Privacy Statement
The Higher Education Academy Health Sciences and Practice Subject Centre recognises the importance of protecting the privacy of anyone who uses the Subject Centre services including visiting this website. This Privacy Statement sets out the policy adopted by the Subject Centre towards the collection and use of information obtained from those using the Subject Centre services. By visiting or using this website and/or other services provided by the Subject Centre, you consent to the collection and use by the Subject Centre of information about you in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Statement.
General Undertaking
The Subject Centre will:
- respect your privacy and confidentiality;
- only record your personal details in the manner and for the purposes set out in this Privacy Statement;
- keep your personal details secure from unauthorised access, use or disclosure; and
- not sell, rent, trade or otherwise knowingly share or provide your personal information to any third party except insofar as legally obliged to do so.
- only use your information in accordance with the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998.
Information Collected
1. Indirect collection:
The Health Sciences and Practice Subject Centre web server automatically collects standard information
such as a users IP address, browser type, operating system, access
times, etc.. Any
information collected indirectly will be used by the Subject Centre only:- to
monitor the volume, type and pattern of traffic using this website; to
develop the design and layout of the website; and for other
administrative and planning purposes.
2. Direct collection:
The HSP-Subject Centre collects personal information, such as a user's name and
email address, which is provided voluntarily by a user when requesting
any of the services provided by the HSP-Subject Centre. The HSP-Subject Centre retains such
information in a user database.
All enquiries to the HSP-Subject Centre, whether by email, telephone, facsimile or otherwise may be recorded for the purposes of quality control. The HSP-Subject Centre will use such information as provided by you to answer enquiries and otherwise communicate with you. All communications from you and subsequent correspondence from the HSP-Subject Centre will be recorded and securely retained by the HSP-Subject Centre. The HSP-Subject Centre shall not retain the contents of any communications from you and subsequent correspondence for longer than is necessary having regard to the content and nature of such communications and correspondence. Contact details including your email address may be retained for the purposes of generally improving the services offered by the HSP-Subject Centre. This includes evaluation of the services provided by the HSP-Subject Centre.
Any information collected directly from users or visitors may be used by the HSP-Subject Centre for generally improving this website and the services offered by the HSP-Subject Centre.
Where you have provided your email address, the HSP-Subject Centre may occasionally send you, via email, information which the HSP-Subject Centre considers would be of use or interest to you. Such information may include details of changes or updates to the services provided by the HSP-Subject Centre via this website or otherwise. In any such email the HSP-Subject Centre will provide instructions on how to discontinue this service if you would prefer not to receive any future information from the HSP-Subject Centre.
Links
This website
contains hypertext links. The HSP-Subject Centre is not responsible for the privacy
policies operated by the owners of those sites and does not accept
responsibility for any information obtained by third parties as a
result of use by you of such hypertext links.
Privacy Statement Updates
The HSP-Subject Centre reserves the right periodically to update or modify this
privacy policy. Any changes to this Privacy Statement will be posted on
this website so that users are always aware of the information
collected, the reasons for such collection and the purposes, if any, to
which the HSP-Subject Centre may put such information. The HSP-Subject Centre encourages users
who may have specific concerns about the gathering or use of any such
information to view this Privacy Statement regularly.
Access to Information
The HSP-Subject Centre will provide you with a copy of all information the HSP-Subject Centre
maintains about you upon written request to:
The Higher Education Academy Health Sciences and Practice Subject Centre
Room 3.12 Waterloo Bridge Wing, Franklin-Wilkin Building
King's College London
150 Stamford Street
London SE1 9HN
England
Any user may require that this information be removed from the HSP-Subject Centre database by writing to the above postal addresses. The HSP-Subject Centre will correct any inaccuracies in such information as soon as practicable after being notified of them in writing.
