ioWORLD Ltd - Privacy policy for ioworld.com [April 2009]

a)       General:  We are strongly committed to protecting users’ privacy, and this sets out our policy on the use of personal data which has been collected in relation to access to and use of the Site.

b)       Information collected:  We do not collect any information about you from which you may be identified personally (‘Personally Identifiable Information’) unless you voluntarily submit such information to us, by, for example, registering and/or completing a user profile. The types of information that may be requested will be as listed in the online registration and/or profile form, and may include your name, address, e-mail address, and other information. We may collect information which is not Personally Identifiable Information about you in a number of ways, including tracking your activities through your IP address, computer settings, or most-recently visited URLs.

c)       Credit card transactions: After you have indicated your wish to buy, you will be taken into a secure session (see under ‘Security’ below).  Your credit card information is sent directly in a secure session by you to the banking network agents who process it; at no stage do we ourselves have any access to this information.  The banking network agents will simply tell us if the transaction has or has not gone through.

d)       Use of information:  In general, we will only use the information you provide to us for the purpose for which such information was provided.  Your information may also be used to contact you when necessary and to provide promotional material if you have granted us permission to do so.  Non-personal demographic and profile data may be used to tailor your experience at our site, by showing you content we think you might be interested in.

e)       We do not share or disclose your Personally Identifiable Information with third parties, unless you authorise us to do so. You may opt-out of receiving mailings by following the instructions set out in the opt-out section below.   We reserve the right to access and to disclose Personally Identifiable Information to comply with applicable laws and lawful government requests, to operate our systems properly or to protect ourselves and our users.

f)        If our business is sold or integrated with another business, your details may be disclosed to our advisors and any prospective purchasers and their advisors, and will be passed on to the new owners of the business.

g)       Security:  We use enhanced encryption techniques with a digital certificate when you are logged in, or when making a credit/debit card payment, to allow confidential data to travel securely over the internet.  You can confirm you are in a secure session by looking for a solid key or closed padlock symbol at the bottom of the browser screen which asks for confidential data, and you can click on the solid key or closed padlock to view details of the secure certificate issued to us.

h)       The Site has industry standard security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. While there is no such thing as "perfect security" on the Internet, we will take reasonable steps to ensure the safety of your personal information.

i)         Links:  Our Web Site contains links to other Web Sites that are owned and operated by third parties. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web Sites. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by us.  You are responsible for complying with the terms of use of any such sites.

j)         No party may create any link to or use any portion of our Web Site in any manner that may create confusion about our identity as the source of origin of such portion of this Site, or in any manner that may create a likelihood of confusion as to sponsorship of third party content by us or as to an affiliation with us.

k)       Cookies:  A "cookie" is a small amount of data that is sent to a user’s browser from a web server and stored on a user’s computer, used to store and track information about the user. Generally, we use cookies to remind us who the user is and to access user information stored on our computers in order to deliver a better and more personalised site. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

l)         IP addresses:  We may use IP addresses to collect statistical information about the areas of the system that users are visiting, and general "traffic" data, to allow for log in validation, and to identify and track misuse; save for such uses, such information does not relate to the use being made of the system by a particular user in relation to identifiable items being viewed.  This information helps us determine what is most beneficial for our users and to continually improve the overall site.

m)     Updating information:  We allow users the option to update any information and preferences previously provided. To do this, visit www.ioworld.com, click on the log in link, log in, click on the ‘Settings’ link, and follow the on-screen instructions.

n)       Opting Out:  Should you wish to opt-out of receiving communications from us (such as email news alerts), you may do so by one of the following means:

·                  send an e-mail to optout@ioworld.com or

·                  visit www.ioworld.com, and follow the on-screen instructions.

·                  Click on any provided opt-out link at the bottom of an email sent to you from us

o)       Cancellation:  Upon your request we will activate your information from our active databases.  To make this request, send an email to deregister@ioworld.com.  On cancellation, your personal information will be deactivated as soon as reasonably possible in accordance with our deactivation policy and applicable law.  We will retain in our files some personal information you may have requested to remove, solely in order to keep an archive set of records and to comply with legal requirements as required or permitted by law. Therefore, you should not expect that all of your personal information will be completely removed from our databases in response to your requests. However, such personal information will only be available to our personnel who have a reasonable and lawful need to access it, or otherwise as legally required.

ioWORLD Ltd, Suite 3B2, Northside House, Mount Pleasant, Barnet London EN4 9EB, United Kingdom.
ioWORLD Ltd is incorporated in England under company number 05698697.
VAT registration no GB888 1309 88.  You can contact ioWORLD Ltd by email to enquiries@ioworld.com.