Privacy policy

This is how we use your personal information

Biteslide is committed to protecting your privacy when you visit www.biteslide.com (the “Biteslide Website”) or use its services such as the Nibbler tool (“Biteslide Services”). This Privacy Policy, which forms part of the Biteslide Terms of Service, sets out the basis on which We collect and use your personal information. This means any information about You which is personally identifiable such as Your name, address, telephone number or email address and is generally referred to throughout this policy as “Your Information”. In summary, we do not share Your Information with third parties without your consent, but we do use Your Information to provide you with better, more relevant content, advertisements and communications and services on the Biteslide Website.

For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998, the data controller is Bite Education Limited of Unit 36, 88-90 Hatton Garden, London, EC1N 8PG (“We”/”Our”/”Us”).

Please note that this Privacy Policy applies only to the Biteslide Website and Services and not to any third party sites that are linked to from this site. The operators of other sites may collect different kinds of information about you, and may use and disclose that information in different ways than we would, so We encourage you to review their privacy policies and remind you that We will not be responsible for their actions.

1. What information do We collect about you?
2. How will We use Your Information?
3. Cookies and IP addresses
4. Will We share Your Information with third parties?
5. Will We transfer your information overseas?
6. How do We protect Your Information?
7. What else can you do to protect yourself?
8. Access to Your information, correction and unsubscribing
9. Changes to Our Privacy Policy
10. How to contact Us

1. What information do we collect about you?

We may collect and process the following data about You:

information that you provide by registering with the Biteslide Website, subscribing to Our Services, posting material or requesting further services, such as your name, email address, date of birth and certain demographic details (such as gender and geographic location). We may also ask you for information when you enter a competition or promotion sponsored by Biteslide, and when you report a problem with Our site; details of your visits to the Biteslide Website including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data, whether this is required for Our own billing purposes or otherwise and the resources that you access;

if you contact us, We may keep a record of that correspondence; and

we may also ask you to complete surveys that We use for research or feedback purposes, although you do not have to respond to them.

Please note that nowhere on the Biteslide Website do We knowingly collect contact information or financial information from children under the age of 16. If you are under 16, please obtain prior explicit permission to use the Biteslide Website from your parent, legal guardian, or teacher.

2. How will We use Your Information?

We will use Your Information in the following ways:

to manage your Biteslide account so that you can benefit from the full range of interactive features of the Biteslide Website;
to ensure that content from the Biteslide Website is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer by personalising your repeat visits;
to notify you about changes to the Biteslide Website and update you on any new services and benefits;
to carry out Our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us;
to provide service and support;
to prevent and detect fraud or other malicious activity;
to contact you by electronic means with information, products or services that you request from Us or which We feel may interest you, but only where you have consented to be contacted for such purposes; and

3. Cookies and IP addresses

We may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and to report aggregate information. This is statistical data about Our users’ browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.

For the same reason, We may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file which is a text file stored on the hard drive of your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. They help Us to improve the Biteslide Website and to deliver a better and more personalised service. They enable Us:

to estimate Our audience size and usage patterns;
to store information about your preferences and visits to Biteslide (which may include your responses to content, advertisements and product offerings provided to you), and so allow Us to customise the Biteslide Website according to your individual interests;
to speed up your searches; and
to recognise you when you return to the Biteslide Website.

You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of the Biteslide Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, Our system will issue cookies when you log on to the site.

For further information visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

4. Will We share Your Information with third parties?

We may disclose Your personal information to third parties:

if (as above) you have consented to Us sharing Your Information with carefully selected third parties whose products and services may interest you;
if We sell or buy any business or assets, in which case We may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets;
if Biteslide or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by it about its users will be one of the transferred assets; and
if We are under a duty to disclose or share Your Information in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply Our Terms of Service, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Biteslide, Our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

5. Will We transfer your information overseas?

The information that We collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for Us or for one of Our suppliers. Such staff help Us operate Our business and may be engaged in, among other things, the provision of hosting and support services. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

6. How do We protect Your Information?

All Your Information is stored on Our secure servers. Where We have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of Our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although We will do Our best to protect your personal data, We cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to the Biteslide Website; any transmission is at your own risk. Once We have received Your Information, We will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

7. What else can you do to protect yourself?

You’ll see in Our Terms of Service that you must have permission to upload any content onto the Biteslide Website. If you wish to upload any photographs, videos or images of other individuals, you MUST ensure that you’ve obtained the consent of that individual for their image to be used in this way. Please do not upload any images of children (under 16) unless you have obtained the specific consent of a parent or legal guardian.

8. Access to Your information, correction and unsubscribing

You have the right to request a copy of the information that We hold about you. If you would like a copy of some or all of the information We hold about you, please contact us.

We want to make sure that Your Information is accurate and up-to-date. You should update your personal details via your account from time to make sure it remains accurate. You can also ask Us to correct or remove information you think is inaccurate by contacting us.

9. Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We keep this Privacy Policy under regular review and We will place any updates on this webpage.

10. How to contact Us

We hope you will be happy with the way We handle Your Information. Please contact us if you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or information We hold about You.

This Privacy Policy was last updated on 2 March 2014.