Privacy Policy

Type of information we collect

We receive, collect and store any information you enter on our website or provide us in any other way. In addition, we collect the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet; login; e-mail address; password; computer and connection information and purchase history. We may use software tools to measure and collect session information, including page response times, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information, and methods used to browse away from the page. We also collect personally identifiable information (including name, email, password, communications); payment details (including credit card information), comments, feedback, product reviews, recommendations, and personal profile.

How we collect information

When you conduct a transaction on our website, as part of the process, we collect personal information you give us such as your name, address and email address. Your personal information will be used for the specific reason stated only.

Why we collect personal information

We collect such Non-personal and Personal Information for the following purposes:

To provide and operate the Services;
To provide our Users with ongoing customer assistance and technical support;
To be able to contact our Visitors and Users with general or personalized service-related notices and promotional messages;
To create aggregated statistical data and other aggregated and/or inferred Non-personal Information, which we may use to provide and improve our services;
To comply with any applicable laws and regulations.

How we store, use share and disclose our site visitors’ personal information

Our site is hosted on the Wix.com platform. Wix.com provides us with the online platform that allows us to sell Memberships and services to you. Your data may be stored through Wix.com’s data storage, databases and the general Wix.com applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall.

All direct payment gateways offered by Wix.com and used by our organisation adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our site and service providers.

How we communicate with site visitors

We may contact you to notify you regarding your Membership account, to troubleshoot problems with your account, to resolve a dispute, to collect fees or monies owed, to poll your opinions through surveys or questionnaires, to send updates, or as otherwise necessary to contact you to fulfil our User Agreement, applicable laws and any agreement we may have with you. For these purposes we may contact you by email, telephone, text message and postal mail.

How we use cookies and other tracking tools

Cookies are small pieces of data stored on a site visitor's browser. They are typically used to keep track of the settings users have selected and actions they have taken on a site.

Wix uses cookies for important reasons, such as:

To provide a great experience for visitors and customers.
To identify registered members (users who registered to our site).
To monitor and analyze the performance, operation and effectiveness of Wix's platform.
To ensure our platform is secure and safe to use.

Good sources of information include All About Cookies.

The following links explain how to access cookie settings in various browsers:

· Cookie settings in Firefox

· Cookie settings in Internet Explorer

· Cookie settings in Google Chrome

· Cookie settings in Safari (OS X)

· Cookie settings in Safari (iOS)

· Cookie settings in Android

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit this link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

How to withdraw your consent

If you don’t want us to process your data any more, please contact us at members@mec.org.uk or via the contact form on the website.

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.

Questions and contacting us

If you would like to access, contact, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, you are invited to contact us at members@mec.org.uk or via the contat page on our website.