Copyright and Privacy information

Notice & Terms of Use:

Lloyd’s Register – Fairplay Ltd., its affiliates and subsidiaries and their respective officers, employees or agents are, individually and collectively, referred to in this clause as the ‘LRF Group’. The ‘LRF Group’ assumes no responsibility and shall not be liable to any person for any loss, damage or expense caused by reliance on the information or advice in the Portguide.com web site or howsoever provided, unless that person has signed a contract with the relevant ‘LRF Group’ entity for the provision of this information or advice and in that case any responsibility or liability is exclusively on the terms and conditions set out in that contract.

Any dispute concerning the provision of ‘LRF Group’ services and/or the contract under which the services are provided is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts and will be governed by English law.

‘LRF Group’ makes no representations or warranties, expressed or implied, about the information provided through the Portguide.com web site, including any hypertext links or any other items used either directly or indirectly and reserves the right to make changes and corrections at any time without notice.

All rights in the Portguide.com web site are reserved by the publisher, Lloyd's Register - Fairplay Limited. No part of the Portguide.com web site may be copied, reproduced or retransmitted in any material form or by any other means, electronic, mechanical or printed, other than for private purposes or in accordance with the terms of the Copyright, Design and Patents Act, 1988, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

Any links to the Portguide.com web site or any subsequent pages on that site must be fully accredited to Portguide.com.

Any attempt to bypass the subscriber security to gain unauthorised access to data on the Portguide.com web site, will be considered to be criminal trespass. Legal action will be taken against any person who attempts to violate the security of this web site.

Privacy

Introduction

The following on-line Privacy Policy, which complies with the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998, is designed to inform you on how Lloyd’s Register - Fairplay collects and uses personal information. Portguide.com is owned and operated by Lloyd’s Register – Fairplay Ltd., the leading supplier of maritime information services.

Personal Information

As well as details of pages visited we collect information on where visitors are connecting from including the Internet Protocol address. This information is used for statistical analysis to determine how Portguide.com is used to help us improve our web offerings to you.

In addition to this when registering for a trial or purchasing a subscription we will request your full contact details including your name, company name, telephone number, fax number, email and postal address. This information will be used to fulfil your request and will be held electronically in our database. Your details will be treated in the strictest confidence, but may also be used by us for future marketing communications, unless you specifically request not to receive this type of material.

Furthermore, from time to time, we may ask for additional information about you as part of our on-going market research and customer satisfaction surveys. This information will be used to improve the Portguide.com web site and our news service products.

User’s Opt-out Rights

If you have supplied your email address, postal address, telephone number and/or fax number we may periodically send you details of our new products and services as part of our on-going marketing activities. These details are not distributed to any third parties. However if you decide that you do not wish to receive these types of communication please contact our customer services department so that we can update your records accordingly.

Data Security

We take every precaution to ensure that the information you supply is treated in the strictest confidence. Sensitive payment information, such as credit card details, is encrypted and used only to process a single order. We do not keep your credit card details on file. Yours web browser will display when a page is secure, usually by displaying a key or padlock symbol in the display. You can also check to see when we are using a secure site by the “https://” prefix in the address.

A “cookie” is a small text file that is written to your hard drive when you visit a web site and contains information that enables a server to identify your visit to a website.

The Portguide.com web site, as with most web sites, uses cookies to assist in providing advanced features including our search facility. We do not store identifiable information in cookies and do not use cookies for the purpose of tracking users.

Statistical Information

The use of log files enables us to compile aggregate statistical information which is used to improve our services and to supply our advertisers with detailed usage information. These log files do not contain personal information and no identifying items are ever passed to advertisers or third party companies.

Access to Data

You have the right to receive details of what personal information we hold about you on our databases. You should write to us at Lloyd’s Register – Fairplay Ltd., Lombard House, 3 Princess Way, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 1UP, United Kingdom stating your name, company name and address and providing details of the services you subscribe to. Please note that a small administrative charge may be made for fulfilling this request.

Hyperlinks

Apart from links to other Lloyd’s Register – Fairplay Ltd web sites (which can be found under ‘Group sites’ on the home page), the Portguide.com web site may also contain links to other external sites. Their inclusion cannot be taken to imply any endorsement or validation by us of their content.

Contact Information

If you have any questions regarding this privacy policy or would like any further information please contact our Customer Services Department at:-

Lloyd’s Register – Fairplay Ltd
Lombard House
3 Princess Way
Redhill
Surrey
RH1 1UP, UK
Tel:- +44 1737 379000
Fax:- +44 1737 379001
Email:- customer.services@lrfairplay.com