Coventry and Warwickshire VTS 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 Coventry and Warwickshire VTS site and governs data collection and usage.
By using the Coventry and Warwickshire VTS site, you consent to the data practices described
in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
Coventry and Warwickshire VTS collects personally identifiable information, such as your email
address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Coventry and Warwickshire VTS 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 Coventry and Warwickshire VTS. This information can include: your IP address,
browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This
information is used by Coventry and Warwickshire VTS for the operation of the service, to
maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use
of the Coventry and Warwickshire VTS site.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information
or personally sensitive data through Coventry and Warwickshire VTS public message boards,
this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Coventry and Warwickshire VTS
does not read any of your private online communications.
Coventry and Warwickshire VTS encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites
you choose to link to from Coventry and Warwickshire VTS so that you can understand how those
Web sites collect, use and share your information. Coventry and Warwickshire VTS is not responsible
for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Coventry and Warwickshire VTS
and Coventry and Warwickshire VTS family of Web sites.
Use of your Personal Information
Coventry and Warwickshire VTS collects and uses your personal information to operate the Coventry and Warwickshire VTS
Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Coventry and Warwickshire VTS also uses
your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services
available from Coventry and Warwickshire VTS and its affiliates. Coventry and Warwickshire VTS may also
contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services
or of potential new services that may be offered.
Coventry and Warwickshire VTS does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.
Coventry and Warwickshire VTS 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, Coventry and Warwickshire VTS
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 Coventry and Warwickshire VTS, and they are required to maintain
the confidentiality of your information.
Coventry and Warwickshire VTS does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such
as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
Coventry and Warwickshire VTS keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within
Coventry and Warwickshire VTS, in order to determine what Coventry and Warwickshire VTS services are
the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising
within Coventry and Warwickshire VTS to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested
in a particular subject area.
Coventry and Warwickshire VTS 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 Coventry and Warwickshire VTS or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or
property of Coventry and Warwickshire VTS; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect
the personal safety of users of Coventry and Warwickshire VTS, or the public.
Use of Cookies
The Coventry and Warwickshire VTS 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 Coventry and Warwickshire VTS pages, or
register with Coventry and Warwickshire VTS site or services, a cookie helps Coventry and Warwickshire VTS
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 Coventry and Warwickshire VTS Web site, the information
you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Coventry and Warwickshire VTS
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 Coventry and Warwickshire VTS services or Web sites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
Coventry and Warwickshire VTS secures your personal information from unauthorized access,
use or disclosure. Coventry and Warwickshire VTS 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
Coventry and Warwickshire VTS will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect
company and customer feedback. Coventry and Warwickshire VTS encourages you to periodically
review this Statement to be informed of how Coventry and Warwickshire VTS is protecting your
information.
Contact Information
Coventry and Warwickshire VTS welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy.
If you believe that Coventry and Warwickshire VTS has not adhered to this Statement, please
contact Coventry and Warwickshire VTS at Bianca.OMahoney@wm.hee.nhs.uk.
We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the
problem.