This Site is owned and operated by Ballistic Blue Limited (Company No. 48815) trading as Ballistic Blue (“We”, “Us”, “Our”). We are committed to protecting your privacy. This privacy policy (“the Privacy Policy”) explains Our data processing practices and your (“You” or “Your”) options regarding the ways in which Your personal data is used. If You have any requests concerning Your personal information or any queries with regard to Our processing please contact Us at www.BallisticBlue.com (“the Site”).

Please take a moment to review Our policy in detail.

1 Amendments to this Policy

1.1 We update the Site from time to time and there may be developments in how We use Your personal data – all such developments will be notified to You by updating this policy.

1.2 This Privacy Policy was last modified on 9th March 2005.

2. Information Collected

2.1 We collect the details provided by You on registration together with information We learn about You from Your use of Our service and Your visits to the Site and other sites accessible from it. We also collect information about the transactions You undertake including details of payment cards used.

2.2 We may collect additional information in connection with Your participation in any promotions or competitions offered by Us and information You provide when giving Us feedback or completing profile forms. We also monitor customer traffic patterns and Site use which enables Us to improve the service We provide.

3. Access Information

3.1 We will access the information recorded through the use of the Site to help Us improve Our service to You and to make Our communications more relevant.

4. Use of Your Information and Your Preferences

4.1 We will use Your information to provide and personalise Our service. We will also use Your contact details to communicate with You. We may use Your information to send You offers and news about Our products and services as well as satisfaction surveys or those of other carefully selected companies which We think may be of interest to You. We may contact You by post, email, telephone or fax for these purposes. If You do wish to receive such material from (a) Us or (b) third parties please make Your choice by using the relevant opt-in boxes provided.

4.2 As soon as You become a registered user, You will be provided with access to various opt-in boxes that will allow You to tailor Our commercial communications to Your preferences. If You do want to receive commercial communications from Us, please make Your choice by using the opt-in box provided.

4.3 We like to hear Your views to help Us improve Our service. From time to time, We may contact You by post, email, telephone or fax to ask Your opinions. Again, if You do want to be contacted for this purpose, please make Your choice by using the opt-in box provided.

4.4 Please note that there may be instances where it may be necessary for Us to communicate with You, in any event, for administrative or operational reasons relating to Our service. 

4.5 You may amend the personal information You provided to Us at any time by accessing 'My Account' on the Site.

4.6 Data that is sent to Us by You will be stored in a database on a server housed in secure premises. The server will be maintained in accordance with good industry practices, currently known security practices, such as physical access restrictions, monitoring and applying latest security patches as they become available, protection behind a firewall and any other reasonable precautions We deem necessary. However, Our liability to You in case of unauthorised data disclosure which is not due to Our negligence is limited to £100.

4.7 Whenever You need to provide personal data to Us (including, but not limited to, Your name, address, credit card details, and any names and addresses for a mailing list of people to whom You wish to send products) We encrypt the information passing between Us and Your browser using industry standard 128-bit SSL encryption. Your browser needs to be able to support this encryption in order to use Our services. Before You can use these personalised services We ask You to register with Our Site. You must be aware that You should always log-off Our Site and close Your browser when You have finished accessing Our services to avoid anyone being able to utilise Your account. Link to terms and conditions

4.8 Access to Your account is activity time limited for Your protection. After a set period of 10 minutes without any activity You will be required to enter Your username and password again in order to continue using the service.

4.9 During the process of fulfilling Your order We copy Your personal information to Our premises. We will archive order information here for Our and Your future reference and legal requirements. We will also periodically archive/delete information from the publicly available server when it has become stale or surplus to requirements. Items that are produced and contain private information (such as names and addresses) are securely disposed of if not required.

5. Disclosures of Your Information

5.1 Your information may be passed to and used by all of Our group companies. Save as set out in this Privacy Policy, We will never pass Your personal data to anyone else, except for any successors in title to Our business and suppliers that process data on Our behalf. We may also use and disclose information in aggregate (so that no individual customers are identified) for marketing and strategic development purposes.

5.2 From time to time certain third parties may have access to Your personal data, for example, third parties in charge of mobile communications. This is necessary for the purpose of order fulfilment. Such third parties will access the information needed to perform their functions, but are required to keep it secure and confidential and not use it for any other purpose than completing their contractual requirement to Us. We will not sell Your personal data to any third party for marketing purposes.

6. Other Web Sites

6.1 The Site may contain links to other web sites which are outside Our control and are not covered by this Privacy Policy. If You access other sites using the links provided, the operators of these sites may collect information from You which will be used by them in accordance with their privacy policy, which may differ from Ours.

7. Data Protection Compliance

7.1 If You are a business or a data controller within the meaning of the Data Protection Act 1998 You warrant to Us absolutely that You have complied with Your obligations under the Data Protection Act 1998 and acknowledge that You will at all times retain all the responsibilities of a data controller within the meaning of the Act.

7.2 When You visit the Site or send e-mails to Us, You are communicating with Us electronically. We communicate with You by e-mail or by posting notices on the Site. For contractual purposes, You consent to receive communication from Us electronically and You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that We provide to You electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications is in writing. 

8 Cookies

8.1 "Cookies" are small pieces of information sent by a web server to a web browser, which enables the server to collect information from the browser. We use cookies for a number of purposes, for instance to enable Us to simplify the logging on process for registered users, to help ensure the security and authenticity of registered users, to provide the mechanisms for online shopping and to enable traffic monitoring.

8.2 Non-registered visitors of the Site are sent anonymous cookies to keep track of their browsing patterns and build up a demographic profile. In addition, any visitor who has clicked on an advertisement on another site that links to the Site will be sent a semi-persistent (e.g. two weeks lifetime) anonymous cookie that will allow Us to analyse advertising effectiveness and manage Our relationship with affiliate sites.

8.3 Whilst You do not need to allow Your browser to accept cookies in order to browse much of Our web site or to access many of Our services, You must have cookies enabled if You wish to make purchases online or access any areas reserved for registered users.

8.4 Most browsers allow You to turn off the cookie function. If You want to know how to do this please look at the help menu on Your browser. As described above this will restrict the services You can use.

8.5 We do not share or sell any cookie-generated information.

9. Access Rights

9.1 You have a right to access the personal data that is held about You. To obtain a copy of the personal information We hold about You, please contact Us at the following address:

Ballistic Blue Limited,
3 College Street,
St Peter Port,
Guernsey,
GY1 2NU,

enclosing Your postal details and a cheque for £10 payable to Ballistic Blue.

10. Your Obligations

10.1 You may provide personal information on Your friends, associates and business contacts if You use certain of our communication functions. These are personal to You and We undertake not to use any of this data without Your permission. However, We also rely on You to ensure that such information is lawful, respectable and used in an acceptable manor. We hold the right to look at such data, with Our prior notice to ensure that Our policies are being adhered to.