Privacy
1. Purpose of this Statement
This statement tells you how the University will collect and process your personal data when you access this website.
2. Automated Collection of Personal Information
As with most other web servers, when you access these web pages certain information you provide will automatically be recorded. This will include your IP address, browser type, and information relating to the page you last visited. This information is processed to estimate how much usage of the server is made by different categories of users and in the event of a breach of security may be used to aid detection.
3. Non-Automated Collection
Where you are required under this website to provide personal data this data will be used for the following purposes:
- Validation of user access
- Processing of payments where appropriate
4. Credit card details
Where credit/debit card details have been requested as part of a transaction between you and us, these details will be encrypted and handled by a secure web server using SSL technology.
If you make a payment by credit/debit card the University is using a secure third party provider.
Certain information you provide will automatically be recorded by WPM Education. See http://www.wpmeducation.com/privacy/ for further details.
5. Third Party Access
Your personal data will be forwarded to the following third parties in connection with the purposes outlined under 2, 3 and 4 above:
WPM Education will retain information for the purposes of accepting payments for Library charges.
Other external organisations to enable us to provide Library services to you. E.g. Document supply
Google analytics; see 8 below
6. Cookies
This website uses cookies. Cookies set by our website can be read by our web server and may contain information you have provided to us for use in connection with the purposes outlined under 2 and 3 above.
7. Changes to this statement
This statement and therefore the ways in which your data may be processed can be changed from time to time. Any changes will only be notified via this web page.
If you have any queries relating to the privacy statement then please contact library-web@library.leeds.ac.uk. If you feel dissatisfied with the response given then please contact the University's webmaster (webmaster@leeds.ac.uk).
8. Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google") to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States . Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. For further information you may wish to consult Google Analytics' Privacy Statement.
9. A-Z search information
Searches of the A-Z that yield no results may be logged for internal use. This data is analysed and commonly used terms are added to the index as appropriate.