
The Understanding Slavery Initiative respects the privacy of every
individual who visits our websites. We operate in accordance with
the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Freedom of Information Act
2000.
Your information
Information about you may be collected when you visit our websites
either by automatic tracking devices (see ‘Tracking our visitors’
below) or, more directly, where you request a specific service,
such as subscribing to the ‘My Teaching Folder’, or using the
feedback link to email us.
We only use this information to supply the services that have been
requested and to monitor and improve the quality of our
websites.
It is the Museum’s policy not to distribute or sell your
information on to any third party.
Cookies
In some areas of our site, a cookie may be placed on your computer.
A cookie is a small file that resides on your computer’s hard drive
that allows the Museum to improve the quality of your visit to our
websites. If your browser permits it you can set your computer to
reject cookies, although this may affect the quality of your visit.
The Flash version of the Home Page also requires cookies to work
correctly.
If you are concerned about the use of cookies, we suggest you set
your browser’s privacy settings to ‘high’. This setting will block
cookies that collect personal information without your explicit
consent while allowing you to fully enjoy the features of the
websites.