1. Introduction and General Terms

MARKS MUSIC ONLINE is committed to protecting your personal information when you are using MARKS MUSIC ONLINE services. We want our services to be safe and enjoyable environments for our audience. This Privacy Policy relates to our use of any personal info rmation you provide to us through the marksmusiconline.co.uk websites.In order to provide you with the full range of MARKS MUSIC ONLINE services, we are sometimes required to collect information about you.This privacy policy explains the following:

· what information MARKS MUSIC ONLINE may collect about you;

 · how MARKS MUSIC ONLINE will use information we collect about you;

· when MARKS MUSIC ONLINE may use your details to contact you;

· whether  MARKS MUSIC ONLINE will disclose your details to anyone else;

· your choices regarding the personal information you have provided to us;

· the use of cookies on the MARKS MUSIC ONLINE website and how you can reject these cookies. As set out above, MARKS MUSIC ONLINE is committed to safeguarding your personal information. Whenever you provide such information, we are legally obliged to use your information in line with all laws concerning the protection of personal information, including the Data Protection Act 1998 (these laws are referred to collectively in this Privacy Policy as the "data protection laws").

The websites contains hyperlinks to websites owned and operated by third parties. These third party websites have their own privacy policies, including cookies, and we urge you to review them. They will govern the use of personal information you submit or are collected by cookies whilst visiting these websites. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the privacy practices of such third party websites and your use of such websites is at your own risk.

We also use your IP address to determine whether you are accessing the services from the UK or not. This is purely for research reasons and to improve our website.

3. How will MARKS MUSIC ONLINE use the information they collect about me?

The MARKS MUSIC ONLINE will use your personal information for a number of purposes including the following:· for "service administration purposes", which means that the MARKS MUSIC ONLINE may contact you for reasons related to the service you have signed up for (e.g. to provide you with password reminders or to notify you that a particular service has been suspended for maintenance); · to contact you about a submission you have made to the websites, including any content you provide. · IP addresses are used to identify the location of users, the number of visits from different countries and also to block disruptive use; and · to analyse and improve the services offered on marksmusiconline.co.uk. e.g. to provide you with the most user-friendly navigation experience. Where MARKS MUSIC ONLINE proposes using your personal information for any other uses we will ensure that we notify you first. You will also be given the opportunity to withhold or withdraw your consent for your use other than as listed above.  

MARKS MUSIC ONLINE may contact you:· in relation to the functioning of any service you have signed up for in order to ensure that MARKS MUSIC ONLINE can deliver the services or product to you; · where you have opted to receive further correspondence; · in relation to any contribution you have made to marksmusiconline.co.uk, e.g. on the MARKS MUSIC ONLINE forums; · to invite you to participate in surveys about the MARKS MUSIC ONLINE services (participation is always voluntary); and · for marketing purposes where you have specifically agreed to this  

MARKS MUSIC ONLINE may contact you for marketing purposes or promote new services by email.  

6. Will MARKS MUSIC ONLINE share my personal information with anyone else?

We will keep your information confidential except where disclosure is required or permitted by law (for example to government bodies and law enforcement agencies). Generally, we will only use your information within MARKS MUSIC ONLINE.  

7. Offensive or inappropriate content on the MARKS MUSIC ONLINE website

If you post or send offensive, inappropriate or objectionable content anywhere on or to marksmusiconline.co.uk, or otherwise engage in any disruptive behaviour on marksmusiconline.co.uk, MARKS MUSIC ONLINE may use your personal information to stop such behaviour. Where MARKS MUSIC ONLINE reasonably believes that you are or may be in breach of any of the laws of England or Wales (e.g. because content you have posted may be defamatory), MARKS MUSIC ONLINE may use your personal information to inform relevant third parties such as your employer, school e-mail/Internet provider or law enforcement agencies about the content and your behaviour. 

8. What if I am a user aged 16 or under?

If you are aged 16 or under, please get your parent/guardian's permission beforehand whenever you provide personal information to the MARKS MUSIC ONLINE's website. Users without this consent are not allowed to provide us with personal information.  

9. How long will MARKS MUSIC ONLINE keep my personal information? We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant service, or as long as is set out in any relevant contract you hold with MARKS MUSIC ONLINE. In the case that you wish to cancel your registration as a marksmusiconline.co.uk member we will erase your account and all other personal information with it.Where you contribute to marksmusiconline.co.uk MARKS MUSIC ONLINE will generally only keep your content for as long as is reasonably required for the purpose(s) for which it was submitted. For example, MARKS MUSIC ONLINE will only keep copies of entries to a composer’s competition for the duration of the competition. The winners however, will have there music published on the site for as long a necessary. 

10. Can I find out what personal information MARKS MUSIC ONLINE holds about me?

Under the Data Protection Act you have the right to request a copy of the personal information MARKS MUSIC ONLINE holds about you and to have any inaccuracies corrected. You can access this via the marksmusiconline website. If any assistance is needed, please contact us. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  

11. What if I am accessing MARKS MUSIC ONLINE websites outside the UK?

www.marksmusiconline.co.uk is published in the UK by MARKS MUSIC ONLINE. For international users accessing the site from outside the UK, the site is made available to you by MARKS MUSIC ONLINE's commercial subsidiary, MARKS MUSIC ONLINE Worldwide Ltd. ("MARKS MUSIC ONLINE"), on a commercial basis (ie some of the pages you access will have advertising on them) under licence from MARKS MUSIC ONLINE. However all personal information submitted by you to the site goes directly to MARKS MUSIC ONLINE and will be processed in accordance with this Privacy Policy (and any local terms that apply on websites) unless terms on sites specify otherwise.You should note that MARKS MUSIC ONLINE does place a number of cookies on www.marksmusiconline.co.uk and may collect information about international users from these - please. 

12. Changes to MARKS MUSIC ONLINE's Privacy Policy

This privacy policy may be updated from time to time so you may wish to check it each time you submit personal information to any marksmusiconline.co.uk website. The date of the most recent revisions will appear at the bottom of this page. 

13. Cookies Policy -Information MARKS MUSIC ONLINE collects from youa. What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes a unique identifier that is sent to your computer or mobile phone (referred to here as a "device") browser from a website's computer and is stored on your device's hard drive. Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser's preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a website to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites. Many sites do this whenever a user visits their website in order to track online traffic flows.Cookies record information about your online preferences and allow us to tailor the websites to your interests. Users have the opportunity to set their devices to accept all cookies, to notify them when a cookie is issued, or not to receive cookies at any time. The last of these means that certain personalised services cannot then be provided to that user and accordingly you may not be able to take full advantage of all of the marksmusiconline.co.uk features. Each browser is different, so check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences.During the course of any visit to Marks Music Online.co.uk, the pages you see, along with a cookie, are downloaded to your device. Many websites do this, because cookies enable website publishers to do useful things like find out whether the device (and probably its user) has visited the website before. This is done on a repeat visit by checking to see, and finding, the cookie left there on the last visit.

b. How does MARKS MUSIC ONLINE use cookies?Information supplied by cookies can help us to analyse the profile of our visitors and help us to provide you with a better user experience. For example: if on a previous visit you went to our e-learning pages, we might find this out from your cookie and highlight e-learning information on your second and subsequent visits.MARKS MUSIC ONLINE also use a number of independent measurement and research companies. They gather information regarding the visitors to MARKS MUSIC ONLINE sites on our behalf using cookies, log file data and code which is embedded on our website. MARKS MUSIC ONLINE use this type of information to help improve the services it provides to its users. MARKS MUSIC ONLINE strictly requires that third parties do not use any information for their own business or other purposes. Certain other areas of marksmusiconline.co.uk may use cookies for a specific reason - for example, to help the forum work effectively on your device. If this is the case, the local terms for that area of the website will make this clear and you should refer to those local terms for additional information.

c. MARKS MUSIC ONLINE cookies and how to reject cookies?To reject the remember me cookies deselect the remember me icon on sign in 

14. Contacting MARKS MUSIC ONLINE about this Privacy PolicyIf you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy please contact; This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it