Privacy Statement

Information Collection and Use

5M Associates is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. 5M Associates collects information from our users at several different points on our website.

Order

We request information from the user on our SECURE order form. Here a user must provide contact information (like name and delivery address) and payment details. This information is used for invoicing purposes and to fill customers orders. If we have trouble processing an order, this contact information is used to get in touch with the user.

Cookies

A cookie is a piece of data stored on the users hard drive containing information about the user. This is typically used to "remember" your shopping basket. The site only uses session cookies, the use of which is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information. Once the user closes their browser, the cookie simply terminates.

Log Files

We use IP addresses to analyse trends, administer the site, track users movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

Links

This web site may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that we at 5M Associates are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.

Security

In compliance with UK Data Protection Legislation this website takes every precaution to protect our users information. When users submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and off-line. When our SECURE payment page asks users to enter sensitive information (such as credit card number ), that information is encrypted and stored in a protected area prior to processing. We do not store credit card details on our own servers. If you have any questions about the security at our website, you can send an email to pauline@5ma.co.uk

Choice/Opt-out

Users who buy products from us, but don't want any future marketing material, can keep their email address off of our mailing lists by emailing us at pauline@5ma.co.uk

Notification of Changes

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our Homepage so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.