LGBTQ Prostate Cancer Support
Our privacy policy
Privacy policy
This website is owned by LGBT Walnut, a not-for-profit organisation that supports LGBT people (Lesbians, Gay Men, Bisexual People and Trans Women - male to female) who are affected by prostate cancer. Although lesbians cannot get prostate cancer themselves we recognise that any woman can be affected by it if a male relative or friend has it.
LGBT Walnut respects the privacy of the users of this website. This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) provides details on how and why we collect information about visitors to this website and how the information may be used. Please read the entire Privacy Policy carefully. Any dispute that may arise relating to privacy and the use of personal information will be the subject to this Privacy Policy and shall be governed by English law.
LGBT Walnut may, from time to time and at its sole discretion, revise this Privacy Policy without notice, and you should periodically review the Privacy Policy to ensure that you are familiar with the latest version. The latest date that this Privacy Policy was updated is noted at the bottom of this page.
Personally identifiable information and how we use it
LGBT Walnut may collect personally identifiable information (“Information”) on this website. This may include your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, or any other information that you provide that might reasonably be used to identify you individually. This Information is only collected when it is voluntarily provided by you.
LGBT Walnut may use the Information for reasonable purposes to support its aims. We may use the Information to help improve our level of service and the content of this website, to respond to requests, provide you with useful information, collect feedback and for our own internal purposes. Subject to this policy and your consent, we may to contact you, via e-mail or regular mail; consent to such contact may be withdrawn by you at any time at your sole discretion.
Your Information may be transferred for processing and use to LGBT Walnut's associates in other regions of the UK. Personally identifiable Information will not be sold or rented by LGBT Walnut to any unaffiliated third party, unless the user is first notified and expressly consents to such transfer.
Children
We do not intentionally collect personally identifiable Information from any person that is younger than 18 years of age without the explicit consent of a parent or guardian.
Should we receive personal Information relating to a person who we know is under 18, we will automatically delete such Information from our database. The Information will not be used for any purpose. If you believe that such Information may have been submitted to us about your child or a child under your care and you would like it removed, please contact us at the address indicated below and we will remove it immediately.
Aggregate information and how we use it
LGBT Walnut may also collect information from you that is anonymous and not personally identifiable. This may include (without limitation) information such as the number of visits to the website, the number of visitors to each page, the date and time of the visit, the type of web browser used, the website from which they connected, and the domain names of the internet service provider etc.
This information is collected using a technology called "cookies", which is a small text file installed on your computer by our website server. This technology does not collect a visitor's personally identifiable information, and cookies do not damage your computer. The technology collects information in an aggregate form. This aggregate information allows us to better understand how visitors are using the information we provide in this website.
LGBT Walnut may also share this information with its associates in other regions of the UK. No personally identifiable information is shared in this process.
Cookies
This website may deposit bits of information in a form called "cookies" to a visitor's computer. These cookies will tell us how and when pages in a website are visited and by how many people, and to access your information when you 'sign-in', so that we can provide you with personalised content.
Cookie technology does not collect personal identifiable information; the information collected is in an aggregate, non-identifiable form. The use of cookies is an industry standard, and many major web sites use them to provide useful features for their customers.
Each web site can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser's preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a web site to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites. You can configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set. Each browser is different, so check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences. If you reject all cookies, you may not be able to receive personalised information on our website.
Internet protocol addresses
An Internet Protocol (“IP”) address is a number automatically assigned to your computer whenever you access the internet. This number does not identify your name, e-mail address or other personal information. If you request information from this website, our server may store your IP address. We use this information to measure website traffic and to help us to understand how people are using our website. We may also use IP addresses to help enforce compliance with the website’s Terms and Conditions.
Protecting your information
LGBT Walnut is committed to protecting the security and integrity of your personal data. We will store the Information that you share with us securely and use a variety of security technologies and procedures to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure.
Access to personal data is restricted to those employees who have a need to use the data and who have been trained to handle such data properly and observe strict standards of confidentiality. While we cannot guarantee against any loss or that no misuse or alteration to data may occur, we make every commercially reasonable effort to prevent such unfortunate occurrences.
Sharing your personal data
LGBT Walnut will not sell or rent personally identifiable Information to any third party for any purpose except when required by law or official regulations. However, personal data may occasionally be transferred to third parties who act for or on behalf of LGBT Walnut, or in connection with the activities of LGBT Walnut, for further processing in accordance with the purpose(s) for which the data were originally collected.
LGBT Walnut ensures that all third parties providing such support services are required to meet the same standards of data protection as LGBT Walnut. These organisations are expressly forbidden from using the Information for their own marketing purposes
Access and corrections
LGBT Walnut will make every effort to maintain the accuracy and confidentiality of any personal Information you supply to us. Under European data protection law you may request access to that personal Information. You have a right to require any inaccuracies in your Information to be corrected. Should you wish to access or correct your personal data held by us, The Data Protection Act stipulates that you must request this in writing, and that this may be subject to a fee of up to £10.
The address to write to is:
LGBT Walnut
METRO Woolwich
1st Floor Equitable House
7 General Gordon Square
London SE186FH
Date of last review 14th May 2020
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