Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy for the Northumbria Learning website
We are committed to respecting your privacy and to complying with applicable data protection and privacy laws. You may visit this Site without disclosing any personally identifiable information about yourself, however if you do order goods and/or services from this Site we are likely to request personal information from you. Some of the information collected from you may be considered sensitive information for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998, for example information about your health or ethnic origin. All information collected from you will be collected and collated in accordance with this privacy policy.
Collection of Information
We will endeavour to collect and use your personal information only with your consent and in accordance with the purpose for which the information was collected and subject to any preferences indicated by you. Information about you may come from a number of sources such as in response to a specific question when ordering goods and/or services from this Site, or from when you contact us with an enquiry.
Cookies
You should also be aware that we may use cookies to monitor web-site user traffic. A cookie is a piece of information stored on your computer's hard drive which records your navigation of a web site. Information collated from cookies helps us recognise you on subsequent visits so that you don't have to re-enter your registration details each time you visit us. If you do not want us to use cookies then depending on the type of browser you are using, you may be able to configure your browser so that it accepts or rejects cookies on an individual basis or you may be able to prevent your browser from accepting any cookies at all. You should be aware that rejecting cookies may affect your ability to use some of the goods and/or services at this Site.
Use of Information
We may use information we have about you for a number of purposes. These include:
- Helping us to verify your identify when you contact us for security purposes.
- Compiling market analysis to assist us in improving our goods, services and/or this Site.
- To contact you (where you have given your consent) to inform you of other goods.
- To contact you pursuant to the supply of goods and/or services by us.
- To respond to enquiries from you.
- To properly administer your account with us.
- To repair technical difficulties with the Site.
- To assist us in preventing or detecting fraud.
Disclosure of Information
We may disclose information about you to third parties where it is necessary to supply goods and/or services you have ordered from us. No information will be disclosed to third parties not connected with the provision of goods and/or services from us without your consent. However we may be required to disclose information about you to third party bodies to comply with the law, in which case where we are permitted we will use all reasonable endeavours to notify you.
Security
We operate strict security measures in order to protect the information we hold. We cannot ensure the security of any personal information, in an email or a form, whilst it is being transmitted to us.
Changes to this Policy
The privacy policy may be changed by us at any time. If this policy is revised it will be posted to this page.
Links
Please note that this privacy policy applies solely to this Site, we accept no responsibility for the privacy policy of other sites that are linked to this Site.
Further Information
Further information about the Data Protection Act 1998 can be obtained from the Information Commissioner's web site at www.dataprotection.gov.uk