Privacy Policy Statement
Manx Telecom will not pass your personal details to anyone outside of Manx Telecom. Any information given by Manx Telecom to companies felt by Manx Telecom to be reputable will only be "aggregated" statistics. This means that none of the data includes information that would enable you or any other individual to be identified.
Should Manx Telecom's policy ever change, we will inform you and ask your permission once again before sharing any information.
How does Manx Telecom protect your data?
When you register details with us, make an order or access account details, we use a secure server. Any data you give us is encrypted using a 'Secure Socket Layer' (SSL) session. SSL is an industry standard and is one of the best ways to ensure Internet messages are not intercepted. You should be aware, however, that older browsers cannot use SSL. To be sure, you will need Netscape version 4.05 or Microsoft Internet Explorer browsers, version 4 or above.
If you are required to send us your credit or debit card information, your details will be encrypted twice - once before transmission then again by the secure connection during transmission. All credit and debit card details are stored in encrypted form on our servers and can only be viewed by employees with the correct security clearance.
Over and above what Manx Telecom do to safeguard your privacy and security, there are a number of things you can do to protect yourself from Internet fraud:
- Choose a password you can remember but others will not guess, and if you do write it down, keep it somewhere safe and secure.
- When you have finished your session on Directory.im, make sure that you prevent your details being seen by anyone that you do not wish to see them. So, if you have registered and logged in, remember to log off.
- Clear any 'cache' so there is no record of any transactions left on screen - both Netscape and Internet Explorer let you do this. We also recommend you then close your browser so any history of the session is cleared.
Use of Cookies
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file that may be placed on your computers hard-drive when you visit a website so that the site can remember who you are. A cookie will typically contain the name of the domain from which the cookie has come, the "lifetime" of the cookie, and a value, usually a randomly generated unique number. Cookies cannot be used by themselves to identify you. The only personal information a cookie can contain is the information that you supply yourself. A cookie cannot read data from your hard disk or read any other cookie files created by other websites.
You can find more information on cookies, their use and your rights, if you visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/.
How we use cookies
We use cookies in order to help personalise your experience on our site.
Website Statistics
We also use cookies which are generated by a third party to enable us to track user trends in association with web beacons to ensure the website is structured in a user friendly manner. The cookies that are issued merely contain a unique number and therefore contain no personal data. They have a lifetime of 5 years.
How to disable cookies
The popular browsers Firefox, Safari, Chrome and Microsoft Internet Explorer (MSIE) allow some level of cookie verification or choice. This way you can voluntarily choose not to visit a site or areas of a site that use cookies.
You can find out how to manage cookies for your browser here http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/
Email addresses
At Manx Telecom we respect the privacy of personal e-mail accounts and we store your e-mail addresses just as securely as other personal information on Directory.im. We will not send you unwanted e-mail messages or junk mail, and your details will not be passed to ANY organisation beyond Manx Telecom without your explicit permission.
However, we will use e-mail to send you messages about your account. We may also use e-mail to keep you up to date with news about your current services, as well as anything you show an interest in, either online, or through other contact with Manx Telecom.
If you do not want to be kept informed in this way by e-mail, please let us know. You can do this by ticking the relevant box where your email address is stored in your ManxTelecom.com personal profile.