Privacy Policy

This is a privacy policy for Route Development Group. Our homepage on the Web is located at http://www.routedevgroup.com. The full text of our privacy policy is available on the Web at http://www.routedevgroup.com. This policy does not tell users where they can go to exercise their opt-in or opt-out options.

We invite you to contact us if you have questions about this policy. You may contact us by mail at the following address:

Managing Director
Route Development Group
113-115 Portland Street
Manchester M1 6DW

You may contact us by e-mail at info@routedevgroup.com.
You may call us on (0161) 234 2730.

Copyright

No part of this website may be reproduced or transmitted by any means or stored in any information storage and retrieval system without the organisers written permission.
Copyright © Route Development Group Ltd. 2007.
'Route Development Group' is a registered trademark.

Dispute Resolution & Privacy Seals

We have no privacy seals or other assurance mechanisms.

Data Collection

P3P policies declare the data they collect in groups (also referred to as "statements"). This policy contains 3 data groups. The data practices of each group will be explained separately.

Group "Basic Information"

We collect the following information:

Click-stream data
HTTP protocol elements
Search terms

This data will be used for the following purposes:

Research and development
One-time tailoring

This data will be used by ourselves and our agents. The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected: Data collected from all Web users: access logs, and search strings (if entered).

Group Cookies

At the user's option, we will collect the following data:

HTTP cookies

This data will be used for the following purposes:

Research and development
One-time tailoring

Our agents and we will use this data.

The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected: Cookies are used to track visitors to our site, so we can better understand what portions of our site best serve you.

Group Mailing Registration

We collect the following information:

Physical contact information
Online contact information
Demographic data
Preference data

This data will be used for the following purposes:

Completion and support of the current activity
Contacting visitors for marketing of services or products

This data will be used by ourselves and our agents. In addition, the following types of entities will receive this information:

Delivery services

The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected: This information is collected so that we can send you valuable and useful information which is relevant to your needs and interests.

Cookies

Cookies are a technology, which can be used to provide you with tailored information from a Web site. A cookie is an element of data that a Web site can send to your browser, which may then store it on your system. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it. Our site makes use of cookies. Cookies are used for the following purposes:

User targeting
Research and development

The compact policy which corresponds to this policy is:
CP="CAO CURa ADMa DEVa TAIa CONa OUR DELa BUS IND PHY ONL UNI COM NAV INT DEM PRE"

The following explains the meaning of each field in the compact policy:

CP= This is the compact policy header; it indicates that what follows is a P3P compact policy
CAO Access is available to contact and other information
CURa The data is used for completion of the current activity
ADMa The data is used for site administration
DEVa The data is used for research and development
TAIa The data is used for tailoring the site
CONa The data is used for contacting the user
OUR The data is given to ourselves and our agents
DELa The data is given to delivery services
BUS Our business practices specify how long the data will be kept
IND The data will be kept indefinitely
PHY Physical contact information is collected
ONL Online contact information is collected
UNI Unique identifiers are collected
COM Computer information is collected
NAV Navigation and clickstream data is collected
INT Interactive data is collected
DEM Demographic and socioeconomic data is collected
PRE Preference information is collected

The compact policy is sent by the Web server along with the cookies it describes. For more information, see the P3P deployment guide at http://www.w3.org/TR/p3pdeployment.

Policy Evaluation

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 will evaluate this policy's compact policy whenever it is used with a cookie. The actions IE will take depend on what privacy level the user has selected in their browser (Low, Medium, Medium High, or High; the default is Medium. In addition, IE will examine whether the cookie's policy is considered satisfactory or unsatisfactory, whether the cookie is a session cookie or a persistent cookie, and whether the cookie is used in a first-party or third party context. This section will attempt to evaluate this policy's compact policy against Microsoft's stated behaviour for IE6.

Note: this evaluation is currently experimental and should not be considered a substitute for testing with a real Web browser. Unsatisfactory policy: this compact policy is considered unsatisfactory according to the rules defined by Internet Explorer 6.

A policy, which is considered unsatisfactory by Internet Explorer 6, contains certain categories of data, which are used or shared in a particular manner. This policy is placed in the unsatisfactory category, because the following categories of data are associated with this policy's cookies:

Physical contact information is collected
Online contact information is collected

In addition, the data is used in the following manner, marking the policy as unsatisfactory:

The data is used for contacting the user

Note: allowing an opt-out will make this policy acceptable under the Low and Medium settings, and under Medium High for first-party cookie usage. At the High setting, and at the Medium High setting for third-party cookies, all of these data uses must be opt-in for the policy to be considered satisfactory.