Privacy Policy

COPYRIGHT, DISCLAIMER AND PRIVACY POLICY

COPYRIGHT
COPYRIGHT ON ALL THE IMAGES ON THIS WEB SITE IS OWNED BY THE CAST METALS FEDERATION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE COPYRIGHT DESIGNS AND PATENTS ACT 1988.
THE SITE IS THE PROPERTY OF THE CAST METALS FEDERATION AND REPRODUCTION OF THE CONTENT IS LIMITED TO THE CASTING PROCESSES DESCRIPTIONS, THE PUBLICATION ORDER FORMS AND THE MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FORMS.
THE FORMAL PERMISSION OF THE CAST METALS FEDERATION IS REQUIRED FOR THE REPRODUCTION OF ANY OTHER PART OF THE WEBSITE

DISCLAIMER
EVERY EFFORT IS MADE TO ENSURE THAT THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THIS SITE IS ACCURATE AND UP TO DATE BUT NO LEGAL RESPOSIBILITY IS ACCEPTED FOR ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS OR MISLEADING STATEMENTS. IT IS THE CASTMETALS POLICY TO OBTAIN PERMISSION TO LINK TO OTHER WEB SITES, AND CONTEXTUAL LINKS ARE PROVIDED TO SUCH SITES WHERE APPROPRIATE TO THE CAST METALS FEDERATION’S BUSINESS. THE CAST METALS FEDERATION IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR, AND CANNOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY OF INFORMATION ON SITES IT DOES NOT MANAGE, NOR SHOULD THE EXISTANCE OF A HYPERLINK BE TAKEN TO MEAN ENDORSEMENT BY THE CAST METALS FEDERATION.

PRIVACY POLICY
THE CAST METALS FEDERATION SITE IS MANAGED BY THE CAST METALS FEDERATION.

THE DATA PROTECTION ACT
UNDER THE DATA PROTECTECTION ACT WE HAVE A LEGAL DUTY TO PROTECT ANY INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM YOU. WE USE LEADING TECHNOLOGIES AND ENCRYPTION SOFTWARE TO SAFEGUARD OUR DATA AND STRICT SECURITY STANDARDS TO PREVENT ANY UNAUTHORISED ACCESS TO IT. WE DO NOT PASS ON ANY DETAILS TO ANY THIRD PARTY UNLESS YOU HAVE GIVEN US PERMISSION TO DO SO.

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
WE COLLECT FOUR KINDS OF INFORMATION FROM VISITORS TO OUR SITE
A. FEEDBACK (THROUGH EMAILS TO OUR INTERNET SERVICES TEAM
B. SITE USAGE INFORMATION, FROM COOKIES AND LOG FILES
C. FINANCIAL &

D. ADDRESS INFORMATION FROM PUBLICATION ORDERS AND FROM COMPLETED MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS.

A. FEEDBACK
WE WELCOME YOUR FEEDBACK. YOU CAN EMAIL US BY CONTACTING ADMIN@CMFED.CO.UK

B. COOKIES
CMF MAY PLACE A COOKIE ON YOUR COMPUTERS BROWSER. COOKIES ARE SMALL TEXT FILES, WHICH PROVIDE US WITH INFORMATION ABOUT HOW OFTEN SOMEONE VISITS OUR SITE, AND WHAT THEY DO DURING THOSE VISITS. COOKIES DO NOT THEMSELVES COLLECT ANY PERSONAL DATA BUT IF YOU PROVIDE SUCH INFORMATION TO ANY OF OUR WEBSITES, FOR EXAMPLE BY REGISTERING WITH US, IT MAY BE LINKED TO THE DATA STORED IN THE COOKIE. NO PERSONAL DATA IS DISCLOSED DURING THIS PROCESS.
YOU CAN SET YOUR BROWSER NOT TO ACCEPT COOKIES.

LOG FILES
LOG FILES ALOW US TO RECORD VISITORS USE OF THE SITE. WE ANALYSE LOG FILE INFORMATION FROM ALL OUR VISITORS AND USE IT TO MAKE CHANGES THE LAYOUT OF THE SITE, AND TO INFORMATION IN IT, BASED ON THE WAY VISITORS MOVE AROUND THE SITE.
LOG FILES DO NOT CONTAIN ANY PERSONAL INFORMATIOMN
WHEN YOU MOVE TO ANOTHER SITE, READ THE PRIVACY STATEMENT OF ANY SITE WHICH COLLECTS PERSONAL INFORMATION

C. FINANCIAL
THIS INFORMATION IS COLLECTED ON A SECURE SERVER AND IS ONLY USED IN THE PROCESSING OF AN ORDER OR YOUR MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION.

D. EMAIL AND POSTAL ADDRESSES
THIS INFORMATION IS USED TO DELIVER CMF SERVICES AND INFORMATION REQUESTED, NOTIFICATION OF EVENTS AND ITEMS OF INTEREST TO MEMBERS OF THE CMF AND TO INTERESTED NON MEMBERS. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY ALSO BE USED TO INFORM MEMBERS AND NONMEMBERS OF OTHER PRODUCTS AND SERVICES WHICH WE CONSIDER MIGHT BE OF INTEREST.
IF THIS NOT ACCEPTABLE THEN AN EMAIL SHOULD BE SENT TO ADMIN@CMFED.CO.UK REQUESTING REMOVAL FROM THESE LISTS.

30TH JANUARY 2006