FUEL CELL TODAY WEBSITE PRIVACY POLICY
JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC ("We") are committed to
protecting and respecting your privacy.
This policy (together with our terms of
use and any other documents referred to on it) sets out the
basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you
provide to us, will be used or processed by us. Please read the
following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding
your personal data and how we will treat it.
For the purpose of the Data Protection Act
1998 (the Act), the data controller is Johnson Matthey PLC of
5th Floor, Farringdon St, London, EC4A 4AB
Information we may collect from
you
We may collect and process the following
data about you:
- Information that you provide by filling in forms on our site
www.fuelcelltoday.com (our site). This includes information
provided at the time of registering to use our site, subscribing to
our service, posting material or requesting further services. We
may also ask you for information if you report a problem with our
site.
- If you contact us, we may keep a record of that
correspondence.
- Details of your visits to our site including, but not limited
to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication
data and the resources that you access.
IP addresses
We may collect information about your
computer, including where available your IP address, operating
system and browser type, for system administration. This is
statistical data about our users' browsing actions and patterns,
and does not identify any individual.
Cookies
For the same reason, we may obtain
information about your general internet usage by using a cookie
file which is stored on your browser or the hard drive of your
computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your
computer's hard drive. They help us to improve our site and to
deliver a better and more personalised service. Some of the cookies
we use are essential for the site to operate.
If you register with us or if you continue
to use our site, you agree to our use of cookies.
Cookies are widely used in order to make
websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide
information to the owners of the site. Listed below are the cookies
we use and a brief explanation of their purpose.
Cookie 1: Google Analytics
Google Analytics sets cookies to help
us accurately estimate the number of visitors to the website and
volumes of usage. This to ensure that the service is available when
you want it and fast.
Name: _utma
Typical content: randomly generated
number
Expires: 2 years
Name: _utmb
Typical content: randomly generated
number
Expires: 30 minutes
Name: _utmc
Typical content: randomly generated
number
Expires: when user exits browser
Name: _utmz
Typical content: randomly generated
number + info on how the site was reached (e.g. directly or via a
link, organic search or paid search)
Expires: 6 months
For further details on the cookies set
by Google Analytics, please refer to the Google Code website.
Cookie 2: Members Log In
When logging into our Members area,
the system will attempt to set a temporary cookie on your browser
to record you're logged in. The cookie is only used to support your
login credentials and does not store any personal information and
expires on closing of your browser or when you log out.
Name: ASPXAUTH
Typical content: randomly generated
number
Expires: when user exits browser (or)
user logs out or after 30 minutes of inactivity
If you decide to use the "remember me"
then the expiry of above cookie will be extended for 30 days unless
you log out."
You block cookies by activating the setting
on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of all or
some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block
all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be to access
all or parts of our site. Unless you have adjusted your browser
setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue
cookies as soon you visit our site.
Where we store your personal data
We will take all steps reasonably necessary
to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with
this privacy policy.
Once we have received your information, we
will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent
unauthorised access. However, unfortunately, the transmission of
information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we
will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee
the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission
is at your own risk.
Uses made of the information
We use information held about you in the
following ways:
- To ensure that content from our site is presented in the most
effective manner for you and for your computer.
- To provide you with information, products or services that you
request from us or which we feel may interest you, where you have
consented to be contacted for such purposes.
- To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered
into between you and us.
- To allow you to participate in interactive features of our
service, when you choose to do so.
- To notify you about changes to our service.
If you are an existing user, we will only
contact you by electronic means (e-mail or SMS) with information
similar to that which you have previously expressed an interest
in.
If you are a new user, and we will contact
you by electronic means only if you have consented to this.
If you do not want us to use your data in
this way, please tick the relevant box situated on the form on
which we collect your data (the registration form).
Disclosure of your information
We may disclose your personal information
to third parties:
- In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in
which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective
seller or buyer of such business or assets.
- If Johnson Matthey PLC or substantially all of its assets are
acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by it
about its users will be one of the transferred assets.
- If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data
in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to
enforce or apply our terms of use or to protect the
rights, property, or safety of Johnson Matthey PLC our customers,
or others.
Your rights
You can exercise your right to prevent such
processing of your personal data by checking certain boxes on the
forms we use to collect your data. You can also exercise the right
at any time by contacting us at info@fuelcelltoday.com.
Our site may, from time to time, contain
links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers
and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites,
please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and
that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for their use
of your personal data. Please check these policies before you
submit any personal data to these websites.
Access to information
The Act gives you the right to access
information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised
in accordance with the Act. Any access request may be subject to a
fee of £10 to meet our costs in providing you with details of the
information we hold about you.
Changes to our privacy policy
Any changes we may make to our privacy
policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where
appropriate, notified to you by e-mail.
Contact
Questions, comments and requests regarding
this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to info@fuelcelltoday.com.