Privacy Policy
The pages on this website are only directed at United Kingdom residents and comply
with appropriate UK legislation and regulation. We have provided this Privacy Policy
to help you understand how we collect and use your personal information when you
visit our website.
Who we are
Wherever the name "The gym website" is used within these pages, this refers to Health
Force Ltd that operates in the United Kingdom.
What information we collect and how
The information that we collect via this website may include:-
- Any personal details that you type in and submit such as your name, address, e-mail
address, date of birth, lifestyle and other information.
- Data that allows us to remember you, any interests that you have recorded and how
you use this website. This saves you from re-keying information when you return
to the site and allows us to arrange our website content to match your preferred
interests. We use "cookies" to collect this data. Cookies are text-only strings
of information that are stored on your web browser or hard disk. You have the ability
to accept or decline cookies by modifying the settings of your web browser. However,
you may not be able to use all the interactive facilities of our site if cookies
are disabled. For further information about how to disable cookies in your browser
please visit the About Cookies Website
- Your IP address (this is your computer's individual identification number for internet
connection) that is automatically logged by our web server. This is used to note
your interest in our website.
- Your preferences and use of e-mail updates that are recorded by e-mails we send
you (only if you have selected to receive e-mail updates on products and offers).
What we do with your information
Your information may be used for the purposes of administering your membership.
Your information may also be used for offering renewal, research and statistical
purposes and crime prevention. It may be transferred to any country, including countries
outside the European Economic Area for any of these purposes and for systems administration.
Where this happens, we will ensure that anyone to whom we pass your information
agrees to treat your information with the same level of protection as if we were
dealing with it.
If you give us information about another person, in doing so you confirm that they
have given you permission to provide it to us to be able to process their personal
data (including any sensitive personal data) and also that you have told them who
we are and what we will use their data for, as set out in this notice.
In the case of personal data, with limited exceptions, and on payment of the appropriate
fee, you have the right to access and if necessary rectify information held about
you.
Marketing
Health Force Ltd may use your information to keep you informed by post, telephone,
e-mail, text messaging or other electronic means, about health and fitness products
and services, and other services which may be of interest to you. Your information
may also be disclosed and used for these purposes after your membership has lapsed.
By providing us with your contact details, you consent to being contacted for these
purposes.
If you wish to receive these, please ensure that the "Yes" box contains a tick when
entering your personal details. However, you can contact us at any time to have
your details removed from lists used by us for direct marketing purposes.
We can also provide you with great deals from our carefully selected partners.
If you wish to receive these, then please tick the "Yes" box when entering your
personal details. Note that again you may unsubscribe at a later date if you wish.
Your rights
You can ask us to update or remove your personal information by e-mail or by writing
to the Customer Services contact that is listed in the gym website where you negotiated
or concluded the sale of your service.
You also have the right to request a copy of all the personal information we hold
about you. To do this, simply write to us at the following address enclosing a cheque
for £10.00 payable to Health Force Ltd to cover our administrative costs in
dealing with your request:-
The Data Protection Team
The Gym Website
PO Box 7778
Colchester
CO2 8WH
We will take all reasonable steps to confirm your identity before providing you
with details of any personal information we may hold about you.
Other websites and information security
This Privacy Policy covers this website operated by Health Force Ltd. Any other
websites that may be linked to or by this website will be subject to their own policies
which may differ from ours. You should carefully read the privacy policies of these
websites before submitting any personal information.
You should also be aware that communications over the internet, such as e-mails,
are not secure unless they have been encrypted. Your communications may route through
a number of countries before being delivered - this is the nature of the internet.
Health Force cannot accept responsibility for any unauthorised access or loss of
personal information that is beyond our control.
Cookie Policy
Use of Cookies on our site
A cookie is a text-only string of information that a website transfers to the cookie
file of the browser on your computer's hard disk so that the website 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.
Two types of cookies are used on this website:
- Session Cookies which are temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your
browser until you close the browser.
- Persistent cookies which remain in the cookie file of your browser for much longer
(though how long will depend on the lifetime of the specific cookie).
Cookies can help a website to arrange content to match your preferred interests
more quickly. Most major website's use cookies. Cookies cannot be used by themselves
to identify you.
How The Gym Website uses Cookies and what information we collect
Session Cookies
To allow you to carry information across pages of our site and avoid having to re-enter
information.
Persistent Cookies
To help us recognise you as a unique visitor (just a randomly generated number)
when you return to our website and to allow us to tailor content or advertisements
to match your preferred interests or to avoid showing you the same adverts repeatedly.
Within research surveys to ensure you are not invited to complete a questionnaire
too often or after you have already done so.
To track whether advertisements are clicked on by users.
Third Party Cookies
Third parties serve cookies via this site. These are used for the following purposes:
To compile anonymous, aggregated statistics that allow us to understand how users
use our site and to help us improve the structure of our website. We cannot identify
you personally in this way. For more information and to opt-out of cookies used
for this purpose please
visit the Nielsen//NetRatings privacy policy and the
WebSideStory® Privacy Center.
To serve advertisements on our site and track whether these advertisements are clicked
on by users.
Use of Web Beacons: Some of our Web pages may contain electronic images known as
Web beacons (sometimes known as clear gif's) that allow us to count users who have
visited these pages. Web beacons collect only limited information which including
a cookie number, time and date of a page view, and a description of the page on
which the Web beacon resides. We may also carry web beacons placed by third party
advertisers. These beacons do not carry any personally identifiable information
and are only used to track the effectiveness of a particular campaign.
Disabling/Enabling Cookies
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying the settings in your
browser. However, you may not be able to use all the interactive features of our
site if cookies are disabled.