www.furrealpetstars.co.uk (Last updated 28th October 2009)

1. General

 

Hasbro (UK) Limited, our subsidiaries, our ultimate parent company and its subsidiaries is committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal information in accordance with data protection legislation in the UK.

 

This privacy policy explains how Hasbro use information we collect about you and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used.

 

 

2. What information do we collect and how?

 

We request certain information from you during registration so that you may enter the competition. We ask for your name, [date of birth], e-mail address, postal address, and telephone/mobile number. We also require your parent?s email address at registration if you are under 16 years of age.

Information that you provide will be submitted via a secure server. Certain information is collected automatically on this site as explained later in this privacy policy.

You should not submit this information unless you are happy to do so.

 

3. What do we do with your data?

 

We use your information mainly to run the competition on this site. In this context we use your information to verify your identity and contact you (for example, in the event you are a competition winner. Your parent?s email is used in order to obtain the consent of your parent in relation to your registration of the site and the collection of your information through this site, if you are under 16 years of age. We will not use your parent?s email for any other purpose.

With your consent we use the information we collect about you to send you updates in the future on FurReal Friends brand, other Hasbro brands, new Hasbro services and offers in conjunction with our affiliated companies that we think you?ll find valuable. If you do not want to be notified of these matters at any time, you can unsubscribe by contact us at the any one of the contact details below.

 

4. If you are under 16

 

If you are under 16 years of age, do not provide information to this site unless you have first obtained your parent?s/guardian?s permission. In order for you to participate in the competition on this site we will need to collect, retain and use of your personal information and so we will ask for your parent?s e-mail address so that we can notify your parent that we have received your personal information and to seek their consent to your registration of this site and also your entry into the competition on this site. We do not knowingly collect names and e-mail addresses from anyone under sixteen for these types of activities without notifying their parents via e-mail and giving that parent the option to remove their child?s e-mail address from the applicable database for that activity.

 

5. Information Automatically Corrected

 

When you visit our site, we automatically log your IP address (the unique address which identifies your computer on the internet) which is automatically recognised by our webserver.

We use IP addresses to help us administer the site and to collect broad demographic information for aggregate use. We do not link IP addresses to personally identifiable information.

We may collect non-personal information about you such as the type of internet browsers you use or the site from which you reached our site. You cannot be identified from this information and it is only used to assist us in providing effective service on this site. We may from time to time supply the owners or operators of third party sites from which it is possible to link to our site with information relating to the number of users linking to our site from their site. You cannot be identified from this information.

 

6. Use of Cookies

 

Cookies are small text files that are stored by your browser on your computer?s hard drive to collect data about an individual user. Most, if not all browsers, can have cookies switched off. Please use the help screen on your particular browser for details on how to switch cookies off. Switching cookies off will not affect your browsing of this website.

No personal information is collected. Cookies store details such, such as the pages you have visited your preferences on a site, your browser settings and repeat visitors.

The information collected by us using cookies is purely a statistical research tool to help us understand and monitor how we can improve our site and enables us to provide a more personalised service (e.g. to recognise you by your name where you return to our site).

We do share the general statistical research information with third parties, but individuals cannot be identified by the information provided.

We also use cookies to help us give you a better experience by letting us monitor what?s working and what isn?t through traffic analysis, so we recommend that you leave them turned on.

 

7. Where does your data go?

 

In running the competition we use third party services providers (for example in relation to website set up and administration). In such cases we may need to share your personal information with them in order to provide the services on this site. Please note that certain services may be unavailable (like the competitions) if you do not want to disclose the personal information you are asked for. As part of the services offered through our site, the information you provide to us will be transferred to countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA). By way of example, this may happen where any of our servers are hosted by one of our Hasbro Group companies in a country outside the EEA or one of our service providers is located in a country outside the EEA. We also share information between our group companies, which are located in countries worldwide. If you require contact details of our other group companies, please visit us at www.hasbro.com or contact us on the contact details below. Corporate Information on Hasbro UK Limited can be found on the ?About Us? part of the Terms and Conditions of Use. These countries may not have similar data protection laws to the EEA. If we transfer your information outside the EEA in this way, we will take steps to ensure that your privacy rights continue to be protected.

Other than the disclosures referred to in this policy, we will not disclose any personal information without your permission unless we are legally entitled or obliged to do so (for example, if required to do so by Court order or for the purposes of prevention of fraud or other crime.

 

8. Security

 

The Internet is not a secure medium. We have implemented technology and policies to help safeguard your privacy from unauthorised access and improper use including encrypting your details when they are transmitted from this site to help keep them secure. We will continue to maintain and improve these measures over time in line with both legal and technological developments.

 

Third Party Sites

 

We cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other sites even if you access them using links from our site and we recommend that you check the policy of each site you visit.

In addition if you have linked to our site from a third party site, we cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of the owners or operators of that third party site and recommend that you check the policy of that third party site and contact its owner or operator if you have any concerns or questions.

 

Changes to this Privacy Policy

 

From time to time, enhancements to this website may result in periodic changes to this privacy policy. Please remember to refer back to this privacy policy regularly to review any changes. If we change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we disclose it.

 

How can I contact you regarding a Privacy Matter

 

We aim to keep our information about you as accurate as possible. If you would like to review or change the details you have supplied us with you may do so at any time by contacting us on one of the contact details below. If you have any other query relating to your information, please contact us by using the details below.

You are entitled to ask for a copy of the information we store about you.

 

Email: consumer_affairs@hasbro.co.uk

Free phone: 00800 2242 72 76

Opening times: Monday to Thursday 9am to 5pm and Friday 9am to 2.00pm
Or write to us at: Hasbro Consumer Affairs Department
PO BOX 57
Newport
Gwent NP19 4YE