This explains how ANUK uses any information you give to us via our Website, and the ways in which we protect your privacy. It is not intended to be a privacy statement in relation to information submitted to ANUK by any other means.

The Data Protection Act 1998
Unipol Student Homes (who admininister ANUK) is a Data Controller under the Data Protection Act 1998. We hold information for the purposes of running the Unipol Accommodation Bureau, Unipol Housing, Unipol Training and certain other functions as agreed by the Unipol Board of Directors including ANUK. Unipol complies with the data protection principles set out in the Data Protection Act 1998 in relation to personal data which you give to us via our Website to the extent that the Act requires it to do so. These principles restrict the powers of a data controller to disclose to third parties personal data which it is processing.

What information do we collect via the Website?
We collect four main types of information from online visitors to ANUK:
- Feedback (general questions and specific feedback on the Website);
- Booking and payment details from users of Unipol Training and ANUK and those attending Unipol and ANUK organised events;
- Site usage information (from session cookies and log files).
- ANUK members discussion board Messages

1. Feedback, questions and comments
You can send us your comments to our email feedback address or from our Website surveys that are presented from time to time. If you send an email or letter to us or call us for information, once we have replied to you, we keep a record of your messages for three months for reference and audit purposes, after which it may be deleted.

2. Booking and payment details from users of Unipol Training and ANUK and those attending Unipol and ANUK organised events
Unipol Training uses on-line booking and payment facilities for its clients. This information is processed and kept on file. No information is disclosed to third parties without users consent. Records of credit card information and payments are not stored on computer and credit card information is encrypted for privacy in transit and temporary storage until the transaction is completed.

3. ANUK members discussion board Messages
Unipol uses the Netlet system for this purpose. Netlet’s Privacy Policy can be found at http://www.unipolnetletleeds.co.uk/faqs/terms.asp. Messages entered onto the Student to Student Noticeboard are in the public domain. Messages are stored and have tracking information including the internet address of the computer used for entering the message stored as well. This can be used for tracking persistent abuse of the Noticeboard.

4. Cookies
Portions of our site use "cookies" to keep track of your visit and to help you navigate between sections, thus delivering content specific to your interests and to give us an idea of which parts of our site users are visiting. A cookie is a small data file that certain Web sites write to your hard drive when you visit them. A cookie file can contain information such as a user ID that the site uses to track the pages you've visited. But the only personal information a cookie contains is information you supply yourself. A cookie does not read data from your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. This means that a user's session will be tracked, but the user will be anonymous.

Security
This site has numerous security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. The measures include passwords, linkages to secure servers, encryption, backup tapes, and conventional locks and alarm systems. However we cannot guarantee that the measures in place are (or will remain) adequate.

What happens when I link to another site?
The site contains links to other Websites, both those of partner organisations and companies, government departments and of other organisations. This privacy policy applies only to our site, so you should always be aware when you are moving to another site and read the privacy statement of any site which collects personal information.