Disclaimer
Please note that the legal statements and guidance below only covers the RCUK Shared Services Centre Ltd (also referred to as RCUK SSC Ltd or the SSC) websites at:
This document was updated on 10 May 2011, ensuring all Central Office of Information (COI) guidance available at the time of creation was adhered to.
Using our website
The RCUK SSC Ltd website is maintained for your personal use and viewing. Access and use by you of this site constitutes acceptance by you of these Terms and Conditions that take effect from the date of first use.
Disclaimer notice
This website is provided for information purposes only. The SSC makes all reasonable efforts to ensure that the information is accurate and up-to-date. However, the SSC cannot accept liability for any damages or losses of any kind as a result of access to, and/or use of the website as well as any of the information contained within. You agree to use this site only for lawful purposes, and in a manner that does not infringe the rights of, or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of this site by any third party.
These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Any dispute arising under these Terms and Conditions shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
Privacy Statement
RCUK SSC Ltd may collect personal information from you via this website, for example, if you register with us for services, in order to receive news and announcements, or when applying for jobs, and your information may be stored manually or electronically.
Any personal information you give to us will always be processed in accordance with the UK Data Protection Act (1998). We will only use the personal information you provide to deliver the services you have requested, or for our lawful, disclosed purposes. We will not make your personal details available outside our organisation without your consent, unless obliged by law.
This website will automatically track certain information about you in the course of you using this website, such as your IP address and browser identification. This information is used only for system administration and for providing statistics to evaluate use of this site. We do not use cookies for collecting personal information from this site. (A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive.)
Questions regarding this Privacy Policy should be addressed in writing to:
- The Data Protection Officer
- RCUK SSC Ltd
- North Star House
- North Star Avenue
- Swindon
- Wiltshire
- SN2 1FF
- UK
HTTP Cookies
Cookies are used on the SSC website. However they are not used to store personal information. They are used to 'remember' the size of the text chosen using the text size picker at the top right of each page. First party cookies are also used to gather information anonymously on such things as number of returning visitors and number of pages viewed, these cookies are only exchanged with our own web servers. We also make use of cookies to maintain sessions. We do not make use of third party cookies which can be exchanged with servers owned by other bodies.
Copyright
Except as permitted for academic, personal or other non-commercial purposes, users must not reprint or electronically reproduce from the SSC’s website any document, graphic or image in whole or in part without the prior written permission of RCUK SSC Ltd, or in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
Linking to the SSC website
You do not have to ask permission to link directly to pages hosted on this site. We do not object to you linking directly to the information that is hosted on our site. However, we do not permit our pages to be loaded into frames on your site. SSC pages must load into the user's entire window.
Links to other websites
A number of links in our site lead to external sites operated by other parties over which we have no control. The links are provided as a convenience only. We do not accept responsibility for the information or performance on these sites, nor does it endorse any of the material.
Browser Support Policy
The SSC websites have been tested with a wide range of browser software:
- Microsoft IE 6.x
- Microsoft IE 7.x
- Microsoft IE 8.x
- Firefox 3.x
- Google Chrome 3.x
- Safari 528.x
Other browsers should also provide access to all of the content and functionality on the site.
If you are experiencing problems with accessing the site, please contact us via the details below.
Contact
SSC Webteam
- RCUK SSC Ltd
- North Star House
- North Star Avenue
- Swindon
- SN2 1FF
- United Kingdom