WEBSITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS

 

Welcome to our website. If you continue to browse and use this website, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use, which together with our privacy policy govern our relationship with you in relation to this website. If you disagree with any part of these terms and conditions, please do not use our website. The term 'The IMPACT study' or 'us' or 'we' refers to the owner of the website.  The term 'you' refers to the user or viewer of our website.

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The use of this website is subject to the following terms of use:

• The content of the pages of this website is for your general information and use only. It is subject to change without notice.

• This website uses cookies to monitor browsing preferences. If you do allow cookies to be used, the following personal information may be stored by us for use by third parties: IP address, location.

• Neither we nor any third parties provide any warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness or suitability of the information and materials found or offered on this website for any particular purpose. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.

• Your use of any information or materials on this website is entirely at your own risk, for which we shall not be liable. It shall be your own responsibility to ensure that any products, services or information available through this website meet your specific requirements.

• This website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance and graphics. Reproduction is prohibited other than in accordance with the copyright notice, which forms part of these terms and conditions.

• All trade marks reproduced in this website which are not the property of, or licensed to, the operator are acknowledged on the website.

• Unauthorised use of this website may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offence.

• From time-to-time this website may also include links to other websites. These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information. They do not signify that we endorse the website(s). We have no responsibility for the content of the linked website(s).

• Your use of this website and any dispute arising out of such use of the website is subject to the laws of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

 

The IMPACT study is committed to working within the GDPR (2018) guidelines and our privacy notice and data protection policies are available below.

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PRIVACY POLICY

 

Here at the IMPACT study, we take your privacy seriously and will only use your personal information you provide to contact you in relation to any questions you have about the study or if you wish to participate.

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We are totally committed to protecting your privacy. Any information we collect about you is done so in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. We do not pass your information onto any other organisations.

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We will never collect sensitive information about you without your explicit consent. The information we hold will be accurate and up to date. You can check the information that we hold about you by emailing us. If you find any inaccuracies we will delete or correct it promptly. The personal information which we hold will be held securely in accordance with our internal security policy, GDPR and the Web Trader Code. We will not transfer your information outside the EEA (European Economic Area). We may use technology to track the patterns of behaviour of visitors to our site. This can include using a “cookie” which would be stored on your browser. You can usually modify your browser to prevent this happening. The information collected in this way can be used to identify you unless you modify your browser settings. If you have any questions/comments about privacy, you should contact us.

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Information we hold about you

The type of information we will collect about you if you complete our contact form includes, your name, phone number (if provided) and email address.

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We may also process certain special categories of information for specific and limited purposes, we will only process special categories of information where we have obtained your explicit consent or are otherwise lawfully permitted to do so. We do not obtain personal data from any source other than from you.

 

How we use your information

We will only use and share your information where it is necessary for us to carry out our lawful business activities. 

The way we use your data is described below:

• To contact you to reply to specific questions you have asked

• To contact you if you have expressed interest in being in our study

• Monitor, maintain and improve traffic to the IMPACT wix website

 

Your rights

We want to make sure you are aware of your rights in relation to the personal information we process about you. We have described those rights and the circumstances below.  If you wish to exercise any of these rights, if you have any queries about how we use your personal information that are not answered here, or if you wish to complain, please contact us through the contacts form.

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Further information or requests to invoke rights should be made in writing/email.

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Your rights are summarised below:

• You have a right to get access to the personal information we hold about you.

• You have a right to rectification of inaccurate personal information and to update incomplete personal information.

• You have a right to request that we delete your personal information.

• You have a right to request us to restrict the processing of your personal information.

• You have a right to data portability.

• You have a right to object to the processing of your personal information.

• You have a right to object to direct marketing.

• You have a right to withdraw your consent.

 

Sharing data with 3rd parties

We will only use and share your information with third parties in the following circumstances:

• Where we have your permission.

• Where we are required by law and by law enforcement agencies, judicial bodies, government entities, tax authorities or regulatory bodies around the world with third party guarantors or other companies that provide you with benefits or services (such as insurance cover) associated with your product or service where required for a proposed sale, reorganisation, transfer, financial arrangement, asset disposal or other transaction relating to our business and/or assets held by our business.

• Where permitted by law, it is necessary for our legitimate interests or those of a third party, and it is not inconsistent with the purposes listed above.

 

How we keep your information

By acting as an intermediary to provide you with products or services, we create records that contain your information, such as customer account records and activity records. Records can be held on a variety of media (physical or electronic) and formats.

 

We manage our records to help us to serve our customers and to comply with legal and regulatory requirements. Records help us demonstrate that we are meeting our responsibilities and to keep as evidence of our business activities.

 

Retention periods for records are determined based on the applicable legal or regulatory requirements. We normally keep customer account records for the life span of any product or service that has been arranged by us in order that we can deal efficiently with any queries that you may have.

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Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure with us and with the third parties who act on our behalf.

 

COOKIE POLICY

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This website uses cookies to better the users experience while visiting the website. Where applicable this website uses a cookie control system allowing the user on their first visit to the website to allow or disallow the use of cookies on their computer / device. This complies with recent legislation requirements for websites to obtain explicit consent from users before leaving behind or reading files such as cookies on a user’s computer / device.

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Users are advised that if they wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from this website on to their computers hard drive they should take necessary steps within their web browsers security settings to block all cookies from this website and its external serving vendors.

This website uses tracking software to monitor its visitors to better understand how they use it. This software is provided by Google Analytics which uses cookies to track visitor usage. The software will save a cookie to your computers hard drive in order to track and monitor your engagement and usage of the website, but will not store, save or collect personal information. You can read Google’s privacy here for further information http://www.google.com/privacy.html.

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Other cookies may be stored to your computers hard drive by external vendors when this website uses referral programs, sponsored links or adverts. Such cookies are used for conversion and referral tracking and typically expire after 30 days, though some may take longer. No personal information is stored, saved or collected.

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What are cookies?

Cookies are small files saved to the user’s computers hard drive that track, save and store information about the user’s interactions and usage of the website. This allows the website, through its server to provide the users with a tailored experience within this website.

A cookie is a simple text file that is stored on your computer or mobile device by a website’s server and only that server will be able to retrieve or read the contents of that cookie. Each cookie is unique to your web browser. It will contain some anonymous information such as a unique identifier and the site name and some digits and numbers. It allows a website to remember things like your preferences or what’s in your shopping basket.

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What cookies are used on this website?

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Cookie Purpose

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PHPSESSI

This is a session cookie used to preserve data across subsequent accesses. It is a temporary cookie that remains in the cookie file of your browser until you close the browser. It is mainly used to maintain your identity

Google Analytics

This is a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics sets a cookie in order to evaluate your use and compile meaningful site traffic reports. 

See Wix specific Cookie Purpose in the table below: