School of Laboratory Medicine is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the School of Laboratory Medicine site and governs data collection and usage. By using the School of Laboratory Medicine site, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

School of Laboratory Medicine collects personally identifiable information, such as your email address, name, home or work address or telephone number. School of Laboratory Medicine also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by School of Laboratory Medicine. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by School of Laboratory Medicine for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the School of Laboratory Medicine site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through School of Laboratory Medicine public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: School of Laboratory Medicine does not read any of your private online communications.

School of Laboratory Medicine encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from School of Laboratory Medicine so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. School of Laboratory Medicine is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the School of Laboratory Medicine and School of Laboratory Medicine family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

School of Laboratory Medicine collects and uses your personal information to operate the School of Laboratory Medicine Web site and deliver the services you have requested. School of Laboratory Medicine also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from School of Laboratory Medicine and its affiliates. School of Laboratory Medicine may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

School of Laboratory Medicine does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. School of Laboratory Medicine may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, School of Laboratory Medicine may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to School of Laboratory Medicine, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

School of Laboratory Medicine does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

School of Laboratory Medicine keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within School of Laboratory Medicine, in order to determine what School of Laboratory Medicine services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within School of Laboratory Medicine to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

School of Laboratory Medicine Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on School of Laboratory Medicine or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of School of Laboratory Medicine; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of School of Laboratory Medicine, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The School of Laboratory Medicine Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize School of Laboratory Medicine pages, or register with School of Laboratory Medicine site or services, a cookie helps School of Laboratory Medicine to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same School of Laboratory Medicine Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the School of Laboratory Medicine features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the School of Laboratory Medicine services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

School of Laboratory Medicine secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. School of Laboratory Medicine secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

School of Laboratory Medicine will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. School of Laboratory Medicine encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how School of Laboratory Medicine is protecting your information.

Contact Information

School of Laboratory Medicine welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that School of Laboratory Medicine has not adhered to this Statement, please contact School of Laboratory Medicine at websupport@hee.nhs.uk. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.