...privacy policy and disclaimer

The contents of the Independent Web Developers Portal (hereafter referred to as IWDP), the sites accessed through it and linked to or from it (in this disclaimer / privacy policy referred to together as "the Portal"), are largely provided by third parties, not by IWDP.

IWDP does not represent or warrant that the information accessible via external site links is accurate, complete or current (though every effort is made to clarify the data). The fact that a designer appears on the Portal does not amount to an endorsement or approval of that designer by IWDP.

...our promise to you

IWDP respect your privacy. Accordingly IWDP do not sell, rent or loan any identifiable information regarding our customers to any third party without your consent. Any information that you give to IWDP is held with the utmost care and security. It will not be used in ways to which you have not consented.

Use of Information - IWDP will not collect any information about individuals, except where it is specifically and knowingly provided by you. Examples of such information are:

Name Address
Telephone number
E mail address

'Cookies' Currently not used on this site.

...links to other sites

Whilst IWDP make every effort to provide you with links to high quality, reputable sites, they are not under the day to day control of IWDP.

When you click through to these sites you leave the area controlled by IWDP. IWDP cannot therefore accept responsibility for any issues arising in connection with either their use of your data, the site content or the services offered to our visitors by these sites.

Your rights - In addition to IWDP safeguards your personal data is protected in the UK by the Data Protection Act. This provides amongst other things that the data IWDP hold about you should be processed lawfully and fairly . It should be accurate, relevant and not excessive.

The information should be kept up to date, where necessary and not retained for longer than is necessary. It should be kept securely to prevent unauthorised access by other people. You have the right to see what is held about you and correct any inaccuracies.

Policy Changes - Any changes to this policy will be posted here.

...security

IWDP treat all the data held with the utmost care and security. Any details you give will remain completely confidential.

If you have any concerns or questions regarding the IWDP privacy policy please don't hesitate to contact us.

The copyright in the contents of the Portal belongs to IWDP with the exception of third party contributors listed within the portal (who retain their own full copyright). Even where no statement is made as to copyright, it should not be assumed that the material is not copyright protected.

Intellectual property (including names, trademarks and logos) belonging to IWDP and others appearing on the Portal, are to be respected and may not be used without the prior written consent of the intellectual property owners. All copyright and trademark notices, marks and disclaimers must be preserved and upheld at all times.

Users must also be aware of and comply with any specific disclaimers and terms and conditions applying to particular sites participating in the Portal.

By virtue of membership, sites/URL's listed within the W3C Validated Code, Accessibility and Search Engine 'O' specialities are subject to no-notice testing for compliance and validity within these specialities - should a site be found to be non-compliant the site may be 'temporarily removed' from the speciality it is in contravention of and the owner informed as to the reason and any possible fix action to be taken.

Certain definitions of Web development technologies have been sourced from http://www.whatis.com

IT Gazette - With specific reference to IT Gazette and ITGazette.com all e-mail addresses submitted through IWDP.co.uk - Independent-Testers.org and MiniTutorials.com for the purpose of subscription to IT Gazette will be shared between the 3 sites listed in this paragraph and utilised within ITGazette.com for the sole purpose of administration and dissemination of the IT Gazette. All other rights of the owners remain extant.

The management of IWDP would like to thank Haran for the inspiration for this re-design, we are much obliged.

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