Privacy Statement

NWHI.com Privacy Policy LAST REVISED:  June 2003
 
1. Introduction.  NWHI Limited (hereinafter referred to as the "Company," "we," or "us") shares your concern about the protection of your information online.  The purpose of this privacy policy (the "Policy") is to help you understand what kinds of personal and other information we may gather about you when you visit the www.icosr.com web site (the "Site") and/or use the Company's services, how we may use that information, whether we will disclose it to third parties, and how you can correct it or have it deleted.  If in any instance we intend to use information collected from you in a manner that would conflict with the terms of this Policy, we will provide additional notice that will govern the information so collected.
 
Our services range across the publicly-available areas of the Site, which can be accessed by anyone (the "Public Site"), and the password-protected, private areas of the Site, which are only available to registered customers of the Company and their designees (the "Private Site").  We provide both areas of the Site subject to your agreement with the terms and conditions set forth in this Policy. 
 
BY USING THE SITE (OR ANY PART THEREOF), YOU SIGNIFY YOUR AGREEMENT WITH AND ACCEPTANCE OF THIS POLICY.  IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS POLICY, YOU SHOULD NOT USE THE SITE.
 
Should you have any questions or concerns about this Policy, please send an e-mail to support@nwhi.com .  You may also post inquiries to NWHI Limited, 13 Breadalbane Street, Edinburgh, Scotland EH6 5JJ.
 
2. The Information That We Collect, and How We Use It.
a. The Public Site.  Although you are under no legal or other obligation to provide us with personal information to use the Public Site, certain areas of the Public Site—such as those through which you can request additional information regarding the Company's products or services—may require you to submit personal information, such as your name, address, email address and other contact information.  We use this personal information to respond to your requests.  In addition, we may use this information to send you newsletters, publications, or other communications that we feel might be of interest to you, and we may make this information available to third parties in order to facilitate the foregoing.  If you do not wish to receive these additional communications from us, please email us at unregister@nwhi.com
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b. The Private Site.  You must be a registered customer of the Company (or a designee of a registered customer) to use the Private Site.  To register, you will be required to provide us with certain information that includes personal information, such as your name, address, email address and other contact information.  (When using the Private Site, you will be provided with means to control whether your personal information will be visible to other users of the Private Site.)   Furthermore, in order to facilitate to your use of the Private Site, our servers automatically store and log certain information central to your use of the Private Site, including but not limited to data on when you access and log out of the Private Site, the messages you send and receive through the Private Site, the events you set through the Private Site, and the files you upload to the Private Site.  We will not disclose the information that you provide when registering with us to use the Private Site or otherwise through your on-going use of the Private Site, to any third party without your specific prior consent.  Note, however, that if you are using the Private Site as a designee of a registered customer, we reserve the right to make any of the foregoing personal or other information available to such registered customer.  In addition, we may however, use the personal registration and other contact information you provide in connection with your use of the Private Site to send you newsletters, publications, or other communications that we feel might be of interest to you.  If you do not wish to receive these additional communications from us, please email us at unregister@nwhi.com .
 
c. The Site.  We reserve the right to disclose information, personal or otherwise, concerning any Site user or visitor: (a) when that individual is in violation of any published guidelines for the use of the Site (including, without limitation, our Terms and Conditions of Use or other agreement governing his or her use of the Site, or participates (or is suspected of participating) in any illegal or potentially illegal activity; (b) to comply with applicable laws, rules, or regulations; (c) in response to subpoenas or discovery requests; (d) to protect the rights, property, safety, or other legitimate interests (including the goodwill and reputation) of the Company, other Site users or visitors, or the public; (e) to respond to an emergency; and/or (f) to our contractors, consultants, or professional advisors (such as those who provide web site hosting and maintenance services or legal services), but only to the extent necessary for them to perform services on our behalf.  Finally, in the event that we sell or transfer assets related to the Site or to one of our businesses or divisions, to a third party, we reserve the right to transfer any and all information collected through or otherwise associated with the Site and/or the business or division to such third party.
 
3. Cookies.  The Site does not currently employ "cookies" or other tracking mechanisms.
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4. Leaving the Site.  The Site provides links to third party web sites.  Please note that third parties may collect information about you (or may contract with other third parties to collect information about you) through "cookies" or other technologies when you click through to their web sites.  You acknowledge that we do not monitor, endorse or control the terms of use, privacy policies, or data collection or other practices of any third party web site, whether or not the web site was "linked" from the Site.  We STRONGLY encourage you to become familiar with the terms of use, privacy policies, and data collection and other practices of any such third party web sites.
 
5. Security.  We employ commercially reasonable security methods to protect the data that resides on our servers. 
 
As security is so important when using the Internet to access your service, we've incorporated a high level of protection to give you peace of mind whenever you use our online service. Our security procedures are subject to exhaustive testing. They are audited by an Independent Body to ensure that we meet the highest security standards. For your reassurance here are details of some of the security that we have in place:Firewalls
Our firewalls are used to prevent any unauthorised users, intruders or hackers from accessing our network via the Internet. The Firewalls monitor all traffic passing both into and out of our network and prevent unauthorised information from passing through. Your security codes allow you through our Firewalls, so you can use our online service.Encryption
All information sent between your computer and our server when you're online with us is scrambled into a special code using 128-bit encryption. Encryption is a way of encoding information so that it cannot be read if it is intercepted by a third party as it travels over the Internet. When the information arrives at the correct destination (i.e. your computer or our server) the code is unlocked and the information can be used.
This is the most secure way of protecting the information and 128-bit encryption is considered unbreakable with today's technology.
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Timeout
For your added protection, when you are actually using the service there is a timeout feature which will automatically disconnect you from our computers after thirty minutes of inactivity. You would then need to go through the full log-in procedure before you could continue.What you can do...
There are a number of recommendations that we would make to ensure maximum security:
1. Keep your password secret and regularly change your security details and don't use words or codes that might be known to others.
2. If you use a shared computer remember to clear the cache after use. For instructions contact support@nwhi.com
3. Never leave your computer unattended when it's switched on.
4. Use Anti-Virus software to protect your computer from viruses and programs such as 'Trojan Horses' - and with new viruses constantly being identified be sure to keep your anti-virus software regularly updated.
5. Don't accept e-mail attachments from people you don't know.
 
In light of the extensive security measures in place we do hope that this puts your mind at rest. If, however, you do have any further questions regarding the security of our online service feel free to contact our Technical Support team at support@nwhi.com.
 
However, no security system is infallible.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Policy, we cannot guarantee the security of our servers, nor can we guarantee that the information that you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted to or from us over the Internet.  Furthermore, if you are an individual who is using the Private Site under the authority of a registered customer of the Company (for example, an employee of such a customer or an individual invited by such a customer to use the Private Site), we cannot guarantee, and will not be responsible or liable for, the manner in which such registered customer handles or distributes your personal or other information.
top6. Correcting or Updating Your Personal Information.  If the personal information you have provided through or in connection with the Public Site changes, you may correct or update it by emailing us with a request to revise your information at support@ventureviewer.com .  We will use commercially reasonable efforts to honour any such request within five (5) business days following its receipt.  Note that, to comply with applicable data protection laws, we may require proof of identity before disclosing any of your own personal data to you.  You may use the tools available through the Private Site to change or update personal information you provided through the Private Site.
 
7. Deleting Your Personal Information.  You may request that we delete personal information we have collected from you through the Public Site, by emailing us at unregister@nwhi.com .  We will use commercially reasonable efforts to honour any such request within five (5) business days following its receipt.  You may use the tools available through the Private Site to delete personal information you provided through the Private Site.  Keep in mind that, even if we remove your personal information from our systems, certain residual information may remain within our databases, access logs and other records, which we may not be able to remove. 
 
8. Revisions to This Policy.  We reserve the right to update and revise this Policy at any time.  You can determine if this Policy has been revised by referring to the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page.  Your continued use of the Site constitutes your acceptance of the terms of the Policy as amended or revised by us, and you should therefore review this Policy regularly to ensure that you are aware of its terms.
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