Young people’s policy
This policy is for learners who are under 18 years old. Please note that v-Portfolio is only for learners who are 14 years or over – if you are under 14, you must not use v-Portfolio.
We respect the privacy of young people who use this site, and this policy explains how we do that. We may update the policy from time to time so please read it each time you visit the site.
You must ask your parent(s) or guardian(s) for permission before using this site if -
- you don’t understand something we say here or
- you think they might not like you using this website for any reason
Please also check with your parent(s) or guardian(s) before asking us to send you more information by email.
How we collect information from you …
- When your school or college sets you up to use v-Portfolio they will put your details into the database behind our site. You can change this through your personal profile page.
- When you put coursework into v-Portfolio it may contain information about you.
- We use “cookies” – little computer files that the website puts on your computer – but just to make it easier for you to use the site, and not in a way that identifies you.
- We also collect “traffic data” – information like which website you visited before ours which is collected automatically by the site – but again, not in a way that identifies you.
How we keep your information confidential and secure …
- We will keep any information you give us secure by using appropriate methods. Please help us to do this: keep your username and password confidential and don’t share them with anyone else.
- We won’t give personal information about you to anyone, except if
- we have to for legal reasons, or
- your account is misused, we may tell the relevant authorities like the police, or
- we transfer v-Portfolio to another company or business, so you can keep on using it.
- for administrative reasons – for example to confirm you are set up as a user on v-Portfolio, to let you know if the system is going to be unavailable or your user account is coming to an end, and
- to send you further information about product development, if you ask us to (by clicking on the tick-box next to the place where you give us your email address in your personal profile). If you are interested, we’ll email you about new developments and features in v-Portfolio and additional products and services we could offer you on completion of the qualification. Please check with your parent(s) or guardian(s) before agreeing to receive marketing information from us by email. You can ask us at any time to stop sending you this marketing information – we will always explain how to do that at the end of any email we send you. Please show it to your parent(s), guardian(s) or teacher if you don’t understand the instructions.
- You have a right to see a copy of the personal information we hold about you - it costs £10 for the copy.
- You also have a right to correct any errors in that personal information.
- We will not transfer your information outside the UK.
- If you want more information about anything in this privacy policy please contact us or ask your parent(s), guardian(s) or teacher.
- If you want to know more about the law on keeping personal information private, visit the Information Commissioner’s site at www.ico.gov.uk.
