Privacy policy
The College of Estate Management is fully committed to respecting the privacy of visitors to this website.
This privacy statement sets out the type of information we may collect and hold, and how it is used. It also contains contact details in case you have any queries or concerns about your personal information. Any personal information which is given will be treated with the highest standards of security and confidentiality, in accordance with the United Kingdom Data Protection Act 1998.
Data protection
In various sections of this site we use electronic forms to gather personal information for purposes directly related to the services that we supply. Any information that we do collect is for internal use only and is not passed on to third parties without your prior consent. You have the right to ask us at any time not to contact you by way of direct marketing. Completion and submission of any form is entirely at your discretion.
When you contact us either via this site or directly we use your personal information to:
- process applications
- provide services to students and applicants (including entering your registration or enquiry details into our relevant systems for administration purposes)
- carry out research for internal purposes regarding our courses and services and we involve third parties to assist us in this respect purely for our own purposes
- keep you informed about CEM events and offers that may be of interest to you
- produce statistical information about our products and services.
Note: information will be passed to the University of Reading if applying for a course validated by the University.
Cookies and web logs
As with most websites, our website automatically logs certain information whenever someone visits the site. This information is used for site statistics and does not include anything from which users could be identified. This logged information is not passed on to any third party unless required by law.
Security
We take the necessary security measures to safeguard your data, from risk of loss, destruction, unauthorised access, modifications or disclosure.
Links to external sites
We link to other websites that are not managed by us. We do not take responsibility for any information you share with these linked sites. If you are unsure whether you have left the CEM website, check the address bar. If http://www.cem.ac.uk/ is not in the start of the address, you have left our website.
Contacting us and/or accessing your personal information
Under current data protection legislation you are entitled to know what personal information an organisation holds about you and how that information is processed. If you wish to know what information we currently hold about you, please contact us by e-mail at records@cem.ac.uk. Your enquiry will be dealt with as soon as possible and will not take more than 40 days to process.
You also have the right to have any inaccurate information corrected. If you find that we do hold inaccurate information on you please contact us by email. The request will be dealt with as soon as possible and will not take more than 40 days to process.