Crain Communications Ltd, publishers of Crain.co.uk and related websites, has developed this Privacy Policy to advise site users of our possible uses of information collected during a visit to any of the above sites.
For each visitor to the sites listed above, our web server automatically attempts to identify the user's domain name, but not the e-mail address. We collect and store the domain name of visitors to all the above sites in our log files. We also track information, in aggregate, on pages and features that users access or view.
Users electing to access the data and/or archives of Crain.co.uk and related websites are required to supply personal and professional information during a "registration" process prior to downloading any content. Occasionally, we may also collect information volunteered by the user, such as survey information or contest entries. We also offer visitors the opportunity to receive regular news-related email messages. For this we collect and store those email addresses.
Information collected about users may be used by Crain Communications Ltd (and our partnering companies) to provide users with the features of the site, for audits, to perform statistical analysis of user behaviour in order to measure interest in various areas of our site (for product development purposes) and to inform advertisers as to how many users have seen or "clicked" their advertising banners. We will disclose site usage information to third parties only in aggregate.
