Who we are
In this privacy policy references to ‘we’, ‘us’ and ‘our’ are to TcMenu organisation.
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Very little private data is stored by us, this site, our github repositories and discussions are entirely public and allow you to access/manage any information from there yourself. All previous registration information for tcMenu has now been deleted. Analytic data is limited and stored by region only with no IP address.
Privacy is of the utmost importance to us, and we want you to feel comfortable using this site. You can rest assured any data provided to us will be held securely and not sold or exchanged with any third party, unless we are required to by law (for example as part of a criminal investigation), or it is a trusted third party helping us deliver our website or business products. Trusted third party companies may have access to personally identifiable information, but only on a need-to-know basis and are under obligation to keep your information completely confidential.
Nearly all websites use cookies to store information, and help deliver a better experience for end users. Cookies are small text files stored in your browser; which are stored by a website that you have visited and can only be retrieved by that website. In this policy we’ve tried to break down all the areas in which cookies or information may be stored, and give you full disclosure on how data is used.
More detailed information
- About Cookies [www.aboutcookies.org]
- Information Commission Office [www.ico.gov.uk]
Personal data and cookie storage
In the following sections we discuss the cookies that are used by our sites, along with any data that may be stored.
Required for site use:
- Your IP Address, this is a string of numbers unique to your computer that is recorded by our web server when you request any page or component on the Website. This information is stored in a rotating access log on our secure server. It is used only to ensure the site is working properly.
- To determine the ongoing usefulness of our sites, and help us understand where new content should be focused, we use Google Analytics to monitor traffic. They may install cookies and store IP addresses. We don’t look at individual data, just aggregated country / city level information.
Adverts and marketing:
Although presently turned off, we reserve the right to enable Google AdSense or similar advert technology in order to be able to keep the site free at the point of use. Google AdSense stores cookies and outside the EEA/UK stores other personalised information, to serve ads based on previous visits to this or other websites.
Content provided to us by third parties:
All the below companies are EDPR complaint.
- To allow people to comment on articles we use Disqus comment system on some of our sites, again Disqus may store cookies and hold some personalised information. If you write a comment it will be stored on Disqus servers.
- We also have some embedded Twitter and facebook code along with add-this buttons, these may store cookies or personal information on our behalf.
- This site has a product discussion forum. All data for this forum is stored on our servers and everything entered is publicly available. You enter into a separate agreement for this when signing up for the forum.
- We embed youtube videos in some pages of the site, again youtube may store cookies and hold personally identifiable information.
Contact and registration forms
- We have contact forms in most of our sites. These forms work over https and securely send your data to our email server. These mails may be stored while we process them, and historically as part of our help desk systems.
Our community forum
Our forum has additional conditions as you can publicly post content. Therefore, when signing up for the forum you will be provided with the terms and conditions, and by signing up you are bound by these conditions. Should we find that you have used an email address or any social media accounts that you do not have the right to use in the forum, we reserve the right to immediately lock your account. Please do not use a spam blocker to block forum posts, just unsubscribe instead. If you do spam-block the forum emailer we have no choice but to lock the account to prevent it sending any more mails against hosting policies.
What we do with your information
Any personal information we collect from this website will be used in accordance with the EDPR legislation and the Data Protection Act 1998 and other applicable laws.
Your Rights to information
It is very unlikely unless you contacted us or used the forum, that we have any of your personal information. You have the right to request a copy of any information that we currently hold about you, which can be obtained by request by using the contact form.
Third party links to other Websites
This privacy policy only covers our websites. Any other websites which may be linked to by our website are subject to their own policy, which may differ from ours.
Copyright information
All copyright, trademarks and all other intellectual property rights in the Website and its content (including without limitation the Website design, text, graphics and all software and source codes connected with the Website) are owned by or licensed to us or otherwise used as permitted by law.
Please note that all photographs and images on this site are copyright, and should not be re-published, modified, or copied in any way without prior consent.
In accessing the Website you agree that you will access the content solely for your own or companies use. None of the content may be downloaded, copied, reproduced, transmitted, stored, sold or distributed without the prior written consent of the copyright holder. This excludes the downloading, copying and/or printing of pages of the Website for your own use.
Disclaimer and limitation of liability
The Website is provided on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy.
To the extent permitted by law, we will not be liable for any indirect or consequential loss or damage whatever (including without limitation loss of business, opportunity, data, profits) arising out of or in connection with the use of the Website.
We make no warranty that the functionality of the Website will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected or that the Website or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or anything else which may be harmful or destructive.
Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall be construed so as to exclude or limit the liability of tcMenu for death or personal injury as a result of the negligence of any party or that of its employees or agents.
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold TcMenu and its employees and agents harmless from and against all liabilities, legal fees, damages, losses, costs and other expenses in relation to any claims or actions brought against us arising out of any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions or other liabilities arising out of your use of this Website.
Severance
If any of these Terms and Conditions should be determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason by any court of competent jurisdiction then such Term or Condition shall be severed and the remaining Terms and Conditions shall survive and remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.
Governing Law
These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and you hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
