By using the website you consent to the Privacy Policy stated below, from time to time BIGDOG may revise these by updating this page. BIGDOG advises that you review this page from time to time because our Privacy Policy is binding to all users.

This page refers to the ways in which personal data of registered users of the website www.bigdog.co.uk (referred to as "BIGDOG" below) will be managed. BIGDOG's Privacy Policy is limited to the services offered directly from BIGDOG, and do not reflect those that apply to any website that may be referenced through links or posted on BIGDOG.

Always protect your personal information by never providing your NI number, Credit Card or Bank Details to a prospective employer. BIGDOG will never request this information from you.

BIGDOG are responsible for handling the personal information, with registered offices at Suite 18, Rowan House, Padgate Business Park, Green Lane, Padgate, Warrington, WA1 4JN.

Use of the site

All copyright, database rights and other intellectual property rights in the site and the material available on the site belong to BIGDOG Marketing Ltd or its third party suppliers. Use of the site does not give you any proprietary rights in such materials.

Ownership

You acknowledge that the website is owned by BIGDOG Marketing Ltd. The copyright and all other intellectual property rights in all material on the website (including (but not limited to) photographs and graphical images) are owned by BIGDOG Marketing Ltd.

Users shall retain ownership rights in text, messages, chat, files images, photos, videos and sounds or any other materials that they from time to time post or transmit to the website. User generated content you post or transmit to the website shall be considered non-confidential. By submitting the user generated content you hereby grant:

• BIGDOG Marketing Ltd a permanent, non-exclusive licence to display, reproduce, distribute and modify your user generated content.
• BIGDOG Marketing Ltd the right to moderate and if required remove from display such material as it sees as inappropriate
• To all other users a non-exclusive licence to display, reproduce or perform (if applicable) your user generated content solely as necessary for such user to participate in the relevant website activity or functionality.

Data Processing

By registering and entering your details you consent to BIGDOG and its clients sending you information about products and/or services that may be of interest to you. You also agree to the terms and conditions and the privacy policy that govern how your information will be processed.

Collected Information

Data can be collected and processed during the operations of our website. The following are ways we may perform these actions:

Data regarding your visit(s) to our website and any resources used are collected. The following is included and not limited to: location data, weblogs, traffic data, and any other communication information.
Any forms you filled out on our site allows us to collect data such as registering for information.
If for any reason you communicate with our personnel or site we may collect information.

Cookie Usage

There are instances where we may use cookies to gather information regarding our services in a mathematical collection for our website and our advertisers.

Any information collected will not have any identifying data. It is statistical data about our visitors and how they have used our site. No personal details will be shared that could identify you.

We may assemble information about your common internet use with a cookie file. When used, the cookies are downloaded to your computer automatically. The cookie is stored on the hard drive, with transferred information. The data sought by the cookie helps us improve our website and any service offered to you.

Your browser has the ability to decline cookies. This is done by setting your browser options to decline all cookies. Note: if you do decline the download of cookies, some aspects of our site may not work or allow you access.

The computer systems and software used to operate BIGDOG acquire some personal data whose transmission is implicit in Internet communications protocols. This information is not gathered for association with any specific users, but may be used to identify those users following processing and by association with data held by third parties.

Data of this kind includes the IP addresses of the computers used to connect to BIGDOG, the URL addresses of the requested resources, the browser used and other parameters relating to the operating system and the computer environment of the user.

Our Use of Your Information

Information stored or collected regarding you helps us improve and offer services you need. The following list contains how we might use your data:
Any request you make of our site or personnel allows us to use information you provided us with. We may also send you information on products or services you may be interested in, as long as consent has been received.
Contract Commitments: To meet any Commitment we make to you.
Changes or Improvements made to the site can warrant use of your information, with regard to notification of such changes. An existing customer may be contacted regarding products and services related to any item of previous sale you made on our site. We may use data or allow third parties to use information that is not related to goods or services you may be interested in. You will only be contacted by us or third parties if consent has been offered via our site. We only send communications you have consented to.

Anyone who does not wish to give consent for our site or third party use has the opportunity to decline. Once we receive your withhold for consent we will remove your details from any mailings or third party communications.

Rights of Registered Users

All registered users have the right to request confirmation to see if BIGDOG is in possession of their personal data and may update their personal data or have it removed by request. BIGDOG takes all reasonable measures to prevent loss, illegal or incorrect use of the data, or improper and unauthorised access to it.