Privacy Policy
Ripple Effect Systems Ltd is committed to safeguarding your privacy. This policy sets out how we will achieve this in relation to your personal information.
When do we collect information?
Personal information about you is collected, for example, when you use our website, or when you email us or when you sign in to enable you to access the restricted parts of this site.
What information do we collect and why?
We may collect, store and use personal data including:
- Your user log recording your access to site files and a note of the domains from which you visit us. Collecting this information allows us to take note of whether and how you use the information and services that we provide so we can better tailor our content to your needs.
- Information relating to any interactions carried out between you and us on or in relation to this website.
- Information that you provide to us for the purpose of enrolling on a course with us (including your email address, homepage url, instant messaging addresses, email addresses and date of birth).
- Any other information that you choose to send to us.
- We may also use your information to provide you with tutorial services and programme updates.
- We may also use your information to offer/provide you with other associated services or third party services which we think you may find valuable. If you do not wish to receive this information, please send an email to support.
- We will share all the above information without restriction within the Ripple Effect Systems group.
- We will not sell your personal data to third parties.
How do we store your information?
We use systems designed to prevent loss, misuse, unauthorised access, modification, disclosure or alteration.
Data transmission over the web is insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.
You are responsible for keeping your password and user details confidential. We will not ask you for your password.
We do not store any financial information after the transaction has been completed.
Disclosure
In addition to the disclosures reasonably necessary for the purposes identified elsewhere in this privacy policy, we may disclose information about you if required by Law or in connection with any legal proceedings or in order to exercise our legal rights and in the event of reporting spamming.
Except as provided in this privacy statement, we will not provide your information to third parties.
About the Message Board and Chat Room
Please be aware that disclosing personally identifiable information on-line though the Message Board and Chat Room makes the information that you have submitted personal information. Such disclosure may increase your chance of receiving 'spam', which is unsolicited email. Ripple Effect Systems recommends that you be careful, using your discretion when disclosing information online and utilise the alias facility provided. Ripple Effect Systems is not responsible for personally identifiable information posted in the Message Board or Chat Room.
We store your messages to or from other people.
Only the current Ripple Effect Systems members and Ripple Effect Systems employees have access to the Message Board and Chat Room.
Access to personal information
In accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998, you are entitled to request a copy of the information we hold about you. We charge a fee for complying with this request.
Use of cookies
We use cookies to help us see how many return visitors or customers have visited our site and how they used that site. This will help us improve the service we offer to you. Cookies will be placed on your PC by third party servers but if the cookie is already present it won’t be placed again. Information including the date, time, browser version and operating system etc are passed to the third party who will use it for analysis.
General
By accessing any part of the site, you shall be deemed to have accepted these terms in full.
Whilst we endeavour to ensure that this site is normally available 24 hours a day, we will not be liable if for any reason the site is unavailable at any time or for any period.
This privacy policy only covers websites run by Ripple Effect Systems. Any other links within this site to other sites are not covered by this policy.
If you have difficulty accessing the member web site, have changed your email address, forgotten your password or have any other queries, please email Support.
Notification of changes
Ripple Effect Systems reserves the right to make changes to this statement at any time by posting revisions on the site. You are responsible for periodically checking our site for changes to this Privacy Statement. You may opt-out of any posted change to our collection, use or disclosure of your personal information by sending an email to Support.
You are responsible for updating your personal information and informing us of any changes.
