Royal Mint Website Privacy Statement
The Royal Mint considers the responsible use of personal information to be a critical
element in enabling the Internet to reach its potential as a serious tool for personal
and professional activities. As the Internet changes our lives in a number of ways,
The Royal Mint is committed to respecting your privacy.
Controllers of information
Any personal information provided or to be gathered by www.thebritishroyalmint.com
is controlled by;
- The Royal Mint,
- Llantrisant Business Park,
- Pontyclun,
- Mid Glamorgan,
- South Wales,
- United Kingdom,
- CF72 8YT
- Telephone: 01443 623456.
- Email: coinclub@royalmint.com
Personal Information
Personal information means any information that may be used to identify an individual,
including, but not limited to, a first and last name, email address, a home, postal
or other physical address, other contact information, title, birth date, gender,
occupation, industry, personal interests, and other information when needed to provide
a service you requested.
The Royal Mint collects personal information when you place an order, participate
in our online competition, request to be included in an email or other mailing list,
or make an enquiry.
If you supply us with your postal address you may receive periodic mailings by postal
mail from us with information on new products and services or upcoming events. If
you do not want us to contact you, you can choose to "opt out", and Royal Mint will
endeavour to respect your wishes. As a registered customer you can do so online
or please let us know by sending an email to us at the address above or calling
us at the telephone number above or writing to us at the postal address above.
Email
Persons who supply us with their email addresses may receive email contact from
us with information regarding orders they have placed on-line.
In addition, persons who supply us with their email addresses may receive email
contact from us about new products and services or upcoming events. If you do not
want us to contact you by email, you can choose to "opt out", during the registration
procedure and The Royal Mint will endeavour to respect your wishes. As a registered
customer you can do so on-line or please let us know by sending email to us at the
address above or calling us at the telephone number above or writing to us at the
postal address above.
Cookies
Some Royal Mint web pages use "cookies", which are small files that may be placed
on your hard disk for record-keeping purposes. For example, when you enter our online
shop a cookie will be created to store your order. Cookies can make your subsequent
visits to the web page simpler and more seamless.
You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the
chance to decide whether or not to accept it. (However, by not accepting cookies,
some web pages may not display properly or you may not be permitted to access certain
information.)
Tracking user sessions
When you visit our website your IP address (the Internet address of your computer)
is logged to track your session.
This is automatically recognised by the Web server and is only used for system administration
and to provide statistics, which the Royal Mint uses to evaluate use of the site.
We do not link your IP address to anything personally identifiable to you and therefore
you remain anonymous.
Security
All Royal Mint employees follow an organisation wide security policy. Authorised
Royal Mint personnel are provided access to personally identifiable information
and these employees have agreed to ensure confidentiality of this information. The
Royal Mint policy is to use secure socket layer technology for the protection of
credit card information submitted through web forms.
Third party organisations
The Royal Mint does not sell, trade or rent your personal information to others.
We may employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf.
Examples include fulfilling orders, delivering packages, sending postal mail and
emails, removing repetitive information from customer lists, analysing data, providing
marketing assistance, processing credit card payments and providing customer services.
Such companies and individuals will have access to personal information needed to
perform these functions, but may not use it for any other purposes and are required
to process the data in accordance with the UK's Data Protection legislation.
This privacy policy only covers the Royal Mint website at
http://www.rmcoins.com.
Other links within this site to other websites are not covered by this policy. If
you have any enquiries or complaints regarding this statement please contact the
Data Protection Officer, by telephone on 01443 623119.
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