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Privacy Policy ...

Bako Northern / Bako Scotland is committed to protecting your privacy to allow the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Bako Northern / Bako Scotland Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Bako Northern / Bako Scotland website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.


Collection of your Personal Information

Bako Northern / Bako Scotland collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, work address, telephone number and profession. Information regarding orders you placed on the Bako Northern / Bako Scotland website will be held for the recommended legal term. During such storage this information will be analysed in order to better improve our service and to further understand our customer and market sectors. There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Bako Northern / Bako Scotland. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Bako Northern / Bako Scotland for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Bako Northern / Bako Scotland Web site. Bako Northern / Bako Scotland encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Bako Northern / Bako Scotland so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Bako Northern / Bako Scotland is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Bako Northern / Bako Scotland and Bako Northern / Bako Scotland family of Web sites.


Use of your Personal Information

Bako Northern / Bako Scotland collects and uses your personal information to operate the Bako Northern / Bako Scotland Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Bako Northern / Bako Scotland also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Bako Northern / Bako Scotland and its affiliates. Bako Northern / Bako Scotland may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered. Bako Northern / Bako Scotland does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Bako Northern / Bako Scotland may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Bako Northern / Bako Scotland may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Bako Northern / Bako Scotland, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information. Bako Northern / Bako Scotland does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent. Bako Northern / Bako Scotland keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Bako Northern / Bako Scotland, in order to determine what Bako Northern / Bako Scotland services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Bako Northern / Bako Scotland to customers whose behaviour indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area. Bako Northern / Bako Scotland Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Bako Northern / Bako Scotland or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Bako Northern / Bako Scotland; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Bako Northern / Bako Scotland, or the public.


Use of Cookies

The Bako Northern / Bako Scotland Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Bako Northern / Bako Scotland pages, or register with Bako Northern / Bako Scotland site or services, a cookie helps Bako Northern / Bako Scotland to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Bako Northern / Bako Scotland Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Bako Northern / Bako Scotland features that you customized. You have the ability 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. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Bako Northern / Bako Scotland services or Web sites you visit.


Security of your Personal Information

Bako Northern / Bako Scotland secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Bako Northern / Bako Scotland secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.


Changes to this Statement

Bako Northern / Bako Scotland will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Bako Northern / Bako Scotland encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Bako Northern / Bako Scotland is protecting your information.


Contact Information

Bako Northern / Bako Scotland welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Bako Northern / Bako Scotland has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Bako Northern / Bako Scotland at enquiry@bakonorthern.co.uk. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.