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The UK government is launching new privacy legislation related to use of cookie on web sites. This legislation will require those with responsibilities for the provision of institutional web sites to develop appropriate policies and procedures.
Many universities will be developing such policies. In order to minimise unnecessary duplication of effort UKOLN and JISC Legal have been working with a small group led by the University of Bradford who are looking to share examples of institutional policies.
This web site provide access to a generic privacy policy based on a policy which is currently being developed at the University of Bradford. Comments on this policy are welcomed.
This document is based on a draft privacy policy which is currently being developed at the University of Bradford. This work is being led by Claire Gibbons, the Senior Web and Marketing Manager at the University of Bradford. All are welcome to comment on this draft policy and use it to inform their own work at their own institution. Comments, queries, advice and useful links are all welcome.
Privacy Policy for website www.foo.ac.uk This privacy policy sets out how University of Foo uses and protects any information that you give University of Foo when you use this website. University of Foo is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement. University of Foo may change this [...]
What we collect We may collect the following information: name and job title contact information including email address demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers What we do with the information we gather We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons: Internal record keeping We may use the informa [...]
Links to other websites Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in [...]
This page can be used to discuss general issues related to the privacy policy.
The following tips have been produced for an article to be published in the JISC Inform newsletter. Audit your web site so that you know what cookies you are using and for what purposes. It is likely that many cookies being used are redundant and serve no useful business purpose. Stop your web server using them and get rid of the information collected by them. Assess how intrusive your use of cookies is. It might be useful to think of this in terms of a sliding scale, with privacy neutral [...]