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Privacy Policy

We would like to thank you for visiting this site. We are committed to protecting our visitors' privacy and we will not collect any personal information about you as a visitor, unless you provide it voluntarily. Any personal information you communicate to us is kept within PASSPORTS itself.
If you read or download information from our site, we automatically collect and store the following non-personal information:
  • The requested web page or download;
  • Whether the request was successful or not;
  • The date and time when you accessed the site;
  • The Internet address of the web site or the domain name of the computer from which you accessed the site;
  • The operating system of the machine running your web browser and the type and version of your web browser.
Please note that this information is strictly for PASSPORTS use and it is not shared, rented, or sold to any other organisation.
Links
Our site has a number of links to other local and international organisations and agencies. In the case of private organizations, we link with their permission. It is important for you to note that upon linking to another site, you are no longer on our site and you become subject to the privacy policy of the new site.
Cookies
This site does not use cookies.
The Data Protection Act 2001
The Data Protection Act 2001 has been enacted on the 14th December 2001 and the section concerning the appointment of the Data Protection Commissioner and the Data Protection Appeals Tribunal has been brought into force as from the 22nd March 2002. We therefore consider that we have a legal duty to respect and protect any personal information we collect from you and we will abide by such duty. We take all safeguards necessary to prevent unauthorised access and we do not pass on your details collected from you, as a visitor, to any third party or Government Department unless you give us your consent to do so.
Information Collected
As a visitor, we collect three types of information on you:
  • Contact or feedback information;
  • Web page download information;
  • Site usage information.
Contact or Feedback
When you fill the form under the "CONTACT US" link, we use the personal information submitted in the form only to respond to your message. This personal information will not be kept longer than necessary and will be deleted once the feedback requirement is met.
Download Information
If you read or download information from our site, we automatically collect and store the following non-personal information:

  • The requested web page or download;
  • Whether the request was successful or not;
  • The date and time when you accessed the site;
  • The Internet address of the web site or the domain name of the computer from which you accessed the site;
  • The operating system of the machine running your web browser and the type and version of your web browser.


Please note that this information is strictly for the sole use of PASSPORTS and it is not shared, leased, or sold in any manner to any other organisation.
Access to your information
You may request from us, at any time, what information is effectively held regarding you, if any, at that particular time. You have the right to have any inaccuracies corrected and where applicable erased, if they are not already deleted.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
If there are any changes to this privacy policy, we will replace this page with an updated version. It is therefore in your own interest to check the "Privacy Policy" page every time you access our web site so as to be aware of any changes which may occur from time to time.
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