Privacy Policy
This privacy statement applies specifically to the Website and member
communications facilities of the University of Birmingham Guild of
Students ('The Guild').
The facilities contain public areas which may be viewed from any
Internet connected PC. Other areas are restricted to access by members
of The Guild. It's important to The Guild that its members and customers
retain their privacy when they take advantage of all that The Guild
and its services have to offer.
Your privacy is important to us. We therefore operate on the basis
of a number of principles:
Principle 1.
The information you give us in registering your membership of the
University of Birmingham Guild of Students website, will be stored
securely. This website is hosted by a third party who is under an
obligation to hold the information securely and confidentially in
compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and is prohibited from
making use of the information itself. If any of the information you
have given us changes at any time, you can directly change this record
yourself by clicking the 'my profile' button in the top right box
on your page, after you are logged in. You can set your own preferences
for information receipt and can change these at any time. Thus for
example, should you choose not to ‘opt-in’ for news of
Venues Promotions’, no specific communications on that subject
will be sent to you.
Principle 2.
The Guild will use this information to communicate with you by e-mail,
or by text message, to improve our website and to personalise our
service to you. For example we may provide you with newsletters,
activity information, pointers, advice, recommendations or advertisements
for goods or services that we think will interest you, according
to the preferences you have determined. We will also use the information
for our own internal membership administration and for statistical
analysis.
Principle 3.
We will not however disclose, sell, rent or otherwise exchange any
information personal to you to any third party without your prior
express approval. The only exceptions to this shall be in order to
comply with our legal obligations, to enforce the terms and conditions
of use of our website or to protect and defend the rights and interests
or property of The Guild, the University, or other member.
Principle 4.
The Guild will not store in or transfer your personal data to countries
outside the United Kingdom.
Principle 5.
By disclosing information about you to us on our website or in any
other way, you consent to the use of that information in the manner
set out in this policy.
Principle 6.
As required by Data Protection legislation, the Guild (as part of
the University of Birmingham) has notified the Data Protection Commissioner
of the types of information we hold, the purposes for which we hold
it and the third parties to whom we may disclose it.
If you have questions regarding Data Protection and this policy,
please e-mail us at website@bugs.bham.ac.uk
