Privacy
Privacy Policy
Our Privacy Policy is designed to tell you about our practices regarding the collection, use and disclosure of information that you may provide via the William Martin Energy website and our electronic newsletters. Whenever you access these publications, you consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of that information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Ways that we collect information
Some areas of the site require you to actively submit information in order for you to benefit from specific features. You will be informed at each information collection point what information is required and what information is optional.
Some of this information may be personal (information that can be uniquely identified with you, such as your name, business address, email address, phone number etc.).
We only collect such information when you choose to supply it to us.
Information is also gathered without you actively providing it, through the use of various technologies and methods such as Internet Protocol (IP) addresses and cookies. These methods do not collect or store personal information.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored locally on your computer and contains information about your activities on the Internet. On our website, we use cookies to track users’ progress through the site, allowing us to make improvements based on usage data. The information in a cookie does not contain any personally identifiable information you submit to our site.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose not to accept the cookie, this will not affect your access to the majority of information available on our website. However, you will not be able to make full use of our online services.
The Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) provides in depth information about cookies.
Page tagging
Sometimes we tag pages on the site and our newsletters when we are promoting various campaigns. These tags are provided by our web design and newsletter partners, These tags enable us to recognise a unique cookie on your browser, which in turn enables us to learn which articles bring users to our web site.
Web Statistics
We use log files generated by our web servers to analyse site usage and statistics but the files do not identify any personal information. Log file analysis helps us to understand usage patterns on our website and to make improvements to our service.
Disclosure
Except as otherwise stated, we may use information you provide via this site to improve the content, to customise the site to your preferences, to communicate information to you (if you have requested it), for internal marketing and research purposes, and for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy.
We do not disclose any information you provide via the site to any third parties.
Access to and correction of personal information
We will take all reasonable steps in accordance with our legal obligations to update or correct personally identifiable information in our possession that you submit via this site.
You have a right to ask to see details of any personal information that we hold about you. If you wish to do so please contact our Data Protection Officer Rachel Scott at 2/7 Brewery Square, Butlers Wharf, London SE1 2LF.
Security
We take all reasonable steps to protect any information you submit via our website, both online and offline, in accordance with legislation such as the Data Protection Act 1998.
Links to other websites
This site contains links and references to other websites. Please be aware that this Privacy Policy does not apply to those websites and we encourage you to read the Privacy Policy of every website you visit.
Notification of changes to our Privacy Policy
We will post details of any changes to our Privacy Policy on our website to help ensure you are always aware of the information we collect, how we use it, and in what circumstances, if any, we share it with other parties.
This Privacy Policy was last updated January 2009
