British National Formulary
This privacy policy applies only to the British National Formulary website at http://bnf.org.
This website is owned and controlled jointly by the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, of BMA House, Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 8JR, and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, of 1 Lambeth High Street, London, SE1 7JN. (Referred to as "we", "us" and "the publishers" in this policy).
This privacy policy explains what information has been collected about you, how personal information is being used, to whom personal information is being disclosed and how this personal information is stored and protected. By submitting your information, you consent to the use of that information as set out in this policy. You should review this policy regularly, to note any changes as to how we collect and use personal information.
As with most other web servers, when you access these web pages certain information is automatically collected in the server logs. This will include your IP address, the browser you use, the time and date of access, pages visited and other information that does not personally identify you. Visitors to this website who have javascript enabled also have their use of this website tracked using Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). The information collected about your visit to the website is transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google aggregate the data from all visits and compile various reports for us on the use of this website. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf.
If you register for access to the BNF text you will be asked to provide your name, a password, and a valid email address. We also ask you to tell us your professional status and the type and location of the organisation you work for. This information is used solely to administer your access to the website and is not shared with Google.
We also log requests to our search services.
Other than as expressly agreed by you or stated when data is collected or within this policy we will not disclose your personal data to any third parties other than:
Your name, IP address and log-in details (email address and password or Athens ID and password) are used to administer access to the BNF text. We do not rent or sell any personally identifiable information collected at this site to other organisations or companies. No personal information that could be used by Google to identify you is transmitted to Google. Google also undertake not to associate your IP address with any other data held by them, for example personal information that you may have submitted to them in the course of your personal use of other Google services (e.g. Google Mail).
Information collected in the server logs and using Google Analytics is primarily used to optimise our website for our visitors and to monitor the service that the website provides. The aggregated data are shared with the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) who also have an interest in the service that the website provides. It may also be shared with other third parties.
We communicate with you by email (using the address you supply) when you send us a request for registration. We may also use this address to contact you if we suspect your use of this website breaches our Terms of Use.
Your email address is stored securely on our servers in London and is not disclosed or sold to third parties.
Information about your professional status and place of work is used to ensure that our services and any future developments are relevant to our visitors.
Information about requests to our search services is used for researching the efficacy of our software tools.
A cookie is a text-only string of information that a website transfers to the cookie file of the browser on your computer's hard disk so that the website can remember who you are.
A cookie will typically contain the name of the domain from which the cookie has come, the "lifetime" of the cookie, and a value, usually a randomly generated unique number.
We use cookies to control access to the BNF text on this website. We use a type of cookie referred to as a 'session cookie'. This cookie resides in the cookie file from the time you first visit the site and remains until you close your browser application. It is used to cause the expiry of the login after 15 minutes of inactivity. Google also use cookies in the operation of the Google Analytics service, for more information please see here.
You must set your browser to accept cookies in order to access the BNF text on this website. However, if you want to stop cookies being stored on your computer in future, please refer to your browser manufacturer's instructions by clicking "Help" in your browser menu. Further information on deleting or controlling cookies is available at www.AboutCookies.org.
Occasionally we ask visitors to complete a short questionnaire before entering our website. These questionnaires may be in place for several days. We use cookies so that you do not have to fill out the questionnaire more than once during the study period. This is a persistent cookie that expires at the end of the study period.
We do not use cookies to track what other sites you have visited.
The BNF.org website contains links to other sites. The publishers are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this website (http://bnf.org).
We understand that the security of your information is important to you. We also understand that our continued success as a publisher on the web relies on our ability to communicate with you in a secure manner. We adhere to the highest standards of decency, fairness, and integrity in our operations. We use several measures to authenticate your identity when you visit our site. We also take steps to make sure all information is as secure as possible against unauthorised access and use (for example, by hackers). We review our security measures regularly.
Despite our best efforts, and the best efforts of other firms, "perfect security" does not exist on the internet, or anywhere else. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
You should not share your user name and password with other people. If you think you might lose or forget these identifiers, write them down and keep each in a separate place.
The e-newsletter is a service provided by the Pharmaceutical Press, please read their Privacy Policy for information on the data they collect and how they use and store it.
Please refer to our Contacts page for information about how to contact us if you have any questions about this privacy statement.
