
Dow Jones & Company, Inc. and its affiliates (hereafter referred to collectively as "Dow Jones") are committed to maintaining the privacy of personal information that you provide to us when using this site. This Privacy Policy describes how we treat the personal information we receive about you when you visit our Dow Jones Newswires marketing Web site at www.djnewswires.com ("djnewswires.com" or "our Web site").
Other Products and Services
This Web site provides information on Dow Jones Newswires services
and can be used to sign up for free trials, training materials and
product updates. Dow Jones Newswires has separate product and
service web sites where you can access and/or subscribe to various
Newswires products and services. These product and service web
sites, such as those found at www.dowjonesnews.com, www.djnewsplus.com
and
www.getdowjonesnewsplus.com may have information practices
that are different from those of www.djnewswires.com. Thus, any information
you provide on the Dow Jones Newswires product and service web
sites is not subject to this privacy policy.
In addition, Dow Jones & Company has many other products and services, such as Dow Jones Newsletters at www.djnewsletters.com, The Wall Street Journal Online at www.wsj.com, Barron's print and online editions and The Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal Europe and The Asian Wall Street Journal newspapers. Any information that you provide for other Dow Jones products and services is not subject to this Privacy Policy.
Links to Other Web Sites
We may make content or services from other Web sites including our
affiliated or co-branded Web sites available to you from links
located on this site. These other Web sites are not subject to
this Privacy Policy. We recommend that you review the privacy
policy at each such Web site to determine how that site protects
your privacy.
Information We Collect
General
When you register to receive a free trial, product updates or
training kits, submit an inquiry to us and at other times, we may
collect personally identifiable information from you that may
include your name, phone number, address, e-mail address,
profession, and similar information. We do not knowingly collect
personal information from children under the age of thirteen.
Web Site Usage Information
We may collect IP addresses and Web site usage information from
you when you visit our Web site. This information helps us
evaluate how our visitors use and navigate our Web sites on an
aggregate basis, including the number and frequency of visitors to
each Web page, and the length of their visits.
Surveys
We may conduct occasional online surveys. For example, when you're
within our Web site, you may see a pop-up window offering you the
optional opportunity to participate in a survey. These surveys are
voluntary and you may decline to participate.
How We May Use Information Collected
We may use information in the following ways:
For the purposes for which you specifically provided the information including, for example, to process your request for a free trial or subscription or to provide post-training updates.
To send you e-mail notifications about our new or existing products and services, special offers, or to otherwise contact you.
To enhance existing features or develop new features, products and services. To allow us to personalize the content that you and others see based on personal characteristics or preferences.We may combine the information that we collect from you on this Web site with information that you provide to us in connection with your use of our other products, services and Web sites.
If you request a free trial to be delivered to you by a third party market data vendor, such as Bloomberg or Reuters, we will provide your personally identifiable information to that vendor. Once your information is provided to the vendor, it will be subject to the privacy policy of that vendor.
We may hire other companies located in the United States and around the world to perform services on our behalf including, without limitation, facilitating some aspects of our web site and services, managing our database, contacting you, sending e-mail, and fulfilling subscription and other requests. These other companies may be supplied with or have access to your personally identifiable information solely for the purpose of providing these services to us or on our behalf.
Except as specifically set forth in this Privacy Policy, we will not share your personally identifiable information outside of Dow Jones.
We may disclose and use personally identifiable information in special circumstances where it is necessary under the law (for example, when necessary to protect our or a third party's intellectual property or proprietary rights) or when we, in our sole discretion, believe it is necessary or appropriate, in connection with a sale or transfer of some or all of our assets in the Web site or our services. We may also disclose or use your personal information when we, in good faith, believe that the law requires us to do so.
Your Ability to Choose
You can let us know that you do not wish to receive information
about new features and special offers for Dow Jones Newswires
products by opting out at the time you sign up for a free trial to
Dow Jones Newswires, or by contacting us as follows:
In North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, contact us by e-mail at Newswires@dowjones.com or by mail at Customer Service, Dow Jones Newswires, P.O. Box 300, Princeton, NJ 08543-0300.
In Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific, contact us by e-mail at djnewswires@dowjones.com or by mail at Marketing Department, Dow Jones Newswires, 12 Norwich Street, London EC4A 1QN, U.K.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that is sent by a Web site and
stored on your hard drive or temporarily in your computer's
memory. We employ cookie technology to help visitors and
subscribers move faster through our site. We may in the future
employ cookie technology to estimate our total audience size and
traffic and to help us improve our site's experience by measuring
which site areas are of greatest interest to users. You can turn
off the ability to receive any of these cookies by adjusting the
browser in your computer, but you should note that if you do so,
this may materially affect the functionality of this Web site and
the information you can access through it. If you wish to find
out more about cookies, or how to refuse cookies, please visit the
Interactive Advertising Bureau's web site at www.allaboutcookies.org
.
Security
The personally identifiable information we collect about you is
stored in limited access servers. We will maintain safeguards to
protect the security of these servers and your personally
identifiable information.
Transfer to U.S.
Your information may be stored and processed in the United States
or any other country where Dow Jones has facilities, and by
signing up for a free trial, product updates or training kits or
submitting questions or comments to us, you consent to the
transfer of information outside your country.
Online Advertisements
When you view an advertisement for Dow Jones Newswires on other
web sites, our third party advertising company may place or
recognize a unique cookie on your browser. Our advertising company
may also use invisible images (often referred to as pixel tags,
clear GIFs or web beacons) to note which pages of our Web site you
visit after viewing our ads. The information that is collected
through the use of these images is not personally identifiable and
is used only to track responses to our advertising efforts.
Review and Correction
If you would like to review or update any personally identifiable
information that we may have about you, you may do so by
contacting us as follows:
In North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, contact us by e-mail at Newswires@dowjones.com or by mail at Customer Service, Dow Jones Newswires, P.O. Box 300, Princeton, NJ 08543-0300.
In Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific, contact us by e-mail at djnewswires@dowjones.com or by mail at Marketing Department, Dow Jones Newswires, 12 Norwich Street, London EC4A 1QN, U.K.
Policy Modifications
When we make any material change to this Privacy Policy, we will
inform you by posting a notice on the home page of this site that
the policy has been updated and by changing the date on this page
noting when the policy was last updated.
Comments and Questions
If you have any questions, comments or concerns about our Privacy
Policy, you may contact us as follows:
In North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, contact us by e-mail at Newswires@dowjones.com or by mail at Customer Service, Dow Jones Newswires, P.O. Box 300, Princeton, NJ 08543-0300.
In Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific, contact us by e-mail at djnewswires@dowjones.com or by mail at Marketing Department, Dow Jones Newswires, 12 Norwich Street, London EC4A 1QN, U.K.
This policy was last updated on September 29, 2004.
Copyright © 2004 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
