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Minority Supplier Development UK Limited (MSDUK) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
This policy (together with our terms and conditions and any other documents
referred to in it) sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect
from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read
the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your
personal data and how we will treat it.
For the purpose of the Data Protection
Act 1998 (the "Act"), the data controller is Minority Supplier Development UK
Limited Company Number 5882418 of Studio 5, Phoenix Square, 3 Burton Street, Leicester, LE1 1TB
Information we collect from you
We may collect and process the following data about you:
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Information that you provide by filling in forms on the website at http://www.msduk.org.uk ("the website"). This includes information provided at the time of registering to use the website, subscribing to our service, posting material or requesting further services. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with the website.
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If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
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We may also ask you to complete surveys that we use for research purposes, although you do not have to respond to them.
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Details of your visits to the website including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data and the resources that you access.
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IP addresses and cookies
We may collect information about your computer, including where available
your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration.
This is statistical data about users' browsing actions and patterns, and does not
identify any individual.
For the same reason, we may obtain information about your general Internet usage by
using a cookie file that is stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain
information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive. They help us to improve
the website and to deliver a better and more personalised service. They enable us:
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To estimate our audience size and usage pattern.
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To store information about your preferences, and so allow us to customise the website according to your individual interests.
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To speed up your searches.
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To recognise you when you return to the website.
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You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser,
which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this
setting you may be unable to access certain parts of the website. Unless you have
adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue
cookies when you log on to the website.
Where we store your personal data
All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. Where we have
given you (or where you have chosen) a password that enables you to access certain
parts of the website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential.
We ask you not to share a password with anyone.
The transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure. Although
we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security
of your data transmitted to the website; any transmission is at your own risk. Once
we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features
to try to prevent unauthorised access.
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Uses made of the data
We may use data held about you in the following ways:
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To inform Corporate Members of the goods and services offered by Supplier members.
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To ensure that content from the website is presented in the most effective manner for you (and for your computer).
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To allow you to participate in any interactive features of our service.
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To notify you about changes to our service.
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We may also use your data to provide you with information about goods and
services that may be of interest to you and we may contact you about these by post,
telephone or email.
If you do not want us to use your data in this way, please tick the relevant box situated
on the form on which we collect your data. You may alter your preferences at any time by
contacting the Administrator by telephone on 0116 253 2520, by e-mail at diversity@msduk.org.uk or by post to the Administrator, MSDUK Ltd, Studio 5, Phoenix Square, 3 Burton Street, Leicester, LE1 1TB
Disclosure of your data
The personal information you provide to us will be held on our secure computers and
servers based in the UK. However it may be accessed by staff working outside the UK
and by third parties who act for us for the purposes set out in this policy or for
other purposes approved by you. In particular, those parties may process information,
assist with the transfer of funds by debit or credit card and other methods, and provide
support services on our behalf.
We will not disclose any data supplied by a Supplier Member to any third party other than
our Corporate Members except in the following circumstances:
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We reserve the right to disclose any data supplied by you to any member of our group, which means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries, as defined in the Companies Act 2006.
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If MSDUK or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party personal data held by it about its members will be one of the transferred assets.
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If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of MSDUK its members, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
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Your rights
The website may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites
of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to
any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy
policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies.
Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.
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Access to information
The Act gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right
of access can be exercised in accordance with the Act. Any access request may be subject
to a fee of £10 to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we
hold about you
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Changes to our privacy policy
Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail.
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Changes
Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to Minority Supplier Development UK Limited Company Number 5882418 of Studio 5, Phoenix Square, 3 Burton Street, Leicester, LE1 1TB.
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