IQ4News Privacy Policy

Protecting your privacy is important to IQ4News.

This Privacy Policy explains how IQ4News collects, uses, and discloses the personal information you may provide while using IQ4News (the "Website") and the services provided through any of the Website. It is always your choice whether or not to provide personal information through the Website. Any personal information you provide will be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Your Consent

1. By using or submitting information to this Website, you consent to IQ4News’ collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, you may not use or submit personal information to the Website.

Information Automatically Collected

2. Non-Personal Information - As is typical with many other Internet sites, the Website automatically collects certain non-personal information regarding users, such as the date and time you access the Website, your IP address, the URL from which you linked to the Website, the operating system you are using, the Website pages read and images viewed, and any content you post to the Website. This non-personal information is used for Website and system administration purposes. Non-personal information may be disclosed to others and permanently archived for future use.

3. Cookies - The Website uses "cookies," a technology that stores a small amount of information on a user's computer to permit the Website to recognize future visits using that computer. Cookies enhance the convenience and use of the Website. For example, the information provided through cookies is used to recognize you as a previous user of the Website (so you do not have to enter your personal information every time), offer personalized content and information for your use and otherwise facilitate your Website experience.

Some of the ads displayed in the Website are provided by outside companies. These ads contain cookies. While IQ4News uses cookies in other parts of the Website, cookies received with ads are collected by IQ4News’ advertisers and IQ4News does not have access to this information. IQ4News may engage third parties to provide cookies that collect information regarding Website use. You may choose to decline cookies generally if your browser permits, but doing so may affect your use of the Website and your ability to access certain features of the Website.

To learn more about this behavioral advertising practice or to opt-out of this type of advertising, you can visit http://www.networkadvertising.org.

Personal Information You Specifically Provide

4. Your Personal Information - During your use of the Website, you may be asked to voluntarily provide personal information (such as your name, e-mail address, and address) for communications with you. If you choose not to provide certain requested personal information, you may not be able to use certain features of the Website.

5. Use of Your Personal Information - IQ4News may use your personal information to contact and correspond with you, respond to your communications, provide services to you, facilitate and enhance your use of the Website, and as otherwise permitted by law. Additionally, IQ4News may keep a record of all communications with you.

You should be aware that if you voluntarily disclose information online (whether through IQ4News’ services or any other service available online), personal or otherwise, that information can be collected and used by others. For example, if you use forums or if you post personal information online, you may receive unsolicited messages from others. IQ4News has no control over this use of your personal information.

IQ4News allows its users to send articles or links by email to other parties who may be interested in them. IQ4News does not retain any email addresses of either the sender or recipient of such articles or links after they are sent.

6. E-mails from IQ4News - If you register as a IQ4News member, then IQ4News may send to you, from time to time, e-mail or other communications containing information about IQ4News and other matters that IQ4News believes will interest you. At any time you may ask IQ4News to stop sending you e-mail by sending your request by e-mail to privacy@iq4news.com.
7. Disclosure of Your Personal Information - IQ4News may disclose your personal information in the following circumstances and as otherwise permitted by applicable law:
a. Disclosure to Authorizing Persons - If you use the Website on behalf of another person or organization (such as your employer), IQ4News may provide your personal information to that authorizing person/organization. IQ4News has no control over the use of your personal information by the authorizing person/organization, and that use is not subject to this Privacy Policy.
b. Disclosure to IQ4News Business Associates - IQ4News may provide your personal information to its affiliated businesses, advertisers, or suppliers and service providers for use in connection with the operation of the Website. IQ4News may also disclose your personal information to service providers who analyze website use. IQ4News requires its affiliated businesses, advertisers, suppliers and service providers to agree to use your personal information only for the purposes for which it is provided to them, and to protect the privacy of your personal information in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy.

c. Disclosure in Business Transfers - IQ4News may be involved in the sale or transfer of some or all of its business. As part of that sale or transfer, IQ4News may disclose your personal information to the acquiring organization, but will require the acquiring organization to agree to protect the privacy of your personal information in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy. IQ4News shall assume no liability for the acquiring organization's use and disclosure of your personal information. If at any time you do not wish IQ4News to disclose your personal information as part of the sale or transfer of some or all of its business, please send your request by e-mail to privacy@iq4news.com.
d. Law Enforcement and Legal Disclosure - IQ4News may disclose your personal information to a government institution that has asserted its lawful authority to obtain the information or where IQ4News has reasonable grounds to believe the information could be useful in the investigation of unlawful activity, or to comply with a subpoena or warrant or an order made by a court, person or body with jurisdiction to compel the production of information, or to comply with court rules regarding the production of records and information, or to its legal counsel. IQ4News has no control over, or liability for, those persons' use and disclosure of your personal information, and that use and disclosure is not subject to this Privacy Policy.
8. Depersonalized Information - IQ4News may use personal information to create non-personal information regarding the use of the Website and related services. IQ4News may then disclose that non-personal information to other persons and permanently archive that non-personal information for future use.
9. Business Contact Information - To the extent permitted by law, the provisions of this Privacy Policy concerning "personal information" do not apply to information which enables you to be contacted at a place of business, such as your job position or title, business address, business telephone number, business fax number and business e-mail address.
10. Location of Information - IQ4News will store and process your personal information in Birmingham, West Midlands, England.
11. Securing Your Information - To help protect the confidentiality of your personal information, IQ4News employs reasonable security safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the information. Nevertheless, security risks cannot be eliminated and IQ4News cannot guarantee that your personal information will not be used or disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this Policy.
12. Accessing Your Personal Information - You may request access to your personal information and information about IQ4News’ collection, use and disclosure of that information by sending your request by e-mail to privacy@iq4news.com. Subject to certain exceptions prescribed by law, you will be given reasonable access to your personal information within a reasonable time, and to amend it as appropriate. IQ4News attempts to keep its records as accurate and complete as possible.

13. Other Websites - The Website may contain links to other sites or internet resources. When you click on one of those links you are contacting another website. IQ4News has no responsibility or liability for or control over those other websites or their collection, use and disclosure of your personal information.
14. Terms and Conditions - The IQ4News Terms and Conditions agreement contains important provisions, including provisions disclaiming, limiting or excluding IQ4News’ liability for your use of the Website and provisions determining the applicable law and exclusive jurisdiction for the resolution of any disputes regarding the Website. Each of those provisions applies to any disputes that may arise in relation to this Privacy Policy or IQ4News’ collection, use and disclosure of your personal information, and shall be of the same force and effect as if they had been reproduced directly in this Privacy Policy.
15. Former Users - If you stop using the Website or your permission to use the Websites is terminated, IQ4News may continue to use and disclose your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
16. Policy Changes - To accommodate changes in the Website, changing technology, and legal developments, this Policy may be changed from time to time at IQ4News’ sole discretion and without any prior notice to you. New versions of this Privacy Policy will be posted here. IQ4News’ collection, use and disclosure of personal information will be governed by the version of this Privacy Policy in effect at that time.

Your continued dealings with IQ4News or your use of the Website subsequent to any changes to this Policy will signify your consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with the changed Privacy Policy.

17. Your Comments - If you have any comments or questions or complaints about this Privacy Policy or your personal information, please send your comments by e-mail to privacy@iq4news.com or to:

IQ4News Privacy, 71 Francis Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B16 8SP, UK

18. Language - The parties have expressly requested and required that this Privacy Policy and all other related documents be drawn up in the English language.