Privacy Policy

Registered Address

Berkshire Community Foundation
Arlington Business Park
Theale
Reading
RG7 4SA

Registered Charity, Number 294220

This Privacy Policy should be considered and read in conjunction with the Terms and Conditions of Use contained in the the Disclaimer for the Berkshire Community Foundation (BCF) Website.

BCF takes the privacy of its users seriously. To provide you with personalised access to this website and to be able to offer you the services set out below, it is neccessary for BCF to hold and process information that may be personal to you ("personal information"). BCF will use all reasonable care in keeping your personal information secure and will take all reasonable measures to prevent any unauthorised access to such information, any unlawful use or accidental loss or destruction of such information. BCF complies with and is registered under the applicable Data Protection Laws in the United Kingdom. Accordingly all personal information is processed in accordance with such Data Protection Laws. This Privacy Policy Statement explains the data processing practices of BCF.

If you have any requests concerning your personal information or any queries with regard to these practices please contact our Privacy Officer by e-mail at webmaster@arlington.co.uk

2 Information Collected by BCF
BCF collects personal information from you, through the use of enquiry, registration forms, user profile forms and every time you e-mail us your details.

BCF also collects information automatically about your visit to this Website. The information obtained in this way, which includes demographic data and browsing patterns, is only used in aggregate form.

3 Use of personal information
We process personal information collected via this Website and your emails for the purposes of:

• providing a personalised service and administering your accounts
• conducting market research surveys
• running competitions and
• providing you with information about services we offer.

If you do not wish to receive information about BCF and related services, or the services offered jointly with or on behalf of other organisations, please tick the appropriate box on the registration forms or email webmaster@arlington.co.uk including the word ‘unsubscribe’ in the subject of your email. Your data will not be held or used for any purpose.

We also use information in aggregate form (so that no individual user is identified):

• to build up marketing profiles
• to aid strategic development
• to audit usage of this website.

4 Use of cookies
We use "cookies" to identify you when you visit this Website and to build up a demographic profile.

A cookie is a small piece of information sent by a web server to a web browser, which enables the server to collect information back from the browser. Find out more about the use of cookies on www.cookiecentral.com

Our use of cookies also allows registered users to be presented with a personalised version of this website.

5 Disclosures
We will not sell, rent, share, trade or disclose any personal information we keep about you to any third parties, except for other companies we engage to provide services which involve processing data on our behalf
Not withstanding the above, we reserve the right to disclose personal information to the police, regulating authorities or as required by law.

6 External links/Public Areas
This website contains hypertext links to other sites. BCF is not responsible for the privacy practices of such website operators. This Website contains monitored emails. Users are advised that information posted to these areas becomes public information and caution should be used in posting any information to such areas

7 Internet-based transfers
Given that the Internet is a global environment, using the Internet to collect and process personal information necessarily involves the transmission of data on an international basis. Therefore, by browsing this Website and communicating electronically with us you acknowledge and agree to our processing of personal information in this way. Nonetheless, BCF will at all times treat your personal information in accordance with any applicable Data Protection laws and this Privacy Policy.