Privacy Policy

The www.prospectusuk.com website (the “Website”) is owned and operated by Heist, a division of Euro RSCG Communications Limited (“Heist”), in order to provide a service to the institutions who make their prospectuses available to you on the Website (the “Institutions”). In this Privacy Policy, Heist and the Universities are referred to collectively as “we” or “us”).

When you provide any information about yourself on the Website, the Institution or Institutions from whom you are requesting materials (including a prospectus) will receive that information, and be responsible for the use and security of that information, in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 (for a full list of the Institutions, and how you can contact them, please click here.

In addition, your information will be collated with information submitted by other visitors to the Website, and held by Heist (the “Aggregated Data”). In respect of the Aggregated Data, Heist will be responsible for its use and security, in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

What we do with your information

The information you submit on the Website will be used by the Institutions to send you a copy of the prospectus(es) which you request, and other information about their courses and services, from time to time. In certain circumstances, a third party (such as Heist) may be asked by the Institutions to send that information to you, and in doing so, will use the personal information you have submitted. Depending on which option you choose, the prospectuses you have selected will either be sent to you electronically (via email or download) or mailed to the postal address you provide. Other information may be sent to you via email or SMS text message. You can opt out of receiving those communications at any time by choosing the ‘unsubscribe’ option on the relevant message, or by contacting the relevant institution (from the list here).

The Aggregated Data will be used by Heist to perform statistical analysis of visitors to the Website generally, and to find ways of improving the way in which Universities make information available to prospective students. From time to time, we may also contact you via email (where you have said you’re happy for us to do so) to let you know about courses offered by the Institutions, or other products or services. If you do not wish to receive this information, please send an email to admin@prospectusuk.com.

The information you provide to us will be stored electronically by the Universities, and by Heist. Your information may be disclosed to our other suppliers to the extent necessary to meet the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. For example, this Website is hosted by a third party service provider, Imperium Business Solutions Limited, who may from time to time have access to your information in order to improve the quality of the service on the Website and monitor traffic and usage. Those suppliers are permitted to use your information in accordance with our instructions only, and we take steps to ensure that their use of your information is lawful, secure, and in accordance with your rights as set out in this Privacy Policy, and under the Data Protection Act.

In the event of a sale of a Institution’s or Heist’s business, your information may be included in records which are a transferred asset, and so may be disclosed to a purchaser. In those circumstances, your rights and the use of your information will remain subject to the commitments made in this Privacy Policy.

We have taken steps to make sure that your information is kept safe and secure from unauthorised access or improper use. While we do our best to ensure that your information is secure on our system, no data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk

Cookies

We may use session cookies when you use this Website. A cookie is a small file that can be placed on your computer's hard disk or on a website server. Such cookies do not retrieve information about you stored on your hard drive and do not corrupt or damage your computer or computer files. You are not obliged to accept a cookie that we send to you, and you can in fact modify your browser so that it will not accept cookies. For more information about cookies including how to set your internet browser to reject cookies please go to www.allaboutcookies.org.

Your rights

You have the right to ask us to provide a copy of the information we hold about you (for which we may charge a small administration fee) and to have any inaccurate information about you corrected.

If you have any questions about the privacy of our Website or would like to remove your information from our records, please contact either the relevant Institution (from the list here), or send an email to admin@prospectusuk.com.