Privacy Policy
GrowingBusinessLink.com Website Privacy PolicyGrowingBusinessLink.com is jointly operated by the Economist.com (part of The Economist Newspaper Limited) and ExecuNet and is committed to protecting the privacy of its users. The following outlines our privacy and data protection policy.
Third party partners of GrowingBusinessLink.com and other websites you may access via GrowingBusinessLink.com have different privacy policies and are not subject to this privacy policy. We recommend that you read the privacy statement of each such website to find out how they protect your personal information.
Collection and Use of User Details
When you register at GrowingBusinessLink.com, we collect personal details about you.
Personal information such as your name, address, e-mail address and job title is collected via GrowingBusinessLink.com's community and program registration and download forms.
When you visit the site, we also collect web site usage information and information about your computer and internet connection, including your computer's IP address, the type and version of browser and operating system you use, your internet domain and, if you arrived at GrowingBusinessLink.com via a link from another website, the URL of the linking page.
We use this information to:
- fulfil orders
- personalise the content and advertising you will see based on your personal characteristics or preferences
- notify you of relevant new products and features on GrowingBusinessLink.com (if you opt in to receiving such information)
- notify you of promotions from GrowingBusinessLink.com (if you are opted in to receiving such information)
- allow ExecuNet, Economist.com and reputable third parties to send you information (again, if you opt in to receiving such information)
- ensure, as far as is practical, that our site is compatible with the browsers and operating systems used by most of our visitors.
- improve our understanding of customer needs in developing GrowingBusinessLink.com
- build marketing profiles
- aid strategic development
- manage our relationship with advertisers
Steps have been taken to ensure that high standards of data protection are adhered to in all regional offices of Economist.com and ExecuNet for all the forms of processing mentioned above.
User Choices
The registration forms individually provide you with options regarding promotional activity and other communication with you.
If you want to be kept informed of GrowingBusinessLink.com products and offers, as well as technical or functional developments related to our website and on-line services, then you should register as a member of the community. You may opt-out of these communications at any time.
Cookies
A cookie is a small file which is placed on the user's hard drive during a GrowingBusinessLink.com visit. This file allows the user to move quickly and easily around our site. We also use a cookie to track a user's sessions. We use this information to find out what site features are most popular so that we can develop GrowingBusinessLink.com in the light of our analysis of people's usage. We also use cookies and the information we collect to show you relevant content and advertising.
You can delete cookies from your hard drive at any time. Unlike many sites, you will be able to use GrowingBusinessLink.com even if you set your browser not to accept any cookies. However, certain features and content may not be available to you and you will have to log in every time you visit.
Further information on the use of cookies can be found at: http://www.cookiecentral.com.
E-mails
GrowingBusinessLink.com uses reputable third parties to deliver the e-mails you will receive from our site if you subscribe to our e-mail newsletters or have chosen to receive information about GrowingBusinessLink.com activities and other relevant offers. These third parties use unique identifiers and invisible images (often called "pixel tags" or ""clear GIFs") to perform message open sensing, message format sensing, and clickthrough sensing on behalf of GrowingBusinessLink.com in order to bring you more relevant information.
To find out more about these technologies as used in the e-mails sent on behalf of Economst.com by DoubleClick Inc., please click here. Content and some ad services in these e-mails are provided by GrowingBusinessLink.com or another third party ad server.
Adverts
GrowingBusinessLink.com uses DoubleClick to deliver the advertisements that are placed within the site. DoubleClick may note some of the pages you visit on our site through the use of pixel tags (also called "clear gifs"). In the course of serving advertisements to this site, DoubleClick may place or recognise a unique "cookie" on your computer on behalf of GrowingBusinessLink.com in order to bring to you more relevant information and in order to make sure that you do not receive the same advert many times in the same session. Some of the advertisers on GrowingBusinessLink.com do not use DoubleClick advert-serving software and their adverts are served by third-parties who may place cookies. To find out more about these sensing methods and to know your choices about not having this information used by DoubleClick, please click here.
Security Policy
GrowingBusinessLink.com has appropriate measures in place to ensure that users' personal details are not misused, accidentally destroyed, lost or altered within the ExecuNet server environment.
Occasions will arise when customer information is passed outside ExecuNet to other data processors (i.e. fulfillment bureaus, database consultants etc.) but they will only act upon instruction from ExecuNet in order to perform the services required.
Transfer of Personal Data Overseas
Given that the Internet is a global environment, using the Internet to collect and process personal data necessarily involves the transmission of data on an international basis. Therefore, by browsing GrowingBusinessLink.com and communicating electronically with us, you acknowledge and agree to our processing of personal data in this way.
Updating Customer Details
It is important to us that we have your correct contact information so that you don't miss out on further correspondence or experience problems with the delivery of products. You can change your personal information or your e-mail requirements by updating your account information at: http://www.GrowingBusinessLink.com/members/myaccount.cfm
Children Under 13
GrowingBusinessLink.com does not intentionally collect any personally identifiable information from individuals under the age of 13. When necessary, underage users will be told not to submit any personal details and we will make every effort to delete any details of such users where a parent or guardian has informed us that these details have been collected.
Changes to this statement
Due to changes in legislation and best practice or enhancements to functionality and content on GrowingBusinessLink.com we may make changes to our privacy policy and will reflect those changes in this statement, so you should check here from time to time.
