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Privacy Statement
At University of
Manchester Persian
Society (UMPS) we recognise that your personal privacy is a serious and
important issue and we support the principle of protecting privacy on the
Internet within the context of current UK legislation.
This privacy policy
explains how we treat your personal information. By using the UMPS web site
you consent to the collection and use of your personal information in
accordance with this policy. Though the policy has been developed to take
account of changes in Internet technology it is subject to change and any
such changes will only be notified on this page.
The processing of
personal data is regulated by the Data Protection Act 1998. Any requests by
individuals for access to information held about them by the UMPS should be
made in writing to the President of UMPS, UMIST Students' Association PO Box
88, Manchester, M60 1QD.
What information
is collected?
- In order to use
the member area of UMPS web site, you are currently required to register
and
provide personal information about yourself. Any personal information
collected from visitors to our website is on a purely voluntary basis,
however by supplying the information you are consenting to the Persian
Society keeping it for a reasonable period of time and using it for the
purposes set out below.
- On occasions we
may ask you to provide some limited personal information about yourself to
participate in services such as the Society's' email directory or the UMPS
Web Shop e-payment facility. This information may include your name,
title, institutional affiliation, address, telephone number and e-mail
address. It may be stored electronically or manually by the UMPS.
- Credit card
information to be added (we do not envisage our 3rd party e-commerce
provider keeping any personal information on file)
- When you use the
UMPS site we automatically issue your computer with a small piece of code
(a 'cookie') that enables the web pages to be displayed correctly, and the
information the cookie provides allows us to manage and improve the
services on the website - this cookie does not however contain any
personally identifying information.
- When you view our
web pages as with most other websites, our webservers build logs of
activity which contain information about your location in the world and
even your computers IP address. In addition on some pages small visible
graphics are used to build and enhance this logging system.
What we do with
the information?
- Any personal
information that you provide to us will only be used for the purpose
stated at the time we request it. We will not sell, license or trade your
personal information to others. We do not provide your personal
information to direct marketing companies or other such organisations.
- Personal
information provided by you, and any other information relating to you,
will be held by the UMPS and may be used for its own marketing purposes,
or occasionally shared with other organisations in the prevention of
fraud.
- Using the logging
data we analyse demographic and other statistical information about user
behaviour to analyse the popularity and effectiveness of our site. In
performing such analysis and in the course of our business we will only
ever disclose such information in an aggregated form that is not capable
of identifying an individual user.
Any questions?
If you have any
queries or concerns about privacy on the UMPS website
please contact us at
publicrelations@umps.co.uk |
