(1) Pledge on Privacy
The term "personal data" as used in this Policy refers to information such as your
name, birth date, e-mail address or mailing address that can be used to identify
you. Abellon CleanEnergy our personal data without your consent. In so doing, we
ensure compliance by our staff with strict standards of security and confidentiality.
The next sections explain how and when we collect personal data from you.
(2) Intended Use of Personal Data
Most of our services do not require any form of registration, allowing you to visit
our site without telling us who you are. However, some services may require registration.
When you register with us, you may need to complete certain fields (some are required
and some are optional), as well as choose a user name and password. In these situations,
if you choose to withhold any personal data requested by us, it may not be possible
for you to gain access to certain parts of the site and for us to respond to your
query. Abellon CleanEnergy data for specific and limited purposes, which we inform
you about when we ask you for information. For example, we may collect and use personal
data to provide you with products or services, to bill you for products and services
you request, to market products and services which we think may be if interest to
you, or to communicate with you for other purposes. Information you send to us is
used only to help resolve your problem and is otherwise kept private. Abellon CleanEnergy
only for as long as is reasonably needed for such purposes and in accordance with
any applicable legal or ethical reporting or documentation retention requirements
(3) Non-Disclosure of Information
Abellon CleanEnergy will not sell, share, or otherwise distribute your personal
data to third parties outside the Abellon CleanEnergy group. However, personal data
may occasionally be transferred to third parties who act for or on behalf of Abellon
CleanEnergy, or in connection with the business of Abellon CleanEnergy, for further
processing in accordance with the purpose(s) for which the data were originally
collected. Where disclosure of personal data to a third party is likely or necessary
for whatever reason, Abellon CleanEnergy will, wherever possible, endeavor to ensure
that the disclosure and intended use of the data are clearly indicated. Such third
parties may operate different privacy policies. However, our endeavor shall be to
ensure that such third parties provide the same level of protection as Abellon CleanEnergy
and, where appropriate, we will contractually require them to process data transferred
only for the purposes expressly authorized by Abellon CleanEnergy. We will not share
with third parties any data about you that is sensitive in the absence of your prior
and explicit consent. Your consent may always be revoked at a later date. If consent
is revoked Abellon CleanEnergy may not be able to carry out certain requests made
by you. Abellon CleanEnergy will, where practicable, inform third parties to whom
your data have been transferred of your withdrawal of consent.
(4) Right of Access
You have the right to access and update your personal data or to require their deletion.
We endeavor to ensure that personal data are up-to-date, accurate, and complete.
If you wish to access or correct your personal data held by us, please contact the
Webmaster. Your requests will be dealt with in a prompt and proper manner. No charge
will be levied for complying with a correction request. Requests to delete personal
data will be subject to any applicable legal and ethical reporting or document filing
or retention obligations imposed on Abellon CleanEnergy.
(5) Security and Confidentiality
To ensure the security and confidentiality of personal data that Abellon CleanEnergy
collects on-line, Abellon CleanEnergy uses data networks protected, inter alia,
by industry standard firewall and password protection. Access to personal data is
restricted to those employees who have a need to use the data and who have been
trained to handle such data properly and observe strict standards of confidentiality.
If an employee breaches our policies and procedures he/she will be disciplined accordingly.
Staff compliance with our policies and procedures is regularly audited and reviewed.
While we cannot guarantee against any loss, misuse or alteration to data, we try
to prevent such unfortunate occurrences.
(6) Data Transfer Abroad
Abellon CleanEnergy is an international company and has databases in different jurisdictions.
Abellon CleanEnergy may transfer your data to one of its databases outside your
country of domicile. If the level of privacy protection in a country does not comply
with recognized international standards, we will ensure that data transfers to Abellon
CleanEnergy databases in that country are adequately protected and that the transfer
of data to third parties in such countries will not occur unless we obtain your
express consent to such transfer in advance.
(7) Anonymous Data and "Cookies"
Most of the information that Abellon CleanEnergy collects from its website(s) is
anonymous information, such as the pages you visit and searches you perform. When
you visit our website we do not collect any personal data from you unless otherwise
authorized by you. Anonymous information is processed by Abellon CleanEnergy to
help improve the contents of the site and to compile aggregate statistics about
individuals using our site for internal, market research purposes. In so doing,
Abellon CleanEnergy may install "cookies" that collect the first level domain name
of the user (e.g., "quickmail.com" from an e-mail address of "smith@bigmail.com")
and the date and time of access. "Cookies" by themselves cannot be used to discover
the identity of the user. A "cookie" is a small piece of information, which is sent
to your browser and stored on your computer's hard drive. Cookies do not damage
your computer. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a "cookie",
this will enable you to decide if you want to accept it or not.
(8) Spamming
Abellon CleanEnergy does not condone "spamming". Spamming is defined as sending
unsolicited e-mails, usually of a commercial nature, in large numbers and repeatedly
to individuals with whom the sender has had no previous contact or who have declined
to receive such communications. In contrast, where Abellon CleanEnergy believes
that certain product or other information is of importance to you it reserves the
right to inform you by e-mail whilst giving you the choice of opting out of such
service.
(9) Personal Information and Children
Abellon CleanEnergy will not knowingly collect, use or disclose personal data from
a minor under the age of 13, without obtaining prior consent from a person with
parental responsibility (e.g., a parent or guardian) through direct off-line contact.
We will provide the parent with (i) notice of the specific types of personal data
being collected from the minor, and (ii) the opportunity to object to any further
collection, use, or storage of such information. Abellon CleanEnergy abides by the
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act in the U.S. and respect similar laws designed
to protect children found in other countries.
(10) Links to Other Sites
This Privacy Policy applies only to Abellon CleanEnergy websites to the exclusion
of third party websites. Abellon CleanEnergy may provide links to other websites,
which we believe, may be of interest to our visitors. We aim to ensure that such
websites are of the highest standard. However, due to the nature of the World Wide
Web, Abellon CleanEnergy cannot guarantee the standards of every website link it
provides or be responsible for the contents of non-Abellon CleanEnergy sites.
(11) Contact Abellon CleanEnergy Limited
If you have any queries or complaints about our compliance with this Privacy Policy,
or if you would like to make any recommendations or comments to improve the quality
of our Privacy Policy, please contact the Webmaster. This privacy policy is effective
from the 9th July 2008. We aim to constantly improve the tools available to you
to manage the data that you provide to us. Please refer to this page from time to
time to review these and other new features