Thomson Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence Services, a Thomson business, is committed to fair information practices. Business Intelligence Services respects the privacy and security of its thomsonbusinessintelligence.com users. Our goal is to provide you with a personalized Internet experience that delivers the information, resources, and services that are most relevant and helpful to you.

In order to achieve this goal, we sometimes collect information during your visits to thomsonbusinessintelligence.com to understand what differentiates you from our thousands of other users. We will not disclose this information to any person or organization outside The Thomson Corporation, except as described in this Privacy Policy.

To demonstrate our commitment to your privacy, we have prepared this statement disclosing our privacy practices. Here you will learn:

1.	What personal identifying information of yours is collected via thomsonbusinessintelligence.com
2.	How and when we might use your information
3.	How we protect your information
4.	Who has access to your information
5.	How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information

Information we collect and how we use it

Business Intelligence Services collects certain information from and about users of thomsonbusinessintelligence.com in three ways: directly from the user, from our Web server logs, and with cookies.

Web server logs: When you visit thomsonbusinessintelligence.com, we may track information to administer the site and analyze its usage. Examples of information we may track include:

Your Internet protocol address
What kind of browser or computer you use
The number of links you click within the site
The state or country from which you accessed the site
The date and time of your visit
The name of your Internet service provider
The Web page you linked to our site from
The pages you viewed on the site

Cookies: Cookies, i.e. small bits of text that our servers place into a file on your computer's hard drive, are used on thomsonbusinessintelligence.com. This is done to save your preferences and login information and to provide personalized functionality. You can reject cookies by changing your browser settings, but be aware that this will disable some of the functionality on the site.

Personal information users give us: On thomsonbusinessintelligence.com, visitors can register to purchase products or services, receive personalized content, and participate in surveys or contests. When you register, we will ask you for some personal information.

If you're purchasing a product, we will request financial information, such as your credit card number. Any financial information we collect is used only to bill you for the products and services you purchased. If you purchase by credit card, this information may be forwarded to your credit card provider

For other types of registrations, we will ask for your name, address, e-mail address or telephone number. We may then contact you with information about other Business Intelligence Services products and services.

Finally, you may be asked to disclose personal information to us so that we can provide assistance and information to you. For example, we may collect personal information from you (such as an e-mail address, system information, and problem descriptions) in order to provide online technical support and troubleshooting.

If you don't want to receive promotional materials from Business Intelligence Services or our marketing partners, you can opt out at any time. You simply need to update your preferences with each Business Intelligence Services service to which you are registered. Send an e-mail message to BIS.Corporate.Communications@thomson.com.

How We Protect Your Information
Business Intelligence Services uses technical security measures to prevent the loss, misuse, and alteration of information under our control.

For example, when we ask customers to provide financial information (such as a credit card number) that data is protected using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology. (Learn more about SSL.)

Who Has Access to the Information?
Business Intelligence Services will share your personal data in three ways:

As required by law, in a matter of public safety or policy, or as needed in connection with the transfer of other business assets. In compliance with U.S. law, Business Intelligence Services does not share information with any unaffiliated third parties for marketing purposes unless you expressly ask us to.
With other Thomson businesses.
With agents and contractors who use it on Business Intelligence Services's behalf or in connection with their relationship with us. For example, if you register for a contest, the company that manages the contest for us will have access to your personal data.

Links to Other Companies' Sites
Our Web site may contain links to sites maintained by companies that are not affiliated with Business Intelligence Services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those sites, and we encourage you to use caution when visiting them. In particular, we recommend you view the privacy policy posted on each site

Privacy Policy Changes
If our information practices change in a significant way, we will post and highlight the policy changes.

Questions?
Please send an e-mail message to BIS.Corporate.Communications@thomson.com.

Effective May 2006