Privacy Policy
About us
Governors E-Learning is a provider of a subscription based service for online governor training to Local Authorities across the country. GEL takes the privacy of all its customers and website users very seriously and takes great care with customer and user information. This privacy policy outlines how your personal information will be treated. Our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced.
What information do we collect?
In order to provide you with our services or process any application you make, we may collect personal information about you from our website. We may, for example, keep a record of your name, email address, and the nature of our contact.
Please inform your Local Authority if any of your personal information changes or is inaccurate. Contact your LA by email or in writing at the address shown on the website so that they may keep their records up to date.
How do we use your information?
Any personal data relating to you will be used and recorded by us in accordance with current data protection legislation and this privacy policy. We use your personal information to process any application to use the site. We also monitor the take up of training. Your LA will use the data to maintain its records for your training record. We will also use the information we hold to communicate with you, for example to inform you of updates to the site and in the event that any services you have requested are unavailable. We will also use your data for record keeping purposes, and to improve the quality of our service.
Disclosure of your information
We disclose your information to:
- The GEL Editorial Board
- The GEL User Group
- Your Local Authority
Each of which may use your information for statistical/report purposes.
Cookies
In common with many other website operators, we may use standard technology called 'cookies' on this site. Cookies are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. Our cookies enable us to increase the speed at which we can download information for you. Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually change your browser to prevent cookies being stored, however if you do turn cookies off this may limit the service that we are able to provide to you.
Security
We take the security of your Information seriously. We have security procedures in place to protect our database from loss and misuse, and only allow access to it when absolutely necessary, and then under strict guidelines as to what use may be made of the personal information contained within it. This website contains links to other websites. We are only responsible for the privacy practices on this site. We recommend that you check the privacy and security policies and procedures of each and every other website that you visit.
Your rights to access your personal information
You have the right to receive details of the Information we hold about you. We may charge a small fee towards the cost of administering any request you make.
Site content and third party links
GEL can update or change the contents of this website at any time and without notice. Please email gel-info@elc-cambridge.org to verify that any information contained on this site is accurate and up-to-date.All content Copyright 2004-2009 by GEL. All rights reserved worldwide. Copyright applies to the entire web site. No part of this website may be reproduced in any manner without the express written permission of the copyright owners. Users may access content on this site solely for their own personal, non-commercial use.
This policy does not cover any third party websites linked to or from the GEL website. GEL does not endorse any of the products or services of third party organisations contained within its sites unless expressly stated, nor does it guarantee the quality of links to the external sites listed.
Contact us
If you would like any further information or have any comments about our privacy policy or any other aspect of our website or service, please contact the GEL team using the details below:
Email: gel-info@elc-cambridge.org
Tracy Holland
GEL Coordinator
Eastern Leadership Centre
Iconix Park
London Road
Pampisford
Cambridge
CB22 3EG
Telephone: 01223 499235
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