We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; this policy sets out what information is collected when you visit this website, together with how we will treat your personal information.

Our Privacy Principals

We built DR's Community to provide a platform from which you can publish your own reviews and share information and content with your friends. Some of you will wish to share this information widely, whilst others will choose to keep it within a more discreet and private audience.

As a default we assume you have chosen to keep all your information private, therefore you must choose to accept friend requests and if you would like to make your profile public then you must choose to do this by adjusting your privacy settings.

You choose what information you put in your profile, including contact and personal information, pictures, events and groups you join. And you control the users with whom you share that information through the privacy settings (Select edit > privacy, from within your DR Profile Page).

Your Privacy

It is our upmost concern to maintain your privacy. Our success relies upon your disclosure of personal details that will allow us to maximise the relevance of our interaction with you. We work hard to earn and keep your trust and will adhere to the following principles to achieve this;

1. We will never sell or rent your personal information to third parties for marketing purposes.
2. Any communication with you on this site will be from Drivers Republic and we will provide you with the ability to tailor your privacy settings as further opportunities to interact arise.
3. We will never share your contact information with another user without your consent.
4. Any sensitive personal information that you provide will be stored securely and we will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.

The information we collect

In order to view the content within our web pages and receive Drivers Republic Magazine, you must first create an account on this web site. To create an account you are required to provide the following information; name, username, gender, date of birth, country, email address and choose a password.

In common with most websites, the Drivers Republic website automatically logs certain information about every visitor. This includes information about your computer and about your visits to and use of this website, such as your IP address, geographical location, browser type, referral source, length of visit and number of page views. We may also collect information relating to any transactions carried out between you and us on or in relation to this website, including information relating to any purchases you make of our goods or services.

This information is used for administering, supporting and improving our services and for producing usage statistics. Summary statistics are extracted from this data and some of these may be made publicly available, but these do not include information from which individuals could be identified. Relevant subsets of this data may be used as part of investigations of computer misuse involving this site (see also our terms and conditions). Data may also on occasion be used to enable investigation of technical problems on the website. Otherwise logged information is not passed to any third party except if required by law.

When you use Drivers Republic, you may set up your personal profile, form relationships, form groups, set up events, add comments, and upload content. We collect this information so that we can provide you with personalised features. In most cases, we retain it so that, for instance, you can return to view updates or see your list of friends.

You post user content on the site at your own risk. Although we provide you the means to set privacy options that limit access to your pages, please be aware that these settings may not be impenetrable. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the site. We also cannot control the actions of other users with whom you may choose to share your information and we cannot and do not guarantee that the user content you post on the site will not be viewed by unauthorised persons.

You understand and acknowledge that, even after removal, copies of user content may remain viewable in cached and archived pages or if other users have copied or stored your user content.

If you discover any violations or misuse of Drivers Republic's Terms and Conditions or feel that your privacy has been compromised then contact us at privacy@drivers-republic.com

Drivers Republic uses cookies and web log files to track this site usage. A cookie is a small data file which resides on your computer and allows Drivers Republic to recognize you as a user when you return to our site using the same computer and web browser. Unfortunately, if your browser settings do not allow cookies, you will not be able to use our website. Like the information you enter at registration, cookie and log file data is used to customize your experience on our web site.

One type of cookie, known as a 'persistent' cookie, is set once you've logged in to the site. The next time you visit the Drivers Republic web site, the persistent cookie will allow us to recognise you as an existing user so you will not need to log in before accessing the content. If however you log out of the Drivers Republic site, you will need to re-enter your email address and password the next time you visit in order to log in. Another type of cookie, called a 'session' cookie, is used to identify a particular visit to the Drivers Republic site. Session cookies expire after a short time or when you close your web browser.

Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies. (For example, in Internet Explorer you can refuse all cookies by clicking 'Tools', 'Internet Options', 'Privacy', and selecting 'Block all cookies' using the sliding selector.) This will, however, have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites, including this one, requiring you to manually enter sign-in details before gaining access to our content.

We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of this website. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users' computers. The non-personal information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. Google will store this information. Google's privacy policy is available at: http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html

We use a third-party advertising company to serve ads when you visit our Web site. This company may use information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visit to this Web site in order to provide advertisements about goods and services that may be of interest to you. In the course of serving advertisements to this site, our third-party advertiser may place or recognize a unique 'cookie' on your browser. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by this company, please click here.

Changing or Removing Information

Control over most personal information on Drivers Republic is available through the profile editing tools within the community pages. (Select 'edit' from within your DR Profile Page). Users of the Drivers Republic community may modify or delete most of their profile information by logging into their account. Alterations to your username, password or email address can be made by contacting us at privacy@drivers-republic.com

Individuals who wish to deactivate their Drivers Republic account may do so by firstly deselecting the privacy options within the My Account page, then contacting us at privacy@drivers-republic.com and asking for the their account to be terminated. We will endeavour to complete this request within 72 hours, in the meanwhile their profile information will no longer be viewable by other users.

Removing your account will generally not remove messages and comments placed within the walls of groups or other users profiles.

Data protection statement

In submitting details on this website you agree that NewMedia Republic may use any personal data of yours that you supply for the purposes outlined above. NewMedia Republic respects your privacy and complies fully with the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003. Access to your data on Drivers Republic is password-protected, and sensitive data is protected by SSL encryption when it is exchanged between your web browser and our web site.

By using Drivers Republic, you are consenting to having your personal data transferred to and processed in countries other than the United Kingdom. Regardless of where your data is stored, we will maintain the same high levels of security and protection.

Newsletters

When registering, you are given the option to receive our newsletter. We use this to notify you about new features on the site, and tell you when a new magazine has been published.

If you decide you no longer want to receive these newsletters – or if you aren't currently receiving it and want to – all you need to do is change your email preferences. You'll find this in the 'Registration' area once you are logged in.

Payment

Payments by credit or debit card for membership or other goods and services supplied by NewMedia Republic are processed using Protx. When the payment is processed by Protx, the details of the credit or debit card are collected over a secure link. NewMedia Republic does not collect any details and they are not made available to us. Protx will use the personal information you provide to process your online payment and to refund any monies due to you. When you make a payment online, Protx will use industry standard software, which encrypts your information. Protx may transfer to, process and hold your credit card information in countries either within or outside the European Economic Area in connection with performing their duties. For further details about the security of this information, please refer to Protx.

Policy amendments

We may update this privacy policy from time-to-time by posting a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes. We may also notify you of changes to our privacy policy by email.

Third party websites

The website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of third party websites. This privacy policy only applies to information collected by Drivers Republic in this site.

Questions

If you have questions about this privacy policy or our treatment of your personal date, please contact us at:
privacy@drivers-republic.com