Privacy Policy

Introduction - http://www.intelligentmarketing.org.uk/ is committed to protecting your privacy. You may browse the site without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself. This privacy policy sets out our privacy practices and explains how we collect information from you and whom we share this information with. The information we collect from you is only that required by us so that we may deliver the site functionality and information you have requested or searched for. Except as provided in this Privacy Policy, we do not supply your Personal Information to any other person unless you have expressly authorized us to do so. We are keen to ensure that you do not receive any unwelcome messages or 'spam' email as a result of your joining http://www.intelligentmarketing.org.uk/. Most importantly:

• We do not publish your email address on the web site
• You have complete control over any emails that http://www.intelligentmarketing.org.uk/ sends you
• We do not share your details with any other company for marketing purposes

By using this website, you are deemed to have agreed to be bound by this Privacy Policy. Our policy will be reviewed on a regular basis and may be changed. Any revisions will be listed on this page so that you are always aware of the information we collect and how we use it. Please take some time to read through this document. If you have any questions, please go to our contact page, you may telephone our office or send us an email. You should also read the separate Site Terms and Conditions of Use applicable to this Web Site.

How We Collect Information - the following outlines the processes we employ to collect information:-

• Cookies - cookies are small text files stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. http://www.intelligentmarketing.org.uk/ uses cookies in several ways. We use cookies to allow you to log in, to keep track of your preferences and for us to track usage of the site. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but if you prefer, you can edit your browser options to block them in the future. It may well be possible to view some pages within http://www.intelligentmarketing.org.uk/ with cookies disabled by your browser although this is not guaranteed nor recommended. You can delete cookies from your hard drive at any time. Bear in mind, though, that if you delete these cookies, any settings such as your stored username and password will be reset and you will need to log in again to use these features.
• IP addresses - http://www.intelligentmarketing.org.uk/ may collect IP addresses to help diagnose problems with our servers and for system administration. http://www.intelligentmarketing.org.uk/ shall only use these addresses for technical & tracking purposes unless otherwise required by the law.
• Log files - http://www.intelligentmarketing.org.uk/ captures industry standard information solely for the purposes of analysis. Information contained in log files is intended for internal use only and will not be disclosed to our Partners. The aggregate logged information is not linked to any personally identifiable information.
• General Statistics - we collect statistics relating to pages visited, paths through the website, search terms used to find us. This is done to improve the visitor experience, understand our customers needs and help us improve site design and layout. We may pass this information to our partners or other third parties but it will not contain any personally identifying information.
• Online Surveys - we may from time to time, conduct optional online surveys. Results are aggregated and used to improve the Website for the benefit of its Users. Survey participants are anonymous unless otherwise stated in the survey.
• Online Forms - we collect data that you have entered into any of our online forms. http://www.intelligentmarketing.org.uk/ has appropriate measures in place to ensure that users' personal details are not misused, accidentally destroyed, lost or altered within the server environment. No data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be totally secure, we cannot ensure guarantee or warrant the security of any information which you send to us, and you do so at your own risk.
• Contacting Us - we may record, store and use any telephone, postal, fax, e-mail or other electronic communications with you, so that we can check any instructions given to us.

Why Do We collect Personal Information? - the personal information we collect on this web site is used to:-

• Enable us to email you with regard to membership of our online forum or blog;
• Ensure our Website is compatible with the browsers and operating systems used by most of our visitors;
• Enable us to contact you with regard to general service level issues, if necessary;
• Customize the content of the Website to meet your specific needs;
• Keep you informed of new features and services available from http://www.intelligentmarketing.org.uk/ (only if you have requested we do so).

Disclosing your Personal Information:- http://www.intelligentmarketing.org.uk/:-

• Will NOT sell, share or rent your name, email address, or any other personal details to any other third party for marketing purposes;
• May at its discretion disclose personal information that is required by the police (or other organisations with a law enforcement role) for the prevention and detection of crime or the apprehension or prosecution of offenders, as provided for under Section 29 of the Data Protection Act;
• May at its discretion disclose personal information to intellectual property rights holders for the investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringement or other unlawful activity connected to their property, as provided for under Section 35 of the Data Protection Act.
• May disclose specific personal information where it is required to by law, and where necessary for the purpose of or in connection with any legal proceedings, as provided for under Section 35 of the Data Protection Act;
• May share aggregated demographic information with our partners, advertisers or other third parties. This will not contain information that can identify any individual person.

Viewing, Changing or Removing your Personal Information - registered forum or blog members may:-

• View all information that http://www.intelligentmarketing.org.uk/ stores about them as an individual, by contacting us.
• Correct or update their personal information and opt out of receiving email;
• Request that all personal information for them be removed by contacting us at contact page . We will close your forum account and remove all personal information from the public site immediately. However, where there has been activity on an account within the proceeding 90 days, we reserve the right to retain records of your personal information for a further 90 days and may disclose this information in order to comply with any legal obligations and to prevent fraud, as outlined above.

Who is the Data Controller?- The data controller is Infoguides Limited. We are registered under the Data Protection Act 1998. The data controllers registered company address is 8 Amberslade Walk, Dibden Purlieu, Southampton, Hampshire, England, SO45 4NW. You can confirm our registration at http://www.ico.gov.uk/ESDWebPages/search.asp. Our registration number is Z2923427. Our company registration number is 4549858. You have certain rights under the Data Protection Act 1998. We will always let you have a copy of all personal information we have about you should you request it. We may charge you a fee for a copy of such information. We will remove any personal information collected on request.

Data Protection Indemnity - for the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998, you agree that in the course of you advertising goods or services on our Web Site, certain personal data about your employees, agents or subcontractors or certain personal data of third parties appearing in the advertising you requested to appear on our Web Site may be captured electronically or otherwise by us. If this is the case, you shall ensure that you have obtained the express consent of any employees, agents, subcontractors or any applicable third parties to the transfer of their personal data to us to use, store and process such personal information for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, including where such personal data forms part of the advertising and is posted to the Web Site for accessed by users inside and outside of the European Economic Area. You shall indemnify http://www.intelligentmarketing.org.uk/ from and against all claims by any employees, agents, subcontractors or any third parties arising out of your failure to obtain the consent described in this paragraph.