Mobile 123 strongly believes in the importance of keeping readers’ personal information personal. It will never use your information for any use beyond that stated or the permissions you give us. Mobile 123 may collect, process and use your personal data (including your name, email address and mobile numbers). We will do so to contact you regarding the services you have requested and/or to offer services to you, and/or to provide the services you have requested. This includes registration, surveys on improving our service to you and/or invitations to events, seminars and shows.
IP Addresses and Server Logs
Mobile 123 does record IP addresses and produces server logs – as all Web Servers do. This information is used solely for monitoring the volume of traffic the site receives and measuring the number of readers. We do not use the information for tracking the activities of specific visitors to the site.
Cookies
Mobile 123 sets cookies in order to help with the management of its advertising and to enable certain user features. Read all about our cookies, and how to manage them here.
Email and Online Forms
Readers who choose to subscribe to our headlines-by-email service, or complete any of our online forms, may be asked to supply personal data. If they choose to do so, that information is recorded and used for broad demographic information, which may be used to target advertising. If permission is granted, this information may be used to target specific users with occasional emails informing them about commercial services provided by The Register. If permission is granted, this information may be used to send occasional emails containing offers from our partners. This will only ever be provided to readers who have specifically given us permission to use their information in this way. Mobile 123 will never use your data for anything beyond the reason stated and the permissions you grant us. To alter the emails which you receive from us, including unsubscribing from all email communications, please visit this page. Make sure that you enter exactly the same e-mail address as you used to sign up.
Competitions
Readers who enter Mobile 123 competitions will be asked for some personal information, but only to allow us to judge the validity of their applications and to contact them should they be declared a competition winner. If permission is granted, this information may be used to target specific users with commercial services provided by Mobile 123. If permission is granted, this information may be used to send occasional emails from Mobile 123 containing offers from our partners. This will only ever be provided to readers that have specifically given us permission to use their information in this way. Mobile 123 will never use your data for anything beyond the reason stated and the permissions you grant us.
Publishing
We reserve the right to publish emails and letters sent to Mobile 123. If the sender asks that that we don’t reveal his or her identity, that information won’t be published. We never publish a private email address unless specifically asked to do so by its owner.
Rackspace
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Data Protection
Anyone who provides Mobile 123 with personal information is given the opportunity to manage how that information is used. This includes opting out of any services and restricting the use of that information. You can do that by visiting this address.
Accessing your Data
Readers of Mobile 123 have certain rights under the UK’s Data Protection Acts. You can, for instance, ask to be told what information we hold about you. Mobile 123 will provide you with all of the details that we hold about you, both online and offline, upon request.
Changes to this Policy
As statutory and online requirements change so this policy document may change. Any changes will be highlighted across the site to ensure that all readers have the opportunity to respond to these changes.
