The SHAP website and members only area (including the SHAP online software) have been given ethical approval by the University of Southampton's School of Electronics and Computer Science (Ref: EP/08/01/009). Ethical approval was given under the following statement, and may be included in ethical applications made by users to their institutions.

• When you visit the website, we may record anonymous website statistics including your IP address, and when particular pages are viewed.
• When you purchase or hire a SHAP kit, we will collect personal information from you which may include your contact and billing details.

• We use the anonymous website statistics to improve our services and for the purposes of marketing.
• We use you contact and billing details to maintain your subscription (in the case of SHAP kit hire) and to contact you regarding services that we believe you may be interested in.

Any details you give us will be held in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. We will not pass your data onto any third party without your expressed permission. If you wish to view, update or delete any information held by us, please contact us.

You may have noticed that the SHAP website does not use encrypted communication (such as SSL). This is not required as data that personally identifies you is not transmitted across the internet.