Thank you for using the pages or participating in my research. This privacy statement concerns the web sites belonging to Nigel Bradley, most of which are hosted at the University of Westminster. The web pages include questionnaires, information and registration forms.

·       The pages help me to conduct research for academic purposes and also to share the knowledge gained. The University of Westminister "affirms that academic staff have freedom within the law to question and test received wisdom, and to put forward new ideas."

·       I guarantee that in all circumstances identities of individual respondents and their answers will be treated as confidential and will be used only for research purposes unless you expressly request or permit disclosure to a third party.

·       I will not mislead you.

·       Co-operation is Voluntary at all times. Personal information will not be sought from you or about you, without your prior knowledge and agreement.

·         Withdrawal -At any stage you can  refuse to answer specific questions. You can also ask me to destroy or delete part or all of the record of your interview or registration form. Wherever reasonable and practical I will carry out such a request.

·       Invisible processing - At present this information may be detected: the time/date you responded,  hit counters on most web pages. Out of office responses from your email address may be analysed. In some cases your IP number may be noted in order to examine double replies. I automatically capture information about your browser type in order to deliver images best suited to your software.

·       Cookies - It is not my policy to use cookies.

·       Children - Generally individuals aged below 18 years of age are not invited to participate in my research. Screening questions and procedures will be put into place to ensure they are not included. In studies which DO include children (e.g.  School-leavers or handwriting studies) I will seek the verifiable permission of a parent or legal guardian before research commences. Because children may access my web pages any "inappropriate" content has been avoided. I receive email questions from children who themselves are researching specific topics at school, replies are normally prepared and copies are kept electronically. These Email addresses are not used again for any purpose.

·       Security measures. Only certain employees have access to the information you provide. They have access only for data analysis and quality control purposes.

·         Unsolicited mail - I will not send unsolicited mail or pass on your email address to others for this purpose. If I want to send you future email, I will ask your explicit permission for this.

·       You can contact me at shruti@thrli.com to discuss any aspects of the web pages. You can find out more about me at http://www.marketingresearch.ws

·       I am a member of the Market Research Society  http://www.marketresearch.org.uk and ESOMAR http://www.esomar.org and follow the code of conduct.

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