West Midlands Consortium is committed to protecting your privacy and developing
technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This
Statement of Privacy applies to the West Midlands Consortium Web
site and governs data collection and usage. By using the West Midlands Consortium
website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
West Midlands Consortium collects personally
identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work
address or telephone number. West Midlands Consortium also collects anonymous
demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code,
age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.
There is also information about your computer hardware and
software that is automatically collected by West Midlands Consortium. This information
can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and
referring Web site addresses. This information is used by West Midlands Consortium for
the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to
provide general statistics regarding use of the West Midlands Consortium Web site.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable
information or personally sensitive data through West Midlands Consortium public
message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note:
West Midlands Consortium does not read any of your private online communications.
West Midlands Consortium encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites
you choose to link to from West Midlands Consortium so that you can understand how
those Web sites collect, use and share your information. West Midlands Consortium is
not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites
outside of the West Midlands Consortium and West Midlands Consortium family of Web sites.
Use of your Personal Information
West Midlands Consortium collects and uses your personal
information to operate the West Midlands Consortium Web site and deliver the services
you have requested. West Midlands Consortium also uses your personally identifiable
information to inform you of other products or services available from
West Midlands Consortium and its affiliates. West Midlands Consortium may also contact you
via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of
potential new services that may be offered.
West Midlands Consortium does not sell,
rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. West Midlands Consortium may, from
time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a
particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique
personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number)
is not transferred to the third party. In addition, West Midlands Consortium may share
data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you
email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All
such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except
to provide these services to West Midlands Consortium, and they are required to
maintain the confidentiality of your information.
West Midlands Consortium does not
use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or
political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
West Midlands Consortium keeps
track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within West Midlands Consortium,
in order to determine what West Midlands Consortium services are the most popular.
This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within
West Midlands Consortium to customers whose behavior indicates that they are
interested in a particular subject area.
West Midlands Consortium Web sites will
disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so
by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a)
conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on
West Midlands Consortium or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of
West Midlands Consortium; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the
personal safety of users of West Midlands Consortium, or the public.
Use of Cookies
The West Midlands Consortium Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your
online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by
a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to
your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a
web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary
purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The
purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a
specific page. For example, if you personalize West Midlands Consortium pages, or
register with West Midlands Consortium site or services, a cookie helps
West Midlands Consortium to recall your specific information on subsequent visits.
This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as
billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same
West Midlands Consortium Web site, the information you previously provided can be
retrieved, so you can easily use the West Midlands Consortium features that you
customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web
browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser
setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you
may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the
West Midlands Consortium services or Web sites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
West Midlands Consortium secures your personal information from
unauthorized access, use or disclosure. West Midlands Consortium secures the
personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a
controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or
disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is
transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption,
such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Changes to this Statement
West Midlands Consortium will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect
company and customer feedback. West Midlands Consortium encourages you to periodically
review this Statement to be informed of how West Midlands Consortium is protecting
your information.
Contact Information
West Midlands Consortium welcomes your comments
regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that West Midlands Consortium has
not adhered to this Statement, please contact West Midlands Consortium at jhill@ttsonline.net. We
will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the
problem.
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