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Privacy Policy

Last Updated On 03-May-2022
Effective Date 03-May-2022

This Privacy Policy describes the policies of Cornwall Health Library on the collection, use and disclosure of your information that we collect when you use our website ( https://repository.cornwallhealthlibrary.nhs.uk/ ). (the “Service”). By accessing or using the Service, you are consenting to the collection, use and disclosure of your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not consent to the same, please do not access or use the Service.

We may modify this Privacy Policy at any time without any prior notice to you and will post the revised Privacy Policy on the Service. The revised Policy will be effective 180 days from when the revised Policy is posted in the Service and your continued access or use of the Service after such time will constitute your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy. We therefore recommend that you periodically review this page.

  1. How We Collect Your Information:

    We collect/receive information about you in the following manner:
    1. When a user fills up the registration form or otherwise submits personal information
    2. From public sources
  2. How We Use Your Information:

    We will use the information that we collect about you for the following purposes:
    1. Creating user account
    2. Managing user account

    If we want to use your information for any other purpose, we will ask you for consent and will use your information only on receiving your consent and then, only for the purpose(s) for which grant consent unless we are required to do otherwise by law.

  3. Your Rights:

    Depending on the law that applies, you may have a right to access and rectify or erase your personal data or receive a copy of your personal data, restrict or object to the active processing of your data, ask us to share (port) your personal information to another entity, withdraw any consent you provided to us to process your data, a right to lodge a complaint with a statutory authority and such other rights as may be relevant under applicable laws. To exercise these rights, you can write to us at rcht.citswebteam@nhs.net. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable law.

    Do note that if you do not allow us to collect or process the required personal information or withdraw the consent to process the same for the required purposes, you may not be able to access or use the services for which your information was sought.

  4. Cookies Etc.

    To learn more about how we use these and your choices in relation to these tracking technologies, please refer to our Cookie Policy.

  5. Security:

    The security of your information is important to us and we will use reasonable security measures to prevent the loss, misuse or unauthorised alteration of your information under our control. However, given the inherent risks, we cannot guarantee absolute security and consequently, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk.

  6. Third Party Links & Use Of Your Information:

    Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. This Privacy Policy does not address the privacy policy and other practices of any third parties, including any third party operating any website or service that may be accessible via a link on the Service. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

  7. Grievance / Data Protection Officer:

    If you have any queries or concerns about the processing of your information that is available with us, you may email our Grievance Officer at Cornwall Health Library email: cornwall.library@nhs.net. We will address your concerns in accordance with applicable law.

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Cookie Policy

Effective Date: 03-May-2022
Last Updated: 03-May-2022

What are cookies?

Cookies are files saved on your phone, tablet or computer when you visit a website.

They store information about how you use the website, such as the pages you visit.

Cookies are not viruses or computer programs. They are very small so do not take up much space.

How we use cookies

We only use cookies to:

We do not use any other cookies, for example, cookies that remember your settings or cookies that help with health campaigns.

We sometimes use tools on other organisations' websites to collect data or to ask for feedback. These tools set their own cookies.

Strictly necessary cookies

We use cookies to keep our website secure and fast.

List of cookies that make our website work
Cookie names and purposes
Cookie name Purpose Expiry
repository_cookie_consent This cookie remembers if you used our cookies banner, for the purposes of not showing it again if you have accepted. 1 year (if you use the banner)
PHPSESSID This cookie is native to PHP applications. This cookie is used to store and identify a users' unique session ID for the purpose of managing user session on the website. PHPSESSID is a session cookie and is deleted when all the browser windows are closed.

How to change your cookie consent

Different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. Listed below are the links to the support documents on how to manage and delete cookies from the major web browsers:

If you are using any other web browser, please visit your browser’s official support documents.