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Privacy Policy:
1. Statement of Intent
From time to time, you will be asked to submit personal information about yourself (e.g. name and email address, etc.) in order to receive or use services on our website. Such services include newsletters and personalised services such as our free quarterly newsletter.
By providing your details when requested, you enable the Carers in Hertfordshire Young Carers Project to provide you with the services you select. Whenever you provide such personal information, we will treat that information in accordance with this policy. Our services are designed to give you the information that you want to receive. Carers in Hertfordshire Young Carers Project will act in accordance with current legislation and aim to meet current internet best practice.
2. Submitting Personal Information
When you supply any personal information to Carers in Hertfordshire Young Carers Project we have legal obligations towards you in the way we deal with that data. Please note that any information you provide to Carers in Hertfordshire Young Carers Project will only be used within the charity and will never be supplied to third parties without first obtaining your consent. The only time we may do so is if we are obliged by law to disclose information.
We will hold your personal information on our systems in order to provide any services you have requested and for statistical/research purposes only. Personal information will be held only as long as necessary. We will ensure that all personal information supplied is held securely in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.
3. Access to your Personal Information
You have the right to request a copy of the personal information Carers in Hertfordshire Young Carers Project holds about you and to have any inaccuracies corrected. (We charge a fee for information requests, please address requests to young.carers@carersinherts.org.uk and put "Personal Information Request" in the subject line of the email.)
4. User Surveys and Information on New Services
As Carers in Hertfordshire Young Carers Project's services expand, there will be more opportunities to enhance the services provided to you. From time to time we may provide you with details of other services provided by Carers in Hertfordshire Young Carers Project which may be of interest to you and offer you the opportunity to take advantage of them. We may also offer you the opportunity to participate in surveys carried out by Carers in Hertfordshire Young Carers Project or its agents which help our research into the types of service we offer.
5. Users under 18
If you are under 18, please make sure that you obtain your parent/guardian's permission beforehand whenever you provide personal information to the Carers in Hertfordshire Young Carers Project website (www.koolcarers.org.uk). Users without this consent are not allowed to provide us with personal information.
6. Visitor Logs
Like many websites, we do collect visitor data such as browser, screen resolution, approximate geographic area and visitor path through the site. Any such data is only used to analyse use of the website and, as a consequence, make appropriate improvements. No personally identifiable data is gathered or stored in these files.
Copyright Statement
All content included on this site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, etc. is the property of Carers in Hertfordshire Young Carers Project unless otherwise attributed and is protected by UK and international copyright laws.
Text articles may be reproduced without direct permission provided a link to the original article on this site is clearly shown and Carers in Hertfordshire Young Carers Project is informed and provided with a URL to the article: Carers in Hertfordshire Young Carers Project reserves the right to ask for immediate withdrawal of any article which it feels is being reproduced in an inappropriate or misleading way.
Photographic images must not be reproduced elsewhere without express and prior specific permission being sought from Carers in Hertfordshire Young Carers Project.
Copyright Complaints
Carers in Hertfordshire Young Carers Project respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that your work has been copied by this website or is posted in a way that constitutes copyright infringement or you are concerned in any way about the content of this site, please contact us at young.carers@carersinherts.org.uk.
Third Party Links
This website may contain links to other websites operated by third parties. Despite the presence of a link or any reference to Carers in Hertfordshire Young Carers Project on a linked site, Carers in Hertfordshire Young Carers Project does not endorse, is not affiliated with and is not responsible for any content that appears on the linked site.
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