Policies and documents
Privacy and cookies policy
This privacy policy sets out how York St John University uses and protects information that is collected or provided to us when using this website.
York St John University is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected.
York St John University may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 10 April 2018.
What we collect
Automatic collection of data
When browsing our website, certain information is automatically collected using cookies. This includes your IP address, browser type and browsing data. This information is aggregated and used to monitor the performance of our website through analytics platforms. This data is used to make improvements to the content, layout and design of our website to improve performance and user experience.
Manual collection of data
You may be asked to provide personal information to gain access to information, make an enquiry, place an order or register for an event. Where personal information is requested through an online form, the use and handling of this data will be provided to users prior to submission.
All information collected in our web forms will be added to the University Database and will be used for University purposes only. York St John University utilises third party software for data storage, tracking and analysis activity but your details will not be used by any of these third parties in order to contact you. If you opted in to receive further information that would be of interest, you consent to York St John University contacting you with relevant marketing information. If you wish to no longer receive these communications then you can unsubscribe at any time by clicking ‘contact preferences’ on any of our emails or emailing us directly at hello@yorksj.ac.uk.
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so.
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to the University Secretary’s Office, York St John University, Lord Mayor's Walk, York, YO31 7EX, or email us@yorksj.ac.uk.
If you believe that any information we are holding about you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to the University Secretary’s Office or e-mail us@yorksj.ac.uk as soon as possible. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
In certain circumstances you have the right to ask for the information we hold about you to be deleted. To do this please contact the University Secretary’s Office at us@yorksj.ac.uk.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
