Privacy Policy
General
The UK
Centre for Tissue Engineering, it’s creators, owners,
subsidiaries, business partners, employees, associates and
all other relevant personnel, herein referred to as
UKCTE, strive to
offer its visitors the many advantages of internet
technology and to provide an interactive and personalised
experience. We may use Personally Identifiable Information
(your name, e-mail address, street address, telephone
number, billing information [e.g. credit card number],
I.P. address) subject to the terms of this privacy policy.
We will never sell, barter, or rent your email address to
any unauthorised third party. Period. This Privacy Policy is
provided to allow you to access our information with
complete confidence.
How we gather information from users
The manner in which we collect and store information depends on
the page you have visited, the activities in which you elect to
participate and the services provided. For example, you may be
asked to provide information when you register for access to
certain portions of our site or request certain features, such
as reports or newsletters or when you make a purchase. You may
provide information when you participate in sweepstakes and
contests, message boards and chat rooms, and other interactive
areas of our site. Like most websites, UKCTE also collects
information automatically and through the use of electronic
tools that may be transparent to our visitors. For example, we
may log the name of your Internet Service Provider or use
cookie technology to recognise you and hold information from
your visit. Among other things, the cookie may store your user
name and password, sparing you from having to re-enter that
information each time you visit, or may control the number of
times you encounter a particular advertisement while visiting
our site. As we adopt additional technology, we may also gather
information through other means. In certain cases, you can
choose not to provide us with information, for example by
setting your browser to refuse to accept cookies, but if you do
you may be unable to access certain portions of the site or may
be asked to re-enter your user name and password, and we may
not be able to customise the site’s features according to your
preferences.
What we do with the information we collect
Like other web publishers, we collect information to enhance
your visit and deliver more individualised content and
advertising. We respect your privacy and do not share your
information with anyone.
Aggregated Information (information that does not personally
identify you) may be used in many ways. For example, we may
combine information about your usage patterns with similar
information obtained from other users to help enhance our site
and services (e.g.
to learn which pages are visited most often or which features
are most attractive to visitors). Aggregated Information may
occasionally be shared with our advertisers and business
partners. Again, this information does not include any
Personally Identifiable Information about you or allow anyone
to identify you individually.
We may use Personally Identifiable Information collected on
UKCTE’s websites to communicate with you
about:
·
your registration and
customisation preferences;
·
our
Terms of Service and Privacy Policy;
·
services and products offered
by UKCTE;
·
Non-mandatory surveys which
may determine future products and services offered by
UKCTE;
·
other topics we think you
might find of interest.
Personally Identifiable Information collected by UKCTE may also
be used for other purposes, including but not limited to, site
administration, troubleshooting, processing of e-commerce
transactions, administration of sweepstakes and contests, and
other communications with you. Certain third parties who
provide technical support for the operation of our site (our
web hosting service for example) may access such information.
We will use your information only as permitted by law. In
addition, from time to time as we continue to develop our
business, we may sell, buy, merge or partner with other
companies or businesses. In such transactions, user information
may be among the transferred assets. We may also disclose your
information in response to a court order, at other times when
we believe we are reasonably required to do so by law, in
connection with the collection of amounts you may owe to us,
and/or to law enforcement authorities whenever we deem it
appropriate or necessary. Please note we may not provide you
with notice prior to disclosure in such cases.
Affiliated sites, linked sites and advertisements
UKCTE expects its partners, advertisers and affiliates to
respect the privacy of our users. Be aware, however, that third
parties, including our partners, advertisers, affiliates and
other content providers accessible through our site, may have
their own privacy and data collection policies and practices.
For example, during your visit to our site you may link to, or
view as part of a frame on a UKCTE page, certain content that
is actually created or hosted by a third party. Also, through
UKCTE you may be introduced to, or be able to access,
information, web sites, features, contests or sweepstakes
offered by other parties. UKCTE is not responsible for the
actions or policies of such third parties. You should check the
applicable privacy policies of those third parties when
providing information on a feature or page operated by a third
party.
Whilst visiting UKCTE’s sites, our advertisers, promotional
partners or other third parties may use cookies or other
technology to attempt to identify some of your preferences or
retrieve information about you. For example, some of our
advertising is served by third parties and may include cookies
that enable the advertiser to determine whether you have seen a
particular advertisement before. Other features available on
our site may offer services operated by third parties and may
use cookies or other technology to gather information. UKCTE
does not control the use of this technology by third parties or
the resulting information, and is not responsible for any
actions or policies of such third parties.
You should also be aware that if you voluntarily disclose
Personally Identifiable Information on message boards or in
chat areas, that information can be viewed publicly and can be
collected and used by third parties without our knowledge and
may result in unsolicited messages from other individuals or
third parties. Such activities are beyond the control of UKCTE
and this policy.
Children
UKCTE does not knowingly collect or solicit Personally
Identifiable Information from or about children under 18 as it
is our firm intention to comply with all applicable child
privacy protection regulations. If we discover we have received
any information from a child under 18 in violation of this
policy, we will delete that information immediately. If you
believe that UKCTE has any information from or about anyone
under 18, please contact us at the address listed below. UKCTE
does not therefore monitor information for compliance with such
regulations as it is deemed outwith the scope of
same.
Public Area
of the Website
In areas
of the website that allows the user to upload information
(e.g. forum,
blog comments etc.), that information
will be visible and therefore not
confidential. Appropriate levels of
caution are therefore advised.
Contacting Us
We can be reached by emailing the following
address:
·
web@ukcte.org
Please be
aware that your email address will be logged but only for
use in reply and in accordance with this Privacy
Policy.
Changes to
this Policy
UKCTE reserves the right to change this policy
at any time. Please check this page periodically for changes.
Your continued use of our site following the posting of changes
to these terms will mean you accept those changes. Information
collected prior to the time any change is posted will be used
according to the rules and laws that applied at the time the
information was collected.
Governing Law
This policy and the use of this site are governed by UK law. If
a dispute arises under this Policy we agree to first try to
resolve it with the help of a mutually agreed-upon mediator in
the following location: UK. Any costs and fees other than
attorney fees associated with the mediation will be shared
equally by each of us.
If it proves impossible to arrive at a mutually satisfactory
solution through mediation, we agree to submit the dispute to
binding arbitration within the UK, under the rules of the ACAS.
Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitration may be
entered in any court with jurisdiction to do so.
UKCTE is controlled, operated and administered entirely within
the UK. This statement and the policies outlined herein are not
intended to and do not create any contractual or other legal
rights in or on behalf of any party.
Updated
10th February 2009
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Centre for Tissue Engineering
, all rights reserved
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