"By far the biggest benefit from my point of view is having the ability to talk with and compare ourselves with like-minded practices on a continuous basis. We do this by attending the annual One-Day Conference and the autumn round of Regional Meetings and indeed on a daily basis through the members "blog" SCDialogue."
David Samuel – Eyesite
To protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used.
1. The information we collect
This notice applies
to all information collected or submitted on the Sight Care
website. On some pages you can make requests and register to receive
materials. The types of personal information collected at these pages
are:
2. The way we use information
We use return e-mail
addresses to answer the e-mail we receive. Such addresses are used to
inform visitors of upcoming events, offers etc, only at the request of
the visitor. The information is not used for any other purpose and is
not shared with outside parties.
3. Our commitment to data security
We never use or
share the personally identifiable information provided to us online in
ways unrelated to those described above without also providing an
opportunity for you to opt out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated
uses. It will never be supplied to anyone outside Sight Care
without first obtaining your consent, unless we are obliged to disclose
it by law.
To prevent unauthorised access, maintain data accuracy and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. We will ensure that all personal information supplied is held securely, in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.
4. Cookies
We may use 'cookies' for administrative
purposes such as cataloguing traffic patterns throughout the website
and can use a cookie to assign a 'user ID' for this purpose. Cookies,
by themselves, cannot be used to find out the identity of any user. If
you have a user ID this will automatically identify your computer - but
not you - to our server when you visit our website. Unless you
specifically tell us, we will never know who you are, even if we do
assign a cookie to your computer.
5. Users under 18
If you are under 18, please get
your parent/guardian's permission beforehand whenever you provide
personal information to Sight Care's website. Users without this
consent are not allowed to provide us with personal information.
Copyright
All rights, including copyright and
database right, in Sight Care's website and its contents, are owned by
or licensed to Sight Care, or otherwise used by Sight Care as
permitted by applicable law.
In accessing Sight Care's website, you agree that you will access the contents solely for your own private use and not for any commercial or public use.
You are not permitted to copy, download, store (including in any other website), distribute, transmit, broadcast, adapt or change in any way the content of these web pages without the prior written consent of Sight Care or in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.