Background
MarketWatch (we, us, our) is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. This Privacy Policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us whether through our website www.marketwatchplc.co.uk, or otherwise, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.
About us
For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the Act), the data controller is MarketWatch.
Information we may collect
We may collect and process the following information about you;
- details of your visits to the Site including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data and the resources that you access to ensure access to your account is authorised,
- information that you provide by filling in forms on the Site,
- information we request from you when you report a problem with the Site,
- details of any correspondence in the event that you contact us, and/or
- survey information which is used for research purposes, although you do not have to participate in them.
Aggregate data
We may collect and process information that you provide by using the Site, and which the Site generates as a result of your use. We will always anonymise and aggregate this data in order to provide market insights. You cannot be identified from this information.
With regard to each of your visits to the Site we may also automatically collect the following information;
- technical information, including the internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the internet, your login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and
- information about your visit, including the full uniform resource locators (URL) clickstream to, through and from the Site (including date and time); page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), and methods used to browse away from the page.
We may collect this information for system administration, to report aggregated information to (if applicable) our advertisers and/or commercial partners or otherwise in accordance with this privacy policy. This is statistical data about our users’ browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.
How we use your information – information you give to us
We may use this information;
- to carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us and to provide you with the information that you request from us,
- to provide you with information about other products or services we offer,
- to provide you with information about third party products or services which we think may be of interest to you,
- to notify you about changes to the Site,
- to ensure that content from the Site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer, and/or
- for internal record keeping.
How we use your information – information we collect about you
We may use this information;
- as part of our efforts to keep the Site safe and secure,
- to administer the Site and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes,
- to measure or understand the effectiveness of advertising we serve to you and others, and to deliver relevant advertising to you, and/or
- to make suggestions and recommendations to you and other users of the Site about services that may interest you or them.
Information we receive from other sources
We may combine this information with information you give to us and information we collect about you. We may use this information and the combined information for the purposes set out above (depending on the types of information we receive).
Disclosure of your information
We may share your information with selected third parties, including;
- our analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimisation of the Site, and/or
- advertisers and advertising networks that require the data to select and serve relevant adverts to you and others.
We do not disclose information about identifiable individuals to our advertisers, but we may provide them with aggregate information about our users.
We may disclose your personal information to other 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 MarketWatch Limited or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by it about its customers may 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 other agreements, or
- otherwise in accordance with this privacy policy.
Where we store your personal data
We do not currently transfer or store any data we collect from you outside of the United Kingdom. However, if our business needs change, you acknowledge that such data may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area (EEA). It might, for example, be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us or for one of our business partners or suppliers. To the extent that any data we collect from you is transferred outside of the EEA, we will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of the Site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. You are not permitted to share your password with anyone or to use anyone else’s password.
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 the Site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
Your rights
You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will usually inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by contacting us via the Contact Us section of the Site.
Third party links
The Site may, from time to time, contain links to other websites of interest. Please note, these websites have their own privacy policies and we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such websites. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the websites in question.
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 to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you.
If you believe that any information we are holding about you is incorrect or incomplete, please contact us via the Contact Us section of the Site.
Changes to this policy
We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes we may make to our Privacy Policy in the future will be posted on this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.