PRIVACY GUIDANCE
NIHR Children and Young People MedTech Co-operative (NIHR CYP MedTech) is fully compliant with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act (DPA) 2018, as per the regulatory requirements of our host institution, Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.
NIHR CYP MedTech is committed to protecting the privacy of all visitors to this website. By using this website you consent to the collection, use, and transfer of the information that you provide to us in accordance with the terms of this policy. In the event that you do not agree to our Privacy Policy, then please do not use this site.
We reserve the right to edit the contents of this website, including this privacy policy, at any time by posting such changes on the website. Please note it is your responsibility to familiarise yourself with this policy regularly to ensure that you are aware of any changes. Your continued use of this website following the posting of any such changes will constitute your acceptance of the revised privacy policy.
INFORMATION COLLECTION
If you register with this website, or fill in a form on this website, you may be asked to provide information about yourself including your name and contact details. This information is personal information that can be used to identify you.
We may also collect information about your usage of this website as you and others browse and use our website (see section on cookies), as well as information about you from messages you post to the website and emails or letters you send to us.
USE OF THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Your personal information will be used for several general purposes, including: providing information that you have requested, handling your enquiries, personalising your experience on the website, providing access to some areas of the website, and keeping you up to date with services which may be relevant to you. We may need to share this information with our service providers or associated agencies. We may contact you by post, telephone, as well as by email, according to your preferences.
DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
The information you provide to us will be held on our computers, or the computers of one or more of our suppliers. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing, and processing.
We will also pass information on the usage of our website to third parties, but this information and any information derived from it will only be used by that third party to analyse usage of the site and report back to NIHR CYP MedTech.
We may disclose personal information in response to legal processes, for example, in response to a court order. We may also disclose such information in response to a law enforcement agency’s request or where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, non-compliance with our terms and conditions of use, or as otherwise permitted or required by law and consistent with legal requirements.
COOKIES
The NIHR CYP MedTech website utilises a standard technology called ‘cookies’ to collect information about how our website is used and to record your preferences in order to give you the information you need during your visit. Information gathered through cookies allows us to monitor website traffic and to personalise the content of the site for you.
A cookie is a very small text document which often includes an anonymous unique identifier. When you visit a website, that site’s computer asks your computer for permission to store this file in a part of your hard drive specifically designated for cookies. Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser’s preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a website to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites.
Browsers are usually set to accept cookies. However, if you would prefer not to receive cookies, you may alter the configuration of your browser to refuse cookies. If you choose to have your browser refuse cookies, it is possible that some areas of our site will not function as effectively when viewed by you. A cookie cannot retrieve any other data from your hard drive or pass on computer viruses. A cookie does not hold any information about which sites you visited before this one.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Consent has been obtained for all photographs used on this website and they must not be copied or reproduced.
LINKS TO EXTERNAL SITES
This website contains links to other websites, including those of our partner organisations. This website privacy policy applies only to this website, so when you are moving to another site which collects personal information you should always read the privacy policy relating to that website. We do not pass on any personal information you have given us to any other website operators.
CONTACT
For all comments, queries and other requests relating to our use of your information, please contact the NIHR CYP MedTech team.
