Privacy Policy For Online and Electronic Use
Rossall School is strongly committed to protecting the privacy of its online users: students, faculty/staff, alumnae/i, donors, and friends. We do not collect personally identifiable information about individuals — such as their names and postal and/or email addresses — except when it is knowingly provided by such individuals. We believe that maintaining privacy on the Web is very important and we hope you will read this privacy policy carefully so that you will clearly understand both our commitment to you and your privacy and our method of collecting and using information. This privacy policy only applies to transactions made, and data gathered, on Rossall School websites and does not apply to any other website. The terms of this privacy policy shall govern all interactions with Rossall School through either the School's website or email. A link to the privacy policy can be found on the School's home page and on every page of the School's websites. By using Rossall School's websites, RSS feeds or communicating with the School by email, you agree to the terms of this privacy policy. As part of our commitment to your privacy, Rossall School supports and adheres to the guidelines and practices adopted by the Direct Marketing Association's Privacy Promise to UK Consumers.
How the School Uses Information Provided by Visitors
Rossall School uses the information you provide too fulfill your online request, facilitate customer service and inform you of our programs and events.
The School never shares with third parties any personally identifiable information you provide when requesting information or making a payment online, except as required by law.
Cookies
Rossall School websites may automatically collect some non-personally identifiable information about you when you request pages through your browser. We place cookies on website visitors' computers to collect aggregate information for site traffic analysis, such as the number of visitors and the number of pages viewed. (Cookies are small files that reside in a visitor's browser.) The aggregate information we collect through cookies helps Rossall monitor how you and other visitors use the site, allowing us to provide an optimal experience and better service; this information is never used to identify you personally. However, the School's websites have been designed to provide nearly full functionality without the use of cookies. You can set your web browser to reject cookies, but you will lose the ability to perform certain functions.
Emails and Newsletters
Rossall School regularly sends emails and newsletters to our pupils, prospective students, and subscribers. Visitors may subscribe to an email newsletter when they request information online. On occasion, the School may send emails to individuals such as prospective pupils and associates who have provided us with their email address and have opted in to receive emails, informing them of School events or classes we think might be of interest to them. Email recipients may always opt out of receiving email at any time by following the unsubscribe instructions included in the email message.
Emailing the School
The School tries to respond to email messages requiring a response within seven business days. If you email the School, your message and email address will be forwarded to the appropriate department within the School. The School may choose to save this information for future reference. However, any message, material, business information, ideas, concepts, or other information sent to Rossall School by email will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary.
Unsubscribing
If you opt to receive newsletters, other emails, or communications from Rossall School at the time you request more information about our programs, but have subsequently changed your mind, you may opt-out by using the unsubscribe link in every email or by submitting your email address to j.barkhuizen@rossall.org.uk. Any change in your subscription status will take up to 48 hours to take affect.
Data Security
Rossall School makes every reasonable effort to ensure that all of the transactions that occur on our website are secure. All credit card numbers submitted to the site are encrypted using "Secure Socket Layer" (SSL) encryption. SSL technology is an industry standard for protecting sensitive information as it is transmitted over the Internet.
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and administrative procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
Third-Party Service Providers
Rossall School may engage reputable third-party vendors in order to help us manage our websites and allow us to better service our visitors and pupils. These may include third-party vendors engaged to analyze, for marketing purposes, the information collected on our website. The School requires its vendors by contract to maintain the confidentiality and security of School information to which they are provided access and restricts the vendors from using the information in any way not expressly authorized by the School.
Rossall websites may contain links to other websites such as our third-party vendors. Once you leave one of the School's websites, this privacy policy will not apply.
Contact Information
If you have any questions regarding this privacy policy, please contact:
Pam McCann
Telephone: +44 (0) 1253 774289
Email:mailto:p.mccann@rossall.org.uk
Changes to Privacy Policy
Rossall School may revise its privacy policy at any time. We encourage you to visit this page periodically to review our current policy so that you will always know what information we gather and how we may use that information.
Update effective Sept, 2010.
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