Privacy Policy

DATA PROTECTION ACT 1998

The Data Protection Act 1998 seeks to strike a balance between the rights of individuals and the sometimes competing interests of those with legitimate reasons for using personal information.

The DPA gives individuals certain rights regarding information held about them. It places obligations on those who preocess information (data controllers) while giving personal rights to those who are the subject of that data (data subjects). Personal information covers both facts and opinions about the individual.

Rights under the Act

There are seven rights under the Data Protection Act

1. The right to subject access. This allows people to find out what information is held about them on computer and within some manual records.
2. The right to prevent processing. Anyone can ask a data controller not to process information relating to him or her that causes substantial unwarranted damage or distress to them or anyone else.
3. The right to prevent processing for direct marketing. Anyone can ask a data controller not to process information relating to him or her for direct marketing purposes.
4. Rights in relation to automated decision-taking. Individuals have a right to object to decisions made only by automatic means e.g. there is no human involvement.
5. The right to compensation. Anindividual can claim compensation from a data controller for damage and distress caused by any breach of the act. Compensation for distress alone can only be claimed in limted circumstances.
6. The right to rectification, blocking, erasure and destruction. Individuals can apply to the court to order a data controller to rectify, block or destroy personal details if they are inaccurate or contain expressions of opinion based on inaccurate information.
7. The right to ask the Commissioner to assess whether the Act has been contravened. If someone believes their personal information has not been processed in accordance with the DPA, they can ask the Commissioner to make an assessment. If the Act is found to have been breached and the matter cannot be settled informally, then an enforcement notice may be served on the data controller in question.

At sellyourjamjar we only use information, that

1. Has been consented by you, by accepting these as our Terms of Condition.
2. Are neccessary for the performance of a contract with you.
3. Are processed under a legal obligation (other than one imposed by the contract).

Electronic and Telephone Communications.

Under The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, we will not use unsolicited electronic marketing via email or Unsolicited calls to any individual subscribers who have chosen not to accept the Terms and Conditions of this site or who have chosen not to use our Premium Telephone service, currently charged at 75p per minute, (currently correct at todays date of 15/07/2005) at any stage of a call, using this telephone number.

8 Principles of the Data Protection Act 1998.

sellyourjamjar.co.uk fully adhere to the eight principles of good information handling practice set out in the Data Protection Act 1998.

These say that data must be:

1. fairly and lawfully processed.
2. processed for limited purposes.
3. adequate, relevant and not excessive.
4. accurate and up to date.
5. not kept longer than necessary.
6. processed in accordance with the individuals rights
7. secure.
8. not transferred to countries outside European Economic area unless country has adequate protection for the individual.