1. Introduction and General Terms
2. What information will ILM HOLDINGS LTD collect about me?
3. How will ILM HOLDINGS LTD use the information they collect about me?
4. When will ILM HOLDINGS LTD contact me?
5. Will I be contacted for marketing purposes?
6. Will ILM HOLDINGS LTD share my personal information with anyone else?
7. Offensive or inappropriate content on ILM HOLDINGS LTD website
8. What if I am aged 16 or under?
9. How long will ILM HOLDINGS LTD keep my personal information?
10. Can I find out what personal information ILM HOLDINGS LTD holds about me?
11. What if I am accessing ILM HOLDINGS LTD websites from outside the UK?
12. Changes to ILM HOLDINGS LTD's Privacy Policy
13. Cookies Policy
14. Contacting ILM HOLDINGS LTD about this Privacy Policy
    

ILM Holdings Ltd is committed to protecting your personal information when you are using ILM Holdings Ltd services. We want our services to be safe and enjoyable environments for our audience. This Privacy Policy relates to our use of any personal information you provide to us through associated journals and websites.

In order for ILM Holdings Ltd to provide the correct content your looking for, it is important that we have specific information about you in order to fulfil this need.

This privacy policy explains the following:

• what information ILM Holdings Ltd may collect about you;
• what are the associated ILM Holding ltd companies;
• how ILM Holdings Ltd will use information we collect about you;
• when ILM Holdings Ltd may use your details to contact you;
• whether ILM Holdings Ltd will disclose your details to anyone else;
• your choices regarding the personal information you have provided to us;
• the use of cookies on associated websites and how you can reject these cookies.

As set out above, ILM HOLDINGS LTD is committed to safeguarding your personal information. Whenever you provide such information, we are legally obliged to use your information in line with all laws concerning the protection of personal information, including the Data Protection Act 1998 (these laws are referred to collectively in this Privacy Policy as the "data protection laws").

The websites run by ILM Holdings Ltd will contains hyperlinks to websites owned and operated by third parties. These third party websites have their own privacy policies, including cookies, and we urge you to review them. They will govern the use of personal information you submit or are collected by cookies whilst visiting these websites. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the privacy practices of such third party websites and your use of such websites is at your own risk.

•  ILM Holdings Ltd operate the following associated companies.

International Labmate Ltd and Environmental Publications Ltd, these companies run a number of websites namely,

•  www.labmate-online.com
•  www.envirotech-online.com
•  www.petro-online.com
•  www.mac-pubs.com
•  www.ilmpublications.com
•  www.searchaproduct.com

When you sign up to participate in or receive a service from any associated website, or form any of the journals published by ILM Holdings Ltd, such as newsletters, online registration and journal Subscription, we may ask for personal information about you. This can consist of information such as your name, e mail address, postal address, telephone or mobile number or date of birth. Certain questions asked may be specifically for the verification required by ABC audited circulation.

By entering your details in the fields requested, you enable ILM HOLDINGS LTD and its service providers to provide you with the services you select.

ILM HOLDINGS LTD also may use cookies (see paragraph 13 below for details) and collects IP addresses (an IP address is a number that can uniquely identify a specific computer or other network device on the internet). We use analysis software to look at IP addresses and cookies for the purpose of enhancing your user experience. This information is not used to develop a personal profile of you and the log files are regularly purged.

We also use your IP address to determine from where you are accessing the services. We solely use this information for site demographics purposes (see paragraph 11 for details.)

ILM HOLDINGS LTD will use your personal information for a number of purposes including the following:

• for "Subscription Purposes", which means that ILM HOLDINGS LTD will post you the journals to which you have subscribed/registered to receive. ILM Holdings Ltd may contact you for reasons related to the service you have signed up for, as set out in paragraph 4 below (e.g. to provide you with password reminders or to notify you that a particular service has been suspended for maintenance);
• to personalise the way ILM HOLDINGS LTD content is presented to you (e.g. If you have requested to receive the e-Bulletin service we will populate your name and personalise the document );
• IP addresses are used to identify the location of users, the number of visits from different countries and also to block disruptive use; and
• to analyse and improve the services offered on ILM Holdings Ltd. e.g. to provide you with the most user-friendly navigation experience.

Where ILM HOLDINGS LTD proposes using your personal information for any other uses we will ensure that we notify you first. You will also be given the opportunity to withhold or withdraw your consent for your use other than as listed above.

ILM HOLDINGS LTD may contact you:

• in relation to the functioning of any service you have signed up for in order to ensure that ILM HOLDINGS LTD can deliver the services to you;
• where you have opted to receive further correspondence, Journals and or e-Bulletins
• to invite you to participate in surveys about ILM HOLDINGS LTD services (participation is always voluntary); and
• for marketing purposes (see paragraph 5 below)

ILM HOLDINGS LTD will contact you for marketing purposes, or promote new services to you unless you specifically notify us that you do not wish to be contacted for these purposes.

We will keep your information confidential except where disclosure is required or permitted by law (for example to government bodies and law enforcement agencies) or as described in paragraph 7 below . Generally, we will only use your information within ILM HOLDINGS LTD.and associated ILM Group companies listed at the beginning of this document. However, sometimes ILM HOLDINGS LTD uses third parties to process your information. ILM HOLDINGS LTD will require these third parties to comply strictly with its instructions and the ILM HOLDINGS LTD will require that they do not use your personal information for their own business purposes.

Please note that if you are accessing the ILM HOLDINGS LTD from outside the UK and you make a comment or complaint regarding any element of advertising (see paragraph 11 for more details about this) then ILM HOLDINGS LTD may forward your correspondence to ILM HOLDINGS LTDW only for the purposes of responding to you.

ILM HOLDINGS LTD manage all content on all associated websites, Copy provided by a third party such as a PR is always reviewed and in many instances edited to confirm to the editorial policy of the company. Content uploaded to the site by users will always be viewed by an ILM staff member before the contend is public access.

If you are aged 16 or under, please get your parent/guardian's permission beforehand whenever you provide personal information to the ILM HOLDINGS LTD's websites. Users without this consent are not allowed to provide us with personal information. The subscription based service supplied by ILM HOLDINGS LTD reserves the right to not post requested information if compulsory fields or information is not provided.

We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant service, In the case that you wish to cancel your registration with ILM HOLDINGS LTD a written email or mail carrier will be required to cancel the sending of content. Upon cancellation of a printed journal your details will come off the mailing list however could remain on the company database for up to 12 months.

Under the Data Protection Act you have the right to request a copy of the personal information ILM HOLDINGS LTD holds about you and to have any inaccuracies corrected free of charge.

Please address requests and questions about this or any other question about this Privacy Policy to the ILM Data Protection Officer, Oak Court Business Centre, Porters Wood, St.Albans, Herts. AL3 6PH. UK .

ILM Holdings Ltd publish all associated websites in the UK , For international use. No specific address is required to access our websites. For subscriptions to journals and e-Bulletins some charges can apply depending on your geographical location and the printed title your requesting. Please contact info@labmate-online.com for subscription related questions.

You should note that ILM HOLDINGS LTD does place a number of cookies on it's websites and may collect information about international users from these - please see paragraph 13 for more information about cookies.

ILM HOLDINGS LTD holds the right to modify and amend this policy at any time so we recommend that you refer to it on a regular basis.

A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes a unique identifier that is sent to your computer or mobile phone (referred to here as a "device") browser from a website's computer and is stored on your device'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.(Source BBC website 2008)

Cookies record information about your online preferences and allow us to tailor the websites to your interests. Users have the opportunity to set their devices to accept all cookies, to notify them when a cookie is issued, or not to receive cookies at any time. The last of these 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 ILM Holdings Ltd.co.uk features. Each browser is different, so check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences.

During the course of any visit to any ILM Holdings Ltd. website, the pages you see, along with a cookie, could be downloaded to your device. Many websites do this, because cookies enable website publishers to do useful things like find out whether the device (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.

Information supplied by cookies can help us to populate specific fields when using ILM HOLDINGS LTD websites, for updating listing information and or ordering specific services from our web portals.

If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy please contact;

ILM Data Protection Officer
Oak Court Business Centre,
Porters Wood
St. Albans
Hertfordshire
AL3 6PH
United Kingdom

Email: info@labmate-online.com