This Website is published by Blackwell Publishing Limited (Company Registration Number 00180277) whose registered office and principal place of business is at The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, PO19 8SQ the United Kingdom (“Wiley-Blackwell”) for and on behalf of the Royal Statistical Society (Royal Charter Company Registration Number RC000529) of 12 Errol Street, London, EC1Y 8LX, United Kingdom (“RSS”). The Website is sponsored by the American Statistical Association of 732 North Washington Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-1943, United States of America (“ASA”).

Any information collected about you via this Website will be subject to the following terms. As the Publisher of this Website we will take all reasonable steps to maintain the security, integrity and privacy of your information in accordance with our Privacy Policy. By submitting your information to this Website you consent to the practices described.

The information we learn about you, our Users, will help us to enhance and develop the Website to make it a truly valuable Website in its subject field. You may provide information by registering in order to provide letters and comments to the Website or by participating in some of the features of the Website such as the comment facility.

This Website collects personal data about you automatically through the use of 'cookies'. However, you may take advantage of an optional 'Remember Me' facility which recognises you and so avoids the necessity to log on at each visit to areas of the Website requiring registration. If you take advantage of 'Remember Me', cookies will be used. A cookie is a small piece of information that a website puts on your hard disc so it can remember information about you at a later date.

In addition, the Website may offer some Additional Services, including an E-mail Alerting Service. These will not be provided unless you opt in, which you may do at registration or at any time after that. By choosing to take advantage of these services, you consent to the use of your information for the purposes of providing these services.

Use of User Information
The Publisher may share information provided by you when you register or subscribe to the Website or Additional Services with RSS and ASA and the Publisher’s group of companies.

There will be no other disclosure of information obtained about you, the Users of the Website to any third party without your express consent, unless:

• required by law or to enforce the Website Terms of Use;
• where necessary in connection with services provided by appropriate intermediaries, who will be required to comply with the confidentiality provisions of this policy;
• to provide navigational and transactional information to our carefully chosen website partners in the form of anonymous, aggregate usage statistics that do not reveal a User's personal identity.

Security of User Information
Any information collected on the Website will be adequate, relevant and not excessive for the purposes of the Website. It will be kept accurate and up-to-date, based on information provided and will be deleted when no longer needed. The information will be kept in a secure database and will be used solely for Website communications, except where your express consent is granted. Users will be able to update their registration details as required.

Please be aware that identifiable personal information, including your name and e-mail address, which are voluntarily disclosed on any bulletin boards or in comments or in chat areas accessible to other Users, may be collected or disclosed by other Users and we the Publisher take no responsibility for such collection and disclosure.

Users should be aware that the Privacy and Data Protection policies of other websites and companies vary and that, in using any links to other websites, or entering into correspondence or agreements with third parties including without limitation, partners, advertisers and affiliates of this Website we take no responsibility for the privacy policies of and usage of personal information collected by others.

Alterations to Privacy Policy
The Publisher of this Website reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time without notice. Any changes to the Privacy Policy will be posted on this page. Your continued use of this Website will be deemed to be conclusive of acceptance of such modification.