1. General

This website is owned and operated by GTI Specialist Publishers (GTI) and is made available on the following terms and conditions. By using the website you accept these terms and conditions, which shall be interpreted according to the laws of England.

2. Data Protection

GTI use of personal information supplied by you when you use this website is governed by our privacy policy.

3. Licence

3.1 GTI grants you a non-exclusive licence to access and use the content in this website for your personal purposes. You may not reproduce or distribute any part of the content for commercial purposes.

3.2 You acknowledge that the copyright, database rights and all other intellectual property rights comprised in or relating to this website and in the data it contains belongs to GTI.

3.3 You agree not to submit to this website any material which is: -

3.3.1 libellous, defamatory, invasive of privacy, obscene, pornographic or harassing;
3.3.2 infringes any intellectual property rights (including copyrights) of any third party;
3.3.3 violates any law or regulation;
3.3.4 advocates illegal activity; or
3.3.5 advertises or solicits funds for goods or services.

4. Changes to the Website

GTI may at any time make alterations to or withdraw this website or any part of it.

5. Limitation of Liability

5.1 GTI excludes all warranties, express or implied relating to this website. This includes, but is not limited to, any implied warranty that the information it contains is accurate or up-to-date or is suitable for any particular purpose. GTI shall not be liable for any loss or damage suffered as the result of the use of this website.

5.2 Assistance given by means of any Help Desk facility shall be solely at your risk.

5.3 You acknowledge that we do not control the material posted by any third party and can accept no liability for any material which is inaccurate, misleading, offensive, defamatory, obscene or otherwise incorrect.

5.4 You agree to indemnify and hold us and our employees and agents harmless from and against any claims, actions or demands including without limitation reasonable legal fees arising from your use of the website or your breach of these terms.

6. Privacy policy

targetcourses.co.uk is owned and operated by GTI Specialist Publishers (GTI). Information we collect from users of the site will be stored by us on computers in the UK and may be used in the following ways:

6.1 Subscription Services Personal information provided by you as part of the registration process for any service is used to manage your subscription and to enable us to provide a better service.

6.2 Payment details Any information provided by you in connection with any transaction regarding your credit or debit card numbers, expiry date and billing or delivery address will be used by us to process the transaction. These details will be stored on a secure server and may be used by us to facilitate and personalise future transactions with you. If you do not wish us to store and use the information for future transactions, please contact us 01491 826262.

6.3 Contact details We will use your contact details (your name, job title, telephone and fax number and your e-mail and postal addresses) to provide any services requested by you and also to tell you about important changes to the site and its functionality. These details will be used by us and by businesses within GTI and its associated companies to provide you with information about other services and products and will also be disclosed to third party businesses and advertisers for the same purpose. If you do not wish to be contacted for this purpose, please express your preferences on the registration page. If your contact details change you can alter the details we hold by contacting us on 01491 826262. By registering for the TARGETcourses Postgraduate Fair you will be registered with targetjobs.co.uk and receive personalised job and course alerts relevant to your area(s) of interest.

6.4 Voluntary Information We may ask for further information about you as part of online surveys or if you enter any competition or other promotional feature. This information will be used to enable us to improve our website or online service. It may also be disclosed to other companies who wish to tell you about services of interest to you.

6.5 'Cookies'

How we use cookies on our site and what information we collect. A cookie is a text-only string of information that a website transfers to the cookie folder of the browser on your computer's hard disk so that the website can remember who you are. Two types of cookies are used on this website:

Session Cookies

These are temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your browser until you leave the site. Due to the volume of traffic on our web sites, we use them to speed up the delivery of content to you, the user and to remember your preferences whenever you are logged in. No personal or identifying information is held in these cookies. As soon as you leave our sites or close your browser, they are automatically deleted from your computer.

Persistent Cookies

These are cookies which remain in the cookie file of your browser for a much longer period, though how long will depend on the lifetime of the specific cookie. Again, no personal or identifying information is held in these cookies. You have the ability to accept or decline these cookies by modifying the settings in your browser (see instructions below). For more information about cookies, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org

Third Party Cookies

In addition, the third party companies who sell and provide advertisements to the site and host our contacts database make use of cookies for the purpose of serving and targeting advertisements more effectively. These are used for the following purposes:

• To serve advertisements on our site and track whether these advertisements are clicked on by users.
• To control how often you are shown a particular advertisement.
• To tailor content to your preferences such as geographical location.

For more information about these cookies, how you can opt out of receiving them and how this will affect your use of our website, please visit the websites of our third party suppliers: Real Media- http://www.uk.realmedia.com/index.html?navSource=TopNav

Disabling/Enabling Cookies

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying the settings in your browser. However, you may not be able to use all the interactive features of our site if cookies are disabled. Instructions are given below for the most popular browsers. If you browser is not on this list and you require help with your cookie settings then please contact us on 01491 2828262.

Internet Explorer 5.x/6.0

• Select 'Internet Options' from the Tools menu.>
• Click on the 'Security' tab.
• Click 'Custom Level' button.
• Scroll down to the 'Cookies' section.

To allow cookies:

• Set 'Allow cookies that are stored on your computer' to 'Enable'.
• Set 'Allow per-session cookies' to "Enable".
• Click 'OK'. To disable cookies:
• Set 'Allow cookies that are stored on your computer' to 'Disable'.
• Set 'Allow per-session cookies' to 'Disable'.
• Click 'OK'.

Firefox 1.0

• Select 'Preferences' from the 'Edit' menu
• Click the 'Advanced' link
• Scroll down to the 'Cookies' section
• To enable cookies select 'Accept all cookies' (or 'Enable all cookies') To stop cookies being sent to your PC, select 'Reject all cookies' (or 'Disable all cookies')
• Click 'OK'

Netscape 4.x

• Select 'Preferences' from the 'Edit' menu
• Click the 'Advanced' link Scroll down to the 'Cookies' section To enable cookies select 'Accept all cookies' (or 'Enable all cookies')
• To stop cookies being sent to your PC, select 'Reject all cookies' (or 'Disable all cookies')
• Click 'OK'

Netscape 7.x

• Select 'Preferences' from the 'Edit' menu
• Double click the 'Privacy & Security' link so you can see all the sub-menus
• Click the 'cookies' link
• To enable cookies select 'Enable cookies based on privacy settings' (or 'Enable all cookies')
• To stop cookies being sent to your PC, select 'Disable cookies'
• Click 'OK'

Opera 7.0

• Select 'Preferences' from the 'File' menu
• Click the 'Privacy' link
• To enable cookies click the box next to 'Enable cookies'
• To stop cookies being sent to your PC, uncheck the box next to 'Enable cookies'
• Click 'OK'

Safari 1.0

• Click Safari on the top menu.
• Select Preferences.
• Make sure the Security tab is selected.
• Next to 'Accept Cookies' select Never

6.6 Statistical information

Aggregate statistical information provided by us to our advertisers or others regarding sales or website usage will not include personally identifying information.

6.7 Security

Your personal data will be held on our secure server located in our datacentre. Our site is equipped with the latest security devices/firewalls.

6.8 Access to Data

You have certain rights under the Data Protection Acts 1984 and 1988. You have the right to be told what personal information we hold about you on our databases. You should write to us, at: Database Enquiries, Chris Phillips, Publisher, GTI Specialist Publishers, The Barns, Preston Crowmarsh, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 6SL. stating your full name, your address and all publications or services from GTI to which you know you subscribe. A small administrative charge will be made for fulfilling this request for information we hold about you.

6.9 Changes to Privacy Policy

Any changes to the privacy policy will be posted here. Last updated: 7 March 2005

6.10 Your comments.

Please contact us with any comments about this website or privacy policy.