Security & Privacy

Thank you for registering with Bike and Saddle (Pty) Ltd. This privacy policy governs your use of the BIKE AND SADDLE software, the BIKE AND SADDLE service, the BIKE AND SADDLE websites, (including www.bikeandsaddle.com and www.brooksengland.co.za) and all other software, features, tools, websites, and services offered by or through BIKE AND SADDLE ("BIKE AND SADDLE Products") from Bike and Saddle. When you register with BIKE AND SADDLE, and use BIKE AND SADDLE Products, you provide BIKE AND SADDLE with personally identifiable information (your "BIKE AND SADDLE information"). This Policy explains the information practices that apply to your BIKE AND SADDLE information. This Policy does not apply to information collected by third party Web sites linked to or otherwise accessible from offerings presented through BIKE AND SADDLE Products. The information collected or received by third party Web sites is subject to their own privacy policies.

* Collection of Your BIKE AND SADDLE Information
* How Your BIKE AND SADDLE Information Is Used
* Cookies and Web Beacons
* Our Commitment to Security
* Special Note for Parents
* How to Contact Us
* Changes to this Privacy Policy and Additional Information

Collection of Your BIKE AND SADDLE Information
Your BIKE AND SADDLE information consists of personally identifiable information collected or received about you when you register to use BIKE AND SADDLE or log in to BIKE AND SADDLE as a registered user and interact with BIKE AND SADDLE Products. Depending on how you use BIKE AND SADDLE Products, your BIKE AND SADDLE information may include registration-related information (such as name, home or work addresses, e-mail addresses, telephone and fax numbers, birth date or gender); transaction-related information (such as credit card or other preferred means of payment, or a history of products purchased through BIKE AND SADDLE); information about your visits to BIKE AND SADDLE Web sites and pages, and your responses to the offerings and advertisements presented on these sites and pages; information about the features or offerings from BIKE AND SADDLE that you use, and how frequently you use them); your billing and shipping information; customer service information about you as an BIKE AND SADDLE user or subscriber; and other information specifically related to your use of a particular BIKE AND SADDLE feature or offering. Your BIKE AND SADDLE information may be supplemented with additional information from other companies. Your BIKE AND SADDLE information may also include certain technical information gathered by BIKE AND SADDLE when you use BIKE AND SADDLE Products. Some of the technical information that may be collected or received includes: the type of browser you are using (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system you are using (e.g., Windows XP or Mac OS), CPU type (e.g. Pentium), your manner of connecting to the Internet (e.g., connection speed through narrowband or broadband access); Internet protocol address; other information about your geographic location; and the domain name of your Internet service provider. When you register with BIKE AND SADDLE and use BIKE AND SADDLE Products, your BIKE AND SADDLE information may be collected and stored Bike and Saddle Limited. as the operator of BIKE AND SADDLE. Additionally, BIKE AND SADDLE will use the Screen Name Service or other similar technology, to authenticate you on BIKE AND SADDLE, help store your registration and transaction-related information, and enable you to take advantage of offerings from BIKE AND SADDLE.

How Your BIKE AND SADDLE Information Is Used
Your BIKE AND SADDLE information is used to operate and improve the features, offerings and content presented to you by BIKE AND SADDLE; to personalize the content and advertisements provided to you; to fulfill your requests for products, programs, and services; to communicate with you and respond to your inquiries; to conduct research about your use of BIKE AND SADDLE Products; and to help offer you other products, programs, or services that may be of interest. Your BIKE AND SADDLE information may be shared within BIKE AND SADDLE and its business divisions. Your BIKE AND SADDLE information will not be shared with third parties unless it is necessary to fulfill a transaction you have requested, or in other circumstances in which you have consented to the sharing of your BIKE AND SADDLE information. BIKE AND SADDLE may use your BIKE AND SADDLE information to present offers to you on behalf of business partners and advertisers. These business partners and advertisers receive aggregate data about groups of BIKE AND SADDLE users, but do not receive information the at personally identifies you. BIKE AND SADDLE does not read your private online communications when you use any of the communication tools offered as BIKE AND SADDLE Products. If, however, you use these tools to disclose information about yourself publicly (for example, in chat rooms or online message boards made available by BIKE AND SADDLE), other online users may obtain access to any information you provide. Your BIKE AND SADDLE information, including the contents of your online communications, may be accessed and disclosed in response to legal process (for example, a court order, search warrant or subpoena), or in other circumstances in which BIKE AND SADDLE has a good faith belief that BIKE AND SADDLE are being used for unlawful purposes. BIKE AND SADDLE may also access or disclose your BIKE AND SADDLE information when necessary to protect the rights or property of BIKE AND SADDLE, or in special cases such as a threat to your safety or that of others. BIKE AND SADDLE may use agents and contractors in order to help operate BIKE AND SADDLE Products. If such agents and contractors have access to personally identifiable information, they are required to protect this information in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy by, for example, not using the information for any purpose other than to carry out the services they are performing for BIKE AND SADDLE. In the unlikely event that ownership of BIKE AND SADDLE was to change as a result of a merger or acquisition by another company, your BIKE AND SADDLE information may be transferred. BIKE AND SADDLE will provide you notice prior to any such transfer of your BIKE AND SADDLE information. If such a transfer results in a material change in the use of your BIKE AND SADDLE information, BIKE AND SADDLE will also provide you notice about the choices you have to decline to permit such a transfer.

Cookies and Web Beacons
BIKE AND SADDLE may use cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies to enhance and personalize your experience on BIKE AND SADDLE or BIKE AND SADDLE, including to operate and improve offerings through the BIKE AND SADDLE; to help authenticate your identity when you visit and transact with BIKE AND SADDLE; to remember your preferences and registration information; enable a shopping cart; to present and help measure and research the effectiveness of BIKE AND SADDLE offerings, advertisements, and e-mail communications (by determining which BIKE AND SADDLE e-mails you open and act upon); and to customize the content and advertisements provide to you by BIKE AND SADDLE. Additionally, BIKE AND SADDLE or its advertisers may use other companies known as third party ad servers to help present advertisements online in connection with BIKE AND SADDLE Products. These third party ad servers may use cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies to help present such advertisements, and to help measure and research the advertisements' effectiveness. The use of these technologies by these third party ad servers is subject to their own privacy policies, not BIKE AND SADDLE's.

Our Commitment to Security
BIKE AND SADDLE has established safeguards to help prevent unauthorized access to or misuse of your BIKE AND SADDLE information, but cannot guarantee that your personally identifiable information will never be disclosed in a manner inconsistent with this Privacy Policy (for example, in the event of unauthorized acts by third parties that violate applicable law or the policies of BIKE AND SADDLE. To protect your privacy and security, BIKE AND SADDLE uses passwords to help verify your identity before granting access or making corrections to any of your BIKE AND SADDLE information.

Special Note for Parents
BIKE AND SADDLE is intended for a general audience, and children under the age of thirteen are permitted to register with BIKE AND SADDLE.

How to Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about the BIKE AND SADDLE Privacy Policy or its implementation, you may contact us at public[at sign]Bike and Saddle[dot]com, or by sending regular mail to the following address:

Bike and Saddle Ltd
PO Box 51196
Waterfront 8002
South Africa

Changes to this Privacy Policy and Additional Information
The BIKE AND SADDLE Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time, and so you should review this Policy periodically. If there are significant changes to BIKE AND SADDLE's information practices, you will be provided with appropriate online notice. BIKE AND SADDLE may in the future offer other special features and services, and if these features and services are not described in this Policy, you will be provided with additional privacy-related information.

Last updated March 12, 2008