Privacy Statement
At IFST we are 100% committed to protecting your security and privacy and only use your information to improve the service that we provide. Our Privacy Policy fully complies with the Data Protection Act and we will, within reason, ensure that your information is secure and monitored with regard to access, both internally and externally.
Note if you follow a link from this site to another site, this policy will no longer apply. We are not responsible for other sites' information handling practices. Use of your information by the owner of the linked site will normally be governed by that site's privacy policy, which we encourage you to read.
We may change the terms of this privacy policy, so Users are encouraged to review this page from time to time. Your continued use of the sites following the posting of changes to the policy means that you accept changes.
We may use methods such as clear gifs (also know as pixel tags or web beacons). A clear gif can monitor certain user behaviour, such as usage of the web site whether opened an e mail message or whether you clicked on an URL in an email message. For internal analysis purposes we sometimes link this individual identifier to the clear gifs to allow us to see the general open rates and activity generated from newsletters. Information retrieved this way is used for statistical purposes only. It is never released to third parties.
Cookies
'Cookies' are a type of file stored on your internet device (PC, Phone or Tablet) and used by this website in various ways, including enabling you to login and have access to all of the website's functionality.
When you visit the site we may collect the IP address of your computer using cookies. We also use cookies to automatically record other information. This is used to see how often you visit the site, and how you navigate through the site, enabling to improve the website.
Cookies used by this website
| Cookie |
Name |
Purpose |
| Cookie opt in |
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This cookie tells the site that youhave enabled cookies |
| Pagelocker |
PageLockerSessionID |
This cookie is used to store the state of your session as you move around the the pages of the website. It will also identify you as being authorised to log in to secure areas of the site |
| Pagelocker |
AutoLogin |
When logging in this cookie will remember your details when you check the 'remember me' box |
| AddThis |
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The __atuvc cookie is created and read by AddThis javascript on the client side in order to make sure the user sees the updated count if they share a page and return to it before our share count cache is updated. No data from that cookie is sent back to AddThis and removing it when disabling cookies would cause unexpected behavior for users. |
| Google Analytics |
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These cookies are used to collect information about how you and other visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form including the number of visitors, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visit. For more information see:http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.htm |
| Text size cookie |
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This cookie is used to remember your preferences for site text size. |
| Site colour cookie/td> |
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This cookie is used to remember your preference for setting for site colour. |
It is your right to choose if you give your consent or not, but please be aware that this site requires that cookies are enabled in order to function properly. To enable cookies and remove this message please click 'Allow Cookies'.
If you have enabled cookies for this website and wish to reset you can disable them here Reset (opt-out)
If you require more detailed information please visit the website for the ICO (Information Commissioner's Office), the body responsible for enforcing the UK law.