This site collects no personally identifying information about individuals except when specifically and knowingly provided by such individuals. In addition, we may place a "cookie" in the browser files of a user's computer. The cookie itself does not contain any personally identifying information, although it does enable us to relate a user's use of our site to information that the user has specifically and knowingly provided to us.

If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the website, read pages, or download information, we will gather and store certain information about your visit automatically.  We automatically collect and store information commonly saved in web server logs including:  

• The Internet domain (for example, "xcompany.com" if you use a private Internet access account, or "yourschool.edu" if you connect from a university's domain) and IP address (an IP address is a number that is assigned to your computer) from which you access our website;

• The type of browser and operating system used to access our site;

• The date and time you access our site;

• Statistics about your visit; and

• If you linked to the NBR website from another website, the address of that website.

We use this information to help us make our site more useful to visitors -- to learn about the number of visitors to our site and the types of services our visitors use. 

If you wish to query the database or link to datasets within the database, we ask that you register. Registration allows us to notify you of important changes to the site, such as the addition of new data or introduction of new indicators.

Please contact strategicasia@nbr.org if you have any questions regarding our privacy policy.