to establish a session. If either of these two cookies is absent, further activity by the user initiates the start of a new session.

Cookie Name

accept_cookie

Expires

1 month

Information

When visitors reach the site via a search engine result, a direct link, or an ad that links to the page, Google Analytics stores the type of referral information in a cookie. The parameters in the cookie value string are parsed and sent in the GIF Request (in the utmcc variable). The expiration date for the cookie is set as 6 months into the future. This cookie gets updated with each subsequent page view to the site; thus, it is used to determine visitor navigation within the site.
When the user closes the alert box, this cookie is set with a unique reference number to prevent it from being displayed again in the future. If the cookies are disabled, the alert will display on every page, even if it has been closed. If the cookies are cleared, the alert will reappear on the website’s next visit.

System Logs
Birkdale collects information on the use of our software by writing to a number of system log information. This information is used solely for statistical purposes or for product upgrades.

Sharing information with third parties
The information gathered on the Birkdale pages will be shared with third parties only as accumulated information about the number of visitors and their preferences for the thematic site. Information about individuals’ interests will be provided only in cases envisaged by procedural rules (such as breaking the law). Where the service Birkdale will be the third-party partner, and the correct operation of the website will depend on the transfer of certain information, such as cookies, to our partners, the information will be transferred.

Links
Birkdale contains links to the other’s websites on the Internet. Birkdale assumes no responsibility for protecting your data on these pages.

Security
Birkdale use SSL system when transferring data from your computer to our server.

Modification of Privacy Policy
If Birkdale decides to modify its privacy policy, this information will appear on our homepage.