Terms of use

Train to Gain and Employers Guide to Training is owned and managed by the Learning and Skills Council.

Linking Policy

The LSC is happy for organisations to link to its site but the LSC cannot be held responsible for the contents or reliability of the linked websites and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them. Linking is not to be taken as endorsement of any kind. The LSC cannot guarantee that these links will work all of the time and has no control over availability of the linked pages.

Disclaimer

The LSC uses its reasonable endeavours to make sure information on this site is accurate and up to date. The LSC cannot take any responsibility for any loss arising out of use of the information on this site and any liability that might arise from the use of this site is hereby excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.

This site also contains links to external internet websites. Please note that the LSC has no control over the contents of these websites and as such cannot accept responsibility for them.

Privacy Statement

The Employers Guide to Training website does not capture or store personal information, but merely logs the user’s IP address (the internet address of your computer) to give us an idea of which part of our website you visit and how long you spend there.

In common with many other commercial websites the LSC website may use a standard technology called a “cookie” to collect information about how you use the site; this is a small data file that certain websites write to your hard drive when you visit them. A cookie file can contain information such as a user ID that the site uses to track the pages you’ve visited. The Employers Guide to Training site does use cookies to store personal data.

This website uses cookies to track user traffic patterns. We do this in order to determine the usefulness of our website information to our users and to see how effective our navigational structure is in helping users reach that information. If you prefer not to receive cookies while browsing our website, you can set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies and refuse the cookie when your browser alerts you to its presence. You can also refuse all cookies by turning them off in your browser. You do not need to have cookies turned on to use/navigate through the Employers Guide to Training website.

This privacy statement only covers the Employers Guide to Training website at http://www.employersguide.org.uk and subsequent sub-sites of that domain. Other websites linked to or from this website are not covered by this privacy statement.

What information is gathered and how it is used by the LSC

The LSC gathers certain types of information about visitors to this Web site. It is important, therefore, that visitors know what is gathered and how it is used.

The LSC may use information for the following purposes:

• To fulfil your requests for certain services.
• To personalise your experience on the LSC website.
• To keep you up to date on the latest service announcements or other information the LSC thinks you’d like to hear about either from us or from our partners.
• To understand your needs and provide you with better services.
• To track usage.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

Because the LSC is a national Non-Departmental Public Body, your personal information may be shared between local offices and the national LSC offices.

By providing personal information you are deemed to consent to your personal information being shared outside the LSC in the following circumstances:

• Where the LSC needs to share your information to provide the service you have requested.
• Where the LSC needs to send the information to companies who work on behalf of LSC to provide a service to you (we will only provide those companies with the information they need to deliver the service, and they are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose).
• Where the LSC wants to keep you up to date on the latest service announcements, software updates or other information the LSC thinks you would like to hear about either from us or from our business partners.
• The LSC will also disclose your personal information if required to do so by law in urgent circumstances, to protect personal safety, the public or our website.
• LSC data is stored in controlled servers with limited access. Your information may be stored and processed in the United Kingdom where LSC or its business partners are located.