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Any personal data collected through this Website will be treated as confidential in line with the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998.

At Top Dog City we are committed to protecting the privacy of our customers and Website visitors. Our relationship with you is valuable and we understand the importance you place on the privacy and security of information that personally identifies you. In that respect, and whether you are a first-time visitor to our Website or a regular user, we take your privacy seriously. Please read the following in order to learn more about our privacy policy and our information gathering and dissemination practices.

Why we require your e-mail address

Top Dog City currently does not require registration to browse or add content to our Website.  This may change at any time in the future and will be advertised via the Home Page.  Top Dog City collects your e-mail address via the Brick Application Form only.  Your e-mail is used for the purposes of monitoring the volume of Brick Applications from any given individual.  The e-mail is the only form of identification we use to monitor applications that should not exceed 4 per building.
Top Dog City will also use this e-mail in order to communicate - once annually - of the League results (usually in April).  We will also use the e-mail as a means of notification if you are a winner of any prize.  Top Dog City will not communicate with you for any other reason.  We do not support SPAM in any form and we will not sell or rent your e-mail to a Third Party.
The Brick Application Form offers you the choice to be excluding from receiving such communications from us.  Those who opt not to be contacted in this way, will not receive any communication from us in respect of the Annual League results. Nor will they be included in any prize draws. Brick Applications are accepted regardless of choice but must contain your e-mail address for monitoring purposes only.


Information on demographics
Top Dog City also requests on the Brick Application Form "What country are you from?".  This information helps us to tailor prizes and freebies and is used for statistical reporting but is not attributed to you as an individual. 

How is this information stored?
All communications, contributions and Brick Application Forms to the Website are stored electronically.

User Submissions
Please do not post confidential or proprietary information to our Website. Any material, information or any other communication you transmit or post to our Website (other than your personal information) will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary unless we are advised to the contrary and we will have no liability for it. Top Dog City will be free to copy, disclose, distribute, incorporate and otherwise use the communications in all data, images, sound, text and other things embodied therein for any and all commercial or non-commercial purposes. Users of our Website are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from this site any unlawful, threatening, libellous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic or other material that would violate any law.

What information do we share?

Compliance with law
We will release personal information where we are required to by law or by the regulations and other rules to which we are subject. We may also exchange information with other companies and organisations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Consent
By completing the Brick Application Form, and participating in our Website, you will be deemed to have agreed to, and understood the Privacy Policy.

Security of your Personal Data

As the Internet is not a secure medium of communication, we cannot guarantee the security of any information which either you or any other party transfers to us via the Internet. Any e-mails which we send to you and any e-mails which you send to us or to which we reply may be intercepted at any time by a third party as such communications will not be encrypted. Any such e-mail will be deemed, therefore to be non-confidential, and the senders or recipients of any such e-mail by their use of this site accept that those e-mails may be intercepted by other parties. If you are concerned about interception of personal data about you by third parties, you should reconsider whether you wish to communicate with us by e-mail. Top Dog City is not and will not be responsible for any damages you or any other party may suffer as a result of the loss of confidentiality of any such information.

Changes to Privacy Policy

We may edit this policy from time to time. If we make any substantial changes we will notify you by posting a prominent announcement on our web pages.

Your Rights

You have the right to ask for a copy of the information held by us in our records in return for which we may charge a small fee. You also have the right to require us to correct any inaccuracies in your information. Contact our web editor for further details.

Top Dog City (TDC) accept no responsibility for and exclude all liability in connection with browsing this site, use of information on this site and downloading any material from it including but not limited to any liability for errors, inaccuracies, omissions or misleading or defamatory statements.

Whilst we hope you find the contents of this Website interesting and informative, the contents are for general information only. We believe the contents to be true and accurate as at the date of writing but can give no assurances or warranty regarding the accuracy, currency or applicability of any of the contents in relation to specific situations and particular circumstances. In addition, none of the content of this Website will form any part of any contract between us or constitutes an offer by us. Specific disclaimers may apply in addition to certain content or parts of the site.

TDC does not want to receive confidential or proprietary information from you through our Website. Any material, information or other communication you may transmit or post to the Website other than your personal information will be considered non-confidential and non proprietary. TDC will be free to copy, disclose, distribute, incorporate or otherwise use the communications in all data, images, sounds, text and other things embodied therein for any and all commercial or non-commercial purposes. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from the site any unlawful, threatening, libellous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, or other material that would violate any law.

Information may be changed or updated without notice. TDC may also make improvements and/or changes in the products and/or services and programmes described in this information at any time without notice.

Links made to other sites are made at your own risk and TDC accepts no liability for any linked sites. When you access a non-TDC Website, please understand that it is independent from TDC and TDC has no control over the content of that Website. Further, a link to a non-TDC Website does not mean that TDC endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content or the use of such Website. Users must take their own precautions to ensure what is selected for use is free of such items as viruses, worms, Trojan horses and other items of a destructive nature.

As our Websites often provide links to third party Websites, users should review their respective privacy policies to learn more about, what, why and how they collect and use personally identifiable information.

The service and materials on this Website are provided 'as is' and TDC expressly disclaims any and all warranties, express or implied, to the extent permitted by law including but not limited to warranties of satisfactory quality, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, with respect to the service or any materials.

Except in respect of death or personal injury arising from negligence, TDC hereby exclude liability for any claims, losses, demands or damages of any kind whatsoever with respect to any information and/or services provided on our Website including but not limited to direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damages, compensatory damages or loss of profits or data whether based on a breach of contract or warranty, delict or tort (including negligence), product liability or otherwise.