Royal Brompton & Harefield Charitable Fund is committed to protecting your privacy. This policy explains
how we will handle the personal information you provide to us and what
we learn about you from your visit to our web site.
By using this site, you are agreeing to the terms of this Privacy
Policy. If you do not agree to our Privacy Policy then please do not
use this site.
We are conscious of our responsibilities as a “data controller” under
the Data Protection Act 1998 and we shall endeavour to ensure that the
personal information we obtain and use will always be held, used,
transferred and otherwise processed in accordance with that Act and all
other applicable data protection laws and regulations.
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Personal information is information that can be used to identify you.
It can include your name, date of birth, email address, postal address,
telephone number, fax number and credit/debit card details. We collect
personal information when you ask about our activities, register with us
(for example, registering to create a sponsorship page), order products and
services (such as publications and email newsletters), or otherwise give
us personal information. We do not collect your debit/credit card information.
By submitting personal data manually or in electronic form to this
website, or by using this site, you give your consent that all personal
data you submit may be processed in the manner and for the purposes
described below.
If you do nothing other than read pages or download information while
using this web site, we will capture and store information about your
visit. This information will not identify you, it relates to (i) the
Internet domain and IP address from which you access the web site (ii)
the type of browser and operating system you use (iii) the date and time
of your visit, (iv) the pages you visit), and (v) the address of the
website from which you linked to us (if applicable).
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We collect personal information to make each visit more rewarding,
and to provide us with information to help improve our service.
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We will use your personal information to provide you with the
services, products or information you have requested, for administration
purposes and to further our charitable aims, including for fundraising
activities. We will not share your information with any third party; and we will only contact you if we have your consent. You can change you rmind at any time by contacting Royal Brompton & Harefield Charitable Fund, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP or email fundraising@rbht.nhs.uk.
Royal Brompton & Harefield Charitable Fund is responsible for
collecting your personal information. Any information we collect is
stored and processed in the UK. Your personal information is not shared
with third parties or used in any other way unless you agree.
We reserve the right to share your personal information if we are
legally obliged to and to enable us to apply our terms and conditions
and other agreements. This includes exchanging information with other
organisations for fraud and credit risk reduction and for police
investigations.
Unfortunately, no data transmission over the internet is 100% secure.
As a result, while we use our best endeavours to protect your personal
information, Royal Brompton & Harefield Charitable Fund cannot
guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us and you do
so at your own risk. When we collect your personal information we use
strict procedures and security features to prevent unauthorised access.
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Royal Brompton & Harefield Charitable Fund uses “cookies” to help monitor the usage of our website. We use Google Analytics for our web
analytics. A cookie is a small text file we pass to your computer’s hard
disk through your web browser so the website remembers who you are when
you return. To find out more about cookies and how you can disable them
please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
With cookies the
information we collect and share is anonymous and not personally
identifiable. It does not contain your name, address, telephone number,
or email address.
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What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file which is either stored on the user hard
drive, or in your computer's memory. To find out more about cookies and
how you can disable them please visit www.allaboutcookies.org
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While we endeavour to ensure that the information we hold about you
is accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date, we shall assume that
in the absence of evidence to the contrary, the information you provide
us with is accurate. Should there be any inaccuracies in the information
of which you inform us, or of which we become aware, it shall be
promptly rectified by us. We do not retain any information about you
which is out of date or which is no longer required.
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If you are aged 16 or under, please get your parent/guardian’s
permission beforehand whenever you provide personal information to the Royal Brompton & Harefield Charitable Fund website. Users without
this consent are not allowed to provide us with personal information.
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Our web-site contains links to other web sites belonging to third
parties and we reserve the right to participate in social networking
sites including but not limited to You Tube and Facebook as regularly as
we choose. We reserve the right to include content from sites including
but not limited to You Tube & Facebook. We do not control the
privacy practices of these other sites. You should therefore make sure
when you leave our site that you have read that site’s privacy policy.
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We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify, add or
remove sections of this Privacy Policy at any time and any changes will
be notified to you using the e-mail address you have given us or by an
announcement on this site. Your continued use of this site, following
the posting of changes to these terms, will mean you accept these
changes.
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You have a right to access the personal data we hold about you. If
you wish to obtain a copy of this information, please write to us or
email us at the addresses given below enclosing your postal details:
Private Information Request
Royal Brompton & Harefield Charitable Fund
Royal Brompton Hospital
London
SW3 6NP
fundraising@rbht.nhs.uk
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If you have any questions regarding this policy, or you wish to
update your details or remove your personal data from our records,
please contact us at the above address.
Thank you for visiting our site.
