South West Development Centre website privacy policy

Please read the following terms and conditions carefully before you use the South West Development Centre website at www.swdc.org.uk and any associated services, such as the survey tool at http://improvementsouthwest.org.uk/survey/.

If you continue to browse and use South West Development Centre website you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following privacy policy.

If you do not agree to be legally bound by all the following privacy policy please do not access and/or use the South West Development Centre website.

The term ‘South West Development Centre' or ‘us' or ‘we' refers to the owner of the website. The term ‘you' refers to the user or viewer of our website.

Privacy policy

The South West Development Centre is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. 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.

We regularly gather non-personal information about visitors to our website using cookies (see how we use cookies below), log file data and code which is embedded on the South West Development Centre website. We do this to understand visitor needs and to improve our products and services. For example, we collect the IP address and network location of the computer that you use to access the South West Development Centre website. We also collect information about your computer operating system and the web browser application that you use.

If you have registered to become a member of the website, we store your chosen username, password and email address. If you have subscribed to receive e-newsletters, we also store your name and email address.

We will not disclose your registration details to any third parties under any circumstances. We will not match or exchange information about registered users of the South West Development Centre website with the Electronic Patient Record, NHS Staff Record or any other personal data records held by any public organisation.

We occassionally run surveys and we may collect demographic information when freely given, for example, information about your preferences and impressions. We may also collect your contact details, such as name, job title, telephone number, email address and postcode information.

How we use cookies

During any visit to the South West Development Centre website, the content on the pages you view, along with a short text file called a 'cookie', may be downloaded to your computer.

A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier that is sent to your browser from a website's computer and stored on your computer's hard drive. Cookies record information about your online preferences. For further information on cookies please visit www.aboutcookies.org.

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 South West Development Centre website.