This privacy policy sets out how Lightmart.com uses and protects any information that you submit when you use this website. Lightmart.com is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement. Lightmart.com may change this policy from time to time by updating this page.
Use of Cookies and other Tracking Technologies
This website uses cookies. According to the Act on Electronic Communications, which came into force on 25th, July 2003, everyone who visits a website where cookies are used must be informed that the website uses cookies, what cookies are used for and how to disable them.
Information We Collect
We may collect the following information:
- name
- contact information including email address
- demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
- other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers
Data We Track
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
- Internal record keeping.
- We may use the information to improve our products and services.
- We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
- From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customize the website according to your interests.
Cookie Usage
We use cookies to enable you to get the most out of our website and personalize certain parts of the content. Cookies are small text files that are sent to your computer from our web server and stored in your web browser. Cookies help our system to recognize the content and advertisements visited by users on our websites. Among other things, cookies store information on how our customers use and surf on our website and which web browser they use.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
We use collected/aggregated statistics regarding users/traffic and traffic providers. These statistics never contain any form of personal data. All data is anonymous. IP addresses are not saved in that database that stores data on user habits, so no information about you can be linked to your identity. Your IP address is only stored if you actively register on our website, for instance when you shop online or sign up for one of our services. It is stored for security reasons.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
How to prevent cookies being stored
- You can erase cookies from your hard disk at any time, but this will also erase your personal settings.
- You can also change your browser settings to prevent cookies from being stored on your hard disk. However, this may impair the functionality of certain websites and may prevent you accessing member pages as well as certain content and functions.
For more information on how to disable cookies, see All About Cookies.org.
Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service offered by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website is usually transmitted to and stored on Google servers in the United States. However, in the event that the function which makes IPs anonymous has been activated on this website, Google will shorten your IP address within the United States of America. Only in exceptional cases are complete IP addresses transmitted to a Google server in the US before they are shortened. On the order of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, to compile reports on website activities and provide other services relating to the use of the website and the internet to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser in line with Google Analytics is not combined with other Google data. You may prevent the storage of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser; however, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent the data (including your IP address) created by the cookie in relation to your use of the website from being forwarded to and processed by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
In view of the discussion surrounding the use of analysis tools with complete IP addresses, we would like to advise that this website uses Google Analytics with the extension "_anonymizeIp()" and hence IP addresses are only processed in a shortened form so as to exclude a direct reference to a person.
Google +1
The Google +1 button allows you to post information worldwide. The Google + 1 button will help you and others to get personalized content from Google and our partners. Google stores both the information that you + 1'd for a piece of content and information about the page you viewed when you clicked +1. Your + 1's may appear as clues along with your profile name and photo in Google services, such as in search results or in your Google profile, or elsewhere on websites and ads on the web. Google records information about your + 1 activity to improve Google's services to you and others. To use the Google + 1 button, you need a globally visible, public Google profile that has at least the name chosen for the profile. This name will be used for all Google services. In some cases, this name may also replace a different name you used when sharing content through your Google Account. The identity of your Google Profile may be displayed to users who know your email address or have other identifying information from you.
Use of the information collected:
In addition to the uses outlined above, the information you provide will be used in accordance with the applicable Google privacy policy. Google may publish summarized statistics about users' + 1 activity or share it with users and partners, such as publishers, advertisers, or affiliate websites.
This website uses the re-marketing feature "Custom Audiences" of Facebook Inc. ("Facebook"). This function serves to present to visitors of this website, as part of their visit to the social network Facebook, interest-based advertisements ("Facebook Ads"). For this purpose, the Facebook re-marketing tag was implemented on this website. Through this tag, a direct connection to the Facebook servers is made when visiting the website. It is transmitted to the Facebook server that you have visited this website and Facebook assigns this information to your personal Facebook user account. For more information on the collection and use of data by Facebook and your rights in this regard and ways to protect your privacy, see the privacy policy of Facebook https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/. Alternatively, you can disable the re-marketing feature "Custom Audiences" at https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads#_=_ . For this, you must be logged in to Facebook.
We use so-called "social plug-ins" from twitter.com, operated by Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA, with Twitter and the re-tweet features. If you use the re-tweet features, the web pages you visit will be shared with third parties and linked to your Twitter account. Details on the handling of your data by Twitter as well as your rights and options to protect your personal data can be found in the privacy policy of Twitter.
Links to External Websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties whatsoever. We will only release personal information if we are required by law to do so.
If you have any questions or concerns, please CONTACT US.