THE CRIME AND INVESTIGATION NETWORK PRIVACY POLICY

This privacy policy is applicable to any personal information which is given by you to THCUK ("User Information") via the web sites located at www.thehistorychannel.co.uk, www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk, http://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.za/ and www.thebiographychannel.co.uk and all its related channels ("the History Sites").

"You" shall mean you, the user of the site, "THCUK" shall mean The History Channel (UK) and its associated companies and the "History Sites" shall have the meaning as set out above.

When using the History Sites you will encounter areas such as games, competitions, shops or chat forums where you may be asked to enter User Information. Such User Information will only be used for the purposes stated at the collection point or in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

THCUK shall not sell or otherwise transfer the User Information to unaffiliated third parties without the approval of You. If applicable, You will have the opportunity to indicate whether You would like to "opt out" of receiving promotional and/or marketing information about other products, services and offerings from THCUK and/or any third parties.

THCUK reserves the right to perform statistical analyses of user behaviour and characteristics in order to measure interest in and use of the various areas of the site and to inform advertisers of such information as well as the number of users that have been exposed to or clicked on their advertising banners. THCUK will provide only aggregated data from these analyses to third parties. THCUK is not responsible for any actions or policies of any third parties who request personal information and users should check the applicable privacy policy of such party.

You should be aware that information and data may be automatically collected through the use of "cookies". "Cookies" are small text files a web site can use to recognise repeat users and allow THCUK to observe behaviour and compile aggregate data in order to improve the History Sites and to target its advertising. Cookies do not attach to Your system and do not damage Your files. If You do not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows You to deny or accept the cookie feature.

You may notify THCUK of any updates, amendments and corrections to previously collected User Information by using the Feedback link on the History Sites. Further, upon Your request, THCUK will use commercially reasonable efforts to delete Your User Information from its database; however, it may be impossible to delete Your entry without some residual information because of backups and records of deletions.

THCUK reserves the right, at any time, to modify, alter, or update this privacy policy and any changes shall be notified to all users.

If you are interested in receiving The Crime and Investigation Network please contact one of the companies below:

BSKYB LIMITED
GRANT WAY
ISLEWORTH
MIDDLESEX
TW7 5QD

Call 08702 40 40 40 in the UK | Call 0818 719 819 in the Republic of Ireland

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