Welcome to the UK HE International Unit
If you continue to browse and use this website you are agreeing
to comply with and be bound by the terms and conditions of use, which
together with our privacy statement govern the UK HE International
Unit relationship with you in relation to this website.
1. Introduction
Your privacy is important to us. UK HE International Unit is
committed to safeguarding the personal information you provide to
us and to protecting your privacy. The purpose of this privacy
statement is to assist you in understanding how UK HE International
Unit uses personal information collected via this website. By
submitting your personal information to this website, you are
confirming that you have read and understood this privacy statement
and that we may use your personal information described in it. UK
HE International Unit reserves the right to modify or update this
privacy statement at any time without prior notice. Any
modifications will apply to all information collected by UK HE
International Unit, including previously collected information.
2. The information we collect
You do not have to provide any personal information in order to
browse this website. We will collect personal information about you
when you subscribe to services on our website that require you to
enter your personal details in order to create a user name and
password. Your personal information is used to enable us to verify
you are a subscriber and to deliver the online services to you.
In addition to your personal information, when you use our
website, we may collect tracking information such as your browser
type, the type of operating system you use, the name of your
Internet service provider and pages visited on the site.
UK HE International Unit obtains this information by using
technologies, including cookies, to increase the functionality and
user-friendliness of our website and to better tailor our website
to your needs. For example, we may want to know how long the
average visitor spends on our website or which pages get the most
attention. Information such as this will only be used in aggregate
form and does not identify you personally.
3. How your information is used
We collect information on our website visitors for a variety of
purposes:
To reply to your enquiries more efficiently through the services
we provide.
We also use information in aggregate form (i.e. your individual
details cannot be identified) to audit usage of the site
Any personal information provided through to us by you, will be
stored so that we can provide you with a more personalised service.
We will only use this data to identify you.
Information that you supply in connection with the provision of
a product or service or a job application will be treated in
confidence and in accordance with the principles of the Data
Protection Act
4. How we share information with third parties.
UK HE International Unit does not sell or pass on your personal
information to others.
5. Use of cookies
When you visit our website your visit will generate a small text
file called a 'cookie'. This file is used only for the purpose of
website visitor analytics and contains no personal information
about you whatsoever. With most Internet Browsers, you can erase
Cookies from your computer hard drive, block all Cookies or receive
a warning before a Cookie is stored. Please refer to your Browser
instructions or help screen to learn more about these
functions.
6. Your rights
You have the right to ask us at any time not to contact you, or
to change your preferred methods of contact for marketing
purposes.
You have the right to ask for a copy of the information we hold
about you (for which we may charge a small fee) and to have any
inaccuracies in your information corrected.
7. Protection of your personal data
We are committed to keeping your information as secure as is
physically possible by us. We also use additional methods to secure
sensitive information about your activities with us. Every employee
that works for UK HE International Unit has to follow a strict
confidentiality procedure and privacy standard.
8. Links
This website contains links to other websites which are not
controlled by UK HE International Unit. This Privacy Policy applies
only to http://www.international.ac.uk.
9. Withdrawing your permission
You may, at any time, withdraw your permission for UK HE
International Unit to use your personal information for the
purposes of sending you information about products or services by
writing to Chris Lambert,
Director of Resources, Universities UK, Woburn House, 20 Tavistock
Square, London, WC1H 9HQ.
See also: Terms and Conditions