Privacy Policy

VQ Day is led by Edge, the independent education foundation, in conjunction with the vocational qualifications community including: the Association of Colleges (AoC), the Association of Learning Providers (ALP), Association of Scotland's Colleges (ASC), Award Scheme Development and Accreditation Network (ASDAN), City & Guilds, CollegesWales, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (DBIS) Department for Employment and Learning (DELNI), Edexcel, EDI, the Federation of Awarding Bodies (FAB), the FE Reputation Strategy Group (FERSG), Hackney Community College, the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM), National Training Federation for Wales, Ofqual, Ofqual Northern Ireland, OCR, Scottish Government, Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA), Scottish Training Federation (STF), UKSkills, Qualifications & Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA) and the Welsh Assembly Government among others.

This website is owned by Edge.

Edge will use any personal information collected from the VQ Day website in accordance with all laws and regulations relating to the protection of personal data including the Data Protection Act 1998 (the "Data Protection Act"). Further details on the Data Protection Act can be found on the Information Commissioner's website (www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk).

In common with many other commercial websites the VQ Day website may use a standard technology called a "cookie" to collect information about how you use the site; this is a small data file that certain websites write to your hard drive when you visit them. A cookie file can contain information such as a user ID that the site uses to track the pages you've visited, but the only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites.

Some parts of the VQ Day website uses cookies to track user traffic patterns. We do this in order to determine the usefulness of our website information to our users and to see how effective our navigational structure is in helping users reach that information. If you prefer not to receive cookies while browsing our website, you can set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies and refuse the cookie when your browser alerts you to its presence. You can also refuse all cookies by turning them off in your browser. You do not need to have cookies turned on to use/navigate through many parts of our website.

This privacy statement only covers the VQ Day website. Other websites linked to or from the VQ Day website are not covered by this privacy statement.

This website invites users to submit certain types of information. It is important, therefore, that visitors know what is gathered and how it is used. The website's owners may use information for the following purposes:

• To fulfil your requests for certain services
• To personalise your experience on the VQ Day website
• To keep you up to date on the latest announcements or other information related to VQ Day that we think you'd like to hear about
• To understand your needs and provide you with better services
• To track usage

Information Sharing and Disclosure

• By providing personal information you are deemed to consent to your personal information being shared outside Edge in the following circumstances:
• Where Edge needs to share your information to provide the service you have requested (such as sending posters or leaflets)
• Where Edge needs to send the information to companies who work on behalf of Edge to provide a service to you (we will only provide those companies the information they need to deliver the service, and they are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose)
• Where Edge wants to keep you up to date on the latest announcements or other information we think you would like to hear about
• Edge will also disclose your personal information if required to do so by law in urgent circumstances, to protect personal safety, the public or our website

Data collected on this site is stored in controlled servers with limited access. Your information may be stored and processed in the United Kingdom where Edge or its partners are located.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

Edge may amend this policy from time to time. If we make any substantial changes in the way we use your personal information we will make that information available by posting a notice on this site.

Children and Privacy

Our website does not target and is not intended to attract children under the age of 14. Edge does not knowingly solicit personal information from children under the age of 14 or send them requests for personal information.

Questions or Concerns About Personal Data

If you have any questions or concerns about our collection, use, or disclosure of your personal information, please write to centre@edge.co.uk.