TEC Privacy
Policy
This privacy policy sets out how the TEC uses and protects any
information that you give the TEC when you use the TEC website and
web applications.
The TEC is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected.
Should we ask you to provide certain information when using our
website or web applications, then you can be assured that it will
only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
What we collect
We may collect the following information:
- name, affiliation and organisation
- contact information, including email address and telephone
number
- your comments
What we do with the information we gather
We require this information to understand your needs and provide
you with a better service, and in particular for the following
reasons:
- Internal record keeping.
- We may use the information to improve our products and
services.
- We may periodically send email announcements about new
publications, meetings or other information which we think you may
find interesting using the email address which you have
provided.
- In the case of online surveys, the information provided will be
used for data analysis
- We may also use your information to contact you for user
research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, or mail. We
may use the information to customise our websites and applications
according to your interests.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In
order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in
place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to
safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
Unfortunately, given the nature of the internet, where new
security exploits and flaws are discovered regularly, this does
mean that we cannot guarantee 100% security. We do however take
every precaution to keep our systems up to date eith the latest
security patches.
How we use cookies
A cookie is a small file which helps analyse web traffic or lets
you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web
applications to respond to you as an individual. The web
application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and
dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your
preferences. Some web applications may not work properly if you
have cookies disabled on your machine.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being
used. This helps us analyse data about webpage traffic and improve
our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use
this information for statistical analysis purposes.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by
enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do
not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any
information about you, other than the data you choose to share with
us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers
automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your
browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent
you from taking full advantage of the website.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest.
However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you
should note that we do not have any control over that other
website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and
privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such
sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement.
You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement
applicable to the website in question.
Controlling your personal information
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information
to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by
law.
You may request details of personal information which we hold
about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be
payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you
please write to the IT Director, ODI, 111 Westminster Bridge Road,
London SE1 7JD, Email:[email protected]
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is
incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as
possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any
information found to be incorrect.