We are committed to protecting your personal information and will keep the information you entrust to us safely and securely. BBC Worldwide is registered under the Data Protection Act 1998 and will comply with that Act's provisions.
Why we collect information
We collect information from you for three reasons:
1. To process an order, provide any other services requested, or fulfil any other contractual obligations we have to you, we may collect names, email addresses, postal addresses and credit-card details.
2. To make your visit more rewarding and useful, we may monitor customer patterns and your use of the site via cookies (please see the information below on cookies).
3. Should you consent to send you information about future products and promotions from BBC Worldwide.
If you supply us with another person's details or data you warrant or promise that you have that person's permission to give us that information. We will only use those details to contact them for that immediate purpose.
Cookies
We may also store information about you using cookies (files which are sent by us to your computer or other access device) which we can access when you visit our site in future. We do this so we can automatically recognise you come back to the site.
If you want to delete any cookies that are already on your computer, please refer to the instructions for your file management software to locate the file or directory that stores cookies. Our cookies will have the file names of the form "[your username]@www.bbcgirltalk[1].txt" or "[your username]@bbcgirltalk [1].txt". You should also be aware that some of our advertisers, retailers and agents may also use cookies on this site from time to time.
Information on deleting or controlling cookies is available at www.AboutCookies.org. Please note that by deleting our cookies or disabling future cookies you may not be able to access certain areas or features of our site.
Children
We do not wish to collect any personal information from children without their parents' consent. If you are under 13, please obtain consent from your parents or guardian before supplying any information.
Disclosing information to others
We will not sell or share your personal information with third parties except as stated below, or to fulfil another function to which you have consented.
We employ other companies to perform functions on our behalf, including fulfilling orders, sending emails and postal mail, and analysing data. We will ensure that these companies only use such information under our direction to perform these functions, and that they have adequate procedures in place to deal with your data securely.
Some of these companies may be based outside the EU. If we transfer your data to these companies we will ensure that they process your data in accordance with this privacy policy and the Data Protection Act.
Accuracy and access to personal information
With any marketing material that is sent to you, we will give you the opportunity and instructions to contact us to check the accuracy of your personal information, along with the option to unsubscribe from future marketing.
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