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Collection and Use of User Details

Personal details of users of economistasia.com will be collected from the website's order and registration forms and processed upon registration to our website.

All personal information is collected with the knowledge of users of economistasia.com via the website's order and registration forms only. This information is collected for the following purposes:-

order fulfilment
to notify users of relevant new products and features
to notify users of promotional activities both within The Economist and across The Economist Group of companies depending on your preferences

If you do not wish to receive information about our products or services or information from other organisations about products or services offered by them, please tick the appropriate box on the registration form. However, we may disclose your information to business partners and third party suppliers we engage to provide services which involve processing data on our behalf.

User information is retained for in-house research to:-

improve our understanding of customer needs and product development

build marketing profiles

aid strategic development

manage our relationship with advertisers

All results of such research and analysis will be anonymised or aggregated information and will not reveal any personal facts about individual customers.

The Economist is part of The Economist Group which operates from offices worldwide. Steps have been taken to ensure that consistently high standards of data privacy are adhered to in all our offices for all the forms of processing mentioned above.

User Preferences

All registration and order forms provide users with a series of choices as regards further promotional activity, forms of communication and third party processing.

When filling out order or registration forms on economistasia.com, users should indicate whether they are receptive to the use of e-mail to inform them of further Economist promotional literature. If you are keen to be kept informed about other Economist products as well as technical/functional developments related to our website and on-line services then you should tick the e-mail opt-in box.

You may also indicate whether you wish to receive such information from other Economist Group businesses.

We may occasionally allow other similar but reputable organisations which may be of interest to contact you. If you don't wish to hear from these companies, please tick the appropriate box on the order/registration form to opt out of such activity.

Security Policy

Economistasia.com uses the latest encryption technology to guarantee that your personal information is safe. Your name, address, and credit card number are encrypted using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) software to ensure maximum protection during transmission.

Economistasia.com also has appropriate measures in place to ensure that the users' personal details are not misused, accidentally destroyed, lost or altered within the Economist Group server environment.

Occasions will arise when customer information is passed outside the Economist Group to other data processors (i.e. fulfillment bureaus, database consultants etc.) but they will only act upon instruction from the Economist Group in order to perform the services required.