Subject to the foregoing, Dot-Shops.co.uk may conduct surveys of other studies of its customer base and usage for marketing and planning purposes. With respect to information collected from such surveys or studies, and in the event that responses are to be publicly disclosed, users will be notified at the time they take the survey and Dot-Shops.co.uk will disclose only aggregate information regarding its users and not personal information identifying any specific individual. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in cases where surveys allow users to submit written comments, and where Dot-Shops.co.uk advises users of the possibility of such disclosure at the time they take the survey, Dot-Shops.co.uk reserves the right to disclose text information provided by any user through such a survey, provided that no personal information identifying that user is disclosed.

"Opt-in" Emails: Users may "opt-in" to receive site notifications, newsletters or other information via email. Users may remove themselves from such services at their discretion. Any email sent to an "opt-in" list will include directions for how a user may remove him or herself from the list, or a URL where the user may find such directions.

Other Notification: In order to implement or enforce the Terms of Service of the relevant Dot-Shops.co.uk site, Dot-Shops.co.uk may use personal information to contact users on an individual basis.

At no time, unless such disclosure is required by law or a user specifically authorizes such disclosure, will Dot-Shops.co.uk disclose individual user personal information that is not publicly available to unrelated third parties.

Surveys and Resulting Information: Subject to the foregoing, Dot-Shops.co.uk may conduct surveys or other studies of its customer base and usage for marketing and planning purposes. Participation in such surveys is at the user's option; Dot-Shops.co.uk does not conduct mandatory surveys.

With respect to information collected from such surveys or studies, and in the event that responses are to be publicly disclosed, users will be notified at the time they take the survey and Dot-Shops.co.uk will disclose only aggregate information regarding its users and not personal information identifying any specific individual. Circumstances under which Dot-Shops.co.uk would publicly disclose such aggregate information include, but are not limited to, sharing survey results with the site population, providing data to Dot-Shops.co.uk advertisers on user preferences and/or demographics, and publicizing overall usage data in press communications.

Enforcement In the event that Dot-Shops.co.uk becomes aware that site security is compromised or user nonpublic information has been disclosed to unrelated third parties as a result of external activity, including but not limited to external security attacks, Dot-Shops.co.uk shall take reasonable measures which it deems appropriate, including but not limited to internal investigation and reporting, and notification to and cooperation with law enforcement authorities.

If Dot-Shops.co.uk becomes aware that a user's personal information provided to Dot-Shops.co.uk has been disclosed in a manner not permitted by this Privacy Policy, Dot-Shops.co.uk shall make reasonable efforts to notify the affected user, as soon as reasonably possible and as permitted by law, of what information has been disclosed, to the extent that Dot-Shops.co.uk knows this information.

Updates to the Privacy Policy To update the privacy policy, we will both post the changed version and its effective date at this page our policy . Concurrently with any change to the core privacy policy, we will email notice of the change to known users at least 15 days (or such shorter or longer time as mandated by law or any judicial or government body ) in advance.

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