1. Introduction
We believe that the establishment of trust and privacy is instrumental to the continued growth of the Internet. econLOG Ltd has developed this Internet Privacy Policy in order to assist in its position as a trusted business advisor and to ensure it upholds and maintains visitors' rights to privacy in the online environment.
In this Policy, “Personal Data” means information which relates to an individual and which identifies that individual, either directly or indirectly (together with other information that is reasonably likely to come into econLOG’s possession), such as your name, e-mail address or telephone number.
2. Notification of changes to this Policy
This Policy was last updated on 29 January 2010. In order to check updates to this Policy, please consult this page on a regular basis.
3. Identity of the data controller
econLOG Ltd, a limited company incorporated under English law with registered number 06332139, whose registered office is at 20-22 Bedford Row, London WC1R 4JS, United Kingdom, is the data controller, as defined by the UK Data Protection Act 1998, collecting the information obtained by this web site, (econlog.com), for specified purposes as outlined below.
4. Data Collection and Purpose
econLOG Ltd will only collect and use personal data voluntarily provided by visitors to this site. Visitors are able to browse the site without disclosing any personal information. econLOG Ltd, for the purposes of this site, will never collect and use information from other sources such as public bodies or private organisations. A visitor to the site may choose to provide econLOG Ltd with limited personal data as required in order to register for certain services. Once registered the information will only be used for the specified service(s). The purposes, for which your Personal Data is collected, are described below, along with a brief description of how your Personal Data may be handled in each case:
- Communicating with you. We will follow up on comments and other requests that you submit to us through our website, such as online queries or registering your attendance at a conference. This may include calling you back by telephone or communicating with you via email.
- Recruitment. If you submit a resume or job application online, we will use your Personal Data for recruitment-related purposes, which may include contacting you via email, telephone or post.
- Discussion forums. If you choose to participate in econLOG discussion forums or chat rooms then, in some cases, you may be required to register certain details, such as your name and email address. You should also be aware that your comments may be made broadly available to others, inside or outside econLOG, depending on which particular discussion forum or chat room you are accessing.
- Conducting surveys. We may also use your Personal Data in order to maintain impartiality of surveys, should you wish to participate in them.
- Direct marketing and promotion. Direct marketing and/or promotional efforts by or on behalf of econLOG may include providing you with specific information that you have requested online or providing more general information about other econLOG offerings. When we collect Personal Data for direct marketing or promotional purposes, however, we generally offer you appropriate choices regarding the use of your Personal Data.
- Compiling aggregate statistics regarding the use of its website.
5. Expressing an interest in working for econLOG, or applying for a job
The careers section of the website enables you to register your interest in working for econLOG or apply for advertised vacancies. If you decide to register we will assume that, by doing so, you are signalling your agreement for econLOG Ltd to use, hold and destroy any personal data you supply for the purpose of considering your application in accordance with our standard recruitment procedures:
- We may wish to retain your details on file and notify you of any suitable opportunities that arise.
- We may use your personal data for the purposes of research relating to the improvement of our recruitment and HR policies and practices.
- Depending on the nature of your application, it is possible that your personal information may be transferred outside the European Economic Area (EEA).
6. Disclosure to Third Parties
econLOG Ltd does not collect or compile personal data or information obtained by its site for dissemination or sale to outside parties for consumer marketing purposes or host mailings on behalf of third parties.
We will only disclose your personal details for the following reasons:
- Where the transfer is necessary to fulfil your request and involves a third party organisation with which econLOG Ltd has a relationship - see “Third Party Websites” below;
- When explicitly requested by a visitor;
- As required by a court order or any other legal or regulatory requirement.
econLOG Ltd does not intentionally collect any sensitive information via the web site unless legally required to do so, eg, for recruiting purposes. Sensitive information includes race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or other beliefs, trade union membership, physical or mental health, sexual life or criminal records. We would suggest that you do not provide information of this nature but by doing so you will be deemed as providing your explicit consent which will enable econLOG Ltd to use the information for the specified purpose for which it was supplied.
7. Third-party websites
econlog.com may provide links to third-party websites. econLOG Ltd does not make any representations or warranties with respect to such third-party websites. You should be aware that the owners and operators of such third-party websites might collect, use or transfer personal data under different terms and conditions than econLOG. Upon linking to a third-party website, you should inform yourself of the privacy policies of such third party websites. You should also be aware that third-party websites may use cookies.
8. Children
The econLOG Ltd site covered by this privacy statement is not intended for use by children. We understand the importance of protecting children’s information, especially in an online environment, and we do not knowingly collect or maintain information about children.
9. Online Surveys
In order to avoid distorting the results of surveys run via this site, due to multiple registration of votes, it may be necessary to identify, with the use of a cookie, limited personal data such as your e-mail address. The information identified by the cookie is not linked to any personal data provided as a result of participating in the survey. More comprehensive information will always be provided to individuals in the detailed guidance produced for each particular survey.
Where visitors to the site choose to participate in benchmarking or online voting the information obtained may be transferred to a third party for research purposes only. Further detailed information regarding any transfer of data in these circumstances can be obtained from the relevant registration page.
10. Data Amendments and Retention
Information collected from visitors to the site will only be kept in order to provide the required service. Once the service has been completed all information will be destroyed in accordance with econLOG Ltd data retention policies. Should you require your information to be updated, amended or deleted from our records please contact us at webmaster@econlog.com outlining your requirements.
11. Access
Under the UK Data Protection Act 1998, visitors to this site are entitled to a copy of their personal data held by econLOG Ltd on payment of a fee. For further information please contact us at webmaster@econlog.com.
12. Security
econLOG Ltd uses various technological and procedural security measures in order to protect the Personal Data we collect, use or transfer from loss, misuse, alteration or destruction. However, you should be aware that, due to the open and unsecured character of the Internet, econLOG Ltd can not be responsible for the security of transmissions of the Personal Data over the Internet.
13. Measurement on econlog.com
At econLOG Ltd, we have focused on implementing fair information practices that are designed to protect your privacy. We are also keen to understand better what our visitors most appreciate on our site, and the sections and pages they deem of most interest. This will allow us to gear econlog.com to the preference of our general audience.
To this effect, econLOG Ltd uses Google Analytics to measure and analyse visitor information related to www.econlog.com. For that purpose, we collect web traffic data and data related to your browser type and PC - on the basis of your IP Address. We will not use that data to identify you personally.
Cookies may also be used in this context. "Cookies" is a name for a technology that allows our site to store tokens of information in your browser, to give your browser an identifier used only by our site while you are on our site, but not to identify you. Cookies help us track traffic patterns in the aggregate so that we know what areas of our site users like and don't like based on traffic to those areas. Cookies also help to prevent registration of multiple votes to any polls and surveys that may be run via the site, thus avoiding distorted results. We do not link personal data to the information contained in the cookie to determine or track the identity of any user on econlog.com.
If you do not want to receive a cookie from econlog.com or any other site, you have the option of setting your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, allowing you to determine whether to accept it or not.
If you would like to know more about Google Analytics, and the kind of information collected and processed, we refer you to the Google Analytics (UK) web site.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding to our measurement activities and how they impact your privacy while using econlog.com, please contact us at webmaster@econlog.com.