PRIVACY AND DATA PROTECTION POLICY

John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., whose registered office is at Baffins Lane, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1UD, England, registration number: 641132 England ("Wiley") recognises the importance of protecting the information it collects from Users in the operation of our Email Alerting Service and forthcoming web site, wileyeurope.com. Wiley takes reasonable steps to maintain the security, integrity and privacy of any information in accordance with the Wiley Privacy and Data Protection Policy. By submitting your information to Wiley you consent to the practices described.

Wiley will ensure that any identifiable personal information it collects through, for example, registration and purchasing processes, will be adequate, relevant and not excessive for the purposes of operating our Email Alerting Service and forthcoming web site, wileyeurope.com, or any of the services operated thereunder. It will be kept accurate and up-to-date based on information provided and will be deleted when no longer needed. Except where necessary in connection with services provided by appropriate intermediaries, who will be required to comply with the confidentiality provisions of this policy, Wiley will not disclose any personal information identifying Users to any third party, unless required by law or otherwise needed in connection with legal proceedings, or unless we have received your consent. Wiley will protect the security of User information by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts information which is input by Users.

Any private communications or information supplied to Wiley by a User may be used by Wiley for internal business and research purposes and to help enhance and develop our forthcoming web site, wileyeurope.com, but will not be shared with third parties unless we receive your consent.

A "cookie" is a small piece of information that a web site puts on your hard drive so that it can remember information about you at a later date. The Wiley Email Alerting Service and our forthcoming web site, wileyeurope.com, uses cookies as follows:

  1. to record session information, such as items that customers add to their shopping cart and
  2. to record user-specific information on which pages a user accesses or visits on sites owned or operated by Wiley.
These cookies may be disabled at any time. If you wish to disable the cookies, please click here:

In addition, wileyeurope.com may offer additional services, including the optional E.mail Alerting Service, which is opted into by registration and may be opted out of at any time. By choosing to take advantage of this and other services offered by wileyeurope.com, you consent to the use of your information for the purposes of providing these services.

Wiley may disclose to carefully chosen third parties navigational and transactional information in the form of anonymous, aggregate usage statistics (including "page views" on wileyeurope.com and the products herein) and demographics but only in forms that do not reveal a User's identity, except as required by law, as needed in connection with legal proceedings, or unless we have received your consent.

Links may be provided from wileyeurope.com to other web sites. In using such links, Users should be aware that each web site will vary in terms of its privacy and data protection policies, and Wiley does not take responsibility for the privacy policies of, and usage of, personal information collected by others including, without limitation, those of any partner or affiliate.

You should be aware that identifiable personal information--such as your name or e-mail address--that you voluntarily disclose on bulletin boards or in chat areas that are accessible to other Users could be collected and disclosed by others. Wiley cannot take any responsibility for such collection and disclosure.

Please note that Wiley's privacy and data protection policy is reviewed periodically. Wiley reserves the right to modify its privacy and data protection policy at any time without notice. Any changes to the policy will be posted on this page. Your continued use of the Wiley Email Alerting Service and our forthcoming web site, wileyeurope.com, will be deemed conclusive acceptance of such modification. Any comments or questions concerning this policy should be addressed to Verity Leaver, or made in a written request to Verity Leaver, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Baffins Lane, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1UD, UK.



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