2003 Online privacy policy statement
This online privacy policy tells you how Berlinguer Ltd collects, uses, stores and protects the privacy of your information. It applies to www.berlinguer.com
and any other sites operated by Berlinguer. Our policy complies with the latest EU Directive on Data Protection. Please feel free to call or email us if, after reading this document, you still don't understand our policy. Our contact details are provided throughout this site and at the end of this document.
Berlinguer Ltd respects your privacy and we are committed to protect the personal information you share with us. For the most part you can browse through our website without giving us any information at all about yourself. When we do need your information - to enrol on our specialist mailing lists or to help us provide you with faster and more effective services - we will ask you to provide it. Alternately, you may simply choose to give us your personal information to gain broader access to our services.
To make it easier for you to navigate through this document, it is subdivided into
the following sections:
Please
make sure that you read and understand this privacy statement and are happy
with these terms before you enter any personal information onto our website.
IF YOU ARE NOT HAPPY WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS PLEASE DO NOT REGISTER YOUR DETAILS WITH US.
This website is constantly being altered and upgraded to ensure that we provide you
with an optimal information service. Some of these changes have no impact on
data protection and will not be notified to you in advance. However, any
changes in registration procedures or the collection of data [as outlined
below] will be signposted by a special flash on the right hand navigation bar a
minimum of 30 days before it is implemented.
Berlinguer collects individual names, company names, postal addresses including post code, email addresses, job titles, type of business, company telephone and fax
numbers. Where applicable, we also ask for your domain name and email address. This will happen if you ask to be included in an email or other mailing list, if you submit entries for occasional promotions, or if you submit your personal information in order to ask for more details about our services. For the avoidance of doubt, we ask for this information in order to provide registered visitors to the site with press releases, occasional news stories, an irregular email alert service, or our own newsletter, or all of these.
We do not automatically collect information on visitors to our websites including your email address. When you browse this site, you can do so entirely anonymously. We only start to collect your personal information when you fill in the order forms provided for this purpose.
Data on firms and people is collected in order to efficiently segregate the mailing lists for the different marketing efforts undertaken by Berlinguer and our email alert services and online newsletters.
From time to time Berlinguer also runs online industry surveys. These surveys will sometimes be anonymous. Sometimes they will collect only limited information, such as job titles and/or company names, market specialisms or interests.
Berlinguer Ltd also receives personal information from business suppliers and vendors.Berlinguer Ltd only uses such information if it has been collected in accordance with acceptable privacy practices consistent with this Policy and applicable laws.
When your personal information is collected we tell you at the point of collection the purpose of asking you for your data. Where applicable, we will give you the opportunity to opt out of receiving direct marketing or market research information. If you do not want to receive emails, postal mailings, or telephone calls, or any
other communications from Berlinguer, or other Berlinguer group companies in
future, please let us know by sending an email to: priority@berlinguer.com or by calling
us or writing to the Berlinguer Database Manager at the address provided at the
end of this document. Unless we hear from you, we assume you have given us your consent to collect and use your information if you provide it in the sections and boxes we have provided for this purpose, unless you specifically take action to indicate that you do not give your consent.
Once you register with us, your name and contact details are held in a central database and are then re-entered into a larger and customised database, subdivided by industry specialization and/or country market. Only a limited number of people [and these are always Berlinguer employees] are allowed access to this database and your details. The data is not freely available to all employees. Irrespective of circumstance, as a matter of company policy, the data is not sold or passed on to third parties. If there is going to be a change to this policy, we will provide you with at least six weeks notice, equivalent to 30 full working days, so that you can contact us if you wish, to ask us to erase your details out of our database.
However,once you are registered with Berlinguer you are no longer anonymous to us and
we will contact you. In order to minimize our contact with you, tailor our
communications with you and improve our products and services, we may from time
to time ask you to provide us with information regarding your professional
interests and experience with our products.
Berlinguer collects information on visitors to www.berlinguer.com
to help us improve on our products and services and marketing materials. We
also use the information we collect to notify users about Berlinguer product or services updates, or changes to the website, or important information about Berlinguer's products
and services. From time to time we will also use selected names from our database to market specific products which we believe will benefit this community.
The information we collect is used solely by the Berlinguer sales and marketing
departments. We repeat, as a matter of company policy, Berlinguer does not share its
information with third parties or allow other company departments and
subsidiaries to have access to this information.
Berlinguer's website does not use cookies.
A cookie is a small text file written to a user's hard drive that contains a User
ID. The cookies do not contain any personal information about users in
themselves and simply record areas of websites that have been visited and for
how long. The use of cookies is now widespread in many websites and they
enable companies to use, for example, one-time log-in and shopping cart
facilities.
At present, the Berlinguer website does not have the capability to utilize
cookies, but it reserves the right to do so at some point in the future. If Berlinguer
intends to use cookies, it will notify its customers and clients and site
visitors at least one month in advance.
Berlinguer does not use log files at present, but it reserves the right to do so in
future. If Berlinguer intends to use log files, it will notify its customers
and clients and site visitors at least one month in advance.
If you do not want to receive emails, postal mailings, or telephone calls, or any
other communications from Berlinguer, or other Berlinguer group companies in
future, please let us know by sending an email to: priority@berlinguer.com or by calling
us or writing to the Berlinguer Database Manager at the address provided at the
end of this document.
If you agree to accept registration to any of the free Berlinguer alert services,
you are free to do so even though you may (at the same time) have opted out of
receiving any other information from Berlinguer Ltd. You can opt out of
receiving any or all of Berlinguer's free services and marketing and sales
communication from Berlinguer at any time. Please let us know your specific
preferences by sending an email to priority@berlinguer.com
or by calling or writing to the Berlinguer Database Manager at the address
provided at the end of this document.
Berlinguer Ltd will make every effort to adhere to all legislative and ethical requirements in the collection, management and protection of your data. It is your responsibility to ensure that the data you provide us is accurate and that you do not, in the course of using any or all Berlinguer services, pass on any of your personal or subscription information to third parties. Berlinguer Ltd will not be liable for any loss that you may incur as a result of someone else using your password [if applicable] or account details [if applicable], either with or without your consent or
knowledge. However, Berlinguer Ltd does reserve the right to hold you
liable for any losses incurred by the Berlinguer Ltd or another third party due
to someone else using your account [if applicable] or password [if applicable] or having been passed your personal data to effect entry into Berlinguer's product system.
If your personally identifiable information changes, or if you no longer wish to
receive any or all communications from Berlinguer, please notify us of any
changes to priority@berlinguer.com
or by calling or writing to the Berlinguer Database Manager at the address
provided at the end of this document.
If you have any queries about the way we protect your information, please contact
us via email at priority@berlinguer.com
or by calling or writing to the Berlinguer Database Manager at the end of this
document.
At all times, Berlinguer staff will try to ensure that your records are updated
immediately. We heartily apologize in advance however if, for any reason, you
inadvertently receive communications, or the wrong communications from us for a
transitional period during which we are processing your records.
This is particularly the case if you wish to unsubscribe to any of our services.
If the problem persists for a period of longer than TWO weeks (a period we deem to be reasonable to cover most eventualities) please let us know and we will ensure that your wishes are complied with immediately. Please notify us of any problems by sending an email to priority@berlinguer.com or by calling or writing to the Berlinguer Database Manager at the address provided at the
end of this document.
By using or visiting this website you agree to the terms outlined in the Terms and
Conditions of Usage, which is contained in separate pages within this site.
Please read these Terms and Conditions in conjuction with this Privacy Policy.
If after reading both documents you continue to use the site you are deemed by
us to have accepted our terms and conditions of usage and the terms of the
Berlinguer privacy policy. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET
OUT IN THE TERMS OF USAGE AND PRIVACY POLICY SECTIONS OF THIS SITE PLEASE LEAVE
THE SITE IMMEDIATELY.
By accessing, browsing and using the www.berlinguer.com
website, you understand and agree to the following:
(a) The information you provide via the website could be stored indefinitely.
(b) Berlinguer may use your information for a variety of purposes including direct marketing, ad-hoc communications, and/or sales calls unless you specifically opt out of any or all these solicitations.
(c) Berlinguer will not pass on or sell the information it collects via the website on to third parties.
(c) The information you provide Berlinguer is accurate, correct and not misleading, or harmful to either yourself or Berlinguer.
It is unlikely that Berlinguer will ask you to provide information which requires
extreme security. You will certainly NOT be asked to provide any credit card payment
information via www.berlinguer.com.
The server of the www.berlinguer.com
website is hosted by another company. Client information and information
collected on this site is not shared with the server host.
Some graphics and advertising may, from time to time, appear on this website.
Berlinguer does not provide any personal information to any such third party
which would allow them to associate your personal information with any
information they may gather.
The www.berlinguer.com website contains
links to other website(s). The inclusion of these hyperlinks does not imply
any endorsement or validation by any and all Berlinguer directors and staff of
the content of the said website(s). Furthermore, Berlinguer is NOT responsible
for the privacy practices of the website(s). Berlinguer DOES NOT accept any
liability in connection with the content or usage of such websites.
To comply with dynamic and changing regulations and legislation and to adhere to
professional best practices, Berlinguer will update and revise this policy as
required. You may wish to check this privacy statement at regular intervals to
ensure that you are still happy with the content. Berlinguer undertakes to
notify users and its customers of any changes to the terms and conditions
contained in this statement at least six weeks, or 30 full working days, in advance of any intended changes. We believe this will give you plenty of time to contact us to ask us to remove your personal data from our files. If we receive no notification from you asking us to remove or change your data we will assume that your information is accurate, correct and that you are content to remain on our database[s]. A notification of
change flash will appear on the home page.
If you have any questions about this privacy pledge or your think that your
privacy may have been inadvertently compromised please do not hesitate to
contact us. We will be delighted to assist you and will try to put your mind at rest.
By Email: |
priority@berlinguer.com |
By Post: |
The Database Manager,
Berlinguer Ltd,
4-14 Tabernacle Street
London, EC2A 4LU |
By Phone: |
+ 44 [0] 20 7074 0008. |
Please note that to help maintain the integrity and security of your information we
will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting
corrections to your information.
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