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Privacy Policy
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Privacy Statement for IThound Site |
| This web-site (the "Site") is owned and operated by Incisive Media Limited who is also the data controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998 ("DPA"). |
| Respecting and protecting your privacy is critical to Incisive Media. The purpose of this Privacy Policy together with the Terms of Use is to set out the basis on which any personal data which we collect from the Site, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us and to ensure that we interact with you in line with current data protection legislation such as the DPA and in accordance with your wishes. |
| The Site is not intended for individuals under 16 years of age. Incisive Media does not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under 16 via the Site. |
| By accessing and viewing the Web Site, you agree to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. In order to access certain portions of the Web Site you will be required to register by providing certain limited information regarding you and the company you represent and in doing so you consent to the collection, use and transfer of such information under the terms of this privacy policy. |
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Registration As mentioned above, in order to use many features of the Site, you will be asked to complete a registration form. During registration, you are required to provide contact information, for you and the company you represent as well as limited business information about the company you represent. Incisive Media may use this contact information as a means of confirmation of your identity, position, or relationship to a particular company. |
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Information Collection and Processing and Use From Registered Users When you register on the Site, we will ask you to share limited information about yourself and the company you represent. Only disclose business information that you are authorised to disclose. We use this information to provide you with quality services as well as with offers that we think are relevant to you based on the preferences you share at registration. Please also see the "Information Sharing and Disclosure" section below. |
Using your contact information, Incisive Media may also send you e-mail messages under the following circumstances, among others:
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| Your contact information may be made available or provided to third-party service companies and contractors (such as the Site webmaster) that are contractually obligated to protect your information as disclosed in this Privacy Policy. In order to maintain accurate records concerning communications that Incisive Media may have received from or sent to you, Incisive Media may also indefinitely store any information that you provide to Incisive Media through the Website. We may also collect and process details of your visits to the Site and the resources that you access. |
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Information Sharing and Disclosure Once you register on the site, you are providing Incisive Media with personally identifiable information. Incisive Media will pass on this information only after you have viewed the company content and only to the company that has paid for the listing of that particular content. The company's use of this information is governed by the company's privacy policy and may be used for follow-up by telephone, email, or other common methods. You should contact these companies directly if you have any questions about their use of the information. |
| In addition, Incisive Media may share certain aggregated demographic information with our sponsors regarding the users of the Web Site. The aggregated information that we provide is not linked to any personally identifiable information. |
| If you have accessed the Site from the web site of one of our Partners, then Incisive Media may disclose all the information collected about you to such Partner. |
| We may disclose your personal information to any member of our group, which means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries, as defined in section 736 of the UK Companies Act 1985. |
| We may also disclose your personal information to third parties: |
| In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets. If Incisive Media or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred assets. |
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Special Offers We do not provide copies of our email subscriber database information to third parties. As a Registered User and based on the preferences you share at registration, you will occasionally receive information on products, services, special deals and newsletters. Out of respect for your privacy we present the option to not receive these types of communications. As part of our services, we may contact you with offers and promotions sponsored by identified third parties. All the content related to such correspondence is provided by our sponsors, and Incisive Media disclaims any liability for such content. By virtue of their sponsorship, these third parties may obtain personally identifiable information that visitors voluntarily submit to participate in the promotion. Incisive Media will notify the third parties of the Privacy Policy that governs your information; however, Incisive Media has no control over the third-party sponsors' use of this information. Incisive Media will notify you at the time of requesting personally identifiable information if third-party sponsors will obtain such information. |
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Where We Store Your Information The data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area ("EEA"). It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us or for one of our suppliers. Such staff maybe engaged in the provision of support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. Incisive Media will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy. |
| Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your information transmitted to the Site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access. |
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Links to Other Web Sites The Site contains links to other web sites of our partner networks, sponsors, advertisers and affiliates ("Partners"). Please be aware that Incisive Media is not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites. This privacy policy applies solely to information collected by this website. |
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Cookies A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing information about the user. Usage of cookies is for the convenience of visitors. For instance, by setting a cookie on our site, the user would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site. If a user rejects the cookie, they may still use our site. |
| Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users in order to enhance the experience on our site. Some of our business partners use cookies on our site (for example, advertisers). However, we have no access to, or control over, these cookies. |
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Log Files We use IP addresses to analyse trends, administer the Site, track user's movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses that we collect are not linked to personally identifiable information. |
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Your Rights You can ask us to stop passing your information to third parties for marketing purposes at any time by contacting us at email.enquiries@incisivemedia.com and we will do this. However, such request may result in us terminating your registration with the Site. |
| The DPA gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the DPA. Any access request may be subject to a fee of £10 to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you. Please write to the Data Controller, Incisive Media, 32-34 Broadwick Street, London, W1A 2HG |
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Notification of Policy Changes If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will seek to advise all users of these changes. |
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Usage Tracking We monitor how our users use the Site including search terms entered, pages visited and documents viewed. This information is stored with each registered user's registration information. It is unique-number identifiable, and is used solely for purposes of enabling us to provide you with a personalized Site experience. Aggregated forms of this data may also be used in order to help us understand areas for future research and to identify future features and functions to develop for the Site. This data may also be used by Incisive Media, in the aggregate, to identify appropriate product offerings and subscription plans. |
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Exceptions Other than as set forth above, Incisive Media will not otherwise use or disclose any of your personal information except to the extent reasonably necessary to: (i) process your information and to correct technical problems and malfunctions in the Site or the computer systems supporting the Site; (ii) protect the security and integrity of the Site; (iii) enforce or apply our terms of use (iv) protect the rights, property and security of Incisive Media and others; (v) take precautions against liability; (vi) respond to claims that your information violates the rights and interests of third-parties; (vii) respond to judicial or administrative process or otherwise comply with applicable law; and (viii) to assist law enforcement agencies in connection with investigations or matters related to public safety. |
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Updating Personal Information You may update or correct information you previously provided to Incisive Media by accessing your user profile on the Site. |
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Choice/Opt-out Our users are given the opportunity to 'opt-out' of having their information used for purposes not directly related to our site at the point where we ask for the information. Users who no longer wish to receive a newsletter/alert/briefing etc. may opt-out of receiving these communications by replying to the unsubscribe link in the e-mail or online. |
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Questions or Comments Regarding the Privacy Policy For additional questions, or to be taken off our marketing lists, please send an e-mail to email.enquiries@incisivemedia.com |
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