This privacy statement applies specifically to the Website and
member communications facilities of the University of Bath Students’
Union (BUSU).
The facilities contain public areas which may be viewed from any
Internet connected PC. Other areas are restricted to access by members
of BUSU. It's important to BUSU that its members and customers retain
their privacy when they take advantage of all that BUSU and its
services have to offer.
Your privacy is important to us. We therefore operate on the basis of a number of principles:
Principle 1.
The information you give us in registering your membership of the
University of Bath Students’ Union, will be stored securely. This
web-site is hosted by a third party who is under an obligation to hold
the information securely and confidentially in compliance with the Data
Protection Act 1998 and is prohibited from making use of the
information itself.
If any of the information you have given us changes at any time, you
can directly change this record yourself by clicking the 'my profile'
button in the top right box on your page, after you are logged in. You
can set your own preferences for information receipt and can change
these at any time. Thus for example, should you choose not to ‘opt-in’
for news of Bar Promotions’, no specific communications on that subject
will be sent to you.
Principle 2.
BUSU will use this information to communicate with you by e-mail, or
by text message, to improve our website and to personalise our service
to you. For example we may provide you with newsletters, activity
information, pointers, advice, recommendations or advertisements for
goods or services that we think will interest you, according to the
preferences you have determined. We will also use the information for
our own internal membership administration and for statistical analysis.
Principle 3.
We will not however disclose, sell, rent or otherwise exchange any
information personal to you to any third party without your prior
express approval. The only exceptions to this shall be in order to
comply with our legal obligations, to enforce the terms and conditions
of use of our web-site or to protect and defend the rights and
interests or property of BUSU, the University, or other member.
Principle 4.
BUSU will not store in or transfer your personal data to countries outside the United Kingdom.
Principle 5.
By disclosing information about you to us on our web-site or in any
other way, you consent to the use of that information in the manner set
out in this policy.
Principle 6.
As required by Data Protection legislation, BUSU (as part of the
University of Bath) has notified the Data Protection Commissioner of
the types of information we hold, the purposes for which we hold it and
the third parties to whom we may disclose it.
If you have questions regarding Data Protection and this policy, please e-mail the Webmaster at webmaster@bathstudent.com