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MediaWise is registered under the Data Protection Act.

It is MediaWise policy NOT to interfere with the freedom and privacy of those visiting our site, nor to provide information about our visitors to third parties. However we do reserve the right to monitor the visits to our site, to check the popularity of particular pages and to assist us in the future development of the site.

This will not provide us with any personal information about our visitors.

MediaWise offers a guarantee of confidentiality to clients seeking advice about complaints against the media. OUR STAFF RISK INSTANT DISMISSAL FOR ABUSE OF CONFIDENCES.

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There are plenty of opportunities within the site for visitors to make direct contact with MediaWise. We shall respond as quickly as we can.

We would remind visitors that anyone contributing to the MediaWise interactive Forum or Right of Reply section (when it goes live) will be providing their email address to other members of the public worldwide. MediaWise cannot be held responsible for any unwanted or offensive material (junk email) received as a result.

This privacy policy does not apply to all other sites to which links are provided through this site. MediaWise would advise all web users to check the privacy statements of all sites that they visit, and to seek details of what personal information is collected and with whom it is to be shared.

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