Safeguarding

• enhanced DBS for health care contexts (inclusive of checks against the Adults' Barred List): 001487013129.
• enhanced DBS for academic contexts (inclusive of checks against the Children's Barred List): 001557747573.
• DBS Update Service registration. 

Data security

Data that is sensitive, restricted, and/or requires security clearance is held, processed, and destroyed using digital and/or physical security arrangements proportionate to both the relevant classification and your own organisation's protocols. Electronic material is managed and processed on IP65 and MIL-STD-810G certified hardware that uses privacy screens, requires biometric credentials, is subject to Trusted Platform Module (1.2) drive encryption, and employs remote-access detection. Sensitive electronic data is destroyed securely, using a minimum of five-hundred repetitions of the 'Gutmann method'; recovery feasibility is checked using Photorec. Physical security solutions are provided by Zero Halliburton.

Data protection

• ICO registration: ZA328083.

In completing your booking you agree that your data will be processed for the purposes of service provision. All data is processed, handled, and retained in accordance with both the Data Protection Act, 1998/2018, and the General Data Protection Regulation, 2018. You can withdraw your consent; request a copy of the information held about you—under the Freedom of Information Act, 2000; request information about how your data is kept secure; and discuss your personal circumstances as they relate to your personal data at any time.

Academic integrity

It is your responsibility to ensure that all enquiries and commissions are compliant with your hosting institution's policies on the use of third-party tutorial, editorial, and/or consultancy services. You are advised to inform your supervisors of your specific intent; the direct involvement of, and close liaison with, your supervisors is  encouraged strongly.