Privacy Policy

By adding this listing, you are representing that you have the authority of the relevant business to do so. That representation, as well as the accuracy of the content you supply to Torch-biz, is governed by our Terms of Use which include information about some uses of your data in the Privacy Policy. By clicking on the submit button, you are confirming that you have read our terms, understand them and are happy to be bound by them.

This privacy policy applies to all personal information collected by Torch-biz via the internet.

Torch-biz recognises the importance of your privacy, and that you have a right to control how your personal information is collected and used. We know that providing personal information is an act of trust and we take that seriously. Unless you directly give us consent to do otherwise, Torch-biz will only collect and use your personal information as set out below.

The four main ways we collect personal information about you are:
• when information about you is posted on a Torch-biz website, either by you or by a third party;
• when you log into a Torch-biz website or otherwise submit personal information to Torch-biz;
• when you use a Torch-biz website, in which case our system automatically collects information relating to your visit to that website, such as your IP address;

The type of information that we collect from you may include the following: your name, phone number, address, email address, company position/title, credit card details, IP address, cookies, personal information that you include in your business listing or personal information that you email/send using email functionality on the Torch-biz website.

The type of information that we collect from you may include the following: your name, phone number, address, email address, company position/title, credit card details, IP address, cookies, personal information that you include in your business listing or personal information that you email/send using email functionality on the Torch-biz website.

Cookies are pieces of information that a website transfers to your computer's hard disk for record keeping purposes. Most web browsers are set to accept cookies. Torch-biz uses cookies to make your use of our website and services as convenient as possible. Cookies in and of themselves do not personally identify users, although they do identify a user's browser. Cookies are useful to estimate our number of users and determine overall traffic patterns through our website.

If you do not wish to receive any cookies you may set your browser to refuse cookies. This may mean you will not be able to take full advantage of Torch-biz's services.

Google cookies catch uses Google to serve advertisements when you visit a Torch-biz website. Google may use cookies in relation to your visits to Torch-biz websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services which may be of interest to you.

Our purpose in collecting information about you is to:
• provide you with a better service experience with content and advertising that is more relevant to your interests;
• create a business information database for use as part of Torch-biz's online business. Whilst Torch-biz's business information database is designed to operate as a business directory (not a directory of individuals) it is possible that personal information may become included in the business information database.

Torch-biz will not use or disclose any information about you without your consent, unless:
• the use or disclosure is for one of the purposes described above or otherwise permitted by this policy;
• it is required or permitted by law (including by relevant privacy laws);
• we believe it necessary to provide you with a service which you have requested;
• to protect the rights, property or personal safety of another Torch-biz website user, any member of the public or Torch-biz;
• any of the assets and/or operations of Torch-biz are being transferred to another party.

If you do not provide requested information, Torch-biz may not be able to provide you with access to or full use of sections of the Torch-biz website.

Sometimes, the activities described above require us to share your personal information with other organisations. The types of situations in which Torch-biz usually discloses personal information, and the types of organisations to which such disclosure is usually made, include the following:
• The business information database is available via the internet to any member of the public. It is also disclosed in its entirety to Torch-biz's related entities and to other entities with whom Torch-biz has a business relationship, as part of Torch-biz's online business.
•  Torch-biz discloses personal information to its service providers, advisers and other entities with whom Torch-biz has a business relationship, in the course of operating the Torch-biz websites and Torch-biz online business and in the course of delivering the Torch-biz services.

In seeking to give you the most worthwhile experience of our websites possible, Torch-biz may use your personal information to send you information and product updates about Torch-biz websites and services, or other products and services, or to permit other parties to send other information about products or services which may be of interest to you.

We may contact you at any email or other address or contact point which we have collected or obtained in order to:
• contact you about your business listing on a Torch-biz website;
•  provide you with updated information about Torch-biz websites;
• provide you with other information about other products or services which you may enjoy.

If you are receiving promotional information from Torch-biz and do not wish to receive this information any longer, you may remove your name from our list by contacting the Torch-biz Privacy Officer at privacy@torch-biz.co.uk and asking to be removed from our mailing list. Please allow 28 days for this request to be processed.

You can request access to the personal information we hold about you by making a request to the Torch-biz Privacy Officer via privacy@torch-biz.co.uk. We will provide you with access unless we are legally authorised not to do so.

If at any time you wish to change personal information that is inaccurate or out of date, please contact us by emailing our Torch-biz Privacy Officer at privacy@torch-biz.co.uk If you wish to have your personal information deleted, please let us know in the same manner as referred to above.

We will take all reasonable steps to change or delete information in response to such a request. If there is a reason that we cannot make that change or deletion, we will inform you of that reason.

Torch-biz will endeavour to take all reasonable steps to keep secure any information which we hold about you, and to keep this information accurate and up to date. You should note that the internet is not a secure method of transmitting information and, as such, we are not responsible for the security of any information sent or received over the internet.

Torch-biz websites contain links to websites that are not operated by Torch-biz and the contact details for many businesses not operated by Torch-biz. These linked sites and listed businesses are not under the control of Torch-biz, and we are not responsible for the conduct of those businesses. Before disclosing your personal information on any other website or to any other company, we advise you to examine the Terms and Conditions / Privacy Policy of those organisations.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how Torch-biz deals with your personal information you can contact: privacy@torch-biz.co.uk

Our commitment to being a leading provider of online business directory services means that our business will continue to evolve as we introduce new services and features. Because of this, from time to time, our policies will be reviewed and may be revised. Torch-biz reserves the right to change its Privacy Policy at any time and notify you by posting an updated version on each Torch-biz website. The amended Privacy Policy will apply between us whether or not we have given you specific notice of any change.