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At GraduateUK,
we treat your privacy VERY seriously. As part of this commitment
we are pleased to present our privacy policy below. This describes
what information we may ask you for, and the ways in which we may
use that information. It also tells you how you can check that the
information we keep about you is accurate, and how you can instruct
us to erase this information from our files.
Other than as required by law, or as set out in this privacy policy,
we will not disclose information about you to any third party without
your permission.
Our
Collection of Personal Information
Information
Collection
GraduateUK Limited ("GraduateUK") is the sole owner of information
collected through www.graduateuk.com. GraduateUK collects information
from our users at various points on our website - at registration,
when orders are placed, etc. The information we collect includes
names, addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses. We will
not collect any information about you without your consent. To enter
certain parts of the site, and especially to enter any competitions
or prize draws we may hold, we will ask for additional information.
If you choose not to supply us with this, you will not be able to
enter these parts of the site, or these promotions.
Log Files
Like most websites we use log files to analyse traffic flows to
and from the site. These include internet protocol (IP) addresses,
browser types, internet service providers (ISPs), referring/exit
pages, platform types, date/time stamps, and number of clicks to
analyse trends, administer the site, track users' movements in the
aggregate, and to gather broad demographic information for aggregate
use.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on a user's computer tied to
information about the user to help with user profiling and deliver
a more personalised service. We, and some of our partners or associates,
may use cookies on our site. If users reject cookies, they may still
use most of our site. However their site experience will be hindered.
Our Usage of Personal Information GraduateUK needs personal information
to provide you with certain services, to enhance the service we
offer you, and to develop additional services. We are continually
developing products and services based on information and feedback
we receive from visitors to our website and we may share these with
you. As part of our drive to improve and expand our service, with
your permission, we may enable partner companies and organisations
to occasionally deliver favourable commercial offers to you. We
also collect personal information for market research purposes.
User Profiles
We build profiles on our users to enable us to roll-out personalised
services and for market research purposes. With your permission,
we may share your profile with selected third parties.
Communications
from the Site
Special
Offers and Updates
We send all users who register with the site a welcoming email to
verify their username and password. Should they choose to opt-in
to such offerings, registered users will occasionally receive information
on products, services, special deals, and maybe a newsletter. Out
of respect for the privacy of our users we present the option for
those who have opted-in to opt-out at any time by serving us with
notice by email or post.
Service
Announcements
If our service is temporarily suspended for maintenance, we might
send users an email. Customer Service We may communicate with users
on a regular basis to provide requested services and, in regards
to issues relating to their account, we may reply via email or phone
in accordance with the user's wishes.
Sharing
of Your Personal Information with Third Parties Sharing - Legal
Disclaimer
Though we make every effort to preserve users' privacy, we may need
to disclose personal information when required by law where we have
grounds to believe that such action is necessary to comply with
a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served
against GraduateUK.
Aggregate
Information (non-personally identifiable)
We are a commercial service and may periodically share aggregated
demographic information with partners and advertisers.
Third Party
Intermediaries
We may use an outside shipping company to ship orders, and a credit
card processing company to bill users for goods and services. These
companies will not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable
information for any secondary purposes.
Service
Providers
When users sign up for services delivered by third parties, we need
to share names and/or other contact information necessary for the
third party to provide these services.
Business
Transitions
In the event that GraduateUK Limited merges with (or is acquired
by) a third party, or goes through a similar business transaction,
users' personal information is likely to be part of the assets transferred.
Opt-in/Opt-out
Our users must 'opt-in' if they wish to benefit from having their
information used for purposes not directly related to our site at
the point where we ask for information. Users who have 'opted-in'
but who subsequently wish to 'opt-out' of receiving our newsletter
and promotional communications may do so by emailing us at privacy@graduateuk.com.
Links
GraduateUK contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we
are not responsible for the privacy practices of these other sites.
We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and
to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects
personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies
solely to information collected by us.
Surveys
From time-to-time our site will request information from users via
surveys. Participation in these surveys is completely voluntary,
and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this
information. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring
or improving the use and satisfaction of our site, and for market
research purposes. Users' personally identifiable information is
not shared with third parties unless we give prior notice and have
permission. Though we may use an intermediary to conduct these surveys
or contests, they may not use users' personally identifiable information
for any secondary purposes.
Referrals
If a user elects to use our referral service for informing a friend
about our site, we will ask them for the friend's name and email
address. GraduateUK will automatically send the friend a one-time
email inviting them to visit the site. We will store this information
for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email and tracking
the success of our referral program. The friend may contact us at
privacy@graduateuk.com to request the removal of this information
from our database.
Message
Boards, and Public Forums
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal
information online - for example on message boards, through e-mail,
or in chat areas - that information can be collected and used by
others. In short, by posting personal information online that is
publicly accessible, you may receive unsolicited messages from third
parties as a result.
Security
We will take all reasonable steps to prevent the loss, misuse or
alteration of information you give us.
Changes
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes
to this page, and to other places we deem appropriate, so our users
are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under
what circumstances we do, or may, disclose it. If you have given
us information about yourself and would like copies of that information,
or if you would like us to correct any factual inaccuracies in that
information, or if you would like that information deleted from
our records, then please contact us by post or email. We will do
our best to supply, correct or delete information about you on our
files.
Queries
or Suggestions
If you have
any queries or suggestions relating to your privacy, then please
contact us:
Privacy Compliance Officer
GraduateUK Limited
Kent Innovation Centre
Thanet Reach Business Park
Millennium Way
Broadstairs
Kent
CT10 2QQ
Tel: (01843) 609619
Fax: (01843) 609317
Email: privacy@graduateuk.com.
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