Privacy Policy - Using this Website

AWP's policy is to uphold the privacy of web site visitors to the fullest extent possible. This online privacy statement is intended to inform you of the ways in which this web site collects information, the purposes for which we may use that information, and the ways in which we will protect any information you choose to provide us.

There are four types of information that this site may collect during your visit:

• network traffic logs,
• web visit logs,
• cookies, and,
• information voluntarily provided by you.

Network Traffic Logs

This website is hosted by Carelink, the health division of ioko 365 Ltd on behalf of the Trust.

In the course of ensuring network security and consistent service for all users, Carelink uses software programs to do such things as monitor network traffic, identify attempted unauthorised access to nonpublic information, detect computer viruses and other software that might damage ioko computers or their network. Whilst conducting this monitoring, these programs may detect such information as e-mail headers, addresses from network packets, and other information. Information from these activities is used only for the purpose of maintaining the security and performance of Carelink's networks and computer systems.

Personally identifiable information from these activities is not released to external parties without your consent unless required by law.

Cookies

Use of Cookies on our site

Cookies are pieces of information stored by your web browser on behalf of a web site and returned to the web site on request. This site may use cookies for two purposes:

• to carry data about your current session at the site from one web page to the next, and,
• to identify you to the site between visits.

If you prefer not to receive cookies, you may turn them off in your browser, or may set your browser to ask you before accepting a new cookie. Some pages may not function properly if the cookies are turned off. Unless otherwise notified on this site, we will not store data, other than for these two purposes, in cookies. Cookies remain on your computer, and accordingly we neither store cookies on our computers nor forward them to any external parties. We do not use cookies to track your movement among different web sites and do not exchange cookies with other organisations.

A cookie will typically contain the name of the domain from which the cookie has come, the "lifetime" of the cookie, and a value, usually a randomly generated unique number.

If you want to know more about cookies, try this website: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/

Web Visit Logs and the Use of Web Beacons

Web sites routinely collect and store information from online visitors to help manage those sites and improve service. This information includes the pages visited on the site, the date and time of the visit, the internet address (URL or IP address) of the referring site, the domain name and IP address from which the access originated, the version of browser used, the capabilities of the browser, and search terms used on the site's search engine. This site makes no attempt to identify individual visitors from this information.

Some of our Web pages may contain electronic images known as Web beacons (sometimes known as clear gifs) that allow us to count users who have visited these pages. Web beacons collect only limited information which include a cookie number, time and date of a page view, and a description of the page on which the Web beacon resides. We do not carry web beacons placed by third party advertisers. Beacons do not carry any personally identifiable information and are only used to track the effectiveness of our website.

We trust the explanations given here help you to feel comfortable about provacy when visiting our website. If you have any concerns you can contact the trust's Caldicott Guardian who is responsoible for looking after service-user and staff privacy and confidentiality.

Information Voluntarily Provided By You & Your Contact Details

If you e-mail us, or subscribe to updates from this website, we will keep a record of your email address and any other personal details you give us, such as your name.

We may use these details to contact you occasionally about our website and associated services which may interest you, unless you ask us not to do so by unsubscribing from email updates. We will not pass your details to any unauthorised parties.

When e-mailing us, always use the e-mail form facility on this website to make sure that the content of your e-mail is sent to the right recipient. If you send us e-mail in other ways, remember that it may be 'insecure' and may not reach the intended recipient. If you do send us e-mail, please keep the amount of confidential information you include to a minimum. We will do likewise when we reply.

Links to Other Sites

We may provide links to 3rd party websites. We are not responsible for the content or information collection practices of those pages. Please note that the 3rd party website’s privacy policies may differ from those of AWP. You are strongly advised to read the privacy policy of any 3rd party site before providing them with any personal information.