Data protection information and terms and conditions for using this site.
Introduction
This site is owned by Oxfordshire County Council and operated by ICT. In this notice we explain the terms on which Oxfordshire County Council provides the information on this site. By accessing Oxfordshire County Council's website you are agreeing to the terms set out below. If you have any questions or comments please contact webmaster@oxfordshire.gov.uk.
Changes to these conditions
Oxfordshire County Council may change the terms and conditions for using this site. The current terms will be displayed on these pages and you should check these each time you revisit the site.
Choice of law and jurisdiction
If any dispute arises out the use of this website you agree that these terms shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with English law and be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
Data
Oxfordshire County Council is committed to the highest standards of quality in the information provided on this site. Despite our best efforts, the information contained within this website may become out of date over time. If you think that there are any errors or out of date information please email webmaster@oxfordshire.gov.uk, saying which page is in error. Thank you for your help.
Intellectual property rights
Oxfordshire County Council owns the copyright and all other intellectual property rights associated with the content of this website except where otherwise stated. You are welcome to print individual pages or store them in electronic form on a PC for your own personal use. You may not reproduce, modify, broadcast, use for financial gain, or use for anything other than personal use any material on this site without first getting permission from the copyright holders or owners concerned.
Using any information provided on the site
While every care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of information on this site Oxfordshire County Council accepts no responsibility for any errors, omissions, or misleading statements on these pages. In line with this, Oxfordshire County Council is not liable for any action you may take as a result of relying on such information or advice or for any loss or damage suffered by you as a result of taking this action.
Disclaimer for links to other sites
Oxfordshire County Council's website may include links to other websites to help you find other relevant information quickly and easily. Oxfordshire County Council does not endorse or approve the contents of any third party websites to which these pages are linked and does not accept any liability for action you may take as a result of relying on information or advice obtained from such sites.
Links to Amazon from the Library Catalogue
Oxfordshire County Council provides a link to Amazon.co.uk as a part of its service to library users. Amazon provides a lot of additional information that we cannot provide in our online catalogue, such as reader reviews and images of dust-jackets.
If you want to buy a book, then by clicking through from our catalogue to Amazon and placing an order you will generate a small commission for Oxfordshire Libraries, which will be used to improve our service.
Oxfordshire County Council accepts no liability for material contained in websites owned and/or operated by outside organisations and accepts no responsibility for any purchases or other contracts entered into with online providers.
When you order through Amazon.co.uk you are entering a transaction with the supplier, not with Oxfordshire County Council or Oxfordshire Libraries. All queries about your Amazon.co.uk orders should be made to the supplier.
Oxfordshire County Council does not accept liability for any losses, costs, demands, charges, proceedings, damages, expenses and all other liabilities whatsoever arising from the use of the Amazon.co.uk website.
Disclaimer for suppliers/businesses named on the site
Where Oxfordshire County Council provides details of companies, firms or individuals in business directories or other pages on this site the description of the goods or services they provide is based upon information supplied by them. Oxfordshire County Council cannot confirm that they are legally entitled or professionally qualified to carry on a particular trade, business or profession and bear no liability for merely supplying their details. You should check any information obtained from the website before you act upon it.
Trademarks
All trademarks that may appear on the site are acknowledged, and are the property of their respective owners.
Interactive areas
The Web site may include bulletin boards, discussion groups and other public areas that allow feedback to Oxfordshire County Council and interaction between users. Oxfordshire County Council does not control the information posted to these areas but it does expect contributors to comply with the following rules and also to any additional rules that may be introduced for a particular forum (the need to register for instance)
Oxfordshire County Council may delete, move or edit any messages it deems unsuitable without giving a reason.
You are solely responsible for the content of your messages and agree to indemnify Oxfordshire County Council for any loss that we may suffer because of your action.
By submitting messages to our site you are giving Oxfordshire County Council the right to reproduce, adapt, make available, distribute and sub-license the message in whole or in part and in print or electronic form.
Any message you post must not:
contain advertising for goods or services or try to make business use of the site
use language that offends in any way, in particular anything that is of a racist, sexist, nationalistic, cultural or religious nature
contain a virus or any other harmful software
Oxfordshire County Council retains the right to prevent you accessing the interactive areas of the website if you contravene these terms.
Using the website for consultation
The information you provide as part of this consultation will / may be made available to agents who help with our research. Oxfordshire County Council is committed to open government and so may make public the responses it receives to this consultation. If you do not want all or part of your response (including your identity) to be made public, please state in the response which parts you wish us to keep confidential. Where confidentiality is not requested, responses may be made available to any enquirer, including enquirers outside the UK, or published by any means, including on the Internet.
Use of Java and/or ActiveX components
There may be pages on this site that use Java scripts or ActiveX elements to enhance their appearance or functionality. Oxfordshire County Council appreciates that because it is possible to use these add-ins to make changes to the settings on a PC some users may have disabled them in their browser, or their office network may not allow them. If this is true for you then you may find that there are pages that may not display properly, or the interactive elements will not work for you. We hope that this will not spoil your use of this site.
Cookies
A cookie is a small file that can be placed on your computer’s hard disk through your web browser. Cookies can be used to compile anonymous statistics or to enabling us to recognise you when you visit the site to tailor the service you receive, perhaps to allow you to view pages that are restricted to users who register, or so that you do not have to re-login when you move from page to page. You do not have to allow cookies to be placed on your machine. You can set your browser to notify you before receiving a cookie so that you can decide whether to accept it or you can refuse all cookies although this can adversely affect the operation of some Web sites. Refusing to accept a cookie will not stop you using Oxfordshire County Council’s website.
Where it is essential for a cookie to be used we will explain why and say how long the cookie will remain valid. No cookie placed by Oxfordshire County Council will contain any personal information and will not be used to collect such information from your computer
Web bugs
A Web bug is a graphic on a Web page or in an email message designed to monitor who is reading the page or message. Web bugs are often invisible because they are typically only 1-by-1 pixels in size. In many ways they are similar to cookies but there is no facility in a browser to disable them.
Privacy
You can access our website homepage and browse our site without disclosing your personal data. There may be pages on the site that invite visitors to send information via forms or email to enable you to ask for publications or information and advice, or to tell us what you think about particular issues. Oxfordshire County Council takes great care of any personal information you give us in this way and in the following paragraphs we set out how any personal information you give us is treated. If you choose to give us information about yourself you will be consenting to the collection, processing and storage of the information you provide.
Before collecting any personal details through its websites, Oxfordshire County Council will tell you why we need the information and what it will be used for. You always have the option of declining to give us personal information or data.
Oxfordshire County Council ensures that only staff that have a business reason to look at your information or data can do so, they cannot look at your information or data for personal reasons or out of curiosity. Oxfordshire County Council may employ other companies and individuals to do work which may mean they have access to some personal information or data but they have the same restrictions as our own staff and are never allowed to use it for any other purpose. Oxfordshire County Council will never sell personal information or data or share personal information or data with third parties unrelated to the services we provide unless we are required to do so by law or unless you have told us you consent to our doing this.
Information you provide will be stored by Oxfordshire County Council and used to process the request; it will be retained for a reasonable period. Where a business transaction is then enacted commercial records may be retained for up to seven years.
Oxfordshire County Council has no way of knowing if any person providing information through this site is who they say they are. Oxfordshire County Council will assume all information is genuine and cannot be held responsible for any action taken as a result on relying it. If you have any reason to think someone has provided information to Oxfordshire County Council using your identity please let us know and we will correct or delete the information. You have the right to request us to remove personal data from our Web site at any time. To do so, please contact the appropriate directorate below.
Should you have any concern regarding collection, processing, storage or disclosure of information submitted via this Web site please contact Oxfordshire County Council. You have the right to ask for a copy of the personal information or data Oxfordshire County Council holds about you. You will be asked to confirm your identity and pay a fee, currently £10. If the information we hold about you is wrong you have the right to ask us to correct it.
List of organisations and 3rd parties that we share information with that is sourced from schools.
The Oxfordshire Key
a) Whilst by its very nature the Oxfordshire Key database holds information that will be made publicly available, records may include data that will remain private to the database administrators (such as private contact details for record owners). Such contact information will only be accessible, through a password controlled system, to the database administrator(s).
b) Any non-public data held within the Database will be only be used for the following purposes:
administrating the database (such as checking and updating records);
publicising the database and the channels by which it is delivered
c ) Any non-public data held within the Database will not be passed to or shared with any third party for any purpose EXCEPT to partner organisations listed at (d) below for the following purposes
administrating the database (such as checking and updating records);
publicising the database and the channels by which it is delivered;
publicising the services of the Oxfordshire Gateway’s partner organisations.
d) The Oxfordshire Key database is administered by Oxfordshire County Council on behalf of the following partner organisations:
Cherwell District Council
Oxford City Council
Oxfordshire County Council
South Oxfordshire District Council
Vale of White Horse District Council
West Oxfordshire District Council
e) Oxfordshire County Council is registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office as a data controller. For data protection enquiries relating to the Oxfordshire Key database, contact the database administrator at Oxfordshire.key@oxfordshire.gov.uk.
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