Site Usage Terms
Terms and conditions
Learning Connections seeks to make sure that the information published on ALO is up to date and accurate. However, the information on the website does not constitute legal or professional advice and Learning Connections cannot accept any liability for actions arising from its use. Learning Connections cannot be held responsible for the contents of any pages referenced by an external link.
Any personal data collected through this website will be treated as confidential in line with the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998.
Cookies and website traffic analysis
When users enter Learning Connections websites their computers will automatically be issued with "cookies". Cookies are text files which identify users' computers to the Learning Connections server. The website then creates "session" cookies to store some of the preferences of users moving around the website, e.g. retaining a text-size preference. Cookies in themselves do not identify individual users but identify only the computer used and they are deleted on departure from the website.
Users can set their computers to accept all cookies, to notify them when a cookie is issued, or not to receive cookies at any time. The last of these means that certain personalised services cannot then be provided to that user.
Copyright
Copyright remains with you as the author of the resource, and users are required to cite the source when using your contributions.
The information and publications on the Learning Connections website are subject to Crown Copyright. Material may be reproduced without formal permission or charge for personal or in-house use only. For other use or if in doubt, further information is available from http://www.hmso.gov.uk/copyright.htm.
Guidance notes on publishing and copyright, including those from the Queen's Printer for Scotland, are available at http://www.hmso.gov.uk/guides.htm.
You must reproduce the material accurately and not use it in a misleading context. If you are republishing the material or issuing it to others, you must acknowledge its source, copyright status and date of publication. The permission to reproduce Learning Connections copyright protected material does not extend to any material on this site that is identified as being the copyright of a third party. You must obtain authorisation to reproduce such material from the copyright holder concerned.
Collection and use of personal information
Information Collection
Learning Connections is the sole owner of the information collected on http://www.adultliteraciesonline.com. Learning Connections processes personal data for the purposes of aiding its work with the Scottish Ministers to improve the well-being of Scotland and its people.
Sharing
Legal Disclaimer
Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our Web site.
Third Party Intermediaries
We use an outside contractor to manage our user database. This company do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes.
Links
This Website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we, Learning Connections, are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this website.
Surveys
From time-to-time our site requests information from users via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and the user has a choice whether or not to disclose this information. The requested information typically includes contact information (such as name and address), and demographic information (such as postal code). Contact information will not be shared with any third parties unless we give prior notice and choice. Though we may use an intermediary to conduct these surveys or contests, they may not use users? personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes.
Notification of changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, and other places we deem appropriate so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
If, however, we are going to use users' personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify users via email or by posting a notice on our website for 30 days.
