Please take the time to read this notice carefully and note the conditions of use and code of conduct that you are agreeing to by registering on this site. This information can also be accessed from any page on this website (www.studiocambridge.co.uk).

We automatically collect information about your visit to our site. This information, together with your personal details, is required to establish authorised access to areas within this site and is used to make our site run more efficiently and to facilitate the future development of the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) at www.studiocambridge.co.uk. Your participation within your course(s) is recorded and stored within the VLE for the duration of the academic year for the purposes of record keeping and assessment where appropriate.

Your personal details will be processed and held securely in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and are not shared with any third party. At the end of the academic year all information will be stored in an archive copy of the site for a further 6 years before being deleted. A summary of anonymous detail may be retained for statistical purposes. You can ask for a copy of the information we hold about you at any time (for which we may charge an administrative fee).

Studio Cambridge collects data, operates and is registered, in accordance with applicable data protection legislation in the UK and has taken measures to secure collected data. Any personal information you provide to us will be dealt with in accordance with this privacy policy and the Data Protection Act. 

This site, the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), and the material within it, is provided by Studio Cambridge to support the private study of registered students and to facilitate and support the teaching of authorised tutors. As an authorised user (student or tutor) you are responsible for the security of your user name and password. You must not share your user name and password with others to allow them entry to this site. You may not reproduce, publish, distribute, transmit, sell, modify, display, exploit or create derivative works from, any part of this VLE or any material within it without written permission.

All students and tutors posting material within this VLE will be held responsible for their own postings. You should not break any copyright regulations nor submit any illegal, defamatory or offensive material. Studio Cambridge reserves the right to immediately remove any material that contravenes these terms and conditions. Contributions to Discussion Forums are the intellectual property of the contributor and should be acknowledged wherever quoted or referred to by other course participants.

Please note that Studio Cambridge is not responsible for the content of external web sites linked to from within the VLE.

Studio Cambridge reserves the right to remove material and to exclude any individual from this VLE.

Your privacy is important to us.  Please be aware that the information entered into your Personal Profile will be available to other students and the tutors on your course(s).

Please note that you may be redirected to other web sites which may contain links that are outside our control and are not covered by this Privacy Policy. If you access other sites using the links provided, the operators of these sites may collect information from you which they will use in accordance with their own privacy policy, which may differ from ours.

When you log in to our e-Learning web sites, we receive your username and information about the way in which you logged in. A cookie will be temporarily stored on your computer. Cookies are small text files that can be used by web sites to make a user's experience more efficient. This does not give us access to any personal information, we do not use cookies for identification or for any purpose, other than for session management. For further information about cookies, including how to control or delete them, see http://www.aboutcookies.org.

NB To enable your computer to accept cookies from this VLE while retaining a block on other sites you may need to adjust the settings on your internet browser. See http://www.aboutcookies.org for more detailed guidance.

If you require any clarification of these conditions of use or of our privacy/data protection policy please contact us at www.studiocambridge.co.uk

Last Updated 5 March 2009