Confirmation of our privacy policy and cookie use
ICUK Computing Services Limited ("ICUK") is committed to protecting your privacy. This privacy policy explains what information we collect about users of our web site and describes how we will use it.
CIX collects the following:
We may collect additional information:
Please tell us immediately if any of your personal details (name, address etc.) change, so that we can ensure our records are up to date.
We will use the information:
We may use your information to notify you about changes to the functionality of our web site. We may send you offers or information which we think you may be interested in. We may contact you by post or email. If at any time you decide you no longer want to be contacted by us or to receive offers and information from CIX, please send an email to support@cix.uk with the subject "PRIVACY" and we will remove you from our lists.
A cookie is a small text file, typically of letters and numbers, downloaded to your computer when you access websites. Typically, they contain the following information: a site name and unique user ID, the duration of the cookie's abilities and effects, and a random number. As a rule, cookies cannot be used to reveal your identity or personally identifying information.
When you visit a website that uses cookies for the first time, a cookie is downloaded onto your computer. The next time you visit that website, your computer checks to see if it has a cookie that is relevant and sends the information contained in that cookie back to the website. The website then notes that you have been there before, and in some cases, tailors what pops up on screen to take account of that fact. They also might record how long you spend on each page on a site, what links you click, even your preferences for page layouts and colour schemes.
Generally, the role of cookies is beneficial, making your interaction with frequently-visited sites smoother with no extra effort on your part. Without cookies, online shopping would be much harder. Without cookies, some websites will become less interactive with the cookie option turned off.
One of the cookie used on this site is to support analysis and understanding of how people use the website (what are the most popular pages, visiting time, length and whether new content is read etc). This analysis is to help improve the usage and effectiveness of the website. The data collection and reporting behind this analysis is currently provided by Google Analytics. Users continued use will indicate agreement to the use of a google analytical cookie.
In order to provide website visitors with more choice on how data is collected by Google Analytics, Google has developed the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. The add-on communicates with the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js) to stop data being sent to Google Analytics. The Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on does not affect usage of the website in any other way. A link to further information on the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on is provided below for your convenience.
http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=None
For more information on the usage of cookies by Google Analytics please see the Google website. A link to the privacy advice for this product is provided below for your convenience.
http://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html
Other cookies that are used are linked to Google Translate, for our page translation service.
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 our site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to our site.
Internet Explorer - https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies#
Google Chrome - https://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&answer=95647&p=cpn_cookies
Mozilla Firefox - http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Blocking%20cookies
Apple Safari - https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac
To find out how to enable / disable cookies see http://www.allaboutcookies.org
As required by the Data Protection Act 1998, we follow strict security procedures and take appropriate measures to ensure that the information about you is not damaged or destroyed, or disclosed to a third party without your permission and to prevent unauthorised access to it. This means that we may require you to co-operate with our security checks before we can disclose information to you.
We will not sell, trade or rent information about you to others.
You have the right to access the personal data that is held about you.
We keep our privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last reviewed on 1st January 2024.
