Harmattan Risk is the sole proprietorship trading name for Robert McKellar, based in Izmir, Turkey. This section sets out Harmattan Risk’s privacy policy.

Harmattan Risk's website is built on Wix, a website creation and hosting service based in the USA. Wix websites contain cookies to enable or track functionality and to gather statistics on visits to Wix sites. Through settings in most browsers it is possible to turn off or opt out of cookies. 

Wix and Google Analytics provides Harmattan Risk with top level statistics on site visit trends, including any referring websites, but does not provide Harmattan Risk with any indication of specific site visitor profiles nor site visitor IP addresses. 

From time to time Harmattan Risk might email specific individuals identified in open source market research or by personal referral, to suggest a commercial discussion, or to request a discussion for project research purposes. Recipients can request that Harmattan Risk does not initiate email communication in the future and that addresses are deleted.

 

Harmattan Risk does not share email nor other communications addresses with any third party.

 

Contact information and un-deleted past communications are stored on our communication service providers’ own systems for as long as they might be relevant to future reference or use. While Harmattan Risk uses well established communication service providers, Harmattan Risk is not responsible for the security of their systems or for the security of electronic communications with Harmattan Risk. 

From time to time Harmattan Risk might send emails to specific individuals in organisations identified as having a potential need for or interest in Harmattan Risk services. Information about contacts is not shared with any third parties. 

In client project work, the specific mode of communication and data exchange most appropriate to the sensitivity of the project will be specified in client discussions prior to project commencement, and will vary depending on specific agreement. Harmattan Risk utilises up to date and reasonably comprehensive computer security on a day to day basis, but specific security protocols can also be adjusted to suit the sensitivity of specific projects.

 

In cases in which Harmattan Risk works with associates or external providers, whether or not, or to what extent, such elements of a project team will be included in client communications and given access to client information will be discussed and agreed with the client prior to project commencement. Except for instances wherein the client agrees to include external project associates in communication and data exchange for a specific project, Harmattan Risk does not share client communication or information with any third parties, and only shares the names of client organisations if agreed with the client for specific purposes.