Richard Brown and Co Privacy Policy
We respect and are committed to protecting your privacy. That is why we have
adopted this Privacy Policy. Our Privacy Policy lets you know how your personal
information is processed and explains data collection and use practices for
the Richard Brown and Co website. The Richard Brown and Co website includes
all Web pages, newsletters, discussion forums and lists and opt-in announcement
lists owned and operated by Richard Brown and Co. By accessing our website,
you are consenting to the information collection and use practices described
in this Privacy Policy.
We promise that we will use your personal
information only in ways that are compatible
with this Privacy Policy as follows-
What information are you collecting
and how are you collecting it?
Do you collect IP addresses?
Every computer connected to the Internet
is given a set of numbers, that serve
as that computer's IP ("Internet Protocol")
address. When a visitor requests a page
from any Web site within our network
of sites, our Web servers automatically
recognize that visitor's IP address (and
possibly a domain name associated with
the IP address). The domain name and
IP address reveal nothing personal about
you other than the IP address from which
you have accessed our Sites. We use this
information to examine our traffic in
aggregate, and to investigate misuse
of our network, its users, or to cooperate
with law enforcement. We do not collect
and evaluate this information for specific
individuals. Our Web servers do not automatically
record e-mail addresses of the visitors.
What are cookies?
From time to time, we or our advertisers
may send a "cookie" to your computer.
A cookie is a small piece of data that
is sent to your Internet browser from
a Web server and stored on your computer's
hard drive. A cookie can not read data
off of your computer hard disk or read
cookie files created by other Web sites.
Cookies do not damage your system. We
use cookies to identify which areas of
our website you have visited. Our advertisers
may also use cookies to ascertain how
many times you've seen an advertisement.
Our advertisers and we may use this information
to better personalise the content, banners,
and promotions that you see on our Site.
You can choose whether to accept cookies
by changing the settings of your Internet
browser. You can reset your browser to
refuse all cookies, or allow your browser
to show you when a cookie is being sent.
If you choose not to accept these cookies,
your experience at our Site and other
Web sites may be diminished and some
features may not work as intended.
How do you use single-pixel gifs?
We and our advertisers may use single-pixel
gif images, sometimes referred to as
web beacons, to count Web page accesses
and gather some general statistical information.
We do not gather personal information
through the use of these images. Our
advertisers and third party providers
may use single-pixel gifs that can track
information from cookies that may have
been previously placed on a user's computer.
We may also use various third party providers
(including Google Analytics) to track
and analyze non-personally identifiable
aggregate usage information from visitors
to our websites in order to continuously
improve the quality of our sites and
services to you.
What personal information do you
collect?
Wherever we collect personal information
we make an effort to include a link to
this Privacy Policy. We will ask you when
we need information that personally identifies
you (personal information) or allows us
to contact you. The personal information
we collect may include your name, title,
e-mail address,
phone number, occupation, information
about your offence and possible court appearence.
We may request your e-mail address or
mailing address for the purposes of conducting
a contest or to provide additional services
(for example, subscriptions to announcement
lists or information about conferences
and trade shows). Participation in contests
or other promotions on our network is completely
voluntary and you have a choice whether
or not to disclose personal information.
Information requested may include contact
information (such as name and shipping
address), and demographic information (such
as PostCodes). Contact information will
be used to notify the winners and award
prizes.
We may also offer access to some services
that require registration. We may use your
registration contact information to send
notification to you of products and services
by e-mail and/or postal mail. We will not
share that information with our clients.
We may, however, use your IP address internally
and share it with third parties.
When you use co-branded services, or those
provided by a third party, withinour Network,
your information may be passed to the co-brand
or third party provider and their use of
your information is subject to their applicable
privacy policies.
We may from time to time send e-mail announcing
new products and services. If you choose
to supply your postal address in an online
form, you may receive postal mailings from
us.
Will you disclose the information
you collect to outside third parties?
We will disclose personal information and/or
an IP address:
1) When required by law or in the good-faith
belief that such action is necessary
to:
a) Cooperate with the investigations
of purported unlawful activities and
conform to the edicts of the law or comply
with legal process served on us ;
b) Protect and defend the rights or property
of our network of sites and related properties,
or visitors to our network of sites and
related properties;
c) Identify persons who may be violating
the law, our terms of use and Web site
User Agreement, the rights of third parties,
or otherwise misusing our network or
its related properties;
2) When we have your consent to share
the information;
3) When you use co-branded services within
our network of sites, you grant us permission
to pass your registration information
back to that service partner. Their use
of your information is subject to their
applicable privacy policies.
We maintain a strict "No-Spam" policy
that means that we do not sell, rent, or
otherwise give your e-mail address to a
third-party, without your consent or as
permitted by this Privacy Policy.
What else should I know about
my privacy when online?
We may use third-party advertising companies
and advertising networks to serve ads to
you based on information (not including
your name, address, email address or telephone
number) about your visits to our Web sites
in order to provide targeted advertisements
about goods and services that we feel may
be of interest to you.
Our network of websites contains many
hyperlinks to third party Web sites, it
also contains advertisements of third parties.
W eare not responsible for the privacy
practices or the content of such third
party Web sites or advertisers. We do not
share any of the individual personal information
you provide us with the third parties to
which we link, except as stated elsewhere
within this Privacy Policy, although we
may share general, aggregate data with
such third parties (for example, how many
people use our website).
Please keep in mind that whenever you
voluntarily disclose personal information
online - for example through e-mail, discussion
lists, or elsewhere - that information
can be collected and used by others. In
short, if you post personal information
online that is accessible to the public,
you may receive unsolicited messages from
other parties in return.
Ultimately, you are solely responsible
for maintaining the secrecy of your personal
information. Please be careful and responsible
whenever you're online.
Your Consent To This Agreement
By using our network of websites, you consent
to the collection and use of information
by us as specified above. We reserve
the right to modify this Policy in the
future. If we decide to change our Privacy
Policy, we will post those changes on
this page so that you are always aware
of what information we collect, how we
use it, and under what circumstances
we would disclose it.
(Last revised 1st July 2006)
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