Privacy Policy
Cranfield School of Management (CSoM) is committed to the privacy of every
individual who visits our website. To that end, CSoM has established this
Privacy Policy to protect each visitor’s privacy. This Policy explains
what and how CSoM collects, stores, uses and protects the information gathered
from its websites.
This Policy also instructs you on what to do if you do not want your personal
information collected or shared when you visit our websites.
By using and visiting the website, you agree to this Policy and the uses
made of personal information as set forth herein or amended hereafter.
Personal Information
CSoM will only collect Personal Information (information which personally
identifies you) if you provide it to us voluntarily. This could include such
things as your name, address, phone number or e-mail address. You are in
control of how CSoM uses the information you provide.
At any time, you can:
Ask us to remove your Personal Information from our records
Ask for your Personal Information to be corrected or updated
Ask to see a copy of your personal information
We may use your Personal Information for marketing or research purposes.
For instance, this could allow us to personalise information and increase
its relevancy if we contact you, or to invite you to help us develop new
products through your feedback. If you would prefer us not to contact you
using the personal details you have supplied please email
us.
CSoM will not disclose Personal Information to any third party.
Other (non-personal) Information Collected Automatically
Sometimes, we may collect information about you that is not personally
identifiable. Examples of this type of information include the type of Internet
Browser you are using, the type of computer operating system you are using
and the domain name of the website from which you linked to our site.
Cookies/Log Files
When you view our websites, we may store some information on your computer.
This information will be in the form of a "Cookie" and will help
us in many ways. The "Cookie" allows us to track visitors through
the website but does not include any personally identifiable information.
With most Internet Browsers, you can erase "Cookies" from your
computer hard drive, block all "Cookies", or receive a warning
before a "Cookie" is stored. Please refer to your Browser instructions
to learn more about these functions.
CSoM does use internet protocol (IP) addresses from its server logs to
analyse the use of its website. This information is in no way identifiable
to an individual. The software we use to collect and analyse the information
is DeepMetrix LiveStats. Their Privacy Policy can be viewed
here.
Security and Information Transfer
Your personally identifiable information will be stored in our databases
located in the United Kingdom. CSoM is committed to keeping secure the data
you provide us and will take reasonable precautions to protect your personally
identifiable information from loss, misuse or alteration.
CSoM has made substantial investments in technology such as servers and
firewalls. These technologies are deployed to guarantee maximum security
of the information you provide us with.
Email Newsletters/Communications (Electronic Communications)
CSoM offers visitors to our website the opportunity to subscribe (opt
in) to a number of electronic communications. You have the possibility at
all times to tell us you no longer wish to subscribe to our electronic communication
service (opt out). All e-communications you receive from CSoM will provide
clear instructions on how to unsubscribe from each service.
"Send to a Friend" Service
Users can choose to electronically forward a variety of articles, abstracts,
research papers and course details to someone else. Users must provide their
e-mail address as well as that of the recipient. The information is used
only in the case of transmission errors and to let the recipient know who
sent the email. The information is not used for any other purpose.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
CSoM may change and update this Privacy Policy, including materially changing
the use made of personal information described herein. Any change or update
to our Privacy Policy will be posted on our website under “Privacy
Policy” at least 30 days prior to their implementation. Your continued
use of the website after the effective date of any changes will constitute
your acceptance of all of the changes.
Limitation/External Links
This policy is limited to the information CSoM collects from our website
users about themselves and others via our websites.
Our sites contain links to other sites. The linkages are provided as a
courtesy, to be used or not at the discretion of the individual user. If
users decide to follow these links, CSoM can not be responsible for the Privacy
Policies and content of those sites. Users should contact the coordinator
of the particular site with any questions about those sites.
Data Protection Act 1998
Please note that any information supplied via this website may be stored
on our computer system for the provision of information, marketing and analysis.
We may also share this information with other Cranfield University departments
for the above purposes. We do not pass your details to third parties to use.
Our 1998 data protection act registration numbers are: Z5670166 and Z492628
Questions
We welcome comments and suggestions regarding the CSoM Privacy Policy.
Please send questions about our Privacy Policy or the information we have
collected from you to somweb@cranfield.ac.uk.
If you believe your personal information has been misused or handled in such
a manner contrary to the policy stated above, please contact us at somweb@cranfield.ac.uk.