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following statement explains our policy regarding the personal information
we collect about you and our general terms of use.
Introduction
Visitor Information
What is a cookie?
Storage of personal information
Access to your personal information
Users 16 and under
How to find and control your cookies
How do you know which sites use cookies?
How to see your cookie code
Terms of use
This policy covers the NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH (UK) LTD’s
use of personal information that the NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH (UK)
LTD collects when you use nielsenmedia.co.uk. The policy also
gives you information about cookies; NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH (UK)
LTD and third parties' use of cookies; and how you may reject
such cookies.
From time to time, you will be asked to submit personal information
about yourself (e.g. name and email address) in order to receive
or use services on our website. Such as the Press Room.
By entering your details in the fields requested, you enable
the NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH (UK) LTD to provide you with the services
you select. Whenever you provide such personal information, we
will treat that information in accordance with this policy. When
using your personal information the NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH (UK)
LTD will act in accordance with current legislation and aim to
meet current Internet best practice.
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During the course of any visit to Nielsenmedia.co.uk, the pages
you see, along with a short text file called a 'cookie', are downloaded
to your computer. Many websites do this, because cookies enable
website publishers to do useful things like find out whether the
computer (and probably its user) has visited the website before.
This is done on a repeat visit by checking to see, and finding,
the cookie left there on the last visit.
Information supplied by cookies can help us to provide you with
a better online user experience and assist us to analyse the profile
of our visitors.
If you wish to reject our cookie, you can use the process set
out below in point 7.
NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH (UK) LTD also uses a cookie to track and
analyse non-personally identifiable usage and statistical information
about volume of visitors to the NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH (UK) LTD
pages on Nielsenmedia.co.uk in order to measure the effectiveness
of the NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH (UK) LTD web pages and improve services
to users. Please note that this is not personal information, only
general summaries of the activities of visitors to Nielsenmedia.co.uk.
If you wish to reject the cookies, you can use the process set
out below in point 7.
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A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous
unique identifier that is sent to your browser from a website's
computer and stored on your computer's hard drive. Each website
can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser's preferences
allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits
a web site to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not
the cookies sent to you by other sites.
Many sites do this whenever a user visits their website in order
to track online traffic flows.
Cookies record information about your online preferences. 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 user
and accordingly you may not be able to take full advantage of
all of the Nielsenmedia.co.uk features. Each browser is different,
so check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how
to change your cookie preferences.
If you have set your computer to reject cookies you can still
browse Nielsenmedia.co.uk anonymously until such time as you wish
to register for Nielsenmedia.co.uk services. For further information
on cookies please visit www.aboutcookies.org.
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When you supply any personal information to Nielsenmedia.co.uk
we have legal obligations towards you in the way we use those
data. We must collect the information fairly, that is, we must
explain how we will use it and tell you if we want to pass the
information on to anyone else.
In general, any information you provide to the NIELSEN MEDIA
RESEARCH (UK) LTD will only be used within the NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH
(UK) LTD and by its agents and service providers. Your information
will be disclosed where we are obliged or permitted by law. Also,
if you post or send offensive, inappropriate or objectionable
content anywhere on or to Nielsenmedia.co.uk or otherwise engage
in any disruptive behaviour on Nielsenmedia.co.uk, NIELSEN MEDIA
RESEARCH (UK) LTD can use whatever information that is available
to it about you to stop such behaviour. This may involve informing
relevant third parties such as your employer, e-mail/Internet
provider and law enforcement agencies about the content and your
behaviour.
We will hold your personal information on our systems for as
long as you use the service you have requested, and remove it
in the event that the purpose has been met. Where personal information
is held for people who are not yet registered but have taken part
in other Nielsenmedia.co.uk services (e.g. competitions), that
information will be held as long as is necessary to ensure that
the service is run smoothly. We will ensure that all personal
information supplied is held securely, in accordance with the
Data Protection Act 1998.
If you are notified on a Nielsenmedia.co.uk site that your information
may be used to allow NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH (UK) LTD to contact
you for "service administration purposes", this means
that NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH (UK) LTD may contact you for a number
of purposes related to the service you have signed up for. For
example, we may wish to provide you with password reminders or
notify you that the particular service has been suspended for
maintenance. We will not contact you for promotional purposes,
such as notifying you of improvements to the service or new services
on Nielsenmedia.co.uk unless you specifically agree to be contacted
for such purposes at the time you submit your information on the
site, or at a later time if you sign up specifically to receive
such promotional information.
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You have the right to request a copy of the personal information
NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH (UK) LTD holds about you and to have any
inaccuracies corrected. Please address requests to the Client
Services Manager, Nielsen Media Research, Atrium Court, The Ring,
Bracknell RG12 1BZ (Email: nmrcommunication@nielsenmedia.co.uk).
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If you are aged 16 or under, please get your parent/guardian's
permission beforehand whenever you provide personal information
to NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH (UK) LTD's website. Users without this
consent are not allowed to provide us with personal information.
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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 Internet Explorer 6.0:
Choose Tools, then
Internet Options
Click the Privacy Tab
Click on Custom Level
Click on the 'Advanced' button
Check the 'override automatic cookie handing' box and select Accept,
Block or Prompt for action as appropriate.
If you're using Internet Explorer 5.0 or 5.5:
Choose Tools, then
Internet Options
Click the Security tab
Click on Custom Level
Scroll down to the sixth option to see how cookies are handled
by IE5 and change to Accept, Disable, or Prompt for action as
appropriate.
If you're using Internet Explorer 4.0:
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.
If you're using 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 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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If you're using Netscape 6.0:
On your Task Bar, click:
Edit, then
Preferences
Click on Advanced
Click on Cookies
Click the View Cookies button
If you're using Internet Explorer 5.0 or 6.0:
Choose Tools, then
Internet Options
Click the General tab
Click Settings
View Files
If you're using Internet Explorer 4.0:
On your Task Bar, click:
View, then
Internet Options
Under the tab General (the default tab) click
Settings
View Files.
If you're using Internet Explorer 3.0:
On your Task Bar, click:
View
Options
Advanced
View Files.
If you're using Netscape Communicator 4.0:
Netscape bundles all cookies into one file on your hard drive.
You'll need to find the file, which it calls Cookie.txt on Windows
machines.
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Just click on a cookie to open it. You'll see a short string of
text and numbers. The numbers are your identification card, which
can only be seen by the server that gave you the cookie.
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Access to and use of this site ('nielsenmedia.co.uk') is provided
by Nielsen Media Research (UK) Ltd subject to the following terms:
By using nielsenmedia.co.uk you agree to be legally bound by
these terms, which shall take effect immediately on your first
use of nielsenmedia.co.uk. If you do not agree to be legally bound
by all the following terms please do not access and/or use nielsenmedia.co.uk.
Nielsen Media Research (UK) Ltd may change these terms at any
time by posting changes online. Please review these terms regularly
to ensure you are aware of any changes made by Nielsen Media Research
(UK) Ltd. Your continued use of nielsenmedia.co.uk after changes
are posted means you agree to be legally bound by these terms
as updated and/or amended.
Use of nielsenmedia.co.uk
You may not copy, reproduce, republish, download, post, broadcast,
transmit, make available to the public, or otherwise use nielsenmedia.co.uk
content in any way except for your own personal, non-commercial
use. You also agree not to adapt, alter or create a derivative
work from any nielsenmedia.co.uk content except for your own personal,
non-commercial use. Any other use of nielsenmedia.co.uk content
requires the prior written permission of Nielsen Media Research
(UK) Ltd.
You agree to use nielsenmedia.co.uk only for lawful purposes,
and in a way that does not infringe the rights of, restrict or
inhibit anyone else's use and enjoyment of nielsenmedia.co.uk.
Prohibited behaviour includes harassing or causing distress or
inconvenience to any person, transmitting obscene or offensive
content or disrupting the normal flow of dialogue within nielsenmedia.co.uk.
Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability
nielsenmedia.co.uk content, including the information, names,
images, pictures, logos and icons regarding or relating to Nielsen
Media Research (UK) Ltd, its products and services (or to third
party products and services), is provided "AS IS" and
on an "IS AVAILABLE" basis without any representations
or any kind of warranty made (whether express or implied by law)
to the extent permitted by law, including the implied warranties
of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement,
compatibility, security and accuracy.
Under no circumstances will Nielsen Media Research (UK) Ltd and
be liable for any of the following losses or damage (whether such
losses where foreseen, foreseeable, known or otherwise): (a) loss
of data; (b) loss of revenue or anticipated profits; (c) loss
of business; (d) loss of opportunity; (e) loss of goodwill or
injury to reputation; (f) losses suffered by third parties; or
(g) any indirect, consequential, special or exemplary damages
arising from the use of nielsenmedia.co.uk regardless of the form
of action.
Nielsen Media Research (UK) Ltd does not warrant that functions
contained in nielsenmedia.co.uk content will be uninterrupted
or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that nielsenmedia.co.uk
or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs.
Intellectual Property
The names, images and logos identifying Nielsen Media Research
(UK) Ltd, or third parties and their products and services are
subject to copyright, design rights and trade marks of Nielsen
Media Research (UK) Ltd, or third parties. Nothing contained in
these terms shall be construed as conferring by implication, estoppel
or otherwise any licence or right to use any trademark, patent,
design right or copyright of Nielsen Media Research (UK) Ltd,
or any other third party.
General
If there is any conflict between these terms and specific terms
appearing elsewhere on nielsenmedia.co.uk (including local house
rules) then the latter shall prevail.
If any of these terms are determined to be illegal, invalid or
otherwise unenforceable by reason of the laws of any state or
country in which these terms are intended to be effective, then
to the extent and within the jurisdiction in which that term is
illegal, invalid or unenforceable, it shall be severed and deleted
from these terms and the remaining terms shall survive, remain
in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.
These terms shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance
with the laws of England and Wales.
Nielsen Media Research (UK) Ltd
Atrium Court
The Ring
Bracknell
Berkshire
RG12 1BZ
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