Privacy Policy
West of England is committed to protecting your right to privacy as a user of our online West of England services. It is our policy to respect the privacy of private communication. The information you provide to us will be held on computers that are based in the UK. West of England will always adhere to the UK Data Protection Legislation.
What data do we collect?
We use cookie technology to allow returning visitors to retain their preferred style settings. We monitor your use of the Internet and this information is not stored alongside your personal data and will only be used on an anonymous, aggregated basis. We email the newsletter registration details to appointed staff.
What do we do with it?
We use the information collected on this website to administer the services requested and to monitor the use of the service, our marketing and promotional efforts.
We have created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm and continuing commitment to the privacy of personal information provided by those visiting and interacting with this website. We hold the privacy of your personal information in the highest regard. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website.
Who we are?
We are West of England School and College for young people with little or no sight (West of England). We are a non maintained special School and College and a Charity, based in the South West of England. Charity number: 1058937. To provide this website we work in partnership with web developers / hosting services based in the UK, referred to in this document as West of England web affiliates.
What information do we collect?
When you visit West of England website you may provide us with two types of information:Personal information, you knowingly choose to disclose; and Statistical website user information, collected on an anonymous basis as you and others browse our website.
Personal information
Registration
When you register for our Newsletter services you will provide us with information about yourself. This information is immediately emailed to a member of our staff and not held on our website’s database. Any messages transmitted by email including the Parents Newsletter Sign-up are sent unencrypted and thus may not be secure and remain confidential while being transmitted.
Statistical website user information
As with most websites, The West of England website maintains a log of activity. Your IP address will be recorded, the address of the site that referred you to the West of England website, the type and version of the browser you are using (full list of data collected from visitor) . This is then collated with data from other visitors to inform our website statistics.
What this information will be used for?
We use the information collected on the West of England website to monitor the use of the service, our marketing and promotional efforts. Anonymous aggregate information collected from the West of England website may be shared with others in order to provide reports and promote the website.
Who the information might be given to?
Information about West of England visitors will not be disclosed to other organisations or individuals who are not members of West of England’s staff, West of England’s governing body or West of England’s web affiliates, except in circumstances where there is a legal requirement, where there is explicit or implied consent, where the information is publicly available elsewhere or in order to protect our legal rights and in the protection of West of England website users and service users.
West of England cannot be held liable for data provided to third parties in the above circumstances.
General
Data protection
Under the Data Protection Act 1998, we have legal obligations towards you in the way that we deal with any data collected from you. Please note that your information will be stored and processed on our computers in the United Kingdom.
Updating personal information
You may request access to all your personally identifiable information that West of England collect online and maintain in our database by emailing us at the usual address.
Data retention
Information will not be retained once it is no longer required for its stated purpose.
Cookies
When you visit West of England’s website, the pages you view, along with a small text files called a ‘cookie’, is downloaded onto your computer. The cookie allows our website to provide direct access to any preferred styling changes such as text size or colour change which may have been selected. A cookie cannot retrieve any other data from your hard drive or pass on computer viruses. If you would like to find out more about cookies please visit: www.allaboutcookies.org
External links
The West of England website includes links to external websites. West of England has no control over the privacy policies of these sites and would encourage you to exercise discretion when providing your personal information.
Policy modifications
We may make changes to this Privacy Policy from time to time. Updated versions will always be available on the West of England website. Please be assured that if the Privacy Policy changes in the future, we will not use the personal information you have submitted to us under this Privacy Policy in a manner that is materially inconsistent with this Privacy Policy, without your prior consent. This version was created in Oct 2009.