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This statement applies to the International Securities
Lending Association (ISLA) web site (www.isla.co.uk) and
describes our policy in relation to the processing of
personal information - that is information about you
which is personally identifiable like your name,
address, email address or phone number. You may, for
example, be asked for personal information if you want
to take advantage of specific services that we offer,
such as membership application. In any case where you
provide personal information, we will only use it to
deliver the services you have requested.
The ISLA site does not automatically capture or store
personal information, other than logging the user's IP
address and session information such as the duration of
the visit and the type of browser used. This is
recognised by the Web server and is only used for system
administration and to provide statistics, which ISLA
uses to evaluate use of the site. This policy does not
cover links within this site to other websites. We do
not use cookies for collecting user information from the
site.
Summary of terms
Browser
Used to locate and display Web pages via a software
application. The most popular ones are Netscape
Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer.
IP (Internet Protocol)
All networks connected to the internet speak IP, the
technical standard that allows data to be transmitted
between two devices. TCP/IP (Transmission Control
Protocol/Internet Protocol) is responsible for making
sure messages get from one host to another and that the
messages are understood.
IP address
If you are connected to the Internet you have one, for
example it may look something like this 198.184.98.9.
Web Server
Delivers (serves up) web pages to your computer
Cookie
Message given to a web browser by a web server. The
browser then stores the message in a text file called
cookie.txt. Each time the browser requests a page from
the server, this message is sent back. A cookie's main
objective is to identify users and personalise their
visit by customising web pages for them for example by
welcoming them by name next time they visit the same
site. A site using cookies will usually invite you to
provide personal information such as your name, e-mail
address and interests.
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