- Introduction and General Terms
- What information will GCSL collect about me?
- How will the GCSL use the information they collect about me?
- When will GCSL contact me?
- Will I be contacted for marketing purposes?
- Will GCSL share my personal information with anyone else?
- Offensive or inappropriate content on the GCSL website
- What if I am aged 16 or under?
- How long will GCSL keep my personal information?
- Can I find out what personal information the GCSL holds about me?
- Changes to GCSL's Privacy Policy
- Cookies Policy
1. Introduction and General Terms
GCSL is committed to protecting you and your family's personal information when you are visiting the GCSL website. We want our services to be safe and enjoyable environments for our audience. This Privacy Policy relates to our use of any personal information you provide to us through the website.
This privacy policy explains the following:
- what information GCSL may collect about you;
- how the GCSL will use information we collect about you;
- when the GCSL may use your details to contact you;
- whether the GCSL will disclose your details to anyone else;
- your choices regarding the personal information you have provided to us;
- the use of cookies on the GCSL website and how you can reject these cookies.
As set out above, GCSL is committed to safeguarding your personal information. Whenever you provide such information, we are legally obliged to use your information in line with all laws concerning the protection of personal information, including the Data Protection Act 1998 (these laws are referred to collectively in this Privacy Policy as the "data protection laws").
The websites contains hyperlinks to websites owned and operated by third parties. These third party websites have their own privacy policies, including cookies, and we urge you to review them. They will govern the use of personal information you submit or are collected by cookies whilst visiting these websites. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the privacy practices of such third party websites and your use of such websites is at your own risk.
2. What information will GCSL collect about me?
When you sign up to participate in or receive a service from the website, such as newsletters or competitions, we may ask for personal information about you. This can consist of information such as your name, e mail address, postal address, telephone or mobile number or date of birth.
By entering your details in the fields requested, you enable the GCSL and its service providers to provide you with the services you select.
GCSL also uses cookies and may collect IP addresses (an IP address is a number that can uniquely identify a specific computer or other network device on the internet). We use look at IP addresses to monitor any errors or suspected attacks and cookies for those that have log-in privileges to the site. This information is not used to develop a personal profile of you and the log files are regularly purged.
3. How will GCSL use the information they collect about me?
GCSL will use your personal information for a number of purposes including the following:
- to contact you about a submission you have made to the websites, including any content you provide.
- IP addresses are used to identify the location of users, the number of visits from different countries and also to block disruptive use; and
- to analyse and improve the services offered on gcsl.org.uk. e.g. to provide you with the most user-friendly navigation experience.
Where GCSL proposes using your personal information for any other uses we will ensure that we notify you first. You will also be given the opportunity to withhold or withdraw your consent for your use other than as listed above.
4. When will GCSL contact me?
GCSL will contact you if you have contacted the Forum via the website.
5. Will I be contacted for marketing purposes?
No.
6. Will GCSL share my personal information with anyone else?
We will keep your information confidential except where disclosure is required or permitted by law (for example to government bodies and law enforcement agencies) or as described below. We will only use your information within GCSL.
7. What if I am a user aged 16 or under?
If you are aged 16 or under, please get your parent/guardian's permission beforehand whenever you provide personal information via the GCSL website. Users without this consent are not allowed to provide us with personal information.
8. How long will GCSL keep my personal information?
We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant service.
9. Can I find out what personal information GCSL holds about me?
Under the Data Protection Act you have the right to request a copy of the personal information GCSL holds about you and to have any inaccuracies corrected. (We charge £10 for information requests and will require you to prove your identity with 2 pieces of approved photographic identification.) We will use reasonable efforts to supply, correct or delete personal information about you on our files.
10. Changes to GCSL's Privacy Policy
This privacy policy may be updated from time to time so you may wish to check it each time you submit personal information to/via the gcsl.org.uk website. The date of the most recent revisions will appear on this page.
11. Cookies Policy - Information GCSL collects from you
a. What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes a unique identifier that is sent to your computer or mobile phone (referred to here as a "device") browser from a website's computer and is stored on your device's hard drive. Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser's preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a website to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites. Many sites do this whenever a user visits their website in order to track online traffic flows.
Cookies record information about your online preferences and allow us to tailor the websites to your interests. Users have the opportunity to set their devices to accept all cookies, to notify them when a cookie is issued, or not to receive cookies at any time. The last of these means that certain personalised services cannot then be provided to that user and accordingly you may not be able to take full advantage of all of the gcsll.org.uk features. Each browser is different, so check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences.
During the course of any visit to gcsl.org.uk, the pages you see, along with a cookie, are downloaded to your device. Many websites do this, because cookies enable website publishers to do useful things like find out whether the device (and probably its user) has visited the website before. This is done on a repeat visit by checking to see, and finding, the cookie left there on the last visit.
b. How does GCSL use cookies?
Information supplied by cookies can help us to analyse the profile of our visitors and help us to provide you with a better user experience. For example: if on a previous visit you went to our education pages, we might find this out from your cookie and highlight educational information on your second and subsequent visits.
