This privacy policy sets out how fish-and-ships.com uses and protects any information that you give fish-and-ships.com when you use this website. fish-and-ships.com is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement. fish-and-ships.com may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.


What we collect


We may collect the following information:
• name
• contact information including email address
• demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
• other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers


For the exhaustive list of cookies we collect please see the list below.


What we do with the information we gather


We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:


• Internal record keeping.
• We may use the information to improve our products and services.
• We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
• From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.


Security


We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.


How we use cookies


A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.


Links to other websites


Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.


Controlling your personal information


You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:


• whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes
• if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us using our contact page.


We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please email us using our contact page.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.


List of cookies we collect


The table below lists the cookies we collect and what information they store.


CART                                                  

The association with your shopping cart.


CATEGORY_INFO                            

Stores the category info on the page, that allows to display pages more quickly.


COMPARE                                         

The items that you have in the Compare Products list.


CURRENCY                                       

Your preferred currency


CUSTOMER                                       

 An encrypted version of your customer id with the store.


CUSTOMER_AUTH                            

An indicator if you are currently logged into the store.


CUSTOMER_INFO                              

An encrypted version of the customer group you belong to.


CUSTOMER_SEGMENT_IDS             

Stores the Customer Segment ID


EXTERNAL_NO_CACHE                   

 A flag, which indicates whether caching is disabled or not.


FRONTEND                                         

You sesssion ID on the server.


GUEST-VIEW                                       

Allows guests to edit their orders.


LAST_CATEGORY                              

The last category you visited.


LAST_PRODUCT                                 

The most recent product you have viewed.


NEWMESSAGE                                    

Indicates whether a new message has been received.


NO_CACHE                                         

Indicates whether it is allowed to use cache.


PERSISTENT_SHOPPING_CART      

A link to information about your cart and viewing history if you have asked the site.


POLL                                                  

The ID of any polls you have recently voted in.


POLLN                                               

Information on what polls you have voted on.


RECENTLYCOMPARED                   

The items that you have recently compared.


STF                                               

Information on products you have emailed to friends.


STORE                                               

The store view or language you have selected.


USER_ALLOWED_SAVE_COOKIE   

Indicates whether a customer allowed to use cookies.


VIEWED_PRODUCT_IDS                  

The products that you have recently viewed.


WISHLIST                                           

An encrypted list of products added to your Wishlist.


WISHLIST_CNT 

  The number of items in your Wishlist.


__utma                                                 

This cookie is typically written to the browser upon the first visit to your site from that web browser. If the cookie has been deleted by the browser operator, and the  browser subsequently visits your site, a new __utma cookie is written with a different unique ID. This cookie is used to determine unique visitors to your site and it is updated with each page view. Additionally, this cookie is provided with a unique ID that Google Analytics uses to ensure both the validity and accessibility of the cookie as an extra security measure.


__utmb 

This cookie is used to establish and continue a user session with your site. When a user views a page on your site, the Google Analytics code attempts to update this cookie. If it does not find the cookie, a new one is written and a new session is established. Each time a user visits a different page on your site, this cookie is updated to expire in 30 minutes, thus continuing a single session for as long as user activity continues within 30-minute intervals. This cookie expires when a user pauses on a page on your site for longer than 30 minutes. You can modify the default length of a user session with the _setSessionCookieTimeout() method.

__utmz 

This cookie stores the type of referral used by the visitor to reach your site, whether via a direct method, a referring link, a website search, or a campaign such as an ad or an email link. It is used to calculate search engine traffic, ad campaigns and page navigation within your own site. The cookie is updated with each page view to your site.


__utmv 

This cookie is not normally present in a default configuration of the tracking code. The __utmv cookie passes the information provided via the_setVar() method, which you use to create a custom user segment. This string is then passed to the Analytics servers in the GIF request URL via the utmcc parameter. This cookie is only written if you have added the _setVar() method for the tracking code on your website page.


__utmx 

This cookie is used by Website Optimizer and only set when the Website Optimizer tracking code is installed and correctly configured for your pages. When the optimizer script executes, this cookie stores the variation this visitor is assigned to for each experiment, so the visitor has a consistent experience on your site.  See the Website Optimizer Help Center for more information.