Information that PRACTICAL ASTRONOMER MAGAZINE may collect on you:
To respond to an item you will be asked to submit some personal details. By using the website PRACTICAL ASTRONOMER MAGAZINE is able to and may track certain information about you in order to perform internal research. This information may include what browser you are using, and your IP address.

Usage of collected data:
PRACTICAL ASTRONOMER MAGAZINE may use the collected data about you for internal purposes only, to improve its Site and to better tailor the Site to meet your needs.

Cookies at PRACTICAL ASTRONOMER MAGAZINE:
You acknowledge and agree that PRACTICAL ASTRONOMER MAGAZINE may use cookies on the Site. A cookie is a piece of text that can be entered into the memory of your hard drive and can store information about your use of PRACTICAL ASTRONOMER MAGAZINE's Materials (the "Cookies"). The Cookies will help PRACTICAL ASTRONOMER MAGAZINE make its services more convenient, personalized, and more secure. In addition, Cookies may allow PRACTICAL ASTRONOMER MAGAZINE to keep track and retrieve information about any User who acts in contradiction to this Policy or License Agreement. If you would rather not have Cookies on your computer, you can usually set your browser to deny some but not all Cookies. You can also delete Cookies from your computer at your sole discretion.

Security:
PRACTICAL ASTRONOMER MAGAZINE uses industry standard efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of the collected data, such as firewalls, SSL encryption, database encryption and access monitoring " control systems. However, PRACTICAL ASTRONOMER MAGAZINE cannot ensure the security of any information that you transmit to PRACTICAL ASTRONOMER MAGAZINE or any information that you receive from PRACTICAL ASTRONOMER MAGAZINE online, and you transmit such information at your own risk. Once PRACTICAL ASTRONOMER MAGAZINE receives your transmission, it uses its best effort to ensure security on its systems.

Disclosure of collected data:
PRACTICAL ASTRONOMER MAGAZINE will not disclose, sell or transfer any of the collected data, to any third parties (e.g., advertisers or business partners), except in the following cases:

• PRACTICAL ASTRONOMER MAGAZINE receives your permission;
• If PRACTICAL ASTRONOMER MAGAZINE believes in good faith that the law requires such disclosure or transfer; or
• If required by third party contractors and service providers who work with PRACTICAL ASTRONOMER MAGAZINE, to provide the website's service.

Notwithstanding the aforesaid, PRACTICAL ASTRONOMER MAGAZINE may also disclose collected data, in special cases when it has reason to believe that disclosing such information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating PRACTICAL ASTRONOMER MAGAZINE's License Agreement or may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally), PRACTICAL ASTRONOMER MAGAZINE's rights or property, other Users, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities. You thus authorize PRACTICAL ASTRONOMER MAGAZINE to disclose any collected data about you to law enforcement or other government officials if, in its sole and absolute discretion, believes that such disclosure is necessary or appropriate. Although, PRACTICAL ASTRONOMER MAGAZINE uses industry standard practices to protect your privacy, PRACTICAL ASTRONOMER MAGAZINE does not ensure, and you should not expect, that your collected data or any private communications will always remain private.

External Links

Since PRACTICAL ASTRONOMER MAGAZINE's site may contain links to other sites, PRACTICAL ASTRONOMER MAGAZINE is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such linked sites.

General
We take privacy very seriously and are therefore committed to protecting the privacy of our users. If you have any queries regarding these issues please contact us at comments@practicalastronomer.com  Information on the Data Protection Act 1998 is also on the Data Protection Commissioner's website at www.dataprotection.gov.uk.

PRACTICAL ASTRONOMER MAGAZINE may amend this information from time to time. Changes will be posted here.