Privacy Statement

Privacy statement for www.africashippinglogistics.com

This privacy statement sets out how African Shipping Logistics uses and protects any information that you provide to African Shipping Logistics when you use this website.

Africa Shipping Logistics has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our commitment to protect the privacy of our users. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

African Shipping Logistics may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from the 15^Th day of January 2011.

What we collect

We may collect the following personal information:

• Name and job title
• Contact information including email address
• Demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
• Other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers

 What we do with the information we gather

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

• Internal record keeping
• We may use the information to improve our products and services
• We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided
• From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

Except as set out herein or as may be otherwise agreed, Africa Shipping Logistics does not publish, share, trade, sell or otherwise disseminate any of the information or data registered or provided to us to any other party. Africa Shipping Logistics may, however, be obligated and are entitled to disclose information and data registered or provided to us in compliance with applicable law, court or arbitration orders, judgements awards or other legal processes served or in compliance with requests by any entitled authority, body or person or to protect the interests, rights, property of Africa Shipping Logistics, our users or others.

In addition, Africa Shipping Logistics may disclose any information and/or data registered via www.africashippinglogistics.com to and co-operate with authorities in any jurisdiction in relation to any direction or request to disclose such information and/or data regarding any user or the use of the website, content or services.

Should any information or data be transferred to a recipient based outside the EU/EEA, Africa Shipping Logistics will ensure prior to such transfer that the recipient’s level of data protection is sufficient.  We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you grant us permission that you wish this to happen.

Cookies

A cookie is information that a web browser puts on your hard disk. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

How we use cookies

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose 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. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Links

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Controlling your personal information

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:

• Whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes
• If you have previously permitted us to use your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at info@africashippinglogistics.com

If you believe that any information we are holding about you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly act and correct any information found to be incorrect.