SECTION 1 – WHAT DO WE DO WITH YOUR INFORMATION?
When you browse our site, we also automatically receive your computer’s internet protocol (IP) address in order to provide us with information that helps us learn about your browser and operating system.
Email marketing (if applicable): With your permission, we may send you emails about our site and other updates.
SECTION 2 – CONSENT
How do you get my consent?
When you provide us with personal information, we imply that you consent to our collecting it and using it for that specific reason only.
If we ask for your personal information for a secondary reason, like marketing, we will either ask you directly for your expressed consent, or provide you with an opportunity to say no.
How do I withdraw my consent?
If after you opt-in, you change your mind, you may withdraw your consent for us to contact you, for the continued collection, use or disclosure of your information, at any time, by contacting us at business.sams@durham.ac.uk or mailing us at 16 Spencer Road, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Middlesex TW2 5TH
SECTION 3 – DISCLOSURE
We may disclose your personal information if we are required by law to do so or if you violate our Terms of Service.
SECTION 4 – Data storage
Your data is stored through data storage, databases and the general website application on a secure server behind a firewall.
SECTION 5 – THIRD-PARTY SERVICES
In general, the third-party providers used by us will only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us.
However, certain third-party service providers, have their own privacy policies in respect to the information we are required to provide to them for your purchase-related transactions.
For these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so you can understand the manner in which your personal information will be handled by these providers.
In particular, remember that certain providers may be located in or have facilities that are located a different jurisdiction than either you or us. So if you elect to proceed with a transaction that involves the services of a third-party service provider, then your information may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located.
Once you leave our website or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy or our website’s Terms of Service.
Links
When you click on links on our site, they may direct you away from our site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to read their privacy statements.
SECTION 6 – SECURITY
Society for the Advancement of Management Studies use the Trustwave certificate to indicate regular testing and maintenance of this secure system.
To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to make sure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed.
SECTION 7 – COOKIES
You can choose if you want to opt-out of cookies or not. Please View the Cookie Policy Tab for more information
SECTION 8 – AGE OF CONSENT
By using this site, you represent that you are at least over the age of 18 years and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.
SECTION 9 – CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.
If our site is acquired or merged with another company, your information may be transferred to the new owners.
QUESTIONS AND CONTACT INFORMATION
If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, register a complaint, or simply want more information contact our Privacy Compliance Officer at business.sams@durham.ac.uk or by mail at 16 Spencer Road, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Middlesex TW2 5TH
Re: Privacy Compliance
16 Spencer Road, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Middlesex TW2 5TH
We use a number of different cookies on our site. If you do not know what cookies are, or how to control or delete them, then we recommend you visit http://www.aboutcookies.org for detailed guidance.
The list below describe the cookies we use on this site and what we use them for. Currently we operate an ‘implied consent’ policy which means that we assume you are happy with this usage. If you are not happy, then you should either not use this site, or you should delete the cookies having visited the site, or you should browse the site using your browser’s anonymous usage setting (called “Incognito” in Chrome, “InPrivate” for Internet Explorer, “Private Browsing” in Firefox and Safari etc.)
First Party Cookies
These are cookies that are set by our websites directly.
WordPress & WooCommerce:
Our website runs the WordPress Framework and WooCommerce and cookies may be used to store basic data on your interactions with WordPress depending on how you use the website. We use a session cookie to remember shop cart and checkout data and preferences and we deem these as being strictly necessary to the working of the website. If these are disabled then various functionality on the site will be broken.
More information on session cookies and what they are used for is available at http://www.allaboutcookies.org/cookies/session-cookies-used-for.html
Cookie Name: PHPSESSID – Expires at end of session – This cookie allows the website to store serialised data and establish a user session.
Cookie Name: woocommerce_recently_viewed – Expires at end of session – This cookie contains information about items in the shop that you have recently viewed.
Cookie Name: woocommerce_items_in_cart – Expires at end of session – This cookie contains information about the cart as a whole and helps WooCommerce know when the cart data changes.
Cookie Name: woocommerce_cart_hash – Expires at end of session – This cookie contains information about the cart as a whole and helps WooCommerce know when the cart data changes.
Cookie Name: wp_woocommerce_session_ – Expires after 48 hours – This cookie contains a unique code for each customer so that it knows where to find the cart data in the database for each customer.
No personal information is stored within these cookies.
More information on session cookies and what they are used for is available at http://www.allaboutcookies.org/cookies/session-cookies-used-for.html
Third Party Cookies
These are cookies set on your machine by external websites whose services are used on this site.
You should check the respective policies of each of these sites to see how exactly they use your information and to find out how to opt out, or delete, such information.
Google Analytics
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We use Google Analytics to collect information about visitor behaviour on our website. Google Analytics stores information about what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here and what you click on. This Analytics data is collected via a JavaScript tag in the pages of our site and is not tied to personally identifiable information. We therefore do not collect or store your personal information (e.g. your name or address) so this information cannot be used to identify who you are.
You can find out more about Google’s position on privacy as regards its analytics service at https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en-GB