|
The Black Rat  Fund Privacy Policy
Our Privacy Policy
The Black Rat Fund respects the privacy rights of our online visitors and is committed to protecting the personal information collected about you. To further this commitment, we have adopted this Online Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy") to guide how we collect, store, and use the information you provide us online. The Black Rat Fund follows established online information collection and use practices.
By reading this Privacy Policy, you can expect to be informed about the following:
· The scope of this Privacy Policy
· Exactly what information The Black Rat Fund may collect from you through its website
· How The Black Rat Fund will use the information it collects
· What are the consequences if you refuse to divulge your personal information
· Whether The Black Rat Fund uses cookies or other passive collection tools on its website
· Who collects the information that you disclose on a The Black Rat Fund website
· With whom, if anyone, does The Black Rat Fund share your personal information
· What choices you can make regarding how your personal information is used
· What is The Black Rat Fund’s policy regarding collecting information from children
· How The Black Rat Fund ensures the security, quality, and integrity of your information
· How you can ask a question or file a complaint regarding this Privacy Policy
What does this Privacy Policy apply to?
The website you are currently visiting is operated by The Black Rat Fund located in Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire, England. This Privacy Policy currently applies to the following website(s) operated by The Black Rat Fund (collectively referred to as the "The Black Rat Fund Website," "our Website," “BRF Website” or "blackratfund.org" or The Black Rat 900 Lottery website”
In the future, if we wish to include additional websites under this Privacy Policy, we will take reasonable steps to list them above and ensure that they provide a link to this Privacy Policy.
Please note that this Privacy Policy applies only to information submitted and collected online through the The Black Rat Fund Website (as listed above), whether maintained by The Black Rat Fund or one of our associates, employees, affiliates, representatives or agents, and does not apply to information that may be collected by The Black Rat Fund offline. In addition, this Privacy Policy does not extend to websites maintained by other companies or organisations to which we link or which link to us. Because we cannot guarantee that the privacy policies of such sites meet our high standards, we encourage you to read the privacy policy of the website to which you link before you submit any personal information to that site.
Please note that by using our Website, you signify your assent to The Black Rat Fund's Online Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not use our Website. We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy. Please check back from time to time to ensure that you are aware of these changes. Your continued use of our Website will signify your acceptance of these changes. Please note that if we make a material change to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by posting the change on our Website or in this Privacy Policy and, if necessary, give you additional choices regarding such change.
What types of information does The Black Rat Fund collect and how is it used?
In order to give you the best experience on our Website, The Black Rat Fund may collect information about you. Typically, we may ask you to submit personal and/or demographic information if you decide to:
Email us about either the work of the Black Rat Fund, or enquire about grants
Email us about the Black Rat 900 Lottery, or enquire about Application Forms
Email us to take part in any of our events or competitions
send us a message using our "Contact Us" form.
The types of information requested for each feature above and the way the information is used are detailed by category below. Under all circumstances, we will only collect the information deemed reasonably necessary to fulfil your online requests and our legitimate objectives.
Email us about either the work of the Black Rat Fund, or enquire about grants, enquire about the Black Rat 900 Lottery, or enquire about Lottery Application Forms
If you email us enquiring about the work of the Black Rat Fund, the Black Rat 900 Lottery, or to enquire about making an application for our grants or our Lottery, we will ask you for certain personally identifying information, including your full name, e-mail address, postal address, telephone number, mobile telephone number and (where applicable) Service Number and Unit/Regiment. We may also ask you to provide other non-personal information such as your gender and age. We may also ask you to provide other personally identifying information about your family. By contacting us and representing yourself as Main Contact for the purposes of your enquiry you are confirming that you have sought and obtained full permission to provide such details from any other person referred to in your enquiry.
Once collected, we use the information above to:
process and verify your Grant / Lottery Application forms;
communicate with you (via e-mail or phone) about the status of your enquiry or application;
answer any requests that you may have; and,
send you Black Rat Fund newsletters when available.
We may use your The Black Rat Fund account e-mail address to send you service-related announcements that tell you about updates to our Privacy Policy, new areas or features on our Website, changes to our online service or technical support policies, and other related changes.
We may also use your personal and demographic information in aggregate for our internal marketing and demographic studies, so we can constantly improve the services we provide you and to better meet your needs.
Contact Us Form
If you choose to contact us using this form, we may ask you to provide your first name, surname, e-mail address, and a description of your question or comment. This form is intended for pre-registration, competition entries (when running), questions and comments only. We use the information you provide solely to respond to your inquiry and for no other purpose. We may retain and aggregate your comments for demographic purposes and to improve our service.
What happens if I refuse to provide my personal information to The Black Rat Fund?
If you choose not to submit personal information when requested, you will not be able to apply for Black Rat Fund Grants, or apply for an Application Form for the Black Rat 900 Lottery, or receive effective replies to your enquiries, and it will limit the services we can provide you. For example, if you refuse to share your email address, we will not be able to send you grant application forms, or Lottery application forms, nor will you be able to ask us questions, send us comments, or receive our newsletter. To simply browse our Website, however, you do not need to give us any personal information.
Does The Black Rat Fund use cookies, or other passive means to collect information?
Like many websites, www.blackratfund.org sets “cookies” on your computer. Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser, allowing us to automatically identify you when you return to our Website. They help us to monitor and assess the usage and visitor numbers to our website in order to improve our service to you now and in future events. Information contained in a cookie may be linked to your personally identifying information. If cookies are not enabled on your Web browser, you will not be able to use the The Black Rat Fund Website or the The Black Rat Fund newsletter service. The "help" menu on most Web browsers will tell you how to enable cookies.
In the course of visiting our website you may also wish to visit third parties through the hyperlink on their Logo or via advertisements placed on this Website. Third-party sponsors or advertisers may place or recognise a unique cookie on your browser.
Who is collecting my personal information and is it shared with anyone?
The information that you disclose on the The Black Rat Fund Website is collected by The Black Rat Fund or by a service agent on The Black Rat Fund's behalf; and, is used in accordance with the practices set forth above. A breakdown of our data disclosure policies follows.
Agents and Contractors
We use outside companies, agents, and contractors (“service agents”) to perform some important The Black Rat Fund tasks, such as processing donations, or credit/debit card transactions. In the course of doing so, these service agents can come into contact with some of your personally identifying information. However, we only give them access to the information they need in order to actually perform their tasks. In addition they will also have their own Privacy Policies and we encourage you to read and review them before submitting any personal information.
Any advertisements appearing on this Website may be delivered to you by third party advertising partners. Information about your visits to this site, such as number of times you have viewed an ad (but not your name, address, or other personal information), may be used to serve ads to you.
Sponsors, Co-Sponsors and Promotional Partners
From time to time, as we operate the Black Rat Fund website we may introduce special offers, or other events or activities ("events") on our Website which are run and organised by third parties (such as Sponsors, Co-Sponsors and Promotional Partners). Information collected for these third party events may include personal information (e.g., name, mailing address, etc.) and may be collected by or shared with a third party sponsor, co-sponsor, or other reputable third party (e.g., promotional partner, or magazine/newspaper publisher). If you provide information to such third parties, you give them permission to use it for the purpose of that event, and any other use that you approve.
We cannot control third parties' use of your information. If you do not want your information to be collected by or shared with a third party, you can choose not to participate in these events at the time of the contest/event or when the information is collected.
Third Parties
From time to time, we are approached directly by third party companies and organisations that provide special offers or other offers that they believe may be of interest to our contact database. IT IS OUR POLICY NOT TO GIVE THESE THIRD PARTIES ANY ACCESS TO PERSONAL INFORMATION WE MAY HOLD.
Disclosure and/or Transfer of Personal Information
We may disclose any and/or all personal information about you in the good faith belief that we are required to do so by law, including but not limited to requests pursuant to subpoena or court order, and/or disclosure to law enforcement agencies, or other government officials pursuant to investigations they are conducting. In addition, in the event of a merger, acquisition, re-organisation, or other similar event, The Black Rat Fund's website users and competition entrant information may be transferred to our successor or assignee. Such information that is transferred will still be subject to the collection policy and guidelines in force when transfer takes place.
Aggregate Information
We may provide our prospective partners, sponsors, advertisers, and other third parties with aggregate data about visitor numbers to the The Black Rat Fund Website. However, such data is anonymous, and we do not disclose personally identifying information about specific users.
Can I choose how my personal information is used?
If you wish to opt out of receiving the The Black Rat Fund newsletter contact mail@blackratfund.org. In addition, at the bottom of every The Black Rat Fund newsletter sent to you, we provide you the opportunity to discontinue receiving future communications (i.e., unsubscribe).
What is The Black Rat Fund's policy regarding children?
Though The Black Rat Fund website service is fun for all ages, you must be 16 years or older to enter the Black Rat 900 Lottery. There is no content on our website that we believe is unsuitable viewing for children, but we do encourage Parents to use suitable Parental Controls software if they have any concerns. This will allow you to control which web pages and images your child can access.
What safeguards does The Black Rat Fund use to protect my personal information?
The Black Rat Fund maintains industry standard procedures to protect the confidentiality, security, and integrity of the personal information collected from our Website visitors. The Black Rat Fund uses a secure server to encrypt all of your personal information. The secure server employs Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption, the most advanced encryption method available today.
To protect your information from unauthorized access or use, we use only the most advanced technology and security features for The Black Rat Fund Website(s). We will continue to update and enhance our security practices as new technology becomes available. We have also implemented strict security guidelines for reviewing the Privacy Policies of our partners and agents.
While we make every effort to ensure the security of your personal information, no data transmission can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Therefore, please be aware that when you submit information to us, you do so at your own risk. To further protect your personal information, we ask that you play an important role as well. Take care to prevent unauthorized persons from learning any of your personal information.
You are solely responsible for safeguarding your e-mail login and password. To prevent unauthorized use of your account, be sure to change your password often, and keep it in a safe place.
How do I ask a question or file a complaint? (Contact Information)
If you have any questions, complaints, or comments regarding this Privacy Policy or our information collection practices, please e-mail or contact us at:
The Black Rat Fund
Attn.: The Fund Manager
HQ 4 Mechanized Brigade
Baden-Powell House
Scotton Road
Catterick Garrison
North Yorkshire DL9 3JS
Email to: mail@blackratfund.org - 7 days a week
Any personal information you provide to the above e-mail or postal mail addresses will not be used to send you promotional materials, unless you request it.
If you have any questions, complaints or comments regarding our The Black Rat Fund Events Program or any of our website, please contact us by email at: mail@blackratfund.org
This Privacy Policy was last updated on 1 March 2010.
|
