Privacy Policy

article13.com privacy statement, 18 February 2002

Statement of Intent
The purpose of this privacy statement is to provide Article13.com users with information about the data we will gather as they use the site.

In accordance with this policy, our services are designed to give you the information that you want to receive. Article13.com will act in accordance with current legislation and aims to meet current Internet best practice.

Information on Visitors
During the course of any visit to Article13.com our server downloads the pages which you see along with something called a Cookie to your computer (see below for more on this). Most, if not all, web sites do this, and that is because Cookies allow the web site publisher to do useful things like find out that the computer (and probably its user) has visited the site before. This is done on a repeat visit by checking to see, and finding, the Cookie left there on the last visit.

Any information that is supplied by Cookies can help us to provide you with a more tailored service and assists us to analyse the profile of our visitors.

What is a Cookie?
When you enter the site your computer will automatically be issued with a Cookie. Cookies are small text files which identify your computer to our server. Cookies in themselves do not identify the individual person, just the computer used. Many sites do this whenever a user visits their site, in order to track traffic flows.

Cookies themselves only record which areas of the site have been visited by the computer in question, and for how long. Users have the opportunity to set their computer to accept all Cookies, to notify when a Cookie is set, or not to receive cookies at any time, although this of course means that personalised services cannot then be provided to that user and your experience of Article13.com may not be as good.

Even assuming you have not set your computer to reject cookies, you can browse our site without giving us any personal data.

Submitting Personal Information
When you supply any personal information to Article13.com (for example as you register to become a member of Article13.com) we then have legal obligations towards you in the way we deal with that data. We have to collect the information fairly and, if you wish, let you know what information Article13.com hold about you, what that information is used for, and whether we will pass the information on to anyone else.

Use of Personal Information
As Article13.com services expand, there will be more opportunities to enhance the services provided to you and improve the way the site can help you do business better. From time to time we may provide you with details of other Article13.com services and products which may be of interest to you and offer you the opportunity to subscribe to them. Article13.com will keep a record of information provided by you. Please note that any information you provide to Article13.com will only be used within Article13.com, and will never be supplied to third parties without first obtaining your consent. The only time we may do so is if we are obliged by law to disclose information. Article13.com is registered under the UK Data Protection act. Our registration number is X437596X.

Credit Card Security
The payment method for subscription to Article13.com is fully secure. We know of no documented cases of credit card fraud using our payment system over the Internet. For more information on security please visit: http://www.worldpay.com/uk/index.html.