StudentPlaces.com Website Privacy Statement
This explains how StudentPlaces.com uses any information you give to us via our Website, and the ways in which we protect your privacy.
The Data Protection Act 1998
StudentPlaces.com is a Data Controller under the Data Protection Act 1998. We hold information for the purposes of running StudentPlaces.com. StudentPlaces.com complies with the data protection principles set out in the Data Protection Act 1998 in relation to personal data which you give to us via our Website to the extent that the Act requires it to do so. These principles restrict the powers of a data controller to disclose to third parties personal data which it is processing.
What information do we collect via the Website?
We collect three main types of information from online visitors to StudentPlaces.com:
Payment details from property owners/agents, tenants and other users of StudentPlaces.com;
Site usage information (from session cookies and log files).
Searches of the accomodation database.
Payment details from property owners/agents on StudentPlaces.com
StudentPlaces.com provides on-line payment facilities for its clients. No information is disclosed to third parties without users consent. Records of credit card information and payments are not stored on computer and credit card information is encrypted for privacy in transit and temporary storage until the transaction is completed.
Cookies
Parts of our site may use "cookies" to keep track of your visit and to help you navigate between sections, this allows us to deliver content specific to your interests and to give us an idea of which parts of our site users are visiting. A cookie is a small data file that certain Web sites write to your hard drive when you visit them. A cookie file can contain information such as a user ID that the site uses to track the pages you've visited. But the only personal information a cookie contains is information you supply yourself. A cookie does not read data from your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. This means that a user's session will be tracked, but the user will be anonymous. We may also use outside advertising companies to display advertisements on our site. These advertisements may contain cookies. While we use cookies in other parts of our Website, cookies received with banner advertisements are collected by our advertisers and/or advertising companies, and we do not have access to this information.
Security
This site has numerous security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. The measures include passwords, linkages to secure servers, encryption and backup systems. However we cannot guarantee that the measures in place are (or will remain) adequate.
What happens when I link to another site?
This privacy policy applies only to our site, so you should always be aware when you are moving to another site and read the privacy statement of any site which collects personal information.
