Privacy Statement

Thank you for visiting the Somebody Cares web site. Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy, we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used at the Somebody Cares site.

The Information We Collect

From this Site, you can contact Somebody Cares via e-mail, post or fax. The types of personally identifiable information that may be collected via these means include: name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, fax number, and information about your query.

We may also collect certain non-personally identifiable information when you visit many of our web pages such as the type of browser you are using (e.g. Netscape, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system you are using, (e.g. Windows 95, Mac OS) and the domain name of your Internet Service Provider (e.g. Freeserve, America Online).

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How We Use the Information

We may use the information you provide about yourself to fulfil your requests for our services, and to respond to your inquiries about Somebody Cares.

We sometimes use this information to communicate with you or to contact you about your account with us.

We sometimes use the non-personally identifiable information that we collect to improve the design and content of our site. We may use this information in the aggregate to analyse site usage.

We will disclose information we maintain when required to do so by law, for example, in response to a court order or a subpoena. We also may disclose such information in response to a law enforcement agency's request.

Agents and contractors of Somebody Cares who have access to personally identifiable information are required to protect this information in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Notice by, for example, not using the information for any purpose other than to carry out the services they are performing for Somebody Cares.

Although we take appropriate measures to safeguard against unauthorised disclosures of information, we cannot assure you that personally identifiable information that we collect will never be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Notice. Inadvertent disclosures may result, for example, when third parties misrepresent their identities in asking for access to personally identifiable information.

If a Somebody Cares site discloses personally identifiable information to companies not owned by Somebody Cares who want to market products or services to you, it will provide you with an opportunity to opt out or block such uses. For instructions on how to opt out from such disclosures, please email us.

Somebody Cares may on occasion combine information we receive online with outside records to enhance our ability to market to you those products or services that may be of interest to you. If you prefer not to receive marketing information from this site, email us for instructions on how to make your request.

Finally, Somebody Cares sites will not use or transfer personally identifiable information provided to us in ways unrelated to the ones described above without also providing you with an opportunity to opt out of these unrelated uses.

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Collection of Information by Third-Party Sites

The Somebody Cares website contains links to other charity sites whose information practices may be different to ours. Visitors should consult the other sites' privacy notices as we have no control over information that is submitted to, or collected by, these third parties.

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Cookies

To enhance your experience with our sites, many of our web pages use "cookies." Cookies are text files we place in your computer's browser to store your preferences. Cookies, by themselves, do not tell us your e-mail address or other personally identifiable information unless you choose to provide this information to us by, for example, contacting us. However, once you choose to furnish the site with personally identifiable information, this information may be linked to the data stored in the cookie.

We use cookies to understand site usage and to improve the content and offerings on our sites.

Our Commitment to Security

We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorised access, maintain data security, and correctly use the information we collect online.

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How You can Access or Correct Information

For instructions on how you can access the personally identifiable information that this Somebody Cares site has collected about you online, or how to correct factual errors in such information, please email us.

To protect your privacy and security, we will take reasonable steps to help verify your identity before granting access or making corrections.

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How to Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about the Somebody Cares online policy for this site or its implementation you may contact us at info@somebodycares.org.uk

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