Imperial War Museum

The Imperial War Museum is committed to protecting your privacy. We use the information we collect about you to process orders and to provide a more personalised service. We may also use it to tell you about changes in our services, future events and developments, or about special offers we think you'll find of interest.

All of the information you give us is private and secure. We do not currently sell or rent information about our customers, and would not do so without asking you first. Under the UK Data Protection Act 1998, we follow strict security procedures in the storage and disclosure of information which you have given us to prevent unauthorised access. Our security procedures mean that we may occasionally request proof of identity before we are able to disclose sensitive information to you.

By disclosing your personal information to us using this website or over the telephone, you consent to the collection, storage and processing of your personal information by the Imperial War Museum in the manner set out in this Privacy Policy.

If you have any questions or concerns about the information we hold about you, you can also email us on mail@iwm.org.uk.

For further information on the Data Protection Act 1998, please see the Information Commissioner’s Office website on www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk.

Copyright

© Imperial War Museum 2009
The Imperial War Museum's websites are copyright of the Imperial War Museum. Material may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium for research, private study or for internal circulation within an educational organisation (such as schools, colleges and universities). This is subject to the material being reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context. Where any of the items on this site are being republished or copied to others, the source of the material must be identified, the copyright status acknowledged and picture reference numbers quoted (a two- or three-letter code followed by a series of numbers).

© Copyright of Images
The Imperial War Museum has done its best to ascertain all known copyrights. If anyone considers that their copyright has been inadvertently infringed, please contact the Department of Documents at the Imperial War Museum on docs@iwm.org.uk.

Commercial users identifying an image that they wish to reproduce on a commercial basis should contact the Photograph Archive on:
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7416 5333 / 5338 / 5309
Fax: +44 (0)20 7416 5355
Email: photos@iwm.org.uk

Links

Links to the Museum website may only be included in other websites with our prior written permission. Links from our website lead to other sites; the Imperial War Museum does not endorse or sponsor or otherwise approve of any information or images or further links to other sites that appear in those websites.

General Statement

While we make every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information and copyright of material on this website, any and all liability which might arise from your use of and reliance on the information contained on the website is excluded.

Use of Images

All promotional pictures of children used within the Imperial War Museums website, e-communications or printed materials have been taken with the permission of the parent, guardian or teacher. As part of the permission agreement, they have provided consent for their images to be used within the Museums promotional campaigns for up to four years. After this period the images will be archived or permission sought to extend the promotional agreement.

Summary of Terms

Browser
You are using a browser to look at this page. They are used to locate and display web pages from the Internet. The most popular ones are Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla.

Cookie
A message given to a web browser by a web server, which is then stored by the browser in a text file called cookie.txt. This enables further website customisation – for example, allowing a site to welcome users by name the next time they visit the same page. Websites using cookies will usually invite you to provide personal information such as your name, email address, etc.

IP (Internet Protocol)
All networks connected to the Internet use IP, the technical standard which allows data to be transmitted between two devices. TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) makes sure messages get from one host to another.

IP address
If you are connected to the Internet you have an IP address, which looks something like this: 197.194.24.8

Web Server
Where a website is stored and where its pages are delivered to your computer.

The IWM websites are driven by the Amaxus XML Content Management System developed by Box UK