Privacy policy

This privacy policy sets out how X-Plore Youth Group uses and protects any information that you provide when you use this website.

X-Plore Youth Group is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement. 

X-Plore Youth Group may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. It is your responsibility to check the Privacy Policy regularly. You will be deemed to have accepted any amendments to the Privacy Policy if you continue to make use of the website after a change to the Privacy Policy has been made.

 

What information do we gather and what do we do with it 

Most website users will not need to provide any personal information. 

Those that may be required to give information may include users enquiring about groups or information or other instances where we may need to contact you. We will use this information for purposes that are strictly necessary, this may include: 

Internal record keeping.

  • We may use the information to improve our services.

  • We may periodically send promotional emails about upcoming training, campaign updates, and important charity information.

The information we may gather for these purposes include:

  • Name

  • Email Addresses

  • Age

  • Postal Address

  • Contact Numbers

  • Job title

 

Security

X-Plore Youth Group is committed to ensuring the privacy of our users and the security of the data provided to us. The charity regularly reviews processes and procedures to ensure we are up to date with the latest security practices and holds all data in line with the data protection act. 

Whilst the organisation will take all reasonable steps to protect all personal information received from you it does not guarantee the security of any information given to it via this Web Site or any site accessible through it.

 

How we use cookies 

We may collect information about your computer, including your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and in order to create reports. This is statistical data about our users’ browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.

The only cookies in use on our site are for Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a web analytics tool that helps website owners understand how visitors engage with their website. Google Analytics customers can view a variety of reports about how visitors interact with their website so that they can improve it.

Like many services, Google Analytics uses first-party cookies to track visitor interactions as in our case, where they are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We then use the information to compile reports and to help us improve our site.

Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. These cookies are used to store information, such as the time that the current visit occurred, whether the visitor has been to the site before and what site referred the visitor to the web page.

Google Analytics collects information anonymously. It reports website trends without identifying individual visitors. You can opt out of Google Analytics without affecting how you visit our site – for more information on opting out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites you use, visit the opt out site listed below.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

 

Opting out of cookies 

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

How to change your cookies settings (links to external sites):

  •  Google Analytics https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

  •  Internet Explorer http://support.microsoft.com/kb/196955

  •  Firefox http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences

  •  Chrome https://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&answer=95647&p=cpn_cookies

 

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

 

Controlling your personal information

If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for promotional purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at xplorecharity@gmail.com

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. 

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee may be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to us or email us. 

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect. 

For any further information regarding the use of data by the charity or any information on our current privacy efforts please contact us.