This document was last updated August 2005

Introduction
Blue Tang is committed to protecting your privacy. The following privacy statement describes our practice with respect to the collection and use of personal information on this website.

By using this website, you consent to the terms of our privacy statement and to Blue Tang’s processing of personal information for the purposes stated below.

Blue Tang uses personal information to obtain information regarding web site usage in order to tailor web site content to meet your needs.

We do not sell personal information to other companies.

Collection of Your Personal Information
Blue Tang may require you to provide personal information on this web site if you would like to participate in activities available on, or benefit from services offered on the website.

Personal information collected on this website is often limited to e-mail address, country or location but may include additional information when needed to provide a requested service such as payments for purchases of prtoducts or services on the Blue Tang website. In such cases, information necessary for billing and/or shipping such as name, address, telephone number and credit card number (if applicable) may be required.

In order to improve our service, products and overall quality, Blue Tang offers the opportunity to ask questions and provide suggestions and contributions within our Support Section. You may be asked, at times, to provide personal information such as name and e-mail address. Please note that any comments or materials sent to us, including feedback data, such as questions, comments, suggestions and any other responses are deemed to be non-confidential. We have no obligation with respect to such responses, and Blue Tang shall be free to use, reproduce, distribute and publicly display such comments and materials without reference to you personally. Blue Tang is also free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in such responses for any purpose whatsoever.

Use of Personal Information Collected
Blue Tang uses your personal information collected on this website primarily for the following purposes:

To deliver services, such as newsletters, events, training or software you request or purchase.
To alert you to product updates, special offers, updated information and other new services from Blue Tang or to forward promotional materials, if you so request.
To ensure our website is relevant to your needs.
To help us create and publish content most relevant to you.
To allow you access to limited-entry areas of our website as appropriate.
To contact you in response to sign up forms such as Contact Us or Career Opportunities.

Blue Tang may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to the requirements of law or comply with legal process served on this website, protect and defend the rights or property of Blue Tang and its family of websites or act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of Blue Tang employees, users of Blue Tang products or services, or members of the public.

Blue Tang does not otherwise use, sell, rent, share or otherwise disclose your personal information to any third parties.

Use of Non-Personal Information Collected
Blue Tang uses non-personal information such as demographic data to analyze and develop marketing strategy and to determine how you learned about us, your interests regarding our products and services and how to further improve this website based upon user data. We may share such non-personal data with third parties.

Opt-Out
Blue Tang provides you the opportunity to exercise an opt-out choice if you do not want to receive emails from us or updates regarding new services and products offered on this website or if you do not want us to share your personal information with third parties. The opt-out choice may be exercised at the points where personal information is collected by un-ticking the appropriate box. If you have not exercised the opt-out option at the point where personal information is collected you may also do it by contacting us at info@bluetang.co.uk. We will process your unsubscribe as soon as possible, but please be aware that in some circumstances you may receive a few more messages until the unsubscribe is processed.

Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
Blue Tang uses "cookies" and other tracking technologies. A "cookie" is a small text file that may be used to collect information about website activity. For example, when someone visits the website, a cookie is placed on the user's machine (if the user accepts cookies) or is read if the user has visited the website previously. You may set most browsers to notify you if you receive a cookie, or you may choose to block cookies with your browser, but please note that if you choose to erase or block your cookies, you will need to re-enter your original user ID and password to gain access to certain parts of the website or service areas.

If you have agreed to receive emails from us, those emails may contain advertising about goods and services that we think might be of interest to you. If you click on a link in the email, we may set a cookie on your browser. If you visit this website as a result of clicking on a link, we are able to understand how you interact with the pages of our website through the combination of the cookie and pixels set on the pages of our website. This enables us to understand what interested you in our emails and what did not, and what interests you about our website and what does not. We can then try to send you more interesting information in the future. Please note that this information is for our use only - we do not disclose or share this information with any third parties.

Our use of cookies and other tracking technologies allows us to improve our website and your web experience. We may also analyze information that does not contain personal information for trends and statistics.

Third Party Links
This statement applies solely to information collected on this website. This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we have no control or influence over the privacy practices of such other websites. We encourage you to read such other websites' privacy statement in order to understand whether and how they process data about your visit to their site.

Access to Your Personal Information
Some services offered on this website may collect information that is not accessible via the Support Center. In such cases, you can access your personal information by contacting Blue Tang as described at the bottom of this statement. We will make reasonable efforts to incorporate the changes as soon as possible.

Changes to This Privacy Statement
Blue Tang reserves the right to change this privacy statement from time to time. When we do, we will also revise the "last update" date at the top of this privacy statement. For material changes to this privacy statement, we will notify you by placing a notice on this website.

Security
Blue Tang endeavors to take reasonable and appropriate steps to protect your personal information from unauthorized access or disclosure. However, we do not warrant or represent that your personal information is completely safe from hackers and other security threats. If you have any questions regarding security please contact us at info@bluetang.co.uk