Privacy Policy

London Higher does not use cookies in this website. However we do record the username, IP address and time at log-on and access to a document or attachment.

We do not make personal information available to any third party organisation.

Our full Privacy Policy can be downloaded as a PDF or viewed below.

Contents of Privacy Privacy

Background

London Higher is committed to protecting your privacy. This statement sets out our information gathering policy for the London Higher website. Our homepage is at http://www.londonhigher.ac.uk/.

London Higher has a number of Divisions each with their own websites. London Higher ensures that these websites and their privacy statements comply with current privacy legislation.

Data Protection Act

The information you provide, including your e-mail address, is termed "personal data" under the Data Protection Act 1998. Therefore we will follow the principles set out in that Act when we process your personal data.

All the personal data that we obtain from you will be held on a secure website server. We will use this information to update our in-house contacts database to ensure that our newsletter and email communications are sent to accurate and up-to-date email addresses.

Please see also our webpage on Data Protection.

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Collection of Personal Data

We collect the following data:
• http elements (e.g. date and time of link, server or IP address, top level domain name such as “.ac.uk”)
• click-stream data (e.g. type of computer and browser software, address of linking web site)
• search terms

This data is collected from all web users for website and server administration and research and development. However in the event of a security breach we may need to use web access logs to trace the origin of the breach.

Monthly and annual statistics are compiled about the website and web pages from the web access logs (e.g. numbers of unique users, page hits).

None of the personal data is given, sold or disclosed to any third party, unless obliged or permitted by law to disclose it.

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Cookies

A cookie (also known as a tracking cookie, browser cookie or HTTP cookie) is a small piece of text stored on a user's computer by a web browser.

Cookies can be used to provide a user with tailored information from a website and/or facilitate communication and interaction with a website.

A user can stop or restrict the use of cookies by altering web browser preferences but this may interfere with the functionality of a website.

Depending on a user's option, we will collect data on HTTP cookies to track visitors to our website; for research and development, or user targeting by London Higher and agencies contracted by us.

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E-mail and Electronic Forms

We collect the following information:
• contact information (e.g. mailing address, job title, telephone number, Personal Assistant details)
• email details (e.g. email address, PA email address)
• preference data (e.g. dietary preferences on some online booking forms)

This data will be used for the following purposes:
• maintenance of a database ofLondon Higher contacts in higher education
• contacting delegates registered for organised events, workshops, seminars, conferences or other meetings

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Opting out

If you have any concerns about this privacy policy or wish to access details of the personal information that London Higher holds about you, please contact:

Dr Michael Reynier, Data Controller
London Higher
Malet Street
London
WC1E 7HU

Tel: 020 7664 4844

E-mail: Michael.Reynier@londonhigher.ac.uk

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