At DCUSA Ltd, we are committed to protecting your privacy. To understand how your personal data will
be treated whilst visiting this web site, please read the following policy. We may change or update
our privacy policy from time to time so please review it periodically.
What personal data do we collect and how?
We will collect the personal information you provide to us when registering or subsequently updating
your details via the website. By registering to use this web site you agree that we may use this data
as described in Clauses 4 and 5, and generally in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Personal data may also be requested and recorded when you contact us regarding our website or our
services. If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence (including telephone calls).
We do this to keep track of the correspondence, for training purposes and also to help us improve our
overall service.
What are cookies and how do we use them?
We may use "cookies" in order to store and sometimes track information about you. "cookies" are
features in a browser and they assign a unique identification to your computer.
Cookies enable you to remain logged in and enable us to identify when you last logged in. The cookie
is set when you register or "log in" and is modified when you "log out".
You may choose not to accept cookies and our service will still operate if this setting is chosen.
The browser can also delete cookies when deleting temporary internet files. However, this will affect
all sites that have provided cookies.
We may also store information about you in cookies (files which are sent by us to your computer or
other access device) which we can access when you visit our site in future. If you want to delete any
cookies that are already on your computer, please refer to the instructions for your file management
software to locate the file or directory that stores cookies. If you want to stop cookies being stored
on you computer in future, please refer to your internet browser's instructions by clicking 'Help' in
its menu. Further information on deleting or controlling cookies is available at
www.aboutcookies.org.
How do we use and store your personal data?
Our primary goal in collecting personal data is to enable the DCUSA user community to contact each
other. If you are asked to provide personal data, you acknowledge that you will be sharing that
information with DCUSA Ltd and, in respect of our member’s area, with other users of our website.
We will hold your personal data on our systems for as long as you use our services, or our services are
available for you to use, but you may contact us at anytime and ask us to remove them.
With whom do we share your personal data?
As a general rule, information given in a Change Proposal will be published on the public facing website,
contact information will be made available to other users of the password protected website and to those
involved in administering and providing it, who may contact you as necessary via any of the contact
details you have provided. Other than this we will not disclose any of your personal data (other than to
any of our service providers who may require such information to enable them to provide us with particular
services) except when we have your permission or under special circumstances, such as when we believe in
good faith that the law requires it.
Third party websites that you may follow links to from our website will have separate privacy and data
collection practices. We have no responsibility or liability for how such third parties use and process
any personal data you may provide them with and we recommend that you consult such policies before
submitting your personal data on any third party owned website. We will not pass on any personal data
when you follow links from our website to third party websites.
What security precautions are in place to protect your personal data from loss, misuse or inappropriate alteration?
You may edit the user details you have submitted to us by logging in and selecting the Edit Details
function. Any updating of personal information is completed via our secure servers.
We remind you that you are responsible for the security of your username and password and we strongly
recommend that you do not divulge them to anyone. Please always remember to log out of your account
and close your browser window when you have finished using them. This ensures that others cannot access
your personal data and correspondence, especially if you share a computer or are using one in a public
place. If you are aware that your account details have become compromised then please use the secure
area to change your password, or alternatively, please contact us.
If you have any questions with respect to the security of our site please e-mail dcusa@electralink.co.uk.
Access to your Personal Data
You have the right to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to have any inaccuracies
corrected. We may make a reasonable charge (not exceeding £10) for information requests.
Please address your access requests in writing to:
DCUSA Ltd
Ground Floor
Grafton House
2-3 Golden Square
London, W1F 9HR