Legal

Skills for Care recognises that privacy is an important issue, so we operate our website with the protection of your privacy in mind.

Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy outlines the types of personal information we gather when you use the Skills for Care Practice Learning website, as well as some of the steps we take to safeguard it.

The following principles apply to the personally identifying information we ask for and that you provide. "Personally identifying information" is information that individually identifies you, such as your name, physical address or email address.

Data collection

  • Use of the Skills for Care Practice Learning website does not require any personally identifying information.
  • Skills for Care collects limited non-personally identifying information your browser makes available whenever you visit the website. This log information includes your Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your query and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser. We use this information to operate, develop and improve our services.
  • When we require personally identifying information, we will inform you about the types of information we collect and how we use it. We hope this will help you make an informed decision about sharing your personal information with us.

Cookies

  • Upon your first visit to the website, a cookie is sent to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. A "cookie" is a small file containing a string of characters that is sent to your computer when you visit a website. We use cookies to improve the quality of our service by storing user preferences. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. All the features of the website will still function properly without cookies.

Information sharing

  • We do not rent or sell your personally identifying information to other companies or individuals, unless we have your consent. We may share such information in any of the following limited circumstances:
    • We have your consent.
    • We provide such information to trusted businesses or persons for the sole purpose of processing personally identifying information on our behalf. When this is done, it is subject to agreements that oblige those parties to process such information only on our instructions and in compliance with this Privacy Policy and appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
    • We conclude that we are required by law or have a good faith belief that access, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property or safety of Skills for Care, its clients or the public.
  • We may store and process personal information collected on our site in the United Kingdom or any other country in which Skills for Care or its agents maintain facilities. By using our services, you consent to the transfer of your information among these facilities, including those located outside your country.
  • In the event of a transfer of ownership of Skills for Care, such as acquisition by or merger with another company, we will provide notice before any personally identifying information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

Information security

  • We take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorised access to or unauthorised alteration, disclosure or destruction of data.
  • We restrict access to your personally identifying information to employees who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our services.

Links

  • The sites linked to are developed by people over whom Skills for Care exercises no control. These other sites may place their own cookies on your computer, collect data or solicit personal information.
  • The website may present links in a format that enables us to understand whether they have been followed. We use this information to understand and improve the quality of the website.

Changes to this Policy

Please note this Privacy Policy will change from time to time. We expect most such changes to be minor, but there may be changes that are more significant. Regardless, we will post those changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will also provide a more prominent notice.

Copyright

In all cases, copyright remains in the name of the author(s) and or original publisher. Except as otherwise indicated elsewhere on this Site, you are free to view, download and print the documents and information available on this Site subject to the following conditions:

  • The content is made available for individual use only
  • Content may not be otherwise reproduced or published without permission from the authors and/or publishers
  • You may not remove any copyright or other proprietary notices contained in the documents and information on this Site.
  • The rights granted to you constitute a license and not a transfer of title.

Users are encouraged to obtain their own copies of source publications where possible.

The rights specified above to view, download and print the documents and information available on this Site are not applicable to the graphical elements, design or layout of this Site. These elements of the Site are protected by trade dress and other laws and may not be copied or imitated in whole or in part.

Indemnification

Neither Skills for Care nor those who helped us to create, produce, deliver, and/or maintain the Site are responsible for any damages that may result from your use of the Site. This includes direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, or punitive damages and attorneys' fees arising from your access to, or use of, the Site. Therefore, you are entirely responsible for the consequences of your use of the Site. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold Skills for Care, providers, licensers and licensees, officers and parent companies (together "Indemnified Parties"), harmless from and against any and all liabilities, claims and expenses, including any attorneys' fees, incurred by the Indemnified Parties in connection with any claim arising out of any breach by you of these Terms of Use, the foregoing representations, warranties and covenants.

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information on the Site. However, because of the nature of the medium and the risks of interruption and disruption, liability is excluded as set out below.

Disclaimer of warranties and damages

YOUR USE OF THE SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE SITE (INCLUDING ALL CONTENT AND FUNCTIONS MADE AVAILABLE ON OR ACCESSED THROUGH THE SITE) IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE". TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW, WITH REGARD TO THE CONTENT ON THE SITE, SKILLS FOR CARE MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER (1) FOR THE ACCURACY, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF ANY CONTENT PUBLISHED ON OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE; (2) THAT THE SERVER THAT MAKES THE SITE AVAILABLE IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER COMPONENTS THAT MAY INFECT, HARM, OR CAUSE DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OR ANY OTHER PROPERTY WHEN YOU ACCESS, BROWSE, DOWNLOAD FROM, OR OTHERWISE USE THE SITE.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SKILLS FOR CARE'S NEGLIGENCE, SHALL SKILLS FOR CARE BE LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, OR SPECIAL DAMAGES RELATED TO (A) THE USE OF, (B) THE INABILITY TO USE, OR (C) ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE CONTENT AND FUNCTIONS OF THE SITE.