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Privacy Policy


1. Commitment to your Privacy

We are committed to protecting your privacy.

This online Privacy Policy describes the ways in which we collect information from you when you use this website and what we may use this information for.

If you have any questions or need further information about our privacy practices, please send a request to PRIME.

2. What Data do we Collect from you?

We may collect and process the following data about you (User Data) in various ways:

a.       information that you provide by filling in forms on this website (including registering with the website and any requests for materials or work experience);

b.      when you provide information following on from a request for further information (including signing up to the eight PRIME work commitments);

c.       by our use of cookies  (see below);

d.      during the course of your use of this website, including, all material you send or upload to this website (such as requests for materials and enquiries) or any material you send to an email address given on this website. 

Some User Data will inevitably comprise personal data about you and may include sensitive personal data.  Personal data is information which relates to you and allows you to be identified from that data (or from a combination of those data and other information in our possession).

Sensitive personal data is information about or which reveals your racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious, philosophical or similar beliefs, trade union membership, physical or mental health, sexual life, commission of criminal offences and/or involvement in criminal proceedings

By continuing to use this website and by providing any personal data (including sensitive personal data  to us, you are consenting to our use of your personal data as set out in this Privacy Policy. Please do not send us any personal data if you do not want that information to be used by us in this manner.

You may withdraw your consent to receive any further email communication or to stop us from processing your personal data by contacting PRIME.

 

Use of Cookies 
 
A cookie is a tiny element of data that a website can send to your computer's browser so that this computer will be recognised by the site on your return. Cookies allow our web server to recognise your computer on connection to our website, which in turn allows the server to make downloading of pages faster than on first viewing. In addition, cookies may also be used by us to establish statistics about the use of this website by Internet users by gathering and analysing data such as: most visited pages, time spent by users on each page, site performance, etc. By collecting and using such data, we hope to improve the quality of the site.

A cookie is a tiny element of data that a website can send to your computer's browser so that this computer will be recognised by the site on your return. Cookies allow our web server to recognise your computer on connection to our website, which in turn allows the server to make downloading of pages faster than on first viewing. In addition, cookies may also be used by us to establish statistics about the use of this website by Internet users by gathering and analysing data such as: most visited pages, time spent by users on each page, site performance, etc. By collecting and using such data, we hope to improve the quality of the site.

The data collected by our servers and/or those of our service provider, and/or through cookies that may be placed on your computer will not be kept for longer than is necessary to fulfil the purposes mentioned above.

Navigation data about site viewers is automatically collected by our servers and/or those of our service provider.  If you do not wish to have this navigation data collected, we recommend that you do not use this website.

You can also set your browser to block the recording of cookies on your hard drive to minimise the amount of data that may be collected about your navigating on this site. The browser on your computer can be set to notify you when a cookie is being recorded on your computer's hard drive. Most browsers can also be set to keep cookies from being recorded on your computer. However, for optimal use of this website, we recommend that you do not block the recording of cookies on your computer.

All our servers and computer systems and/or those of our service provider are protected from outside intrusions. As a result, all data that may be collected about site viewers through the use of cookies will be protected from unauthorised access.

Cookies used on this site are only active for the duration of your visit. Cookies used on this site are not stored on your computer once you have closed your web browser. Information generated by the use of cookies may be compiled into an aggregate form so that no individual can be identified.  We may at some stage use cookies to identify users when they visit this website to use personalised services. In such circumstances these cookies may be kept on the hard drive of your computer following closure of the web browser. Cookies used in connection with such services enable us to build up a profile of our users and to develop personalised versions of this website.

For more information about cookies, please see the Information Commissioner's website home page or the Interactive Advertising Bureau.

You may choose to not receive a cookie file by enabling your web browser to refuse cookies. The procedure for refusal of cookies may vary for different software products. Please check with your internet browser software help or your software supplier if you wish to refuse cookies.

3. Our use of User Data

We only collect User Data necessary for our functions or activities. The types of personal information we may collect include:

a.       your name, address, occupation and contact information; or

b.      any interests or dealings you have with regard to PRIME.

We will use User Data for the following purposes:

a.       To provide this website and PRIME to you, and improve this website and PRIME including without imitation to enable us to deal with any queries you have about this website or PRIME and to notify you of any proposed or actual changes to this website or PRIME;

b.      In furtherance of the purposes of PRIME, which may include disclosing User Data to the Administrator (as such terms are defined in the Terms of Use);

c.       To compile and provide anonymous statistics about our website users or participants in PRIME and provide related usage information to reputable third parties, which will not in any event enable any third party to identify individuals;

d.      To provide you with information you have requested from us, including without limitation to information and materials requested through this website, our materials (see below) and work experience information (see below);

e.       To provide and advertise PRIME to you via any means of communications including telephone, email and letter correspondence;

f.       To manage our relationship with you or other participants in PRIME; and

g.      To facilitate our internal business operations, including fulfilling any legal requirements.
 
Transfer of User Data outside the User Jurisdiction

The Internet is a global environment. In order to provide this website we may need to transfer User Data to locations outside the jurisdiction in which you are viewing this website (the User Jurisdiction) and process User Data outside the User Jurisdiction. If the User Jurisdiction is within the European Economic Area (the EEA) please note that such transfers and processing of User Data may be in locations outside the EEA. Any data sent or uploaded by you may be accessible in jurisdictions outside the User Jurisdiction (including outside the EEA). The level of data protection offered in such jurisdictions may be less than that offered within the User Jurisdiction or (as the case may be) within the EEA.

User Data may be controlled and processed by any of our offices, some of which are outside the EEA.  The location of our offices may change from time to time and we may acquire offices in any number of countries and territories at any time, any one or more of which may act as the controllers of and/or process User Data.

By continuing to use this website or our services and by providing any personal data (including sensitive personal data) to us via this website or e-mail addresses provided on this website, you are consenting to such transfers, provided that they are in accordance with the purposes set out above and elsewhere in the Legal Notices. Please do not send us any personal data if you do not consent to the transfer of this information to locations outside the User Jurisdiction (including, if applicable, outside the EEA).

Legal Requirements

While it is unlikely, we may be required to disclose your User Data by a court order or to comply with other legal or regulatory requirements.  We will try to notify you before we do so, unless we are legally restricted from doing so.

We do not Sell or Exploit User Data Commercially through Third Parties

We will not sell, rent, distribute or otherwise make User Data commercially available to any third party, except as described above, or except with your prior permission.

Access to and Correction of User Data 

You are entitled to a copy of your User Data and to have them rectified or deleted as required by applicable data protection legislation. For more information please send a request to PRIME.

Privacy of Electronic Communications

Although we welcome your queries, please note that any electronic communication through this website between you and us (or any other employees or agents) may not be secure and, will not be treated as privileged or confidential. For this reason, please do not send us any email that contains confidential or sensitive information.

Changes to the Policy

This Privacy Policy and the Terms of Conditions may be amended by us at any time. Please check this website periodically to inform yourself of any changes.




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