Privacy policy

Your right to privacy is important to us. The following terms are provided to explain how we collect and use information about you so that you can make an informed choice about using the Website. For further information, please see the ICO advice on data protection.

Data Protection
Cookies
Web Site Privacy Policy
User Name and Passwords
Use of Links
Use of Text and Images
Accessibility
Questions about our policies

Data Protection

We are keen to strike a fair balance between your personal privacy and ensuring that you obtain full value from the services we provide, whilst ensuring we comply with the Data Protection Act 1998. Marlborough College will hold and process your data securely in accordance with the Act.

You have the right to ask for a copy of the information we have about you, and to correct any inaccuracies. You can also change your details at any time.

Cookies

This Website uses cookies, a small piece of information stored on your computer in the form of a file, to allow you to access restricted areas and to monitor usage by tracking which URLs are accessed and the sequence in which they are accessed.

We use Google Analytics to analyse use of the Website. The information collected will not include any information from which you will be identifiable.

You can set up your browser to reject cookies, although some functionality of the website may be impaired.

Web Site Privacy Policy

We have created this statement to demonstrate our firm commitment to your privacy. We do not collect personally identifying information about you when you visit our site, unless you choose to provide such information to us. Providing such information is strictly voluntary. This policy is your guide to how we will handle information we learn about you from your visit to our Web site.

• Reading or Downloading

  We collect and store only the following information about you: the name of the domain from which you access the Internet (for example, aol.com, if you are connecting from an America Online account, or Cambridge.ac.uk if you are connecting from Cambridge University's domain), the date and time you access our site, and the Internet address of the Web site from which you linked to our site.

  We use the information we collect to measure the number of visitors to the different sections of our site, and to help us make our site more useful to visitors.

• Online Profile Updates and Donations

  If you complete the Profile update form and share your personally identifying information, this information will be used only to provide you with more targeted content. We may use your contact information to send further information about our Organisation or to contact you when necessary. You may always opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the "Opt Out" section below.

• Sending us an Email

  You also may decide to send us personally identifying information, for example, in an electronic mail message containing a question or comment, or by filling out a Web form that provides us this information. We use personally identifying information from email primarily to respond to your requests. We may forward your email to other employees who are better able to answer your questions. We may also use your email to contact you in the future about our programmes that may be of interest.

  We want to be very clear: We will not obtain personally identifying information about you when you visit our site, unless you choose to provide such information to us. Providing such information is strictly voluntary. Except as might be required by law, we do not share any information we receive with any outside parties.

  If you sign up for one of our email lists, we will only send you the kinds of information you have requested. We won't share your name or email address with any outside parties.

• Children and Privacy

  For children who visit our site, special rules apply. We do not request personal information about children, such as first and last name or street address and city. When kids send email to us, their online contact information (email address) is not used to re-contact them and is not maintained in retrievable form.

• Opt-Out or Change Your Contact Information

  Our site provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us through a special online form. You may choose to receive only specific communications or none at all. You may also update your contact information previously provided to us through another online form. You cannot remove yourself from our database, but you can prevent unwanted communication.

User Name and Passwords

You are solely responsible in all aspects for all use of and for protecting the confidentiality of any usernames and passwords that may be given to you or selected by you for use on our Website. You must notify us immediately of any unauthorised use of them.

Use of Links

Throughout our Web pages, we provide links to other servers which may contain information of interest to our readers. We take no responsibility for, and exercise no control over, the Organisations, views, or accuracy of the information contained on other servers.

Creating a text link from your Web site to our site does not require permission. If you have a link you'd like us to consider adding to our Web site, please send an email to marlburianclub@marlboroughcollege.org with the subject "Link request."

Use of Text and Images

If you would like to publish information that you find on our Web site, please send your request to marlburianclub@marlboroughcollege.org Where text or images are posted on our site with the permission of the original copyright holder, a copyright statement appears at the bottom of the page.

Information about using our logo and images is available in Media Resources.

Accessibility

This Web site is designed to be accessible to visitors with disabilities, and to comply with guidelines concerning accessibility. We welcome your comments. If you have suggestions on how to make the site more accessible, please contact us at marlburianclub@marlboroughcollege.org

Questions about our policies

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact us at: marlburianclub@marlboroughcollege.org