Privacy Policy
Information Collection and Use
Incisive Media is the sole owner of the information collected on this site.
We will not sell, share, or rent this information to third parties in ways other
than those disclosed in this policy. Incisive Media collects information
from our users at several different points on our websites.
Incisive Media includes Incisive Media and all of its subsidiary companies (Incisive Financial Publishing Limited, Incisive Photographic Limited, Global Professional Media Limited, Conjecture Limited, Incisive Media Investments Limited, Incisive RWG Inc, Incisive Interactive Marketing LLC).
Registration
some of our sites restrict access to online content. To gain entry a user must
first complete a registration form. During registration a user is required to
give their contact information (such as name and e-mail address). For sites
where online access to content is part of a subscription package, registration
forms will often contain full subscriber details used to identify and fulfil
that subscriber's account.
E-mail alerts
If a user wishes to subscribe to our alerts, updates, briefings etc. we ask
for contact and delivery information such as name and e-mail address. All of
these e-mail lists provide opt out facilities online and with each e-mail broadcast.
In some cases the user is asked to provide optional demographic and personal
interest information that is used to keep our content as relevant as possible.
Sharing
We will share aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers.
This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual
person. We would also share information when using an outside shipping company
to ship orders or a credit card processing company to bill users for goods and
services.
On some sites, which generate reports from directories and listings, we share the names and e-mail addresses of an individual user with some of companies whose products and services are mentioned within that report. Where this occurs there is an opt out provided if a user does not wish to receive any contact from those companies.
Orders
We request information from the user on our order forms. Here a user must provide
contact information (like name and shipping address) and financial information
(like credit card number, expiration date). This information is used for billing
purposes and to fulfil customer's orders. If we have trouble processing an order,
this contact information is used to get in touch with the user. All online transactions
are processed using SSL encryption (see Security for more detail)
Cookies
Many of our sites use 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.
Clear Gifs
We employ a software technology called clear gifs (also known as Web Beacons/Web
Bugs), that help us better manage content on our site by informing us what content
is effective. Clear gifs are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar
in function to cookies, and are used to track the online movements of Web users.
The main difference between the two is that clear gifs are invisible on the
page and are much smaller, about the size of the period at the end of this sentence.
Clear gifs are not tied to users' personally identifiable information. In addition,
we use clear gifs in our HTML-based e-mails to let us know which e-mails have
been opened by the recipients. This allows us to gauge the effectiveness of
certain communications and the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns. All
of our e-mail newsletters provide the facility to opt-out (see opt-out section
below).
Log Files
We use IP addresses to analyse trends, administer the site, track a user's movement,
and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are
not linked to personally identifiable information.
Links
Some of our websites contain links to other sites. Please be aware that Incisive
Media is not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites. This
privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this website.
Surveys & Contests
From time to time our site requests information from users via surveys or contests.
Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and the user
therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information. Information
requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address),
and demographic information (such as zip code, age level). Contact information
will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will
be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of
this site.
Recommend this site
If a user elects to use our referral service for informing a friend about our
site, we ask them for the friend's name and e-mail address. We will automatically
send the friend a one-time e-mail inviting them to visit the site. This information
is not stored except for the sole purpose of sending this one-time e-mail.
Security
This website takes every precaution to protect our users' information. When
users submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected
both online and off-line. When our registration/order form asks users to enter
sensitive information (such as credit card number and/or social security number),
that information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software
in the industry - SSL. While on a secure page, such as our order form, the lock
icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft
Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to un-locked, or open, when you
are just 'surfing'. While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information
online, we also do everything in our power to protect user-information off-line.
All of our users' information, not just the sensitive information mentioned
above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information
to perform a specific job (for example, our billing clerk or a customer service
representative) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The
servers that we store personally identifiable information on are kept in a secure
environment.
Special Offers
On some sites new members receive a welcome e-mail to verify password and username.
Established members will occasionally receive information on products, services,
special deals, and a newsletter. Where this is the case we present the option
to not receive these types of communications at the point of sign up.
Site and Service Updates
We also send the user site and service announcement updates. Members are not
able to un-subscribe from service announcements, which contain important information
about the service. We communicate with the user to provide requested services
and in regards to issues relating to their account via e-mail or phone.
Correction/Updating Personal Information
If a user's personally identifiable information changes (such as your zip code),
or if a user no longer desires our service, we will endeavour to provide a way
to correct, update or remove that user's personal data provided to us. This
can be done at the registration page or by e-mailing the site editor. Many of
our sites will offer subscribers an account management facility that will allow
them to change or amend their own records.
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.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will seek to advise all users
of these changes.
While we take every precaution to ensure all contributions to discussion boards are factually correct, and not deemed to be untruthful, libellous, defamatory, racist or persecutory, these messages are entered by third parties. All users of the board are presented with a set of house rules before taking part. Our editor will monitor as much as possible and although all users of the site are entitled to their opinion, language on the boards must be clean - contributions containing sexual swear words and slander will be removed. Users will be warned if breaking the house rules. A user who consistently breaks the house rules will be barred from the discussion boards`. All users are reminded of copyright - Articles from other websites should be linked to rather than copied in full. Articles from within Incisive Media publications/websites may be copied in their entirety for use on Incisive Media discussion boards. Incisive Media reserves the right to remove articles without notice or reason.
