This privacy statement explains how Access Centre NI (ACNI) uses and protects any information you provide when using this website. Rest assured, your information will only be used in line with this statement, including any additional information requested from you. ACNI is dedicated to protecting your privacy. Please check this policy periodically for updates or changes to ensure you agree with them. This statement is effective from July 2024.

Information that we collect

Information about your computer and your visits to this website, including your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, visit duration, page views, and navigation paths.

• information provided from our online booking form (includes your name, date of birth, telephone number, email address, home address, disability or learning difficulty, College, course information, funding body information and any additional information required from you)
• information contained in or relating to any communication that you send to us or send through our website (including the communication content and metadata associated with the communication)
• any other personal information that you choose to send to us.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please email us at – dsa@ac-ni.com – us as soon as possible, and we will promptly correct the information.

How we use the information

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

• administer our website and business
• enable your use of the services available on our website
• supply to you services described through our website
• send you email notifications that you have specifically requested
• provide third parties with statistical information about our users (but those third parties will not be able to identify any individual user from that information)
• deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to our website
• keep our website secure and prevent fraud
• verify compliance with the terms and conditions governing the use of our website
• Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

How we use cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

GDPR Statement

Access Centre NI will keep your email address private and will only use your email address and certain other personal information to contact you about your DSA assessment. Your personal information will not be passed to any third parties. If you need to contact us to amend your details or request us to delete your information you can email us at – dsa@ac-ni.com 

If you require further information, get in touch with us and we can provide you with our full GDPR and Privacy Policy.