Privacy Policy

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points4life is a revolutionary new loyalty programme which will enable people to live happier and healthier lives through eating better and moving more. The initiative has been created by The Council of the City of Manchester and Manchester PCT (known as NHS Manchester). It is a new loyalty programme which will encourage people to be healthier. It will take knowledge, learnings and technology from the private sector, where many loyalty programmes run very successfully, and apply them to the public sector. Through the use of government, local authority and private sector funding, points4life will encourage Mancunians to be healthier in a range of ways including what they eat and how they exercise ("Project").

NHS Manchester and The Council of the City of Manchester ("we/us/our"), respect your right to privacy and are committed to protecting any personal information which you may supply to us. By accessing and using this website ("Site") you are accepting and agreeing to the practices described in our Privacy Policy.

We and our associated bodies may use any personal information that you provide to inform you about information we believe may be of interest to you, changes to the Site and products or services that you may find of interest but if you prefer not to receive this you can tell us by contacting us using the details provided on the "Contact Us" page.

What information do we ask for?

We will only collect personally identifiable information to the extent reasonably necessary to serve our legitimate business purposes, and provide you with the benefits associated with your registration on our Site. We will maintain appropriate safeguards to ensure the security, integrity and privacy of the information you have provided. Please note that email correspondence with us is in free text format and cannot be encrypted, therefore, please do not send any sensitive information such as passwords via email. We will take reasonable steps to ensure that any third parties to whom we transfer data will provide sufficient protection of that personal information.

How do we use the information?

We will only use your personal information in accordance with all applicable UK Data Protection legislation and for the purpose(s) for which you provide it to us including for example, to respond to your enquiries, to update our records and your account information, prevent or detect fraud or abuse of our Site and to enable third parties to carry out any technical, logistical or other functions on our behalf.

When you register on our Site to become a points4life interested partner ("Potential Bidder"), we need to know your organisation's name and a contact email address. This may be a personal email address. We also ask for your telephone number (which again, may be a personal number), which will enable other Potential Bidders to contact you to discuss how you can join together to form part of the Project if you elect to display your information on the Site.

When becoming a Potential Bidder, you will have the option of submitting an organisation profile to be displayed on the Site containing details such as your organisation's name, and details of expertise. This data will be made available on the Site to allow fellow Potential Bidders to carry out a search for other Potential Bidders who belong to the same field of expertise.

We monitor customer traffic patterns and usage of the Site to help us develop the design and layout of the Site.

We may use your information for our internal marketing and demographic studies, so we can consistently improve our Site to better meet our visitors’ needs. To enforce legal rights and the law, we may also disclose information to law enforcement agencies.

Your IP address (a unique number which identifies your computer) may be used to help diagnose problems with our server and administer the Site.

No personal data will be passed outside of the EEA (European Economic Area).

Registration to display information on the Site is via Commissioning Business Service's e-tendering service provided by BravoSolutions https://gmcbs.bravosolution.com/web/login.shtml which will be used as a secure server to process your details. The secure server software (SSL) encrypts all information you input before it is sent. Furthermore, as required by the UK Data Protection Acts of 1984 and 1998, we follow strict security procedures in the storage and disclosure of information which you have given to us, to prevent unauthorised access.

Will we disclose the information we collect to outside parties?

Unless agreed otherwise, we will not supply your personal information to third parties.

We may provide aggregate statistics about our Potential Bidders, traffic patterns and related information about the Site to reputable third-party vendors, but these statistics will include no personally identifying information.

From time to time we may employ third parties who may collect personal information on our behalf. In such cases, such third parties will be instructed by us to comply with our Privacy Policy as set out in this document.

You acknowledge that we are subject to the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (and any subordinate legislation made under this Act from time to time together with any guidance and/or codes of practice issued by the Information Commissioner and/or the Department of Constitutional Affairs in relation to such legislation) and the Environmental Information Regulations. You also acknowledge that we may, acting in accordance with the Department of Constitutional Affairs' Code of Practice on the Discharge of Functions of Public Authorities under Part I of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, be obliged under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, or the Environmental Information Regulations to disclose Information. However any such disclosures shall not extend to information which is exempt from disclosure pursuant to that Act (which includes personal data).

Third party websites

The Site may contain links to other websites whose privacy practices may be different to ours. You should consult the third party's privacy statement upon accessing their site as we have no control over information that is submitted to, or collected by, them and we take no responsibility for the use of your personal information once you have left the Site.

Review, correction or deletion of information from our records

If for any reason you are concerned that the information maintained by us is not correct, or it changes or if you no longer desire wish for your information to be displayed we will endeavour to provide a way to correct, update or remove the data you have provided us with. This can usually be done by contacting us through the contact page. Please note that this may take some time. .

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website transfers to your computer's hard disk so the website can remember who you are. No cookies are used on our Site.

Your consent

By using the Site, you signify your consent to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not use this Site. We reserve the right to make changes to our Privacy Policy. Any change to the Privacy Policy will be published on this page so that you are always aware of it. Your continued use of the Site will signify your acceptance of these changes.

Controller of your information

Information which you provide to us or we gather from the Site is controlled by:

NHS Manchester
Mauldeth House
Mauldeth Road West
Manchester
M21 7RL
 

Manchester City Council
Town Hall
Albert Square
MANCHESTER
M60 2LA

 

Last updated: 26th January 2009