Privacy Policy

Please read this carefully, it's not the usual legal blah blah!

By accessing this web site, you are agreeing to the terms of this Privacy Policy. We may change this Privacy Policy at our sole discretion from time to time - changes to our web site Privacy Policy will immediately be made available on this page.

We may use personally identifiable information (including your name, e-mail address, and other information supplied by you to us) in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

We will not sell, lease, loan or give away any information supplied by you to us, including your e-mail address.

To register on this site, we need a valid email address - it is not possible register without one. This is used to confirm privately that the email address belongs to you, and to prevent unsolicited registrations. We do not add it to any mailing list, unless you sign up to one, and we do not sell it to third parties.

We may occasionally send web site service messages to registered users. You may opt out of receiving even these infrequent messages, if you wish - please reply to the message you receive with your request to unsubscribe.

This web site will automatically send you an e-mail message if you request a new password - this process is automated.

This web site contains links to other web sites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies, actions or content of other web sites.

What information do we collect?
We will collect your personal information, including name, email address, telephone number and other information that you supply to us through this web site or in any correspondence with the Suffolk Humanists.

We collect financial information, including but not limited to bank account information, in order to process membership applications. If you make a credit card or PayPal donation, this will be processed by a third party who may collect such financial information subject to its own terms and conditions.

As with most web sites, we also collect information automatically and using electronic tools that may not be visible to our visitors. Among other things, we may use cookie technology to recognise you and hold information from your visit. The cookies can store information such as your user name and e-mail address, saving you from having to re-enter information each time you visit our website. Our systems automatically log visits and record users’ IP addresses and domain names. You may block cookies using the security settings of your Internet browser, but you will need to sign in to our web site each time you visit us.

You may wish to sign up to our Yahoo! e-group to benefit from newsletter mailings - your e-mail address in this case will be held by Yahoo! and will be subject to their privacy policy.

How do we collect and store information?
This depends on what part of the web site you are visiting, the activities that you choose to participate in and the services provided by us. We may ask you to provide information when you register for access to certain portions of our web site, sign a petition, make a donation or request certain features, such as newsletters and news updates. You can supply information to us when you vote or take part in a poll, online activism or advocacy and other interactive parts of this web site.

What do we do with the information we collect?
Summarised information that does not personally identify you may be used in several ways. For example, we may combine information about your usage patterns with similar information obtained from other users to help enhance our site and services, such as to learn which pages are visited most or what features are most attractive to our users.

We give a high priority to using information collected on this site responsibly. Because of this, with your prior consent, we may contact you from time to time about developments in this web site and important issues in which we are involved. In each message that we send to you, we give you the opportunity to unsubscribe from future messages.

We may use your IP address to diagnose technical problems and to administer our web site. We may also use your IP address to gather demographic information.

How do we use the information that we collect?
The email address that you provide when you register is confirmed by sending a confirmation email message to the email address supplied by you.

New users are registered only when a response is received to the confirmation email. Responding to the confirmation email causes our system to register your details in its permanent database.

Your financial information will be securely stored by us in order to process standing order payments for your membership with our bank.

Security measures
We have security measures in place on this web site to prevent the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. Site logs are maintained in secure areas accessible only to nominated staff.

Retention and disclosure of information that you submit
We will keep the information that you submit to us for as long as it is needed for the operation of our web site and other functions to which you have subscribed. Your information may be retained for an undetermined further period of time to allow us to maintain contact with you during the course of your membership.

It may be impossible in practice to prevent the disclosure of the information that you submit, and which is logged by the system, to third parties, either intentionally or unintentionally, if we have a need to do so to investigate a problem with the system or software, to determine the origin of any attack launched against the web site or the any providers of the services upon which it depends, or in response to a query from a bona-fide law enforcement agency. The information you submit may also be disclosed due to either system malfunction or intentional penetration by malicious individuals. You agree that we are not liable for any such disclosure. No warranty or claim of security is made for the database systems used in this application.

How to contact us
We can be reached through the contact form here, or by e-mailing mail@suffolkhumanists.org.uk.