The following statement explains our policy regarding the personal
information we collect about you. |
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1. Introduction
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This policy covers the The HOCA Practice's use of personal
information that the we collect when you use hoca.co.uk. The policy also
gives you information about cookies; The HOCA Practice and third
parties' use of cookies; and how you may reject such cookies.
From time to time, you may be asked to submit personal information about
yourself (e.g. name and email address) in order to receive or use
services on our website. Such services include newsletters and updates.
By entering your details in the fields requested, you enable the The
HOCA Practice website and its service providers (if applicable) to
provide you with the services you select. Whenever you provide such
personal information, we will treat that information in accordance with
this policy. When using your personal information The HOCA Practice will
act in accordance with current legislation and aim to meet current
Internet best practice. |
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2. Visitor Information
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During the course of any visit to hoca.co.uk, the pages you see,
along with a short text file called a 'cookie', maybe downloaded to your
computer. Many websites do this, because cookies enable website
publishers to do useful things like find out whether the computer (and
probably its user) has visited the website before. This is done on a
repeat visit by checking to see, and finding, the cookie left there on
the last visit.
Information supplied by cookies can help us to provide you with a better
online user experience and assist us to analyse the profile of our
visitors. For example: if on a previous visit you went to our portfolio
pages, we might find this out from your cookie and highlight new case
studies on your second and subsequent visits. |
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3. What is a Cookie?
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A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an
anonymous unique identifier that is sent to your browser from a
website's computer and stored on your computer's hard drive. 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 web site to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not
the cookies sent to you by other sites.
Many sites do this whenever a user visits their website in order to
track online traffic flows.
Cookies record information about your online preferences. Users have the
opportunity to set their computers to accept all cookies, to notify them
when a cookie is issued, or not to receive cookies at any time. The last
of these, of course, means that certain personalised services cannot
then be provided to that user and accordingly you may not be able to
take full advantage of all of the The HOCA Practice website features.
Each browser is different, so check the "Help" menu of your browser to
learn how to change your cookie preferences.
If you have set your computer to reject cookies you can still browse the
The HOCA Practice website anonymously until such time as you wish to
register for The HOCA Practice website extended services. For further
information on cookies please visit
www.aboutcookies.org. |
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4. Use and Storage of your Personal Information
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When you supply any personal information to The HOCA Practice (e.g.
for registering for email newsletters or updates) we have legal
obligations towards you in the way we use those data. We must collect
the information fairly, that is, we must explain how we will use it (see
the notices on particular webpages that let you know why we are
requesting the information) and tell you if we want to pass the
information on to anyone else.
In general, any information you provide to The HOCA Practice will only
be used by us unless clearly stated otherwise. Your information will be
disclosed where we are obliged or permitted by law. Also, if you post or
send offensive, inappropriate or objectionable content anywhere on or to
The HOCA Practice website or otherwise engage in any disruptive
behaviour on hoca.co.uk, we can use whatever information that is
available to us about you to stop such behaviour. This may involve
informing relevant third parties such as your employer, school
e-mail/Internet provider and law enforcement agencies about the content
and your behaviour.
We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as you
use the service you have requested, and remove it in the event that the
purpose has been met, or, until you no longer wish to continue your
usage of said service. For safety reasons, however, we may store
messaging transcript data (including message content, member names,
times and dates) arising from the use of our site (if applicable) for a
period of six months. We will ensure that all personal information
supplied is held securely, in accordance with the Data Protection Act
1998.
You have the right to request a copy of the personal information The
HOCA Practice holds about you and to have any inaccuracies corrected.
(We charge £15 for information requests.) Please address requests to the
Data Protection Officer, The HOCA Practice, 15 Willington Street,
Maidstone, Kent ME15 8JW (Email:
post@hoca.co.uk). |
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5. Users 16 and Under
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If you are aged 16 or under, please get your parent/guardian's
permission beforehand whenever you provide personal information to our
website. Users without this consent are not allowed to provide us with
personal information. |
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6. How to find and control your cookies
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Please visit
www.aboutcookies.org for up to date information about controlling
cookies. |
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7. List of Cookies used on hoca.co.uk
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We use statcounter to monitor our website usage and track returning
visitors. To do this statcoutner place a cookie on your computer. This
cookie can be denied using your browser's settings and will not affect
your browsing of the hoca.co.uk website.
Accurate as of 21/10/2009
We regularly monitor this website and will update this list of cookies
when necessary. |
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