Privacy Policy

Privacy Statement

The Crossroads Association ("Crossroads Association") is a registered Charity number 282102.

The Crossroads Care Bury branch is a registered Charity number 1012177.

Crossroads Association is registered as a data controller with the Information Commissioner for the United Kingdom.

Use of personal information

The Crossroads Association ("Crossroads Association") is committed to protecting your privacy and does not capture and store any personal information about individuals who access this website, except where:

• users voluntarily choose to register with Crossroads Association; or
• users make a donation to Crossroads Association; or
• users contact Crossroads Association to provide email addresses, e.g. for newsletter or competition purposes

When any such information is supplied to Crossroads Association, Crossroads Association is legally bound by the Data Protection Act 1998 to ensure that such information is only used for the purpose for which it was requested and also to ensure that data is held securely.

No personal data obtained via the website is used for direct marketing, and we never disclose personal data to third parties for their direct marketing purposes.

Crossroads Association will use the information it collects about you to help it understand more about how the website is used and to enable it to send you electronic communications about Crossroads Association that may be of interest to you, including information regarding its work, current and future activities and specific appeals.

If you object to our using your personal data to send you information about our activities and appeals you can instruct us to cease doing so at any time by writing to or e-mailing us using our contact form.

Some anonymous data such as IP addresses, pages visited and time spent on the website is also collected. This information is used by Crossroads Association to compile traffic statistics to enhance its understanding of how visitors use the website and to help it improve this service.

When you use Crossroads Association's secure online donation pages you are routed through to our online donations service provider Just Giving, (it is clearly stated on the donation pages that this is the case) and the information you give (such as your credit card number and contact information) is provided only so that the transaction can take place. Crossroads Association also takes appropriate measures to ensure that any personal information provided is kept secure and only for so long as is necessary for the purposes for which it was provided.

No transmission of data over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Crossroads Association cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to it and you do so at your own risk.

Links to other websites

This website contains links to enable you to visit other websites. Crossroads Association has no control over linked websites. Accordingly, Crossroads Association cannot be held responsible for the contents of any linked site or for the protection and privacy of any information or personal data which you provide whilst visiting any such site. Users should exercise caution and examine the privacy statement for the website in question before passing on any personal information.

Disclaimer

Crossroads Association makes every effort to ensure that the information contained within the pages of this website is accurate and up to date, but gives no warranty regarding its accuracy or completeness. Consequently, Crossroads Association accepts no liability for any losses or damages (whether direct, indirect, special, consequential or otherwise) arising out of errors or omissions contained in this website. No liability can be accepted in respect of losses or damages arising out of changes made to the content of this site by unauthorised third parties.

Access to personal information

You have a right to ask for a copy of the personal information Crossroads Association holds about you (for which Crossroads Association may charge a small fee), and to have any inaccuracies in your information corrected. If you believe that any information Crossroads Association holds about you is incorrect or incomplete you should write to or email us using our contact form. To help us locate your records more easily please let us know something about the nature of your previous contact with Crossroads Association. Any information that is found to be incorrect will be corrected as soon as possible.

Cookies

Cookies are pieces of information stored by the browser on your hard drive when you visit a website and which allow an organisation to recognise the user when he or she next visits. Crossroads Association does not send cookies from this website except to remember your preference of the default or high contrast modes.

Cookies cannot be used to determine the identity of any user. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but if you object to the use of cookies you may configure your browser so that it will not accept them. If you choose to do this some of the features on this website may not be available to you.

Changes to Privacy Policy

Any changes to this policy will be notified on this website for one month after the change occurs.

Contact

If you have any queries about this policy please use our contact us section.