Privacy Policy for www.charityskills.org

1. The CharitySkills website is owned and published by Sector Services, a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee, registration number 04106660. We are committed to protecting your privacy and to compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and its relevant subordinate legislation. If you have any concerns about privacy on this website you can e-mail us at .
2. This Privacy Policy only extends to this website and does not extend to your use of any website to which you may link by using the hyperlinks within the CharitySkills website or any website provided by Sector Services.
3. We collect personal information about individuals who enrol for training, those with password access to the subscriber section of the website, those who register for our Newsletter and those who communicate with us by e-mail. We use this information to provide information about our services, to administer the subscription scheme, to provide the services offered on the website and to assist us in ensuring that the website remains interesting, up-to-date and relevant. By disclosing personal information to Sector Services you are consenting to the collection and storage of the personal information you provide.
4. When you visit our website we ask your web browser to save a small text file to your computer called a "cookie" that allows us to identify you as you travel through the site. As a vistor to the Public area to our site the cookie only stores a unique identifying code that is deleted shortly after you leave the site. As a Subscriber, if you opt for the system to remember that you are a Subscriber on your next visit, the cookie will store your Subscriber ID number and will remain on your computer after you leave the site.
5. Sector Services may disclose the personal information you provide to third party approved partners who are directly involved in delivering and supporting the services provided by Sector Services, including members benefits. We will also use your information to send you regular updates and information about our services, events and benefits, but will not release your personal data to other companies for their sole marketing purposes. If at any time you do not wish to continue to receive such information please e-mail us at .
6. We will use reasonable endeavours to ensure that any personal information we obtain about you is held securely in accordance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 and its relevant subordinate legislation, but data transmission over the internet cannot be guaranteed as completely secure and you use the website at your own risk.
7. You have the right to request a copy of the information we hold about you and to have any inaccuracies corrected. A fee will be charged for information requests.
8. We may edit this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be brought to your attention to ensure that you are fully aware of what information is collected, how it is used and under what circumstances it will be disclosed.

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