Green Awards – For Creativity in Sustainability

Green Awards, a trading name of Green Business Enterprises Ltd, is committed to protecting the privacy of visitors to our website. When you provide personal information to us, we protect the privacy and confidentiality of that information. Green Award's goal is to collect and use only that information that we consider is necessary for our legitimate business interests.

When you browse through this website, you do so anonymously. Green Awards does not collect personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. Submitting a entry form or request for tickets form to us is an example of how you may be voluntarily providing us with personal information.

Another way you might provide us with personal information is by sending us an email, whether through your own email software or using a "Contact Us" form on the site. If you send us email, your email address and the contents of your message will be collected. This includes text characters and any audio, video, and graphic information formats included in the message. Your electronic mail address and the information included in your message will be used to respond to you, to address issues you identify, to improve this site, or to forward your message to the appropriate Green Awards team member for a response. Any personal information you choose to provide to the Green Awards will be retained by the Green Awards for as long as is necessary for the relevant service or for as long as is reasonably required for the purpose(s) for which it was submitted. If you wish to cancel your registration or to be deleted from our database, please send an email to info@geenawards.com with “Unsubscribe” in the subject field.

Our servers automatically log information about visits to this website in the normal course of establishing and maintaining web connections. The server logs record statistical information, such as visitors' IP addresses, the time and duration of visit, and what web pages you visited immediately before and after visiting the Green Awards. We collect this information so that we may continuously improve our website content. These statistics are reported in aggregate form only. We do not link server log information to any other data in a way that would enable us to identify individual visitors.

This website makes use of cookies. Cookies are pieces of information transferred to the browsing computer and stored for record-keeping purposes. Knowing how a site visitor is using the site through cookies enables us to tailor our content and services to more effectively meet visitors' needs. It also enables us to improve the quality of your visit by making sure that the website is properly formatted for your computer and web browser.

You can easily reject cookies from our website adjust your browser settings as below:

If you're using Internet Explorer 6.0 or 7.0:

• 1. Choose Tools, then
• 2. Internet Options
• 3. Click the Privacy tab
• 4. Click on Custom Level
• 5. Click on the 'Advanced' button
• 6. Check the 'override automatic cookie handing' box and select Accept, Block or Prompt for action as appropriate.

If you're using Firefox 2.0:

• 1. Choose Tools, then
• 2. Options
• 3. Click the Privacy icon

If you're using Firefox 1.0 or 1.5:

• 1. Choose Tools, then
• 2. Options
• 3. Click the Privacy icon
• 4. Click the Cookies tab

If you're using Opera 8.0 or 9.0:

• 1. Choose Tools, then
• 2. Preferences
• 3. Advanced
• 4. Cookies

If you're using Opera 7.0:

• 1. Choose File, then
• 2. Preferences
• 3. Privacy

If you're using Netscape 6.0:

• 1. Choose Edit, then
• 2. Preferences
• 3. Click on Advanced
• 4. Click on Cookies

If you're using Internet Explorer 5.0 or 5.5:

• 1. Choose Tools, then
• 2. Internet Options
• 3. Click the Security tab
• 4. Click on Custom Level
• 5. Scroll down to the sixth option to see how cookies are handled by IE5 and change to Accept, Disable, or Prompt for action as appropriate.

If you're using Internet Explorer 4.0:

• 1. Choose View, then
• 2. Internet Options
• 3. Click the Advanced tab
• 4. Scroll down to the yellow exclamation icon under Security and choose one of the three options to regolate your use of cookies.

If you're using Internet Explorer 3.0:

• 1. Choose View, then
• 2. Options
• 3. Click on Advanced
• 4. Click on the button that says Warn before Accepting Cookies.

If you're using Netscape Communicator 4.0:

• 1. Choose Edit, then
• 2. Preferences
• 3. Click on Advanced
• 4. Set your options in the box that says Cookies.

The Green Awards uses industry standard security measures to protect the information under our control, including firewalls and other security measures. Although the inherent dangers of the Internet means we cannot guarantee the protection of your information against loss, misuse, or alteration, the Green Awards works hard to protect all of your personal information. Security procedures have been integrated into the design, implementation, and day-to-day operations of this website as part of our continuing commitment to the security of electronic content as well as the electronic transmission of information.

The Green Awards is strongly committed to protecting personal information collected through this website against unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. That is why the Green Awards limits employee access to personal information collected through this website to those employees who need access to the information to perform their official duties, and those employees follow appropriate procedures to protect against any improper disclosure of that information.

This site is a general audience website and is intended to be used by adults and teenagers interested in the Green Awards. It is not intended for children, and AECOM does not want to collect any personal information for users who are under the age of 13. The Green Awards does not knowingly collect personal information from children or create profiles of children through the site. The Green Awards requires that parental permission be given prior to the processing of the personal data of children under the age of 16 years. However, any personal information submitted by email will be treated as though it was submitted by an adult.

The development of the Green Award's policies and procedures for the protection of personal information is an ongoing process. Due to changes in technology and legal requirements we may revise this Website Privacy Statement from time to time. We suggest that you bookmark this page so that you may check periodically to see if any changes have been made.

This website may contain links to third party sites. Unless you are providing employment information to the Green Award's third party provider, the Green Awards is not responsible for the collection of personal information or the security or privacy of such information on third party sites.

All bookings will be processed upon receipt of payment. Bookings will not be confirmed until payments have been received. If payment is not received within five working days from date of invoice, your tickets might be reallocated.

For queries regarding booking a table at the Green Awards 2009 please contact a member of the Green Awards team on +44 (0)79 5643 0543 or at info@greenawards.co.uk.

Green Awards stores no financial information of customers paying by credit/debit card.

No refunds will be possible due to cancellation after payment received.

If you have any questions about this statement or our handling of personal information please contact us by e-mail at privacy@greenawards.co.uk.