Privacy Policy

Bloom Media values the privacy of our visitors and our members and takes many steps to protect their privacy. By visiting Bloom Media's primary website or related websites that Bloom Media controls or operates (collectively “Bloom Media Sites”), or using any of our services, you acknowledge that you accept the practices and policies outlined in this Privacy Statement.

What this Privacy Statement Covers
This Privacy Statement covers Bloom Media's treatment of personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”) that Bloom Media gathers when you access Bloom Media Sites. This Privacy Statement does not apply to the use of your Personal Information by third parties that Bloom Media does not own or control, or to individuals that Bloom Media does not control or manage.

Links to Other Sites
Bloom Media Sites contains links to Blogs and other websites that are not owned or controlled by Bloom Media. We are not responsible for the privacy policies of such other sites.

Information Collection & Use
Bloom Media is the sole owner of information collected on Bloom Media Sites. We do not share or sell your information with anyone without your authorization or consent in ways different from what is disclosed in this Privacy Statement.

Registration
Bloom Media provides some features exclusively to its members. Our registration process requires you to provide Bloom Media with a valid email address as well as a username and password of your choice. Optional information such as your first and last name, year of birth, post code, and country of residence helps Bloom Media have a better understanding of its visitors and members. You can choose not to provide us with certain information, but then you may not be able to take advantage of special features offered only to our members.

Minor's Privacy
We do not collect or maintain information on Bloom Media Sites from those people we actually know are under 13 years old, and no part of any Bloom Media Site is structured to attract anyone under 13 years old.

Surveys or Contests
We may provide you the opportunity to participate in contests or surveys on Bloom Media Sites. If you participate we will request certain Personal Information from you. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and you therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose this information. The requested information typically includes contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code).

We only use this information internally to determine eligibility, notify contest winners, and to measure the success of our efforts.
Communications from Bloom Media Sites.

Newsletters
If you choose to subscribe to our newsletter(s) we will use your name and email address to send the newsletter to you. Unsubscribe instructions accompany each email.

Service-related Announcements
We will send you strictly service-related announcements on the rare occasions when it is necessary to do so. For instance, if Bloom Media is acquired or an earthquake swallows our data center we might notify you with an e-mail.

You may not opt-out of these communications, which are not promotional in nature. If you do not wish to receive these announcements you have the option to deactivate your account.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

Aggregate Information (non-personally identifiable)
We do not share any individual user information with any of our business partners or outside vendors without permission. We may share aggregated statistics with business partners or outside vendors without permission.

We may employ other companies and people to perform tasks on our behalf and need to share your information with them to provide products or services to you. Examples of such services include sending email, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, processing credit card payments, and providing customer service.

We reserve the right to disclose your Personal Information when we believe in good faith that release is necessary to (1) comply with the law; (2) enforce or apply our conditions of use and other agreements; (3) or protect the rights, property or safety of Bloom Media, our employees, our users, or others.

Security and Confidentiality
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

We gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, requested pages, operating system, and the time and date your browser requested our pages. We use this information, which does not identify individual visitors, to analyze trends, to administer the Bloom Media Sites, to track visitor movements around the Bloom Media Sites and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. We do not link this collected data to Personal Information.

Cookies
We store a small text file called a cookie on your computer to track session data and persist your login for your convenience. A session cookie expires when you exit your browser. A persistent cookie stays on your computer until it is deleted. You can remove persistent cookies by following the directions provided in your browser's "help" files.

If you reject cookies you may still use the Bloom Media Sites.
Some of our advertisers may use cookies on the Bloom Media Sites. We have no access or control over these cookies. This Privacy Statement covers the use of cookies by Bloom Media only and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Business Transitions
In the event Bloom Media goes through a business transition such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, your Personal Information will likely be among the assets transferred. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Bloom Media may continue to use your Personal Information as set forth in this Privacy Statement. You hereby consent to Bloom Media sharing your Personal Information under the above circumstances. Bloom Media will contact you at the email address you provided at registration to communicate such transfer. We will also place a prominent notice on the Bloom Media home page for 30 days after such transfer of your Personal Information.

Changes in this Privacy Statement
This Privacy Statement is a living document. We will modify this document as we add new features to Bloom Media Sites. We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Statement at any time. If we make material changes to our privacy policy we will post those changes to this Privacy Statement, the BloomMedia.co.uk homepage, and other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.

Contact Us
If you have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy please contact us.