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Privacy and Cookies

The College is commited to protecting you and your personal information. This page answers some important questions about how this website collects, uses and protects your personal details.

What information does the College collect about me?
When you interact with the College we sometimes receive personal information about you. For example, if you enquire about a course or apply for a vacancy you will need to tell us who you are, how we can contact you.

In addition, as you browse the site we gather some basic data such as which pages you have visited which we use for statistical analysis.

How do we use your information?
We will use your personal information for a number of purposes including the following:

  • To contact you in response to a direct enquiry
  • To provide you with services you have requested, such as news alerts or RSS feeds
  • To personalise the way the website is presented to you, for example if you use our accessibility features to adjust your font size or colour scheme

Any personal information we collect about you (such as your name and contact details) will be kept confidential with sensitve data, such as job application forms, being stored in an encrypted format.

Any general information which does not identify you (such as tracking which web pages you have visited) will be used purely for statistical analysis.

We won't contact you for marketing purposes, or promote new services to you unless you specifically agree. You can opt-out of receiving direct marketing from us at any stage.

Cookies
A cookie is a small piece of text that a website puts on your computer's hard drive. The College website 'nwhc.ac.uk' uses a cookie to store your display preferences when you alter the accessibility features of the site, such as altering the default text size or colour scheme. No other cookies are used throughout this site and the website does not store any personal information on your computer.

How to reach us
If you have any questions or comments about the College's Privacy Policy please contact us via email or write to us at:

The Data Protection Officer
E-Services
North Warwickshire & Hinckley College
Hinckley Road
Nuneaton
Warwickshire
CV11 6BH


This article was last updated 16/09/2011