1. Statement of intent
From time to time, you will be asked to submit personal information about yourself (e.g. name and email address etc) in order to receive or use services on our website. Such services include newsletters, competitions, "Alert Email",live chats, message boards and virtual training centre login. By entering your details in the fields requested, you enable the  Hubbard Building Services and its divisions to provide you with the services you select. Whenever you provide such personal information, we will treat that information in accordance with this policy. Our services are designed to give you the information that you want to receive. Hubbard Building Services will act in accordance with current legislation and aim to meet current Internet best practice.

4. Use and storage of your personal information
When you supply any personal information to Hubbard Building Services (e.g. for competitions, brochure requests or for the Virtual Training Centre) we have legal obligations towards you in the way we deal with that data. We must collect the information fairly, that is, we must explain how we will use it (see the notices on particular web pages that let you know why we are requesting the information) and tell you if we want to pass the information on to anyone else. In general, any information you provide to  Hubbard Building Services will only be used within Hubbard Building Services and by its divisions. It will never be supplied to anyone outside of Hubbard Building Services without Hubbard Building Services obtaining your consent, unless we are obliged or permitted by law to disclose it. Also, if you post or send offensive or inappropriate content anywhere on or to Hubbard Building Services or otherwise engage in any disruptive behaviour on Hubbard Building Services, and  Hubbard Building Services considers such behavior to be serious and/or repeated, Hubbard Building Services can use whatever information that is available to it about you to stop such behaviour. This may include informing relevant third parties such as your employer, school or e-mail provider about the content and your behaviour. We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as you use the service you have requested, For safety reasons, however,  Hubbard Building Service may store messaging transcript data (including message content, member names, times and dates) arising from the use of Hubbard Building Services Community services such as Connector for a period of six months. Where personal information is held for people who are not yet registered but have taken part in other Hubbard Building Services (eg competitions), that information will be held only as long as necessary to ensure that the service is run smoothly. We will ensure that all personal information supplied is held securely, in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.If you are notified on a Hubbard Building Services site that your information may be used to allow Hubbard Building Services to contact you for "service administration purposes", this means that Hubbard Building Services may contact you for a number of purposes related to the service you have signed up for. For example, we may wish to provide you with password reminders or notify you that the particular service has been suspended for maintenance. We will not contact you for promotional purposes, such as notifying you of improvements to the service or new services on Hubbard Building Services unless you specifically agree to be contacted for such purposes at the time you submit your information on the site, or at a later time if you sign up specifically to receive such promotional information.