Privacy Policy

We take the privacy of our users very seriously and we are concerned to protect your personal data. We believe it is important that you know how we treat the information about you that we receive through this web site. Therefore we will only use your personal information as set out in this Privacy Policy. If you have any questions in relation to the information we hold about you or our use of that information, please feel free to contact us.

Personal Data

In general, you may visit this web site without revealing any information about yourself. Our servers collect the domain names of visitors and this data is only held for the period you are logged onto the web site. This information is anonymous and we aggregate it to measure the use of and to improve the content of our web site. We will, however, retain and use all personal information (for example name, e-mail address and postal address) that you provide to Worldwise Investor via this web site.

Use of Your Personal Data

We will use the personal data which you provide to us on the web site via our registration process to keep you informed (via e-mail and other methods of contact) about our services and those of our sponsors which may be of interest to you. This privacy policy sets out how Worldwise Investor uses and protects any information that you give Worldwise Investor when you use this website. Worldwise Investor is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement. Worldwise Investor may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from September 2011.

What we collect when you register

We may collect the following information:

• name
• username
• password
• email address
• your chosen themes

We may also track how you have used the site to help us improve our service:

• filter usage
• pages viewed

What we do with the information we gather

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

• Internal record keeping
• We may use the information to improve our service

If you have chosen to receive email communication, we may periodically send emails about information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.

From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email or phone. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests. If you wish to unsubscribe from receiving emails, please email info@worldwiseinvestor.com with to ask us to remove you from our email list.

Posting comments on our site

Registered users may post comments on our site. These comments will be post-moderated which means all comments are published then checked afterwards. You must follow our house rules when posting on our site. If you do not follow our house rules your post will be removed.

House Rules

We've established the following House Rules so that everyone can get the most out of the Worldwise Investor news and blogs.

Please note that these rules apply to rich media submissions such as images, video and audio clips.

User names may be failed if they:

• Contain website or email addresses
• Contain contact information (i.e. phone numbers, postcodes, etc.)
• Appear to impersonate someone else
• Contain swear words or are otherwise objectionable

We reserve the right to fail comments which:

• Are considered likely to disrupt, provoke, attack or offend others
• Are racist, sexist, homophobic, sexually explicit, abusive or otherwise objectionable
• Contain swear words or other language likely to offend
• Break the law or condone or encourage unlawful activity. This includes breach of copyright, defamation and contempt of court
• Advertise products or services for profit or gain
• Are seen to impersonate someone else
• Include contact details such as phone numbers, postal or email addresses
• Are written in anything other than English - Welsh and Gaelic may be used where expressly stated
• Contain links to other websites which break our Editorial Guidelines
• Describe or encourage activities which could endanger the safety or well-being of others
• Are considered to be "spam", that is posts containing the same, or similar, content posted multiple times
• Are considered to be off-topic
• Are considered to provide investment advice

If you have any questions about how we moderate comments please email info@worldwiseinvestor.com

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Controlling your personal information

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:

Whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes.

If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at info@worldwiseinvestor.com

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to Worldwise Investor, c/o Holden & Partners, 117 Farringdon Road, London, EC1R 3BX.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

Use of Cookies

A cookie is a small amount of data which is transferred to your browser by a webserver. We may use cookies to track your visits to this Site.

Worldwise Investor currently uses cookies only to provide site usage statistics (e.g. how many people have viewed a particular page, what kind of browsers are visitors using etc.). These cookies are provided by Google Analytics and are session-specific, meaning that they disappear once your visit to the site has ended. We do not use cookies to capture or store any other personal information. Visit their site to find out more about Google's privacy policy and how to block their cookies.

You can choose 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. This should not prevent you from making full use of the website.

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