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Protecting Your Privacy

The following statement explains our policy regarding the personal information we collect about you.

What Information do we collect and why?

In certain places on the web site you may be asked to provide us with personal information about yourself (your e-mail address, name etc.). This is allows us to provide a number of functions from replying to any e-mail's you may send to allowing you to personalise your visit to iwight.com using features such as 'My Profile'.

By giving us such details we aim to provide you with a better service, giving you the information you want to see and contacting you if you would like to know when new information is added to the site. The IW Council will act in accordance with current legislation and aim to meet current Internet best practice.

We also (anonymously) monitor visitors to the site so that amongst other things we can see which sections are being viewed, how long for and where the visitors came from all of which is invaluable information for us in terms of developing the site and monitoring our performance.

We may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with legal processes, we do not share personally identifiable information with third parties without your consent except in the following instances:

  • unless required by applicable law or pursuant to a court or similar order.
  • as deemed necessary, in our discretion, to protect the legal rights or the property of the IW Council, a registered user or third party, or to prevent personal injury.
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How else might someone learn about your personal information while visiting iwight.com?

You might also provide personal information through forum sessions or a bulletin board on iwight.com. This privacy policy does not cover this type of transfer of your personal information. For reasons of personal safety, we advise against distributing your personal information in this manner. If you do decide to give out personal information and are under 18 years of age we strongly urge you to get your parents or legal guardian's consent first.

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Can I access my personal Information?

You have the right to request a copy of the personal information that we hold about you with regards to the website. You can also request that any incorrect information about you be updated.

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What if I am Under 16?

If you are aged 16 or under, please get your parent/guardian's permission beforehand whenever you provide personal information to iwight.com. If you do not have this consent you are not allowed to provide us with your personal information.

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How do we identify you?

When you use part of iwight.com which requires you to register you are identified when you login using your username and password. Your details are held in a secure environment which is unavailable to the public.

If we need to anonymously identify you, such as for monitoring web site statistics we use a 'Cookie' to tell if you have visited the site before.

When you sign up to iwight.com there is also and option for you to be automatically recognised when you return to the site without having to login everytime. This again uses a 'Cookie'

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What is a cookie?

When you enter a site your computer will automatically be issued with a cookie. Cookies are text files that identify your computer to our server. The cookie itself will not identify the individual person, just the computer to which the cookie was issued.

Cookies themselves only record those areas of the site that have been visited by the computer in question, and for how long. Users have the opportunity to set their computers to accept all cookies, to notify them when a cookie is issued, or not to receive cookies at any time. The last of these, of course, means that certain personalised services cannot then be provided to that user.

Note:- you can still browse iwight.com if you have cookies disabled but it will mean that certain features on the site will be unavailable to you.

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How Can I control my Cookies?

Depending on what internet browser you are using there are different ways to control your cookies. Below we have summarised instructions for the most common web browsers.

If you're using Internet Explorer 5.0 or 5.5:

  • From the internet explorer menu choose Tools, then Internet Options
  • Click the Security tab
  • Click on Custom Level
  • Scroll down and see how cookies are handled by IE5. You can change your preferences to Accept, Disable, or Prompt for action as appropriate.

If you're using Internet Explorer 4.0:

  • From the internet explorer menu choose View, then Internet Options.
  • Click the Advanced tab
  • Scroll down to the yellow exclamation icon under Security and choose one of the three options to regulate your use of cookies.

In Internet Explorer 3.0:

  • You can View, Options, Advanced, then click on the button that says Warn before Accepting Cookies.

If you're using Netscape 6.0:

  • On your Task Bar, click:Edit, then Preferences
  • Click on Advanced
  • Click on Cookies

If you're using Netscape Communicator 4.0:

  • On your Task Bar, click Edit, then Preferences
  • Click on Advanced
  • Set your options in the box that says Cookies.
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