Terms of use

General

If you continue to browse and use this website you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the terms and conditions of use, which together with our privacy statement govern the Dental Schools Council relationship with you in relation to this website.

Neither content of this web site nor any element thereof, including without limitation text, graphics, images, or any other materials, may be copied, re-purposed, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or redistributed, unless otherwise stated, or written agreement between the Dental Schools Council and you.

The materials on this site are copyrighted and any unauthorized use of any materials it contains may violate copyright laws.

All rights, title, and interest in and to this Web Site are owned by the Dental Schools Council. The web site is protected by relevant copyright legislation.

Any material, information or other communication you transmit or post to this site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary and may be reproduced by the Dental Schools Council to further its cause, unless you inform us otherwise in writing.

The Dental Schools Council does not take any responsibility for materials on those websites this site links to.

The Dental Schools Council is not responsible for, and does not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of, any opinion, advice, statement, recommendation or other information, unless it has been posted by one of our representatives. Any reliance by you on any such opinion, advice, statement, recommendation or other information shall be at your sole risk.

Privacy Statement

Introduction

Your privacy is important to us. Dental Schools Council (DSC) is committed to safeguarding the personal information you provide to us and to protecting your privacy. The purpose of this privacy statement is to assist you in understanding how DSC uses personal information collected via this website. By submitting your personal information to this website, you are confirming that you have read and understood DSC's privacy statement and that we may use your personal information described in it. DSC reserves the right to modify or update this privacy statement at any time without prior notice. Any modifications will apply to all information collected by DSC, including previously collected information.

What information do we collect?

You do not have to provide any personal information in order to browse this website. We may collect information from you if you complete specific forms on our site or if you contact us by phone with a comment or specific requests.

In addition to your personal information, when you use our website, we may collect tracking information such as your browser type, the type of operating system you use, the name of your Internet service provider and pages visited on the site.

DSC obtains this information by using technologies, including cookies, to increase the functionality and user-friendliness of our website and to better tailor our website to your needs. For example, we may want to know how long the average visitor spends on our website or which pages get the most attention. Information such as this will only be used in aggregate form and does not identify you personally.

What do we use personal information for?

We collect information on our website visitors for a variety of purposes:

• To reply to your enquiries more efficiently through the services we provide.
• We also use information in aggregate form (i.e. your individual details cannot be identified) to audit usage of the site.

Any personal information provided through to us by you, will be stored so that we can provide you with a more personalised service. We will only use this data to identify you. Information that you supply in connection with the provision of a product or service or a job application will be treated in confidence and in accordance with the principles of the Data Protection Act.

Email Messages

If you have provided your email address to us, you may receive occasional e-mail messages from the Dental Schools Council on matters that we consider to be of interest to you.

Use of cookies

When you visit our website, we may store some information on your computer. This information will be in the form of a "Cookie" or similar file and can help us in many ways. For example, Cookies allow us to tailor a website to better match your interests and preferences. With most Internet Browsers, you can erase Cookies from your computer hard drive, block all Cookies or receive a warning before a Cookie is stored.

How to reject or delete these cookies

Further information on how to prevent cookies from being stored on your computer can be found on http://www.allaboutcookies.org/ under the "manage cookies" section.

Your rights

You have the right to ask us at any time not to contact you, or to change your preferred methods of contact for marketing purposes. You have the right to ask for a copy of the information we hold about you (for which we may charge a small fee) and to have any inaccuracies in your information corrected.

Protection of your personal data

We are committed to keeping your information as secure as is physically possible by us. We also use additional methods to secure sensitive information about your activities with us. Every employee that works for DSC has to follow a strict confidentiality procedure and privacy standard.

Links

This website contains links to other websites which are not controlled by the Dental Schools Council. This Privacy Statement applies only to www.dentalschoolscouncil.ac.uk

Withdrawing your permission

You may, at any time, withdraw your permission for Medical Schools Council to use your personal information for the purposes of sending you information about products or services by writing to Medical Schools Council, Woburn House, 20 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9HD.

Disclosure of personal information

The Dental Schools Council does not sell or pass on your personal information to others, except in the following circumstances:

• employees and third-party service providers who perform services on behalf of the Dental Schools Council;
  
• to persons as required by law or other court order.

We collect web statistics automatically about your visit to our site. This information is used to help us follow browsing preferences on our site so that we can regularly improve our web site. These statistics do not contain personal data and cannot be traced back to an individual.