Privacy Policy

Forum privacy policy statement
This online privacy policy is designed to tell you about how we collect and use information so that you ("User" or "you") can make an informed choice about using the website identified by the URL www.forum.com and/or any website which is automatically redirected to that website (together, the "Website") operated by The Forum Corporation ("our", "we" or "us"). The Forum Corporation is also refered as Forum and Forum Europe. Forum is a division of Informa plc (www.informa.com).

What personally identifiable information is collected on this site?
Visitors may supply personally identifiable information (such as name, address or telephone numbers) for various purposes on this site. These purposes include registering to receive our e-mail newsletter, requesting further information about our products, or simply asking a question about The Forum Corporation. The Forum Corporation does not collect personal information from you unless you provide it to us. This means that you can visit our site without telling us who you are or revealing any personally identifiable information about yourself.

Any Personal Data that you give us will be treated with the utmost care and security. If you do provide personal information, this will be held on a database and may be shared with companies in the Informa Group in the UK and internationally. Sometimes your details may be obtained from or shared with external companies for marketing purposes. We will never share your email address with external companies.

If you do not wish your details to be shared externally or within the Informa group of companies, please email the Database Manager at .

Security
Personally identifiable information is stored on our Web server and is not publicly accessible. Further, personally identifiable information is accessed only by Forum Corporation employees.

Choice/Opt-out
If you have registered to receive e-mail communications from us and later change your mind, you may contact us to have your name removed from our distribution lists. You have the following options to do this:
You can unsubscribe using the link in the email communication you receive
You can send an e-mail to marketing@forum.com.
You can send mail to the following address:
The Forum Corporation
265 Franklin Street
Boston, MA 02110-3113
USA

Correct/Update
If you would like to verify the data we have received from you or to make corrections to it, you may contact us directly at the e-mail and mail addresses provided above.

Period of Grace
Should you request that we amend or suppress records containing your Personal Data we will endeavour to do so as promptly as practical; however you may receive communications for a transitional period whilst we process your records.

What anonymous information is collected on this site?
Anonymous clickstream information is collected for every visitor to this site. This includes pages viewed, date and time, and browser type. IP numbers are not stored, but are temporarily used to determine domain type and in some cases, geographic region. We do not make any association between this information and a visitor's identity.

How does this site use cookies?
The Forum Corporation uses cookies to identify your browser as you visit pages on The Forum Corporation site. Cookies also allow The Forum Corporation to provide more relevant, targeted information as you travel through our site.

Cookies are also used to allow authorized visitors to access the Library section of forum.com.

Links
This site may contain links to other Web sites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are entering another site. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of these linked sites as their privacy policy may differ from ours.

Library Download Tracking
The Forum Corporation uses your supplied account information to track and store which documents you have downloaded. The stored download tracking is used only by The Forum Corporation.

E-mail Links
We use e-mail links located on this site to allow you to contact us directly via e-mail. We use the information provided in your e-mail to respond to your questions or comments. We may also store your comments for future reference. Your personal information is only shared with third parties with your explicit permission.

This privacy statement may be modified by The Forum Corporation. The process of maintaining a website is an evolving one, and The Forum Corporation may decide at some point in the future to modify this policy. Your use of the site, or materials obtained from the site, indicates your assent to the privacy statement effective at the time of such use. The effective privacy statement will be posted on the site, and therefore you should check it regularly for any changes.

Legal Disclaimer
We may disclose personal information when required by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on The Forum Corporation.