1. Introduction and General Terms
The Series 2 Club (hereafter known as the S2C) is committed to protecting you and your family's personal information when you are using the S2C website services. We want our website to be safe and enjoyable environments for our visitors. This Privacy Policy relates to our use of any personal information you provide to us through the S2C websites.
In order to provide you with the full range of S2C website services, we are sometimes required to collect information about you.
This privacy policy explains the following:

• what information the S2C may collect about you;
• how the S2C will use information we collect about you;
• when the S2C may use your details to contact you;
• whether the S2C will disclose your details to anyone else;
• your choices regarding the personal information you have provided to us;
• the use of cookies on the S2C website and how you can reject these cookies.

As set out above, the S2C is committed to safeguarding your personal information. Whenever you provide such information, we are legally obliged to use your information in line with all laws concerning the protection of personal information, including the Data Protection Act 1998 (these laws are referred to collectively in this Privacy Policy as the "data protection laws").
The website(s) contains hyperlinks to websites owned and operated by third parties. These third party websites have their own privacy policies, including cookies, and we urge you to review them. They will govern the use of personal information you submit or are collected by cookies whilst visiting these websites. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the privacy practices of such third party websites and your use of such websites is at your own risk.

2. What information will the S2C collect about me?
When you sign up to participate in or receive a service from any S2C website, such as newsletters, discussion forum, live chats, personal message system or register with the online registration system used across different parts of the S2C website, we may ask for personal information about you. This can consist of information such as your name, e mail address, location or date of birth. Different webpages may ask for different personal information.
By entering your details in the fields requested, you enable the S2C and its service providers to provide you with the services you select.
The S2C also uses cookies (see paragraph 11 below for details) and collects IP addresses (an IP address is a number that can uniquely identify a specific computer or other network device on the internet). We use analysis software to look at IP addresses and cookies for the purpose of enhancing your user experience. This information is not used to develop a personal profile of you and the log files are regularly purged.
We also use your IP address to determine whether you are accessing the services from the UK or not and as method of monitoring & blocking spammers and scammers.

3. How will the S2C use the information they collect about me?
The S2C will use your personal information for a number of purposes including the following:

• for "service administration purposes", which means that the S2C may contact you for reasons related to the service you have signed up for, as set out in paragraph 4 below (e.g. to provide you with password reminders or to notify you that a particular service has been suspended for maintenance);
• to contact you about a submission you have made to the websites, including any content you provide.
• IP addresses are used to identify the location of users, the number of visits from different countries and also to block disruptive use; and
• to analyse and improve the services offered on the S2C website, to provide you with the most user-friendly navigation experience.

Where the S2C proposes using your personal information for any other uses we will ensure that we notify you first. You will also be given the opportunity to withhold or withdraw your consent for your use other than as listed above.

4. When will the S2C contact me?
The S2C may contact you:

• in relation to the functioning of any service you have signed up for in order to ensure that the S2C can deliver the services to you;
• where you have opted to receive further correspondence;
• in relation to any contribution you have made to S2C website, e.g. on the S2C Forum;

5. Will I be contacted for marketing purposes?
The S2C will NOT contact you for marketing purposes, nor will any third party organisation.

6. Will the S2C share my personal information with anyone else?
We will keep your information confidential except where disclosure is required or permitted by law (for example to government bodies and law enforcement agencies) or as described below.
We will only use your information within the S2C website system management.

7. Offensive or inappropriate content on the S2C website
If you post or send offensive, inappropriate or objectionable content anywhere on or to S2C website, or otherwise engage in any disruptive behaviour on the S2C website, the S2C may use your personal information to stop such behaviour.
Where the S2C reasonably believes that you are or may be in breach of any of the laws of England or Wales (e.g. because content you have posted may be defamatory), the S2C may use your personal information to inform relevant third parties such as your employer, school e-mail/Internet provider or law enforcement agencies about the content and your behaviour.

8. What if I am a user aged 16 or under?
If you are aged 16 or under, please get your parent/guardian's permission beforehand whenever you provide personal information to the S2C's website. Users without this consent are not allowed to provide us with personal information.

9. How long will the S2C keep my personal information?
We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant service, or as long as is set out in any relevant contract you hold with the S2C or the S2C's service providers In the case that you wish to cancel your registration as a S2C website user, once an account is deleted a red flag goes on the database and, while people cannot use the personal information, it stays on the system for a period of one year for administration purposes before being deleted automatically.
Where you contribute to S2C website the S2C will generally only keep your content for as long as is reasonably required for the purpose(s) for which it was submitted. Some areas of the website are archived, other sections are regularly reviewed and content is deleted along with personal information.

10. Changes to S2C's Privacy Policy
This privacy policy may be updated from time to time so you may wish to check it each time you submit personal information to any S2C website. The date of the most recent revisions will appear on this page.

11. Cookies Policy -Information the S2C collects from you

a. What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes a unique identifier that is sent to your computer or mobile phone (referred to here as a "device") browser from a website's computer and is stored on your device's hard drive. Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser's preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a website to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites. Many sites do this whenever a user visits their website in order to track online traffic flows.
Cookies record information about your online preferences and allow us to tailor the websites to your interests. Users have the opportunity to set their devices to accept all cookies, to notify them when a cookie is issued, or not to receive cookies at any time. The last of these means that certain personalised services cannot then be provided to that user and accordingly you may not be able to take full advantage of all of the S2C website features. Each browser is different, so check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences.
During the course of any visit to the S2C website, the pages you see, along with a cookie, are downloaded to your device. Many websites do this, because cookies enable website publishers to do useful things like find out whether the device (and probably its user) has visited the website before. This is done on a repeat visit by checking to see, and finding, the cookie left there on the last visit.

b. How does the S2C use cookies?
Information supplied by cookies can help us to analyse the profile of our visitors and help us to provide you with a better user experience. For example: from a previous visit, your password will be remembered, your personal profile preferences will be remembered. We can see which pages are more popular than others and make changes accordingly.

c. S2C cookies and how to reject cookies?
A list of the main cookies that S2C.co.uk sets (and what each is used for) together with ways to minimise the number of cookies you receive can be found at the S2C's How To Reject Cookies.

12. Contacting the S2C about this Privacy Policy

If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy please contact:-

the S2C Webmaster or write to;

The Data Protection Officer
The Series 2 Club
PO BOX 61
Aberdare
CF44 4AJ