The LTC Covid website is managed and funded by the International Long-term Care Policy Network (ILPN) and Care Policy and Evaluation Centre (CPEC) at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
ILPN and CPEC are not legal entities. Management of the ILPN and CPEC is led by the LSE and we follow the LSE’s Privacy Policy.
To review the full terms of use of the website, visit Terms of Use.
Data protection
We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Any information you provide to us will only be used in accordance with this privacy policy and for the purpose for which you have provided consent for us to use that information.
We comply with all protections that the UK Data Protection Act 2018 (‘the Act’) and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’) affords to you.
The main purpose of the Act and GDPR is to contain the possible threat to individuals from the misuse of personal data relating to them held in manual records or on computing equipment. We comply with all requirements of the law on protection of personal data held on computer or in manual records.
Your right to privacy is important to us. The following terms are provided to explain how we collect and use information about you so that you can make an informed choice about using this Website.
Collection and use of personal data
Personal data is not stored nor captured through the Website without the prior knowledge and consent of Users. Where personal information is captured (e.g. through web-based forms for feedback, registration, requests, posting of comments etc), the User will be informed as to what personal information is being collected, who will use it, and for what purpose(s) it will be used.
Any personal data that you give us will be treated with the utmost care and security. We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as it is still used for the purpose stated when originally requested.
Should you request that we amend or suppress records containing your personal data, we will endeavour to do so as promptly as practical. However, you may receive communications for a transitional period while we process your records.
The Act and GDPR gives you the right to see the personal information we hold on you. If you would like to request a copy of your personal data or if you have any questions about the our policies, please write to:
Care Policy and Evaluation Centre
London School of Economics and Political Science
Houghton Street
London
WC2A 2AE
Or email us at cpec@lse.ac.uk.
Cookies
This Website uses cookies – a small piece of information stored on your computer in the form of a file – where strictly necessary for the purposes of making the Website work, for monitoring performance or facilitating functionality.
You may refuse the use of cookies by adjusting the settings of your web browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this Website.
By using this Website, you consent to the use of cookies and use of the data they provide.
Log files
Continuous logs are kept of requests received by the Website’s web servers as it is accessed. These logs are used to analyse usage of the Website.
Each log entry includes the internet protocol (IP) address of the client used (typically, though not necessarily, the IP address of the personal computer (PC) used), the type of client used (typically, though not necessarily, the type and version of web browser used), the URL of the page (or object) requested, the URL of the previous page (or object) requested (known as the ‘referrer’ and could relate to this Website or another), and the reference number stored in a cookie created by the Website (if one exists).