Our Privacy Policy is designed to assist you in understanding how we collect, use and safeguard the personal information you provide us and to assist you in making informed decisions when using our sites and our products and services. This statement will be continuously developed as legislation, technologies, business practices and customers' needs change.

This Privacy Policy only relates to personal data collected by Argus via its sites. Any personal data collected by Argus is used in accordance with data protection legislation and the principles of the UK Data Protection Act 1998.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to personal data provided to Argus by any other means.

Contact details

If you have any requests concerning your personal information or any queries with regard to these practices please write to:

Privacy Officer
Argus House
175 St John Street
London EC1V 4LW
Tel: (+44) 20 7780 4200
Fax: (+44) 20 7780 4201
United Kingdom

Or email privacy@argusmedia.com.

How we use the information

We process personal information collected from Argus sites for the purposes of:

• providing any services requested by you
• telling you about changes to our sites and their functionality
• providing you with information about other products and services we offer
• keeping you informed about important industry developments
• notifying you of industry conferences, events and training courses
• handling customer orders and billing
• administering our business activities
• customer service

The collection of information

Personal information is collected by Argus Media on behalf of the Argus group of companies. We collect personal information from you:

• through the use of registration forms
• every time you email us your details
• from site use information automatically collected using web server logs and cookies (see Explanation of Cookies below) as you browse our sites:

aggregate information collected as you browse without logging in may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our sites, and the sites visited just before and just after our sites. None of this information is associated with you as an individual.

individual information collected as you browse after logging in that may include details such who you are, which pages you are viewing and the date and time of your usage.

Explanation of cookies

Similar to other commercial sites, our sites use a standard technology called "cookies". A cookie is a small piece of information sent by a web server to a web browser, which enables the server to collect information back from the browser. Cookies enable us to automatically collect information about how our sites and services are being used and helps us:

• improve our sites and make them more user-friendly
• with the strategic development of our information services
• manage our relationship with users
• audit usage of the site

Our use of cookies also allows you to be presented with a personalised version of the site that should make your online experience easier.

Promotional use of personal information

Occasionally, we may use the information we collect to notify you about new Argus products and offers we think you will find valuable. We also sometimes send updated editions of Argus' pricing methodology, invitations to Argus events, and information about important industry developments.

You will be given the opportunity, with each communication you receive, to notify us of your desire not to receive the communication by sending an email to unsubscribe@argusmedia.com.

From time to time Argus will share personal information with selected professional companies, offering industry-relevant information on products and services, with which Argus has formed strategic marketing alliances or partnerships. As a minimum, Argus requires that these partners apply the same opt-out policies that Argus employs. A user is free to elect not to receive marketing communications from such third parties. In connection with strategic marketing alliances or partnerships, Argus retains all ownership rights to the information.

If you know now that you do not wish to be contacted for any of the above purposes, please use the contact details at the top of this page to arrange for your preferences to be recorded.

Order Forms

Argus order forms request personal data, including contact details. This data is used to fulfil customer orders and for billing purposes. If Argus has trouble processing an order, the contact details will be used to advise the user accordingly.

Protecting your information

Argus holds your personal data in accordance with the security provisions of UK Data Protection legislation.

Periodically, our operations and business practices are reviewed for compliance with corporate policies and procedures governing the security, confidentiality and quality of our information.

Our policies and practices are committed to the protection of customer information. In general, our business practices limit employee access to confidential information, and limit the use and disclosure of such information to authorised persons, processes and transactions.

To access and correct information

To request access to all your personally identifiable information that we collect online and maintain in our databases, please write to us using the contact details at the top of this page.

Disclosure of aggregate information to outside parties

We may provide aggregate information about our customers, sales, website traffic patterns and related website information to our affiliates or reputable third parties, but this information will not include personally identifying data, except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy.

Other disclosure of personal information

We may disclose your information to business partners and third-party suppliers that we engage to provide services which involve processing data on our behalf, and to successors in title to our business.

We may also disclose information when legally compelled to do so. In other words, when we, in good faith, believe that the law requires it or for the protection of our legal rights.

Sites linked to our sites

We are not responsible for the practices employed by sites linked to or from our sites nor the information or content contained therein. Often links to other sites are provided solely as pointers to information on topics that may be useful to the users of our sites.

Notification of changes

If Argus decides to change its Privacy Policy, it will post such changes on this page so that you are always aware of how Argus uses your personal data.

Consent

By providing personal data to Argus, users consent to the processing of such data by Argus as described in this Privacy Policy.