Privacy policy and legal disclaimer

Using our website

The Kent Public Service Network (KPSN) website is maintained for your personal use and viewing. Access and use by you of this site constitutes acceptance by you of these Terms and Conditions which take effect from the date of first use.

Intellectual property

The names, images and logos identifying KPSN, government departments and their agencies, third parties and their information, products and services are proprietary marks of the Crown and/or third parties. Copying or use of these logos accessed via this website is not permitted without prior approval from the relevant copyright owner.

Hyperlinking

You do not have to ask permission to link directly to pages hosted on this site. We do not object to you linking directly to the information that is hosted on our site. However, we do not permit our pages to be loaded into frames on your site. KPSN pages must load into the user’s entire window.

Virus protection

KPSN makes every effort to check and test material at all stages of production. It is always wise for you to run an anti-virus program on all material downloaded from the Internet. We cannot accept any responsibility for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or your computer system which may occur whilst using material derived from this website.

Disclaimer

The KPSN website and material relating to Government information, products and services (or to third party information, products and services), is provided ‘as is’, without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy.

We do not warrant that the functions within the material contained in this site will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or represent the full functionality, accuracy, reliability of the materials.  In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including, without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damages whatsoever arising from use or loss of use of, data or profits arising out of or in connection with the use of the www.kpsn.net website.

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Any dispute arising under these Terms and Conditions shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

Privacy statement

If you are a user with general public and anonymous access, the Kent Public Service Network (KPSN) website does not store or capture personal information of users with general public access but does log the IP address of a visitor. We do not use cookies for collecting user information and we will not collect any information about you except that required for system administration of our web server. The system will record your e-mail address and other information if volunteered to us by you. This shall be treated as proprietary and confidential.

Anonymous information about page visits is collected using Google Analytics.

Using our website confirms your acceptance of our cookies policy.

Where our website links to external resources or websites, these may add their own cookies. These are outside our control. Cookies can be disabled by changing the settings on your computer browser, but you may need to re-enter information at times.

Email

Emails that we send to you or you send to us may be retained as a record of contact and your email address stored for future use in accordance with our record retention schedule, to comply with the Data Protection Act/GDPR Guidance. This information can be provided upon request.

Review

These terms and conditions were last reviewed January 2021 and will be reviewed on an ad-hoc basis as circumstances change.