VIRTUAL FITNESS PRIVACY POLICY
At Virtual Fitness (“Virtual Fitness” or "We"), user privacy is an
important concern. We are committed to privacy and security, and to providing
the best possible user experience for our users and online customers
("You"). We also strive to protect the personal and confidential
information of those who use our on-line services.
VIRTUAL FITNESS, www.virtual-fitness.co.uk or “We” is committed to
safeguarding your privacy on its Web sites located at www.virtual-fitness.co.uk.
This Virtual Fitness Privacy Policy does not apply to products or services
provided, or information obtained, other than through the Web site. Please read
the following policy to understand how your information will be treated. We may
modify this policy from time to time by posting a revised policy at this Web
site address, so please check back periodically. When this policy is modified,
if the modifications are significant, we will display the following next to the
link to the policy at the Web site: "RECENTLY REVISED", for a period
of thirty (30) days following posting. If there is a material change in the
collection, use, or disclosure practices to which you have previously agreed,
we will attempt to send you a notice via e-mail if you have provided us with an
e-mail address. Please keep in mind that some of the services mentioned
specifically in this policy may not be available on the site at this time. If
you have questions concerning this policy, please contact us by clicking here.
This Privacy Policy is effective as of September 21, 2006.
What information does Virtual Fitness collect from me?
When you complete our online registration process or participate in our website
as a client of virtual-fitness.co.uk, we collect certain personal information.
We collect the following categories of personally identifiable information
through the Web site:
· Contact Information – including name, mailing address, telephone number, and
e-mail address
· Program Preferences - information about your workout program formats and
preferences
· Personal Statistics – including date of birth, height, weight and gender
· Personal Goals - your personal goals for your workout program
· Medical History – information about your medical condition, prior treatments,
medications taken
· Current Exercise Regimen – information about your current exercise habits and
equipment
· Workout Log – information about your participation in your current workout
program
· Food Journal – information about your daily eating habits
· General Client Information – general information about your workout program,
health, eating habits, and mental state. May be in the form of questions asked
to the personal trainer
We collect information in several ways. For example, some of this personal
information is gathered when you register as a customer using our Sign Up Now!
Registration process. During registration, we ask for your contact information,
program preferences, personal statistics, personal goals, medical history and
current exercise regimen. Once you register, you are no longer anonymous to us
and are able to take full advantage of our services. In addition to
registration, we may ask you for information at other times, such as when you
report a problem with our site or services, or contact the company via the
corporate e-mail address. You will also have the opportunity to submit workout
logs, food journals and general program information throughout your use of our
services. If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
If you believe that any inaccurate or inappropriate information has been
obtained or disseminated through your use of this Web site, you should contact
a representative of virtual-fitness.co.uk by clicking here.
What are cookies and how does Virtual Fitness use them?
As part of offering and providing customizable and personalized services, many
Web sites use cookies to store and sometimes track information about you. A
cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a Web server
and stored on your computer's hard drive. We use cookies to allow faster and
easier access to your account information, monitor traffic on the site and
measure traffic patterns to improve functionality. Our Web pages may in the
future contain electronic images known as Web beacons (sometimes called clear
gifs or Web bugs) or other advanced technologies that are useful in the
provision of services to you. We may use such devices to verify compliance with
our terms and conditions of use or with any promotions on the site.
How does Virtual Fitness use the information?
Our primary goal in collecting information is to improve the site and provide
you with the best possible experience on the site. For example, by using the
information collected, we are able to provide you with an easy to use and
readily available forum to access your virtual-fitness.co.uk account
information. We use your information to create and modify your training program
and to monitor your progress. All of your information is made available to our
personal trainers. We will also use your personal information to notify you of
other products or services available from virtual-fitness.co.uk and its
business affiliates.
We also may do research on our users' demographics and behaviour based on the
information provided to us upon registration, gathered from transaction
activity, from our server log files or from surveys. This research may be
compiled, analyzed or sold on an aggregated basis, which does not include
information identifying individual users. Virtual Fitness also may share this
aggregated data with business partners or other third parties.
Who is collecting information?
When you are on a Virtual Fitness site and are asked for personal information,
you are sharing that information with virtual-fitness.co.uk and the Virtual
Fitness personal trainers,. If personal data is to be collected and/or
maintained by any company other than Virtual Fitness we will attempt to notify
you on the Web site or in an updated version of this Privacy Policy. If you do
not want your data to be shared, you can choose not to allow the transfer by
not using that particular service. Your information may be stored on servers
maintained by our internet service providers or on our local servers or PC hard
drives.
Please be aware that other Web sites to which we link may collect personally
identifiable information about you when you visit those sites. The information
practices of other Web sites linked to our Web sites are not covered by this
Privacy Policy.
With whom does Virtual Fitness share my information?
We will not disclose any of your personally identifiable information except
when we have your permission or under special circumstances, such as when we
believe in good faith that the law requires it or under the circumstances
described below. The following describes some of the ways that your information
may be disclosed.
Data in the Aggregate: We may disclose “blinded” aggregated data and user
statistics to prospective partners and other third parties, and for other
lawful purposes. Blinded data is data which does not identify an individual
person.
Other: We also may disclose account information in special cases when we have
reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify,
contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating the Virtual
Fitness Terms and Conditions of Use, or may otherwise be causing injury to or
interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) our rights or
property, other virtual-fitness.co.uk Web site users or clients, or anyone else
that could be harmed by such activities. We may disclose or access account
information when we believe in good faith that the law requires it and for
administrative and other purposes that we deem necessary to maintain, service
and improve our products and services.
We may occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on our
behalf, including packaging and mailing, answering customer questions about
products or services, sending postal mail, providing investor information and
processing data. We will only provide those companies the information they need
to deliver the service, and they are prohibited from using that information for
any other purpose.
How can I control my personal information?
We offer our clients choices for the collection, use and sharing of personal
information. You may contact us if you wish to view, edit or delete your
personal information from our database, and we will use commercially reasonable
efforts to accommodate your request.
How do we protect financial-related information?
Keeping your personal financial information private is vitally important to us.
As a matter of policy and long time business practice, Virtual Fitness does not
sell information provided by its clients. Any user statistics that we may
provide to prospective partners regarding financial matters are provided in the
aggregate only and do not include any personally identifiable information about
any individual user. We process credit payment transactions through a third
party site that will transfer you to Pay Pal or a similar service in order to
process any online payments.
What security precautions are in place to protect the loss, misuse or
alteration of my information?
Your Virtual Fitness Account Information is password-protected so you have
access to this personal information. Remember to sign out of your Virtual
Fitness account and close your browser window when you have finished your work.
This is to ensure that others cannot access your account by using your computer
when you are away from it. Because of the global nature of the Internet, when
you give us information, that information may be sent electronically to servers
outside of the country where you originally entered the information.
Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be
100% secure. Except as discussed above or otherwise designated, this site does
not use security encryption measures. Therefore, information that you disclose
by use of this site (as with any site that is non-secure), by posting a message
or using email, potentially could be collected and used by others. This may
result in unsolicited messages from third parties or use of such information by
third parties for their own purposes, legal or illegal. As a result, while we
strive to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or warrant the
security of any information you transmit to us or from our services, and you do
so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we use our reasonable
efforts to ensure its security on our systems.
What else should I know about my privacy?
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose information online,
that information may be accessible to other clients and users. Ultimately, you
are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords and/or any
account information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you are online.
When you or we end your customer relationship with us, we will treat the
information we have about you as if you were still our
customer
Please note - when you click "Sign up now" you are indicating that you have read the Release of Liability, Membership Agreement and Terms of use and fully understand and accept its terms.