Privacy Policy

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What School Next is committed to protecting your privacy. This statement provides you with a clear understanding and explanation of how we collect, use and protect personal information through the What School Next website. We want you to feel confident about the privacy and security of your personal information.

This Privacy Policy governs the way in which What School Next deals with personal identifiable information and anonymous information that we collect when you use our website, and use our services.

The policy also gives information about cookies; What School Next’s and third parties' use of cookies; and how you may, if you wish, disable such cookies.

This policy does not apply to the practices of companies What School Next neither owns nor controls or to persons not either directly or indirectly employed, managed by What School Next, its servants or agents.


Application

This policy applies whether or not you choose to register for What School Next services. By using this website or service you consent to and are bound by the terms and conditions of this privacy statement. Therefore unless you agree with the terms of this privacy statement, use of which binds you to them, please do not use the What School Next website.

You do not have to provide personal identifiable information to use some parts of the What School Next website. However when you register and/or subscribe to our services you may be required to provide personal identifiable information primarily to provide an easier and more satisfying user experience. We ask for as little information as in all the circumstances is practicable in order to make the process as quick and easy as possible. The information you give us is not sold on to other companies and we have a serious and dedicated commitment to the security of your information.


Changes to privacy policy

What School Next reserves the right to revise this Privacy Policy at any time, without notice, and you should check back to this policy on a regular basis to stay properly informed in relation to the information we hold, where it is obtained and the purposes for which we retain and use it.


The types of information held

Information gathered online can generally be categorised as either anonymous or personal identifiable information. Anonymous information is information that cannot be traced back to a specific individual. We do not know the names, e-mail addresses or gender of the people asking the questions. Personal identifiable information is information from which you or another individual can be identified.

What School Next collects personal identifying information when you register and use our services, when you visit What School Next pages, when you fill in questionnaires, feedback forms, take part in competitions or promotions.

All our competitions, promotions, memberships and surveys are governed by specific terms and conditions. We recommend that you read these before entering.

Customers or companies of What School Next are required to provide personal identifiable information when orders for advertisements on our website are placed.

If you contact us through the What School Next website, we may keep a record of your contact information and correspondence, and use your e-mail address, and any other information you provide in your message, to respond to you.


The nature of the anonymous and personal identifiable information gathered

When users register or subscribe for our services, you may be asked to provide personal information such as your forename and surname, password, e-mail address, telephone number, mailing or contact address and postcode.

We collect anonymous information on user’s activity while logged into What School Next such as your IP address, browser type and access times and any referring URL.


Why anonymous and personal identifiable information is gathered

We collect details when users register or visit the What School Next website so that when you return to the website, we can instantly recognise you and provide you customised service, advertisements and content you see, fulfil your requests for certain services and to contact you for customer feedback.

Queries and comments received via various online surveys are also collected in order to enhance the What School Next customer service and the user experience of our web service.
We require your e-mail address to give you security. As a registered user, you have to enter a password to access your What School Next preferences and services, no one else can access it and if you forget your password, we can e-mail it to you. We also use your e-mail address to confirm your order details for services or goods you may from time to time require.

In addition, we may occasionally e-mail important information regarding the use of the What School Next website or services to visitors who have provided us with their e-mail addresses.

Collecting anonymous information on your activity will be used to monitor aggregated website traffic flow (e.g. tracking where traffic comes from, how traffic flows within What School Next) for the purpose of analysis. This information assists to help us improve the overall quality of the online experience, including the relevance of the services and advertising offered to you.

We may also provide anonymous statistics about users and their usage of the website to outside companies such as our advertisers and also to provide you with information about their services and products and in some instances, research firms. However these will not include personal identifiable information.

We might also use the information you give us such as contact details (name, postal address, e-mail and telephone number) to tell you about important changes to the service or website and its functionality, or new services and special offers you might find valuable.
This is only sent to users who have chosen to opt in when registering, and each time we e-mail you, you can choose not to be sent any further messages from us. We'll also guarantee not to "spam" you with annoying, irrelevant e-mails.


Cookies

When you visit What School Next, we send one or more cookies, a small file containing a string of characters, to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser.

• We use cookies to improve the quality of our service by storing user preferences and
tracking user trends, such as how users search.

• Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but you can reset your browser to
refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some d features and
services may not function properly if your cookies are disabled.


Use of temporary and persistent cookies

Temporary cookies:

• Allow you to enter sections of the website without having to continuously enter
the same information, and enable members to visit restricted areas of the websites.

• During the process of registration to allow you to access stored information, to enable us to
provide you with individually customised content.

Persistent cookies:

• Help us to recognise you as a unique visitor (not merely a number) when you return to our
Website and to allow us to tailor content accordingly.

• Allow us to compile anonymous, aggregated statistics of usage and quantity of traffic.
This allows us to understand how users interact with our website and later, using this
information, to improve our website structure. We cannot identify you personally in
this way.

• Let us manage the way advertisements are displayed and to regulate their frequency.

• Are used within research surveys, to prevent the need for repeated form-filling.

We do not link cookies to information you have provided during registration, we only collect and use anonymous information about your Internet browser and web surfing.


Third Party Cookies

We will not disclose information obtained from the use of cookies to third parties. However, we allow third parties who serve advertisements when you visit our website to set and access their cookies on your computer via this website. Third parties cookies are used for the following purposes: -

• To count the number of anonymous users and of our website and their web activity and
allow us to better understand user activity

• To tailor content to your preferences

• To serve advertisements on our website about goods and services that may be of interest
to you and assess whether these advertisements are accessed by users.

• To control how often you may be shown a particular advertisement.

• To tailor content to your preferences.

Other companies' use of their cookies is subject to their own privacy policies, not this one. Third party advertising companies do not have access to What School Next cookies. We cannot assume responsibility for any other website's content or information handling practices. We encourage you to check the individual privacy policies of such websites to find out more.


Web Beacons

Some of our web pages may contain electronic images known as web beacons (sometimes referred to as clear gifs) that allow us to count users who have visited these pages and help us learn more about how our visitors interact with the content and service that we offer. This helps us to provide a better service to you by allowing us to understand how our members and visitors most commonly use our website.

Web beacons are not used to collect any personal information about you only to collect limited information which usually includes a cookie number, time and date of a page view, and a description of the page on which the web beacon resides, it does not contain your name, address, telephone number or e-mail address.

What School Next pages may also contain web beacons inserted by third party advertisers so that we can measure the effectiveness of our advertising on other websites. These beacons do not carry any personal identifiable information.


Modifying Cookies

You can configure your browser, in the cookie folder of your browser, to accept all cookies, reject, delete or disable all cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set. (Each browser is different, so check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences.)

You can delete, disable or reject cookies from your cookie folder once you have left our website, or you can set your preferences before you enter our website. Deleting, disabling or rejecting cookies may impair your experience of our website. You may not be able to access some pages or take advantage of the full functionality of our website.


Disclosure of information

What School Next discloses information in the following ways: -

We share anonymous information with our third party advertising companies and with other current and potential third party business partners.

In addition, we may share personal identifiable information with other companies and other third parties who work on behalf of What School Next for the purpose of personalizing a visitor's experience with our websites and providing such services. We will only share such personal identifiable information with your consent.

We may share personal identifiable information provided by you with carefully selected third parties for the purpose of administering promotions that we may sponsor or co-sponsor from time to time.

Subject to applicable law, we reserve the right to release information concerning any visitor when that visitor is in violation of our Terms of Service or other published guidelines, or is involved in or takes part (or is reasonably suspected of taking part) in any illegal activity, and to release such information in response to court and governmental orders, civil subpoenas, proper and lawful requests for discovery and as otherwise required by law.

We also reserve the right to release information about our visitors when we believe in good faith that such release is required to protect our rights, property, business, safety or security, our visitors or the public, or to respond to an emergency. (These exceptions are set out in the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations [EC Directive] 2003)

What School Next may transfer any and all information that we collect from visitors, or that we otherwise collect concerning What School Next, and which we may acquire, or is acquired by or merged with, information from other companies. In this event, we will notify you before personal information is transferred and which may become subject to an alternative privacy policy.


Selling and renting information

What School Next does not sell or rent personal identifiable information to other companies or third parties.

We may occasionally use the information we collect to send you details of offers or services that we think you might be interested in, but only if you have not opted out during the registration process. These offers can be provided by a third party, but will always come from What School Next. Each time we e-mail you, you will be given the choice of not receiving further similar messages.

After you consent, you can change your mind at any time by contacting What School Next and changing your preferences. This is optional.


Security

Security of personal identifiable information

What School Next respects the security of your personal data. We have appropriate technology together with security policies that protects the personal data under our control. We also follow strict security procedures and adhere to the standards set out in the Data Protection Act 1998, which covers the storage and disclosure of any information you have provided, and the prevention of unauthorised access.

Any credit card details you pass on to us are encrypted using a Secure Socket Layer (SSL). SSL is an industry standard for data encryption and is one of the best ways to ensure internet messages are not intercepted. Older browsers can't use SSL; you need to use Netscape Navigator 3, Microsoft Internet Explorer 3 Mozilla Firefox or later versions of these browsers. (This applies to payment of membership fees using a credit card)


Access to personal identifiable information

What School Next secures and stores all personal identifiable information away from the public. Credit card information is encrypted before any transaction involving the lawful, intended and properly authorised use of your credit card can take place.

However personal identifiable information is available to our employees/partners to provide products or services to you or in order to do their jobs and ensure the effective operation of our website. These employees/partners have access to your personal information under our strict supervision and within the requirements as set out in the Data Protection Act 1998.


User Information

Accessing user Information

What School Next gives you the ability to access and update your information; you have access to all the details you provided us with when you registered. You can change or delete anything at any time.

Under the Data Protection Act 1998, you're also entitled to view any information we hold on you by paying a fee. Details on how to do this are available from us or from the Office of the Information Commissioner. If any information we hold is deemed to be inaccurate, we will make the necessary changes and contact you by email with confirmation.

Modifying User Information

What School Next users can access and modify their personal details in their membership accounts. Simply select: “login” to access your profile where you can change your details as required, alternatively if you wish to have your personal identifiable information removed from our database or changed, please contact us, and we will use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with your request and to do so within a commercially acceptable timeframe. We may need to contact you in order to be sure that we are deleting or changing the appropriate information and that we have been properly authorised to do so.


Adherence to Standards

It is our policy to adhere to the standards the Interactive Advertising Bureau United Kingdom (IAB United Kingdom), the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) and the Federation of European Direct Marketing Associations (FEDMA).


If you have any questions relating to this privacy policy or how we use the personal information we hold about you, please complete a feedback form (available soon) or contact; mail@online-ep.com