This privacy policy tells you how the Vivian Moon Foundation (VMF) uses any information that you give us when you use our website. The VMF is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide information by which you can be identified when using this website, you can be sure that it will only be used in accordance with this policy.
We may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this policy from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.
This policy will be displayed at www.vivianmoonfoundation.co.uk/privacy
1) What we collect and where we collect it
Application Page
This page asks you for your name, email address, telephone number together with other personal details in order for you to obtain our support. Unless you ask us to delete them, these details are held for up to 7 years for reference and in the event you may reapply to us again. These details are held securely and access is available only to current trustees and the administrator.
Contact us page
This page asks you for your name, email address, telephone number and a message.
2) What we will do with the information we collect
We will never share, sell or rent your personal information to third parties (unless we are required by law to do so). We may use your personal information to send you correspondence and the latest information about the VMF.
You have previously agreed to us using retaining your personal information by making your application. You may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us.
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. If you would like a copy of the information held on you, please contact us. This will usually be information that you have supplied to us in order to obtain a grant from us. If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please contact us, we will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect. A fee will be payable.
3) Legal Structure
The legal name and registered charity numbers of this organization are listed on this website.
4) Security
We are committed to making sure that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
5) Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites that may be useful to you. We do not have any control over any other websites & we are not responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting them.
6) How we use cookies
Cookies are small text files that are stored by your browser on your computer or mobile phone. They allow websites to store such things as user preferences, allowing them to respond to you as an individual. Website can tailor their operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website to tailor it to applicant’s needs. We use this information for statistical analysis purposes.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages our visitors find useful and which they do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you explicitly choose to share with us.
6a) Cookies List
These are the main cookies used by this website and the reason we use them.
Cookie name
Description
Type/Length
HAS_JS
Contains an anonymous identifier used by the server to provide a continuous service, for example when switching between pages.
Expires when the browser is closed
6b) Third Party Cookies
We use a number of service providers who may set cookies on their respective websites in order to offer you the services that they are providing.
We also embed photos and video content in our web pages from other websites. When you visit a page with content embedded from another website you may be presented with cookies from that website. You should check the relevant third-party website for more information about those cookies.
The table below gives more information about third party providers used by the VMF website, please refer to their individual privacy policies for how to opt out of their cookies.
Provider
Description
Google Analytics
Google Analytics provides anonymous statistics on website usage. Cookies are used to track the source of a visitor, their session on the website (to associate multiple page views to one visit) and whether they are a new or returning visitor.
http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/ads/
7) How to disable the use of cookies
You can choose to stop your web browser accepting cookies from one website, or all websites, through built in cookie controls. If you do this you may find that some aspects of this website and others will stop altogether, or stop working properly.
All modern browsers allow you to change your cookie settings. The following links provide details on how to do this in a range of popular web browsers:
Internet Explorer http://support.microsoft.com/kb/196955
Firefox http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Cookies
Chrome http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647
Safari http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Safari/3.0/en/9277.html
If you would like to turn off third party cookies generated by advertisers, you can do this through the Your Online Choices website:
http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices
You can also do this via the advertisers trade body, the Network Advertising Initiative:
http://networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp
8) Links for more information
Information Commissioner’s Office https://ico.org.uk/
Wikipedia on Cookies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie
All About Cookies http://www.allaboutcookies.org/
Microsoft Cookies Guide http://www.microsoft.com/info/cookies.mspx