Privacy Policy

Your privacy is very important to us. Please read this Privacy Policy to learn about the ways in which Market Focus uses and protects your personal information. If you have additional questions please contact us. This Privacy Policy commenced 1st September 2004.

Overview

By using our services or website, you are deemed to be accepting this Privacy Policy, and you expressly consent to our use and disclosure of your personal information in the manner prescribed in this Privacy Policy. If you object to this use and disclosure please do not register with us.

Please note that your information will be stored and processed on our computers in the UK and we will hold and transmit your information in a safe, confidential and secure environment, in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998. Market Focus treats data as a valuable asset that must be protected against loss and unauthorised access, and we will never sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your consent.

Our Collection of Your Information

Our primary goal in collecting personal information is to provide you with a useful, efficient service and to keep you informed of our activities. We only collect personal information about you that we consider is necessary for this purpose.

You can browse this website without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself. Once you give us your personal information, by email, letter, telephone or through our Online Networking forum, you are no longer anonymous to us.

If you send us personal correspondence, such as emails or letters, or if other users or third parties send us correspondence about you, we may collate such information into a file or database. If you choose to post messages on our Online Networking forum or leave feedback for other users, we may also collect that information.

If you choose to use our services, we will require you to provide contact and identifying information, and other personal information as indicated on the forms throughout the website.

Under some circumstances we may require some additional financial information, such as, but not limited to, credit card details. We may use this information to charge you for your use of our services. If you establish a credit account with us to pay the fees we charge, we collect some additional information, including but not limited to a billing address, a credit card number and a credit card expiry date.

Our Use of Your Information

You agree that we may use your information to contact you and endeavour to deliver information to you that is targeted to your interests. By reading this Privacy Policy, you expressly agree to receive this information. You may choose to opt out of receiving further communications from Market Focus by notifying us in writing or by email.

Our Disclosure of Your Information.

Market Focus cooperates with law enforcement inquiries, as well as other third parties, to enforce laws and third party rights, such as intellectual property rights and laws relating to fraud. Therefore, in response to a verified request by law enforcement or other government officials such as a Section 29 (3) Data Protection Act 1998 form relating to a criminal investigation or alleged illegal activity, or other activity that may expose us or you to legal liability, we can (and you authorise us to) disclose personal information such as name, address, telephone number and email address about you as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate.

We cannot ensure that all of your communications with Market Focus will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. For example, third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications. Therefore, although we use industry standard practices to protect your privacy, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your personally identifiable information or communications will always remain private.

Amendments to this Privacy Policy

We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time in order that it accurately reflects the regulatory environment and our own data collection and disclosure practices. All amended terms shall automatically be effective 30 days after they are initially posted on the Site.

Draft Privacy Policy

Market Focus Research treats the matter of privacy as a serious issue especially with regard to the requirements of the Data Protection Act.

Data Protection Act

This section describes the policies, procedures and safeguards that apply specifically to the Market Focus Research service and covers the way we deal with information about Market Focus Research customers and the way we manage data about them. Market Focus Research is registered under the Data Protection Act to hold personal data, and we abide by the provisions of the Act. In the classifications of the Act each organisation is the ‘data controller’ for the data held about its users, and Market Focus Research is a ‘data processor’ which has been provided with that data by the data controller in order to be able to provide the Market Focus Research service.

Data Protection Principles

Market Focus Research adheres to the data protection principles set out in Schedule 1.

Use of Information

From time to time, you will be asked to submit personal information about yourself (e.g. name and email address) in order to receive or use services on our website.

By entering your details in the fields requested, you enable Market Focus Research and its service providers to provide you with the services you select. Whenever you provide such personal information, we will treat that information in accordance with this policy. When using your personal information Market Focus Research will act in accordance with current legislation and aim to meet current Internet best practice.

Visitor Information

During the course of any visit to marketfocus.com, the pages you see, along with a short text file called a ‘cookie’, are downloaded to your computer. Many websites do this, because cookies enable website publishers to do useful things like find out whether the computer (and probably its user) has visited the website before. This is done on a repeat visit by checking to see, and finding, the cookie left there on the last visit.

What is a Cookie?

A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier that is sent to your browser from a website’s computer and stored on your computer’s hard drive. Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser’s preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a website to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites.

Many sites do this whenever a user visits their website in order to track online traffic flows.

Cookies are inherent within the client software that enables you to use the Market Focus Research service and associated software. Cookies record information about your online preferences. Users have the opportunity to set their computers to accept all cookies, to notify them when a cookie is issued, or not to receive cookies at any time. The last of these, of course, means that certain personalised services cannot then be provided to that user and accordingly you may not be able to take full advantage of all of the marketfocus.com features. Each browser is different, so check the ‘Help’ menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences.

Use and Storage of Your Personal Information

When you supply any personal information to marketfocus.com we have legal obligations towards you in the way we use that data. We must collect the information fairly, that is, we must explain how we will use it (see the notices on particular web pages that let you know why we are requesting the information) and tell you if we want to pass the information on to anyone else.

Your information may be used to allow Market Focus Research to contact you for ‘service administration purposes’, this means that Market Focus Research may contact you for a number of purposes related to the service you have signed up for. For example, we may wish to provide you with password reminders or notify you that the particular service has been suspended for maintenance. We may contact you for promotional purposes, such as notifying you of improvements to the service or new services on marketfocus.com and we may contact you in relation to similar products and services that we may provide from time to time.

Access to Your Personal Information

You have the right to request a copy of the personal information Market Focus Research holds about you and to have any inaccuracies corrected (we charge £10 for information requests). Please address requests to the Data Protection Officer, Market Focus Research Limited (email: admin@marketfocus.com).

Users 16 and Under

If you are aged 16 or under, please get your parent/guardian’s permission beforehand whenever you provide personal information to Market Focus Research’s website. Users without this consent are not allowed to provide us with personal information.

SCHEDULE 1

The Eight Data Protection Principles

Personal Data shall be processed fairly and lawfully and, in particular, shall not be processed unless:-
- a. at least one of a set of conditions* (including the “consent” of the Data Subject) is met, and
- b. in the case of sensitive Personal Data, at least one further set of conditions** (including the “explicit consent” of the Data Subject) is also met.
Personal Data shall only be obtained for one or more specified and lawful purposes, and shall not be further processed in any manner incompatible with that purpose or those purposes.
Personal Data shall be adequate, relevant and not excessive in relation to the purpose or purposes for which it is processed.
Personal Data processed shall be accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date.
Personal Data processed for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.
Personal Data shall be processed in accordance with the rights of Data Subjects under the DPA.
Appropriate technical and organisational measures shall be taken against unauthorised or unlawful processing of Personal Data and against accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, Personal Data.
Personal Data shall not be transferred to a country or territory outside the European Economic Area*** unless that country or territory ensures an adequate level of protection for the rights and freedoms of Data Subjects in relation to the processing of Personal Data.

* See Schedule 2, Data Protection Act 1998

** See Part 2 Schedule 3, Data Protection Act 1998

*** EEC countries, Norway and Liechtenstein

If you have additional questions please contact us. This Privacy Policy commenced 12th August 2006.

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