Privacy and legal

INFORMATION LIABILITY

LEAD International (LEAD) makes every possible effort to ensure that the information published on its website is accurate and up to date, but does not accept any responsibility for errors or omissions and reserves the right to make amendments at any time and without prior notice.

LEAD provides hypertext links to third party websites not affiliated with LEAD for the convenience of users only. By linking to these websites LEAD in no way endorses the contents, views, or information held on such sites.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, neither LEAD nor any of its employees shall be liable for any loss, additional costs, or damage howsoever arising, suffered as a result of using LEAD's website or hyperlinks provided to third party websites.

PRIVACY POLICY

LEAD does not automatically capture and store any personal information about the individuals who access its website or web pages. LEAD does not send cookies from this website and will only count the number of "hits" to the website to determine which pages are visited most frequently. Any information you choose to provide using online forms is not matched to your use of our website and your visits to our website are therefore totally anonymous.

You are currently not required to register or provide any personal information about yourself. Any personal information collected from visitors to our website is on a purely voluntary basis.

Where you choose to give us personal information it will only be used by LEAD for the purpose for which you provided it. Only where you specify it will your information be used to provide you with current and future information about LEAD (ex. Newsletter).

WHAT WE COLLECT

If you participate in any of our Training Programmes and join the LEAD Network, we may collect the following information:

Name and job title

Contact information including email address

Cohort and Member Program information

Short biography in English and your local language including preferences and interests

Other information relevant to surveys conducted by LEAD.

WHAT WE DO WITH THE INFORMATION WE GATHER

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

Internal record keeping

We may use the information to promote the LEAD Network of Fellows

We may send you newsletters with information on the LEAD Network and Partner Organisations

We may send you emails through your cohort related mailing lists

As permitted by the Telecommunications (Lawful Business Practice) (Interception of Communications) Regulations 2000 and by the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, LEAD may electronically scan emails received for obscene, indecent and illegal remarks and content. LEAD may also scan any messages left in discussion forums, email lists etc, provided by LEAD.

Where LEAD is convinced that there is proper lawful authority for the interception of communications, our policy is to co-operate fully with the relevant authorities. If, however, we are convinced that the authorities have exceeded their powers either deliberately or by oversight, it is the policy of LEAD to assist Data Subjects in any complaint to the proper regulatory authority.

LEAD's website provides automatic links (hyperlinks) to other third party websites for your convenience. LEAD is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these sites. When you use links to other websites LEAD's Privacy Policy no longer applies and you should refer to the privacy statement of the website you are accessing for details of their privacy policy.

If you have any queries about this privacy policy please contact:

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Any changes to LEAD's Privacy Policy will be posted on this page.

COPYRIGHT

All material published on LEAD's website (unless stated otherwise), is the property of LEAD and must not be copied or distributed for any commercial purpose. This includes, but not limited to, LEAD's logo, graphics, website design, and contents.

LEAD permits the taking of copies of material published on its web pages for personal use only, in electronic or hard copy form, providing that the copyright notice is retained on each copy. Making alterations to any of the pages, or using content in any other work or publication, other than for quotation purposes, will be a direct breach of LEAD's copyright and may result in civil action.

LEAD's prior written permission must be obtained for any other use of material contained in its web pages.

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