At the National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) we take your privacy very seriously and we are committed to protecting your personal information online. This privacy statement explains how we may collect and use the information you give us. If you have any queries about this statement please contact the Data Team, NDCS, 15 Dufferin Street, London EC1Y 8UR or email webteam@ndcs.org.uk.
By providing us with your personal data or that of your children or children in relation to whom you are a legal guardian, including sensitive personal data such as health, you consent to the collection and use of any information you provide in accordance with the this privacy statement.
If you do not agree to this Policy, please do not give us your information and stop using this website.
We will obtain personal information from you when you enquire about our activities, or otherwise provide us with personal information.
The types of information collected might include names, date of birth, email address, postal address, telephone number, fax number and health information such as whether you or a member of your family is deaf.
If you are under 16, always check with a parent or guardian before giving personal information to anyone online.
We will use your personal information to help you participate in the site and provide you with any information you have requested. If you decide at any point that you do not want to receive information or updates from us, just let us know by sending us an email to webteam@ndcs.org.uk.
If you do not want us to use the information in one or any of the ways described above, please contact NDCS, 15 Dufferin Street, London EC1Y 8UR or email webteam@ndcs.org.uk and telling us that you don’t want to receive this information. NDCS accepts no responsibility for any misuse of your personal information by third parties.
‘Cookies’ are small pieces of information sent by a web server to a web browser, which enables the server to collect information from the browser. Essentially it takes the form of a small text file deposited on your computer’s hard drive.
NDCS uses session cookies to manage user login status and no other data is gathered. This is to ensure that you can interact with our web sites successfully, to identify you when you visit our web sites and to keep track of your browsing patterns. The use of cookies does not give us access to the rest of your computer.
If you want to prevent our cookies being stored on your computer in future, you may do so by referring to your internet browser’s instructions. You can do this by clicking on the “Help” menu. Please note however that if you disable our cookies you may not be able to access certain services or facilities on our sites and your use of our sites may be restricted. Further information on deleting or controlling cookies is available at www.AboutCookies.org.
We place great importance on the security of your personal information and we always try to take appropriate precautions to protect it.
We take appropriate measures to ensure that the information disclosed to us is kept secure, accurate and up to date and kept only for as long as is necessary for the purposes for which it is used. Despite all of our precautions however, no data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. So, whilst we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information which you disclose to us online or otherwise and you must understand that you do so at your own risk.
We may need to disclose your information if required to do so by law.
We cannot guarantee the confidentiality of any messages transmitted between you and us via email as these are potentially accessible by the public. We will not be liable to you or anyone else for any loss in connection with any email message sent by you to use or by us to you.
You have the right to ask for a copy of the information we hold about you (for which we may charge a small fee) and to have any inaccuracies in your information corrected. To find out more about your entitlements under data protection legislation, please visit the Information Commissioner’s website atwww.dataprotection.gov.uk
If your personal details change, please help us to keep your information up to date by notifying us at the email address at the beginning of this policy.
We reserve the right to amend this privacy statement. If we do so, we will post notice of the change on our Site and you will be deemed to have accepted such changes. Please revisit this policy each time you consider giving personal information.
This privacy policy should be read in conjunction with the website terms of use which are available here.