(For “Registered Users and Casual Users”)

 

This website is operated by the Secretary of State for Education and Skills.

 

The Secretary of State for Education and Skills complies with data protection legislation such as the Data Protection Act 1998.  This regulates the processing of information relating to you and grants you various rights in respect of your personal data.

 

The aim of this statement is to inform you how we will use any personal data you provide through this web site.

 

If you have any questions about this statement or your personal information, please contact us at help@curriculumonline.gov.uk.

 

 

You do not have to give us any personal information to use most of this web site.  Except as set out in the following paragraph, we only collect your personal data where you ask us to provide you with information about us, the Curriculum Online service or our web site.  Where you provide data in these circumstances, we only use it for this purpose. We are the sole owner of the information collected on this site and we do not share, sell or transfer your information to anyone else. We may employ the services of a third party to help us in certain areas, such as website hosting. In some cases that third party may receive your information. However, at all times, we will control and be responsible for the use of your information. We will only hold your data for as long as is necessary for the purpose for which it is provided.

 

If you wish to be able to post reviews to the web site, save your search preferences or your wish list or receive information about the Curriculum Online service, you will need to register on the web site.  The registration information we collect includes your name, job title, name of school and email address. We gather this information to allow us to process your registration and to send you information about the Curriculum Online service and our website.

 

Where you have agreed on the registration form, we will send you information about other products or services which we think may be of interest.

 

As a registered user, where you have given us your express permission, we will make your email address available to other users who may wish to contact you about a review you have posted on the website.

 

We may use aggregated information for the purpose of tracking usage of the web site and in order to help us improve our web site.  We may pass this information to third parties. The aggregate information and statistics will not, however, include details that can be used to identify you.

 

 

Our web site contains links to other web sites, both those of Government web sites and of other organisations. This privacy policy applies only to our site, so you should always be aware when you are moving to another site and read the privacy statement of any site which collects personal information.

 

 

If this privacy policy changes in any way, we will place an updated version on this page.  Regularly reviewing this page ensures that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if any, we will share it with other parties.

 

 

If you wish to amend or update your personal details , you may do this yourself by using the on-line “edit” facility or you can contact us at help@curriculumonline.gov.uk and we will do this for you.  Please also contact us if you wish to delete your personal details from the web site.