Terms of Use
This site is owned and operated by Aluline
Ltd. Your privacy on the internet is of the utmost importance
to us. We want to make your experience online satisfying
and safe. Because we gather certain types of information
about our users, we feel you should fully understand
the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and
use of that information. This privacy statement discloses
what information we gather and how we use it.
When you visit our Web site you may provide us with
two types of information:
* personal information you knowingly choose to disclose
that is collected on an individual basis
* usage information collected on an aggregate basis
as you and others browse our Web site
Personal Information you Choose to Provide
At different points or as a result of certain actions,
different personal data may be collected:
* Registration Information: You will provide us information
about yourself, your firm or company, and your practices
when you register to be a member, become a registered
author, register for certain services, use certain
tools or register for email newsletters and alerts.
* E-Mail Information: If you choose to correspond
with us through email, we may retain the content of
your email messages together with your email address
and our responses.
Site Usage Information
Similar to other commercial web sites, our web site
utilises a standard technology called "cookies"
(see explanation) and web server logs to collect information
about how our web site is used. Information gathered
through cookies and web server logs may include the
date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent
at our web site, the web sites visited just before
and just after our web site as well as other detailed
information about user visits. In addition, clicks
and views of adverts are also logged to allow us to
gather statistical information about site usage. We
do not track what individual users read, but rather
how well each page performs overall. This helps us
continue to build a better service for you. We also
track search terms entered in Search function as one
of many measures of what interests our users
Use of your Data
We use personal information for purposes of administering,
improving and expanding the site, providing customer
service and making available other products and services
to our customers and prospective customers. Occasionally,
we may also use the information we collect to notify
you about important changes to our web site and new
services. This is done in the form of an e-mail sent
using the details provided when you register. If you
do not wish to receive these mailings, you can disable
'E-mails From the Administrator' by logging in and
selecting 'disable email from administrator'.
Sharing of Information
We will not share information about individual users
with any third party, except to comply with applicable
law or valid legal process or to protect the personal
safety of our users or the public or to act against
any abuse resulting from the use of our services or systems.
Demographic and statistical information is made freely
available on the website and is shared with users
and advertisers. However, this information never contains
any data that will allow identification of specific
users or even their activities and is completely anonymous.
Although Aluline Ltd operates secure data networks
protected by industry standard firewall and password
protection systems, Aluline Ltd is not responsible
for any loss or revealing of data through a security
breech of any kind.
Your Consent
By using this site, you consent to the collection
and use of this information by Aluline Ltd. 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 disclose it.
Cookies
Cookies are small files that web sites can send to
your computer. This page has been created in response
to the European Union Directive on Privacy and Electronic
Communications, which was adopted on 31st July 2002.
The Directive will introduce conditions on the use
of cookies by web sites, principally about the provision of information.
Cookies are used on Aluline mainly in the members
area to store your login information preventing the
need for you to login each time you access the protected
pages. We are required to inform you that you have
the right to refuse to use the cookies placed onto
your machine by our site and that the data stored
is not used by us other than for the reasons stated above.
We suggest you visit the site setup to inform you
about cookies and how to disable them - AboutCookies.org.
AboutCookies.org provides information required by
the Directive, which is due to be brought into effect
in the United Kingdom by 31st October 2003. Accordingly,
web sites based in the European Union may direct their
visitors to this site, avoiding the need for them
to set out information on all of the different versions
of browsers and how to use them.