Privacy Policy
This policy is written in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. If you have any questions about it, please contact the Secretary via secretary@rescuebenevolent.fund. By continuing to use this website you are agreeing to the terms of this privacy policy.
What information do we collect?
Comments
Personal information is any information that can be used to identify you. It can include your name, date of birth, email address, postal address and telephone and/or mobile phone number.
We collect personal information when you make a donation to us or otherwise give us personal information.
For non-personal information such as IP address (the location of the computer on the internet) and cookies, please see below.
Confidentiality
The Rescue Benevolent Fund treats your contact with us as confidential unless there is a risk of serious harm or abuse to you or someone else. In this instance, we may have to pass this information onto a third party such as the emergency services.
How do we use your information?
• We use your personal information to give you the information you ask for.
• We may use your information to inform you about changes to our policies and, if you agree, to send you communications about our work and how you can support us, for example, information about our campaigns, volunteering and fundraising activities.
• We will not sell your details to any third parties but we may sometimes share your information with our trusted service providers or partners who are authorised to act on our behalf. From time to time we may exchange your personal information with other organisations for the purposes of fraud and credit risk reduction. In these circumstances we always require strict compliance with our instructions and, in the case of third party organisations, require that your personal information is not used for their own business purposes.
• We will always seek your consent to the use of your personal information by giving you the option to say ‘no’ to its use. This option might take the form of a tick box, clicking an icon, sending an email or submitting a form. When we seek your consent to using your personal information, we will tell you what we want to use it for and, other than as described in this policy, we won’t use it for any other purpose.
• Any information we collect is stored and processed in the UK. Where this is not the case, we will inform you and where appropriate, seek your consent. Other than as set out in this policy or as required by law, your personal information is not shared with third parties or used in any other way unless you agree. When we collect your personal information we use strict procedures and security features to prevent unauthorised access. However, the Rescue Benevolent Fund cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk.
How do we use cookies?
We use cookies to give you a more personalised web service. Cookies are small text files placed on your computer by websites you visit. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently for visitors, and to provide information to the owners of the site. Some of the cookies we use are essential in order for parts of the website to operate. Specifically, we use information derived from cookies to:
• Compile statistics on how our website is being used
• Help you navigate around the website
• Check that the website is operating effectively
• Establish which areas of the website are most relevant to you.
We use cookie technology with any online forms to ensure we maintain your confidentiality and security as you move through secure or password-protected areas of the website.
Managing cookies
In your web browser you can control which types of cookies you allow. You can turn cookies on or off using your browser’s settings. You can also delete cookies and clear your browser’s cache (history).
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (eg. videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have left comments on this website, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.