Privacy, data protection and cookies

Kingston University processes the personal data of enquirers, applicants, students, alumni, staff, visitors and others. We are committed to protecting your privacy, providing clear information about how your personal data is processed and complying with data protection law. Please see our Privacy notices below.

You can request to view any of the personal data we hold about you, or to exercise any of your data protection rights. Requests from data subjects or their representative can be made via our Data Subject Request form.

What is a cookie?

Cookies are used on some parts of the Kingston University website. These are small pieces of information that are sent to and stored on your computer, mobile or other device when you visit a website (unless you block them). They help us to recognise you if you return to our site at a later stage and to identify individual people in our database. Cookies cannot run programs or deliver viruses to your computer.

We have a consent system on our website that manages many of these cookies based on the consent you give us. Please be aware that some areas of our website will not function as expected if you don't consent to the use of cookies.

Cookies perform various functions and generally enhance the user experience. We don't collect any personal information, such as your name, date of birth, email address, or address.

Most web browsers allow you to control most cookies through browser settings. To learn more about cookies, including how to view the cookies that have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

Information that is collected automatically

In addition to personal information you may provide when you visit and browse our website, the following information is received and stored by our web servers:

• Details of your IP address;
• Browser type and operating system;
• The web pages you visited.

This data is known as web server logs. We use this information strictly to analyse how our website is used by our visitors and we may archive this information in an anonymous form for statistical purposes.