Matt Publishing Privacy Policy

Last updated: 1 January 2004

Many of the pages on this site can be accessed without you providing us with any personal information at all. However some pages do require you to register some personal information with us before you can access them. This policy outlines our procedures with regards to any personal information that we collect.
      Matt Publishing takes responsibility for safeguarding the privacy of its users, and will not share your personal information without your explicit consent. We are registered with the UK's Information Commissioner as a Data Controller in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. Please note that our site does contain links to third-party sites which are not subject to our privacy policy.

Information Collected
The personal information that we collect (your ‘Data’) as part of the registration process includes your name, company name, phone number and address, your email address, and some details about your work. Once you have registered, your user number and password are sent to the email address you have provided and may be used to access all the 'locked' pages on this site. They may also be stored on your computer in a 'cookie' (see below).
      Your Data is stored in a secure environment both by Matt Publishing and by our Internet service provider, Fasthosts Internet Ltd (see www.fasthosts.com for details). We take all reasonable precautions to prevent unauthorised access to your personal information.
      We do not intentionally collect information about children, and will delete any such details that we may have inadvertently collected if requested to do so by a parent or guardian.

Use of Personal Information
We use your Data to ensure our services are relevant to your needs. We also share your Data with our business partners in an aggregate form in order to give them a better understanding of our users. For example, we may make public the proportion of our users describe themselves as 'application architects'. In such instances the information presented does not allow individuals to be identified.
      From time to time, and if explicitly authorised by you to do so, we may inform you of any new products or services that we feel may be useful to you.

Disclosure of Personal Information
We may share your Data with suppliers that we may engage to provide us with data processing services, with anyone to whom we transfer ownership of the web site itself, or if required to do so by court order or by law.
      With your explicit permission we may also share your Data with our principal business sponsor Microsoft Limited, UK in order that they may inform you of products or services they make available that may be useful to you. Microsoft is committed to protecting your privacy and Microsoft’s Privacy Statement can be viewed at www.microsoft.com/info/uk-en/privacy.htm.

Use of Cookies
When a user registers with DNJ Online you can choose to have a cookie saved your computer's hard disk that contains your name, user number, password and an expiry date. This cookie is used to identify you when you return to the site, and means that you do not need to enter your user number and password every time you visit a 'locked' page. The cookie does not contain any information other than your name, user number, password and expiry date.
      We also use this cookie to keep a log of the pages that you visit within our site and the links that you use so that we may better develop our site to reflect your needs. The personal information stored in this log is not shared with anyone.
      You can find out more about cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org.

Contact Information
If you have any queries concerning our privacy policy, or wish to make any requests regarding the personal information that we may store, then you can contact Matt Publishing by e-mail at or by phone at +44 117 930 0255.

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