Privacy Policy

This notice describes our privacy policy. By visiting our website you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

What personal information does Lunar Society collect about you?

The types of information we gather include:

• Information you give us
• We receive and store any information you enter on our web site or give us in any other way. We use the information that you provide for such purposes as responding to your requests, improving our provision of resources and equipment and communicating with you.
  
  
• Automatic collection of information
• We may receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. Like many web sites, for example, we may use "cookies," as a way of temporarily storing your shopping basket contents while you shop. We also collect information on the type of browser and computer you use for statistical purposes, but this information is never linked to your personal details.
  
  
• Information from other sources
• We sometimes receive updated delivery and address information from our delivery agents or other sources so that we can correct our records and deliver your next purchase or communication more easily. We might also receive information about you from other sources and add it to our account information for the purposes of improving our service to you.
  

What are cookies?

Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer's hard drive through your web browser to enable our systems to recognise your browser and keep records of your shopping choices and previous visits.

Do we share your personal information?

We do not share any information we collect about you. We share customer information only with our distribution agent to enable them to provide a fulfilment service. They have access to personal information needed to perform their functions, but may not use it for other purposes

Disclosure of your information

We may disclose information in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is:

• reasonably necessary to comply with the law
• to enforce or apply our Terms and Conditions
• to protect our rights and those of our users

Links

Where there are links on our site to other sites, the content of those linked sites is not covered by this privacy policy. These other sites will have separate privacy and data collection practices. We accept no responsibility or liability for such policies. Links to other sites are provided by us for information only and in good faith. We accept no responsibility or liability for any content, advertisement, product or other materials on or available from such sites.

How secure is my personal information?

We work to protect the security of your information during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software and Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) software, which encrypts information you input.

We do not reveal any of the digits of your credit card numbers when confirming an order. We download your order via encryption software for the purposes of processing and charging the order to your credit/debit card, and we store the order details securely in paper form in accordance with accountancy rules.

We retain your credit/debit card details in encrypted form on our server for a limited period and then delete them. These details (card number and expiry date) are stored in a secured database separately from your name and address details.

You should protect against unauthorised access to your own computer. It is important to sign off when you finish using a shared computer.

What options do I have?

As discussed above, you can always opt not to provide information, even though it might be needed to make a purchase.

You can add or update certain information such as your name, address and other contact details.

If you do not want to receive e-mail or other mail from us, please contact news@lunarsociety.org.uk.

If you do not want to receive Terms and Conditions and other legal notices from us, such as this Privacy Policy, these notices will still govern your use of this site and it is your responsibility to review them for changes.

Terms and Conditions, notices and revisions

Your use of the Lunar Society website and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Policy and our Terms of Use, including limitations on damages, and application of English law. If you have any concern about privacy at Lunar Society, please send a thorough description to: news@lunarsociety.org.uk and we shall try to resolve it. Our service to you evolves over time. This Policy and the Terms of Use will also change and use of information that we gather now is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time of use. We may e-mail periodic reminders of our notices and conditions, unless you have instructed us not to, but you should check our web site frequently to see recent changes.