PRIVACY POLICY

This privacy statement sets out how BCDM Menswear Limited ("we" "us" or "our"), who operate this web site located at www.bananaconnection.co.uk and www.bdcm.co.uk ("Site"), use the information you give us. We may change this privacy statement at any time by posting such changes on the Site. Your continued use of the Site after notice of changes shall mean you have agreed to the new privacy statement.

We are committed to respecting your privacy. Once you choose to provide us with any information by which you can be identified, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement. By using the Site you agree to this use.

We may collect the following information:

• We will never ask you for any personal information without using a secure encrypted connection.
• Where you request a catalogue or order products, we will collect your title, name, contact details, delivery address, billing information, and transaction information.
• We may also ask you to provide us with information regarding your personal or professional interests, demographics, experiences with our products, and contact preferences in order to provide you with further correspondence about our products and services.
• When processing your transaction we may also ask for your credit/debit card details via our site. All our credit/debit card transactions are processed via NoChex. We DO NOT record or store any information about your credit/debit cards and we only pass this information to NoChex if we collect it so they can process your payment. We cannot access your credit/debit card details via NoChex and your details are passed to NoChex using an encrypted connection.

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service. In particular, we may use your information for the following reasons:

• internal record keeping;
• analysis purposes to develop and improve our products and services;
• to allow our representatives to follow up, either by e-mail, phone or mail, people who have purchased goods from our site as part of our customer care procedures;
• to administer any prize draws or competitions you might enter;
• from time to time, to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by e-mail, phone or mail.
• for the prevention and detection of fraud or if the law permits or compels us to disclose it or we otherwise have a duty to disclose it to a third party; or
• to pass to anyone whom we transfer our rights or obligations to under our Terms (such as subcontractors and couriers);

When you use this Site and have not advised us to the contrary, you are agreeing that we may use your information for the purposes set out in this privacy statement.

We may pass information about you to the following, who may use it for the same purpose as set out above:

• to other divisions of BCDM Menswear Limited.
• to employees and agents of BCDM Menswear Limited to administer any accounts, goods/services provided to you by BCDM Menswear Limited now or in the future;
• to agents who profile your information to allow us to tailor the goods/services we offer to your needs; and
• to other organisations for the administration of any competitions/prize draws which you enter.

Unless you say otherwise, we may use your information to contact you about special offers, goods and services.

You may change your mind at any time by writing to us at: Customer Services, Banana Connection, 21 High Street, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire EN8 7AA or emailing on: customerservice@bananaconnection.co.uk

Our web site may contain links to enable you to visit other web sites of interest easily. However, once you have used these links to leave our site you should note that we do not have any control over that other web site. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the web site in question.

A cookie is a piece of text that placed on your computer's hard drive, this site does not function without the use of cookies. Your browser adds that text in a small file. We currently only use "cookies" to identify your computer so we can maintain your shopping basket and maintain your log in status. These are temporary and are automatically deleted when the browser is closed.

A cookie does not give us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. This practice is strictly in force. You may set your web browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer, FireFox, Chrome or Safari) to notify you of cookie placement requests or decline cookies completely. If you decline cookies completely, you will not be able to shop on this site. You can delete the files that contain cookies - those files are stored as part of your internet browser.

We use Google Analytics to help analyse use of our website. This analytical tool uses 'cookies', which are text files placed on your computer, to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information in an anonymous form. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) is transmitted to Google. This information is then used to evaluate visitors' use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity for us. To find out more about cookies, including how to control and delete them, visit www.aboutcookies.org/, or to opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

If you have any queries in connection with this privacy statement then please contact us at: Customer Services, Banana Connection, 21 High Street, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire EN8 7AA.