Protecting the security and privacy of your Personal Information is important to Whittle Eastern Europe and to the way we conduct our business in compliance with laws on privacy, data protection and data security. We hope the policy outlined below will help you understand what information Whittle Eastern Europe may collect, how Whittle Eastern Europe uses and safeguards that information and with whom we may share it.

Statement of Intent
When you access our Web sites, we may automatically (i.e., not by registration) collect information that is not personally-identifiable (e.g., type of Internet browser and computer operating system used; domain name of the Web site from which you came; number of visits, average time spent, pages viewed).
When people, for example those working for Whittle Eastern Europe member companies, register to use the web sites managed by Whittle Eastern Europe, they are asked to submit certain information some of which can be interpreted as personal (e.g. name, job title etc). This information may in some instances be matched or coupled with other data Whittle Eastern Europe has regarding the individual and his or her organisation.
It is Whittle Eastern Europe’s intention to use the information supplied to help provide the best service we can, and strive to continually improve it. Some of our services to members depends on the information provided in order to produce and deliver them. Our aim is to be able to tailor as much information as possible to members and their individual needs.
When ever personal information is supplied, it will be used in ways Whittle Eastern Europe believes will improve the service and the products it delivers and which ultimately benefit the users/members.

Cookies
When you view one of our Web sites, we may store some information on your computer in the form of a "Cookie" to automatically recognise you the next time you visit. Cookies can help us to save your user Id, but not your password, so that you do not have to re-enter it each time. If you choose not to be recognised, please refer to your Internet browser to erase Cookies from your computer hard drive, block all Cookies or receive a warning before a Cookie is stored.

Responsibilities
Whittle Eastern Europe is mindful of its obligations and duties under the Data Protection Act 1998 towards the individual who supplies information and about whom Whittle Eastern Europe stores and uses that information. We have to collect the information fairly and to let you know how we will use it. We must also let you know if we will pass any information to anyone else. Whittle Eastern Europe does pass some information to certain third parties on occasion but only as part of our aim to provide Whittle Eastern Europe members with what we believe is a better service. We will seek to offer you the opportunity wherever appropriate to choose not to receive such information if you do not want it.

Security
Whittle Eastern Europe takes precautions to ensure the security of your Information and strives to keep it accurate. We endeavour to carefully protect your information from loss, destruction, falsification, manipulation and unauthorised access or unauthorised disclosure.

User Names and Passwords
You are responsible for all use of the services made using your username and password, whether or not the use is made by you, or someone else using your username and password. You are responsible for protecting and securing your username and password from unauthorised use. If at any time you believe your username and password is being used by unauthorised persons please let us know so we may change your password.

Third Party Sites
Our site may occasionally have links to other sites on the Internet. These other sites may not be under our control and you acknowledge that Whittle Eastern Europe is not responsible for the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality, decency, or any other aspect of the content of such sites. The inclusion of such a link does not imply endorsement of the site by Whittle Eastern Europe, or any association with any of our distributors or partner companies.

Privacy Policy Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy those changes will appear on this site so that you can always see our latest policy statements.

Your rights
Any individual is within his or her rights to request details of the information we hold on them, have any inaccuracies corrected or ask that the information not be stored or used. However, in the latter instance, this might seriously inhibit our ability to provide, develop and offer services (whether, information, representation or other member services) of a significantly beneficial nature to, and high quality otherwise expected of us by, our members. Any enquiries about this matter should be addressed to :

Those under the age of 18 are not allowed to provide Whittle Eastern Europe with personal information without the consent of their parent(s) or legal guardian.