This Privacy Policy statement explains the data processing practices of
the Teardrop Media websites, which at this time include Teardropmedia.com
Tetsou.co.uk and Effectiveinternetbusiness.com. Teardrop Media takes the privacy
of its users seriously. We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our
users while providing a personalised and valuable service. If you have any
requests concerning your personal information or any queries with regard to
these practices please contact us by e-mail at
Our site contains links to third party sites which are not subject to this
privacy policy. We recommend that you read the privacy policy of any such
sites that you visit.
Overall privacy statement
1. What information do we collect?
We collect personally identifiable information, such as your userid, email
address, phone number when you provide it to us. We also automatically receive
and record information from our servers and from your browser, including your
IP address, the time of your visit to pages on our site, and information about
pages you visited. Unless you have registered for one of our products or services,
the information we gather through the use of tracking technologies cannot
be matched with any personally identifiable information about you.
Our primary goal in collecting personal information is to provide you with
the best and most useful content and services. Several of the services and
features that we offer on our sites require you to provide us with information
as a condition of usage. These include access to subscription-only areas,
the ability to post opinions or other content and email newsletters and participation
in message boards.
2. What is the practice regarding cookies?
Your Internet browser has a feature called cookies, which stores small amounts
of data on your computer about your visit to any of our sites. You do not
need to have cookies turned on to visit most of our sites, although active
participation in certain areas of our sites may require cookies. Cookies alone
tell us nothing about who you are unless you specifically give us personally
identifiable information, in which case we use the information to enhance
your services in the ways described below. By adjusting your settings on your
browser, you may elect not to allow cookies to be collected.
We use cookies and tracking technologies in a variety of ways, including:
Keeping count of return visits to our site or our advertisers'
or partners' sites;
Accumulating and reporting anonymous, aggregate (data collected
in mass), statistical information on Website and advertisement usage;
Determining which features our overall user population likes
best;
Saving your password so you don't have to re-enter it each
time you visit our sites;
Displaying the most appropriate advertising or content based
on your interests.
3. Sharing of Information
Teardrop Media does not share, sell or rent your email addresses to outside
third parties. Personally identifiable information will only be disclosed where
required by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary in
order to conform to the edicts of the law or comply with a legal process served
on our Web site.
4. Transfer of Data
The Internet is a global environment. Using the Internet to collect and process
personal data necessarily involves the transmission of data on an international
basis. Therefore, by browsing the Teardrop Media sites and communicating electronically
with us you acknowledge and agree to our processing of personal data in this
way.
5. What are my options?
Users who would rather not provide any of the user data requested by our
registration process do not need to register with us. You can still view much
of the content and use many of the services offered by our sites without registering.
We also give users the following options:
a. Opting not to receive our electronic newsletters. Users who opt in may
remove themselves from mailing lists at any time through the subscription-management
pages or by following the instructions at the end of the e-mail they received
from us;
b. Opting not to provide certain personal information when registering for
a site, provided, however, that you may not be able to use some of our products
or services without providing us with certain information.
6. Information updates
We may from time to time, send you pertinent information on special offers,
giveaways or special discounts should you choose to subscribe. We may also contact
you if we need to make changes to the administration of the site to ensure your
service with us is not affected by these changes. In any case, you will receive
no more than one (1) of such e-mail every week.
7. How can I review and update my personally identifiable information?
You can review, correct, or change the information collected during registration
for any of our sites. The instructions for doing this can be found in our
member-services areas. Users may change information at any time and as often
as necessary. Users who are experiencing problems with our services or who
have questions about how our services work can contact us using the contact
details on our websites.
8. Changes to this Policy
This policy is effective 19th of August 2006. From time to time we may make
changes to this privacy policy statement to reflect any changes to our privacy
practices in accordance with changes to legislation, best practice or website
enhancements.
9. Privacy of children
We do not intentionally collect any information on children under 14 years
of age. We will undertake to delete any details of such users where a parent
or guardian has notified us that any such details have been obtained.
