Cranfield University Privacy Policy
Cranfield University is committed to the privacy of every individual who visits our website. To that end, the University has established this Privacy Policy to protect each visitor’s privacy and it explains what and how we collect, store, use and protect 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
Cranfield University 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 email address. You are in control of how the University 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 contact us – detail below.
We 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
Use of Cookies on our websites
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as provide information to the owners of the site. The University uses a number of cookies as described below.
If you want to restrict or block cookies from this website you can do this using your browser settings. More information on how to do this can be found in the Help function of your browser or by visiting www.aboutcookies.org.
List of cookies used:
Cookie: eZSESSID library
Purpose: Used for the operation of the website or web service (Cranfield Library)
More information: This cookie will expire once the session has ended i.e. once you have closed the web browser
Cookies: Google Analytics
Purpose: These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.
More information: _utma expires after two years, _utmb expires 30 minutes after the session has ended, _utmc expires once the session has ended and _utmz expires after 6 months. Click here for an overview of privacy at Google
Cookies: JESSIONID/ MoodleSession/ MoodleSessionTest / PHPSESSID
Purpose: Used for the operation of the website or web service
More information: This cookie will expire once the session has ended i.e. once you have closed the web browser.
Cookie: MOODLEID_
Purpose: Used for the operation of the website or web service
More information: This cookie will expire after two months
Cookies: sessionid4009/ lastaccesstime4009
Purpose: Used for the operation of the website or web service (Jobs)
More information: This cookie will expire once the session has ended i.e. once you have closed the web browser
Cookies: session_number
Purpose: Used for the operation of the website or web service (Kings Norton Library)
More information: This cookie will expire once the session has ended i.e. once you have closed the web browser
Cookies: TextCookie
Purpose: Allows the web user to record their preference for text-only content
More information: This cookie will expire after ten years
Cookie: tz_offset
Purpose: Used for the operation of the website or web service (EThOS Toolkit)
More information: This cookie will expire after one year
Cookies: WPM_Store/ CompanyID/ ASPSESSIONID
Purpose: Used for the operation of the website or web service (WPM Education Online Store)
More information: This cookie will expire once the session has ended i.e. once you have closed the web browser
Log Files Cranfield University 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.
Security and Information Transfer
Your personally identifiable information will be stored in our databases, located in the United Kingdom. Cranfield University 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.
'Cranfield University has made substantial investments in security technology and security management processes. These technologies are deployed to guarantee maximum security of the information you provide us with.
Email Newsletters/Communications (Electronic Communications)
Cranfield University 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 us 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 email 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
Cranfield University 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 its 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 that Cranfield University 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, Cranfield University cannot 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 number is: Z4690919
Questions
We welcome comments and suggestions regarding the Cranfield University Privacy Policy. Please send questions about our Privacy Policy or the information we have collected from you to our Data Protection Officer. 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:
Data Protection Officer
Vice-Chancellor’s Office
Cranfield University
Cranfield
Bedfordshire
MK43 0AL
T: +44 (0) 1234 750111
E: dataprotection@cranfield.ac.uk
