Security and Privacy –
Cookies and Personal Data
Our policy is simple: We
collect no personal information about you unless you choose to provide that
information to us. We do not give, share, sell, or transfer any personal
information to a third party.
We do not use any data
collection mechanisms that are any different from those used on any other
standard website.
Links to Other Sites:
Tennisratings.co.uk provides
links to many external websites. Please be aware that when you leave the
Tennisratings website you will be going to sites that are beyond our control
and standards.
Non-personal Information
we record:
During your visit as you
browse through the website or download information, our Google managed systems
will automatically record some general information about your visit.
During your visit, our
systems will record:
The type of browser (such as
“Safari” or “Internet Explorer version X”) that you are
using.
The type of operating system
that you use (such as IOS, Unix, or Windows).
The date and time you visit
our site, and the web pages that you visit on our site.
The address of the previous
website you were visiting, if you linked to us from another website.
The Internet domain for your
Internet service.
We use Google Analytics to
provide us with this information for statistical analysis, to help us make our
site more useful to visitors. This system does not record information
about individuals.
You can opt out of Google
Analytics without affecting how you visit our site – for more information on
opting out of being of Google Analytics see links below.
Cookies:
A cookie is a small piece of
information that is sent to your browser when you access a website. (playing a YouTube
videos sets a cookie). The use of
cookies is an industry standard and they are found at most major websites.
There are two kinds of cookies. A session cookie is a line of text that is
stored temporarily in your computer’s RAM. It is never written to a computer’s
drive and it is destroyed as soon as you close your browser. A persistent
cookie is a more permanent line of text that gets saved by your browser to a
file on your hard drive. Depending on your browser settings, you may receive
notification that a site is requesting cookie information, possibly with an
expiration date. Persistent cookies have a future expiration date. Session
cookies have no date associated with them.
On those pages where the
application used on our site utilises “cookies” to facilitate your
use of our site, they do not collect personal information about you. Tennisratings.co.uk do not, per se, create, set, monitor
or install cookies. Any cookies set as
a result of visiting tennisratings.co.uk are by virtue of the applications and
resources (mainly Google) that we utilise for the smooth running of the site.
We consider that
implied
consent on cookies is appropriate for this site in the context of
compliance within the rules on cookies.
To protect your privacy, be
sure to close your browser completely after you have finished conducting
business with any website that uses cookies. If you are concerned about the
potential use of information gathered from your computer by cookies, you can
set your browser to prompt you before it accepts a cookie. Most Internet
browsers have settings that let you identify and/or reject cookies.
For information on handling and deleting cookies, see
links below.
Information from e-mail
you send to us:
If you decide to send us an
e-mail message, the message will usually contain your return e-mail address. If
you include personally-identifying information in your e-mail because you want
us to address issues specific to your situation, we may use that information in
responding to your request.
Voluntary Submission of
Information:
On some of our web pages we
provide forms that let you voluntarily submit personal information (such as
e-mail address or name). For example, this occurs when you sign up for our
subscription service. In those cases, all submitted information is used only
for the expressed purposes for which it is intended and is not made available
to any third party.
Wise precautions
If cookies or any of this
Internet security stuff bothers you, not just for tennisratings.co.uk but for
all sites you visit, then we have the following suggestions:
Check
out programs such as CCleaner: http://www.piriform.com/
Opt
of of Google analytics: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Use
Google Incognito (Browse in private) mode.
All new cookies are deleted
after you close all incognito windows that you’ve opened.
Ensure you have strong passwords: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password_strength
Ensure
you are comfortable with the level of security enabled/provided by your browser.(Browser
settings).
May 2013
