Privacy Policy

North 51 is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected and this policy sets out how we intend to collect and use any personal information on this Site. By using this Site you are agreeing to the terms of this Policy; if you do not agree with any of these terms you should cease using this Site immediately.

For the purposes of this Policy “we”, “us” or “ours” means North 51. You are not required to provide information to us but, if you do not, then you may not be able to visit all sections of the Site. Please tell us as soon as possible if any of your personal information is incorrect.

We will keep all your personal information provided by you confidential except that we may use personal information for any of the following purposes:
Administration and processing of the Site including personalising the Site for your use;
Contacting you to register your use of the Site, to notify you of new features or to resolve any queries you or we may have regarding the Site or its use;
Responding to any requests or queries from you;
Profiling you and the users of the Site (by sex, age, weight and geography);
Contacting you to notify you of other services or products that might be of interest to you (although you can elect not to receive any of these at any time by contacting us as set out below);
Subscribing you to our newsletters or email alerts or online surveys (although you can unsubscribe from these at any time by contacting us as set out below); and
Sharing anonymised profiles and data on you and other users with Abbott Laboratories only.

We will not otherwise sell, share or pass on any of your personal information to any other third party.

This Privacy Policy does not cover links within this Site to other websites.

Security and Cookies

The internet is not a secure medium. However, we have put in place various security procedures as set out below:
40-128bit SSL encryption of any information you enter.
Netscreen 1000 hardware firewall.
Our servers are hosted in a secure, facility managed area with 24/7 manned security.
Access to the servers is protected by strict password control policies.
All administration areas of the Elements website are password protected.

Like most websites, this Website sometimes makes use of browser “cookies” which are pieces of information which a Website either transfers to your computer hard drive or stores temporarily in your computer’s memory for record keeping purposes. We use cookies in order to allow us to statistically monitor how you are using the Website. Most browers are initially set up to accept cookies. You can re-set your browser to refuse cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you decline to accept cookies, you may not be able to take advantage of or participate in certain features of this Website.

How to find and control your cookies.

If you're using Netscape 6.0:
On your Task Bar, click:
1. Edit, then
2. Preferences
3. Click on Advanced
4. Click on Cookies

If you're using Internet Explorer 6.0:
1. Choose Tools, then
2. Internet Options
3. Click the Privacy Tab
4. Click on Custom Level
5. Click on the 'Advanced' button
6. Check the 'override automatic cookie handing' box and select Accept, Block or Prompt for action as appropriate

If you're using Internet Explorer 5.0 or 5.5:
1. Choose Tools, then
2. Internet Options
3. Click the Security tab
4. Click on Custom Level
5. Scroll down to the sixth option to see how cookies are handled by IE5 and change to Accept, Disable, or Prompt for action as appropriate

If you're using Internet Explorer 4.0:
1. Choose View, then
2. Internet Options
3. Click the Advanced tab
4. Scroll down to the yellow exclamation icon under Security and choose one of the three options to regulate your use of cookies

In Internet Explorer 3.0:
You can View, Options, Advanced, then click on the button that says Warn before Accepting Cookies

If you're using Netscape Communicator 4.0:
On your Task Bar, click:
1. Edit, then
2. Preferences
3. Click on Advanced
4. Set your options in the box that says Cookies

How do you know which of the sites you've visited use cookies?

If you're using Netscape 6.0:
On your Task Bar, click:
1. Edit, then
2. Preferences
3. Click on Advanced
4. Click on Cookies
5. Click the View Cookies button

If you're using Internet Explorer 5.0 or 6.0:
1. Choose Tools, then
2. Internet Options
3. Click the General tab
4. Click Settings
5. View Files

If you're using Internet Explorer 4.0:
On your Task Bar, click:
1. View, then
2. Internet Options
3. Under the tab General (the default tab) click
4. Settings
5. View Files

Internet Explorer 3.0:
On your Task Bar, click:
1. View
2. Options
3. Advanced
4. View Files.

Netscape Communicator 4.0:
Netscape bundles all cookies into one file on your hard drive. You'll need to find the file, which it calls Cookie.txt on Windows machines.

How to see your cookie code
Just click on a cookie to open it. You'll see a short string of text and numbers. The numbers are your identification card, which can only be seen by the server that gave you the cookie.

Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be posted here.

For further information on privacy or to unsubscibe or elect not to receive details of other services or products please contact:
North 51 – Telephone: 0115 950 3999 or email: phil.randall@north-51.com.