List of active policies
| Name | Type | User consent |
|---|---|---|
| Site Terms of Use | Site policy | All users |
| Privacy Policy | Site policy | All users |
Summary
Site Terms of Use
Terms and conditions of use (Summary)
By using the Scottish Ambulance Service Volunteer e-Community Platform you are agreeing to the terms and conditions given below.
SAS Volunteer e-Community site administrators will undertake all reasonable steps to provide all users with a safe, secure and operational electronic system. If at any time you feel your rights as a user have not been upheld or you have any questions regarding the below, please contact us immediately.
SAS Volunteer e-Community will occasionally be unavailable for short periods of time as we release new system features or carry out essential maintenance. We will endeavour to provide at least 72 hour’s notice of any scheduled outage.
You are encouraged to report objectionable material or inappropriate behaviour to the site administrator immediately. We will ensure the matter is investigated in a timely manner.
If you are participating in an Educational Programme and are as such required to submit evidence, assignments, partake in quizzes, discussions or any other form of assessment, you are agreeing to the following statement:
You are confirming that you agree to the "Statement of confirmation of authenticity":
"By the act of making this submission I am declaring that this is all my own work and that if this statement is untrue, I acknowledge that an assessment breach has been committed."
Full policy
Site Terms of Use
Terms and conditions of use
By using the Scottish Ambulance Service Volunteer e-Community Platform you are agreeing to the terms and conditions given below.
SAS Volunteer e-Community site administrators will undertake all reasonable steps to provide all users with a safe, secure and operational electronic system. If at any time you feel your rights as a user have not been upheld or you have any questions regarding the below, please contact us immediately.
SAS Volunteer e-Community will occasionally be unavailable for short periods of time as we release new system features or carry out essential maintenance. We will endeavour to provide at least 72 hour’s notice of any scheduled outage.
You are encouraged to report objectionable material or inappropriate behaviour to the site administrator immediately. We will ensure the matter is investigated in a timely manner.
If you are participating in an Educational Programme and are as such required to submit evidence, assignments, partake in quizzes, discussions or any other form of assessment, you are agreeing to the following statement:
You are confirming that you agree to the "Statement of confirmation of authenticity":
"By the act of making this submission I am declaring that this is all my own work and that if this statement is untrue, I acknowledge that an assessment breach has been committed."
Terms and conditions of use
By using the Scottish Ambulance Service Volunteer e-Community you are agreeing to the terms and conditions given below.
Our obligations
SAS Volunteer e-Community site administrators will undertake all reasonable steps to provide all users with a safe, secure and operational electronic system. If at any time you feel your rights as a user have not been upheld or you have any questions regarding the below, please contact us immediately.
SAS Volunteer e-Community will occasionally be unavailable for short periods of time as we release new system features or carry out essential maintenance. We will endeavour to provide at least 72 hour’s notice of any scheduled outage.
You are encouraged to report objectionable material or inappropriate behaviour to the site administrator immediately. We will ensure the matter is investigated in a timely manner.
Your obligations
The privacy statement should be considered an extension of these Terms and conditions and be read by all users.
Your SAS Volunteer e-Community account may expire after a given period of time or after given period of inactivity, as set by the site administrator. If such a case should arise, you will receive an email reminder shortly before your account is due to expire and we suggest you save your portfolio records to your personal computer at this time so that you may reuse it in the future.
If you are participating in an Educational Programme and are as such required to submit evidence, assignments, partake in quizzes, discussions or any other form of assessment, you are agreeing to the following statement:
You are confirming that you agree to the "Statement of confirmation of authenticity":
"By the act of making this submission I am declaring that this is all my own work and that if this statement is untrue, I acknowledge that an assessment breach has been committed.".
All files and content you upload to SAS Volunteer e-Community are subject to European Copyright legislation. You are responsible for ensuring you have appropriate permission to reproduce and publish any work that is not your own. Incidents of plagiarism will be dealt with in accordance to your educational programmes policies.
You must not use your SAS Volunteer e-Community account to store or display any offensive material. If an administrator receives report of any objectionable material within your account, your account will be suspended and your access to SAS Volunteer e-Community frozen pending an investigation in accordance to the Conduct Policy or equivalent. Where no conduct policy exists, the matter will be referred to an appropriate staff member of your programme or organisation.
If the site administrator receives report of any inappropriate behaviour on your part, where it relates to SAS Volunteer e-Community, your account will be suspended and your access to SAS Volunteer e-Community frozen pending an investigation in accordance to the Conduct Policy or equivalent. Where no conduct policy exists, the matter will be referred to an appropriate staff member of your programme or organisation.
Inappropriate behaviour includes misuse of the objectionable material reporting system, intentionally attempting to load files with virus content, placing objectionable or excessive feedback or comments on any other user's portfolio and any other behaviour deemed to be a nuisance or offensive by an administrator.
Any unsolicited contact you receive as a result of personal information you have publicly released via your account is your responsibility. However, any misconduct in behaviour from users of the system should be reported to the site administrator immediately.
We may occasionally make minor adjustments to our terms and condition to reflect changes to the system and in response to user feedback. As such we suggest you check the terms and conditions each time you visit this site. We will however notify users of any major changes to the terms and conditions via SAS Volunteer e-Community. You may be required to agree to newer versions of the terms and conditions which will be identified by a version number.
Summary
Privacy Policy
Privacy Statement
Introduction
We are committed to protecting your privacy and providing users with a safe and functional personal learning and development environment. This Statement of Privacy applies to the SAS Volunteer e-Community site and governs data collection and usage.
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Privacy Policy
Privacy Statement
Introduction
We are committed to protecting your privacy and providing users with a safe and functional personal learning and development environment. This Statement of Privacy applies to the SAS Volunteer e-Community site and governs data collection and usage.
Privacy Statement
Introduction
We are committed to protecting your privacy and providing users with a safe and functional personal learning and development environment. This Statement of Privacy applies to the SAS Volunteer e-Community site and governs data collection and usage.
Collection of personal information
By registering on the SAS Volunteer e-Community platform you will be required to provide us with a certain amount of personal information. We will not disclose any of your personal information to any other person or organisation without your written consent unless authorised or required by law.
Cookies
In order to use SAS Volunteer e-Community platform, you must have cookies enabled within your browser. Please note that no personal information is stored within the cookies used in SAS Volunteer e-Community platform.
A cookie is a data file that is placed on your computer by a webpage server. Cookies are not programs, spyware or viruses and are unable to perform any operation by themselves.
How we use your personal information
We will only use your personal information for the purpose for which you provided it to us.
As SAS Volunteer e-Community users you are able to determine what personal information you make available to others. By default, unless assigned administrator or staff access rights, a user may only view your display name (or name if you have not chosen / could not choose a display name) and your default profile picture. This includes listings within a notification report or visitor log.
We may also collect system usage for statistical purposes. However, this data will not identify any individual.
Storage and security of your personal information
We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that any personal information we hold is not subject to loss or misuse or unauthorised access, disclosure or alteration.
In order to help protect your personal information, please do not disclose your username or password to any person.
Changes to this privacy statement
We may occasionally make adjustments to our privacy statement to reflect changes to the system and in response to customer feedback. As such we suggest you check the privacy statement each time you visit this site. You may be required to agree to newer versions of the privacy statement which will be identified by version number.
Contact
If you have any questions regarding this statement or believe we have not adhered to the above criteria, please contact us and we will use all reasonable efforts to remedy the issue.