| TheOilTrader.com,
Ltd. shares your concern about the protection of your personal
information online. This is our policy regarding the privacy
of information we collect on our web sites. We have revised
our policy in connection with the introduction of our new commerce
platform. Please take some time to review the new version below.
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Information
Gathered and Tracked by TheOilTrader.com, Ltd.
TheOilTrader.com,
Ltd. gathers two types of data about users: (a) personal information,
which individual users provide (i) when registering as a subscriber
to one of our premium subscription services, and (ii) voluntarily
at certain other points, such as contests or surveys; and (b)
tracking information, which is automatically collected about
all visitors to our sites. |
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Personal
Information
Personal information is gathered in several places on our
web sites. We will always provide a secure area of our sites
for you to enter your information, but if you prefer, you
may talk off-line to a customer service representative and
provide the required information over the telephone or via
email.
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Premium
Services |
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If
you'd like access to one or more of our premium subscription-based
services, we require you first to register
as a member of TheOilTrader.com. In order to register, you'll
have to pick a unique User Name and password, and supply us
with your email address, post code, and, if you like, a daytime
telephone number where we can reach you. Then, on the subscription
registration page for the premium service you are interested
in, you'll need to supply us with the information specified
to activate your free trial or paid subscription. |
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Message
Boards and Chats |
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We
may provide message boards and chats for discussion of various
topics. Although any user of TheOilTrader.com may read messages
posted to the boards, only subscribers are permitted to post
on the boards. No additional personal information is required
to post on the boards, but participants are asked in the interests
of accountability, honesty and informed dialogue to include
their full names in any posting, as well as any positions they
have in stocks being discussed. Please note that information
you post to a message board or chat will be available for any
user of that service to read, and is no longer private. |
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Surveys/Polls |
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At
certain times, you may be asked to participate in surveys, which
are generally aimed at obtaining general information, for example,
your investment experience or your reactions to a particular
article. Because information obtained in these surveys is connected
with individual subscribers and is used internally to better
market our services, participation is voluntary. In addition,
some columnists will on occasion take polls of their readers.
Such polls are solely for the editorial use of the individual
columnists, and participation is voluntary. |
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Contests
and Purchase |
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We
sometimes offer contests in which certain personal information
is required for registration, for purposes of verifying the
entrants' identities and notifying the winners. If the contest
is being administered by a third party, this information will
be disclosed to that third party. However, entrants select contest
names distinct from their User Names, and the information is
not connected with their User Names. We also require shipping
and invoicing information in order to fulfill online purchases
of tangible items, such as books and videos. |
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Tracking
Information
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Tracking
data consists of both individual and aggregated tracking information
and is automatically gathered using "cookies".
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What is a "cookie"? |
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A
cookie is a small data file containing information, such as
a user's login name, that is written to the user's hard drive
by a web server and used to track the pages visited. Cookies
used by TheOilTrader.com, Ltd. are encoded and contain a unique
digital signature to prevent tampering. They do not contain
user passwords. The individual information gathered in this
manner is used for internal purposes only, such as accessing
a member's account information. We also use the information
on an aggregate basis, to track the readership of stories and
analyze traffic patterns on our site. You can control your browser's
settings regarding cookies by selecting "Internet Options"
or "Preferences" in the menu bar of your browser.
This will allow you to prevent your browser from accepting new
cookies, have your browser notify you when you receive a new
cookie, or disable cookies altogether. However, because cookies
allow you to easily navigate our web sites without having to
constantly reenter your User Name and password, we recommend
that you leave them turned on. |
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Tracking
by our Advertisers |
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In
addition to cookies placed by TheOilTrader.com, advertisers
and advertising vendors that serve ads onto our web sites may
use their own cookies or other tracking technologies. We cannot
be responsible for the privacy policies or practices of any
such advertisers and vendors. |
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Use
of the Information
TheOilTrader.com,
Ltd. uses information obtained from its users as stated in this
Privacy Policy, and to enhance users' experiences on our sites.
As a general rule, we will not disclose any personal information
to any third parties, except when we believe in good faith that
the law requires it, to protect other users of TheOilTrader.com's
services, or to respond to an emergency. Tracking information
is used to create aggregate reports on user demographics and
site traffic patterns and then provided to our advertisers and
partners, enabling them to better target their advertisements
to our users. None of the information provided to them can be
connected to the identities or other personal information of
individual users. |
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Premium
Services |
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If
you're a subscriber, we use your email address, postal address
or fax number to deliver our premium products and services.
You can view your account information at any time by visiting
the My Account page or by contacting our customer service department
by email at members@TheOilTrader.com
or by telephone at 020-7482-8887, between the hours of 8:00
a.m. and 6:00 p.m. |
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Special
Offers and Advertisements |
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We
may from time to time send you special offers and advertisements
for products or services offered by third parties. We will not
disclose any of your personal information to such third parties
when we do this. If you do not wish to receive third party offers
and advertisements, please change your settings on our Special
Offer Settings page, or contact our customer service department
by email at members@TheOilTrader.com,
or by telephone at 020-7482-8887, between the hours of 8:00
a.m. and 6:00 p.m. |
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Agents |
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Your
personal information may be given to contractors or other agents
engaged by TheOilTrader.com to provide certain services, such
as bulk email delivery, shipping and contest administration.
Information will be shared with such contractors only to the
extent reasonably necessary for them to perform services on
our behalf, and pursuant to reasonable confidentiality obligations.
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Illegal
Activity |
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If
you partake, or we reasonably suspect that you are partaking,
in any illegal activity, we may disclose your personal information
without a subpoena, warrant or other court order to the extent
we feel is necessary to cooperate with appropriate authorities.
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Corporate
Transfers |
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We
reserve the right to transfer any personal information or tracking
information that we have collected to a third party in the event
that we sell or otherwise transfer substantially all of our
assets related to any web site that we own or operate and any
product or service that we offer. |
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Correcting
the Information
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TheOilTrader.com
offers to its members the ability to correct or update online
the information we collected during registration by contacting
our customer service department by email at members@TheOilTrader.com
or by telephone at 020-7482-8887, between the hours of 8:00
a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
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Security
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TheOilTrader.com,
Ltd. uses reasonable security methods to protect the data
that resides on our servers. However, no security system is
impenetrable. We cannot guarantee the security of our servers,
nor can we guarantee that information that users supply will
not be intercepted while being transmitted to us over the
Internet.
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Questions
regarding this policy should be directed to at privacy@TheOilTrader.com.
TheOilTrader.com, Ltd. reserves the right to modify this policy
effective seven (7) days after the posting of the revised
policy.
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