Privacy Policy
Last updated on 16/06/2006
Introduction
This privacy policy covers the Kingdom Abuse Survivors Project (KASP) use of personal information that KASP collects and maintains when you use www.kasp.org.uk
From time to time, you will be asked to submit personal information about yourself (e.g. name and email address) in order to receive or use services on our website. Such services include newsletters and access to forums.
By entering your details in the fields requested, you enable KASP and its service providers to provide you with the services you select. Whenever you provide such personal information, we will treat that information in accordance with this privacy policy and UK data protection legislation and aim to meet current Internet best practice.
Please read this policy entirely and carefully before accessing this web site. By accessing the site, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this privacy policy. If you do not wish to be bound by these terms and conditions, you may not access or use this website.
Also, please note that KASP is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of non KASP websites to which this website may link. You should review the privacy policy of such sites before using the sites.
A Special Note about Children
Children are not eligible to use our service and we ask that minors (under the age of 16) do not submit any personal information to us or use the forum service.
Changes in Privacy Policy
Please note that the practices of KASP with respect to personal information that we collect and maintain are governed by this Privacy Policy as amended from time to time, and not the Privacy Policy in effect at the time the personal information was collected. We encourage users to regularly review our Privacy Policy.
Entities collecting personal information
Personal information on this Site is collected by Kingdom Abuse Survivors Project, the address is 29 Townsend Place, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, UK, KY1 1HB and its telephone number is 01592 644217
email info@kasp.org.uk
This website contains links to other sites at which personal information is collected. In such instances, the collection and use of your personal information will be governed by the privacy policy applicable to that site.
Updating your personal information and privacy preferences
You may access and correct your personal information and privacy preferences, such as whether you wish to receive email communications from KASP by instructing us in writing or via email. Please include your name, address, and/or e-mail address when you contact us and specify clearly the changes you wish to make.
Whilst delivering a service KASP many contact you by email, this correspondence will only be sent to those users who have opted in to receive communications for example subscribing to the newsletter or forum, which includes an unsubscribe option. If you wish to opt out of receiving such information from us, please use the unsubscribe option in our website or email.
email info@kasp.org.uk stating that you would prefer not to receive such mailings.
Collection of personal information
As a visitor to our website, you can engage in many activities without providing any personal information. In connection with other activities, such as subscribing to our online newsletter, KASP may ask you to provide certain information about yourself by filling out and submitting an online form. It is completely optional for you to engage in these activities. If you elect to engage in these activities, however, KASP may ask that you provide us personal information, such as your first and last name and your e-mail address and where necessary other personal information. Depending upon the activity, some of the information that we ask you to provide is identified as mandatory and some is non-mandatory. If you do not provide the mandatory data with respect to a particular activity, you will not be able to engage in that activity.
When you use this website, KASP or third parties authorised by KASP may also collect certain technical and routing information about your computer to facilitate your use of the Site and its services. For example, we may log environmental variables, such as browser type, operating system, CPU speed, and the Internet Protocol (IP) address of your computer. We use these environmental variables to facilitate and track your use of our website and its services. KASP also uses such environmental variables to measure traffic patterns on our website. Without expressly informing you in each particular circumstance, we do not match such information with any of your personal information.
When you submit personal information to KASP via our website, you understand and agree that this information may be transferred and may be stored and processed in any geographical location. You also acknowledge that with respect to certain activities, the collection, transfer, storage, and processing of your information may be undertaken by trusted vendors of KASP. Such vendors are bound by contract not to use your personal information for their own purposes or provide it to any third parties.
KASP has established relationships with various service providers whose services are available to you from our website, for example, facility to make a donation to KASP. Typically, these providers offer services that KASP visitors might find useful. In order to use those services, you may be required to provide personal information to the providers, personal information that you provide while you are visiting a provider's website will be subject to the privacy policy posted on their website.
How your personal information is used
KASP collects your information in order to record and support your participation in the activities you select. If you subscribe to a service, for example, the newsletter or forum, the information is used to register your rights, if any, to technical support or other benefits that may be made available to registered users.
KASP may collect information about the usage of our website, such as the types of services used and how many users we receive daily. This information is collected in aggregate form, without identifying any user individually. KASP may use this aggregate, non-identifying statistical data for statistical analysis or similar activity.
Your choices with respect to personal information
KASP recognises and appreciates the importance of responsible use of information collected on our website. KASP may communicate information to you regarding services supplied unless you have opted not to receive such communications.
Your information will be disclosed where we are obliged or permitted by law. Also, if you post or send offensive, inappropriate or objectionable content anywhere on or to kasp.org.uk or otherwise engage in any disruptive behaviour on kasp.org.uk, then KASP can use whatever information that is available to it about you to stop such behaviour. This may involve informing relevant third parties such as your e-mail/Internet provider and law enforcement agencies about the content and your behaviour.
Protection of your personal information
The personal information that you provide in connection with registering is protected in several ways. Firstly, your password is encrypted; we recommend that you do not divulge your password to anyone. In addition, your registration information resides on a secure server that only selected KASP personnel and contractors have access to via password. KASP strives to prevent unauthorised parties from viewing such information when it is transmitted to KASP and we will ensure that all personal information supplied is held securely, in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.
Please note that KASP’s public forums are open to the public and if you choose to disclose personally identifiable information in these areas you are consenting to its unrestricted distribution in a public forum throughout KASP’s website. We therefore cannot be responsible for the protection or security of such information, regardless of its sensitivity. You disclose all such information on our forums entirely at your own risk.
Use of cookies
When you visit this website, you can browse the site and access important information without revealing your identity. In order to improve our website, we and our vendors use "cookies" to track your visit. A cookie is small amount of data that is transferred to your browser by a web server and can only be read by the server that gave it to you.
Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether or not to accept it. (For some web pages that require an authorisation, cookies are not optional. Users choosing not to accept cookies will probably not be able to access those pages.)
While KASP use cookies to track your visit to our website, and our web server automatically log the IP/Internet address of your computer, KASP does not generally use this information to identify you personally. However, if you expressly provide consent for the Site to "remember" the unique identifier that you select when you register for various activities on the Site, that unique identifier will be stored on a cookie on your computer, linked to your registration information, and your navigation path around the website will be tracked. We associate this data to understand how our website and services are being used.
List of kasp.org.uk cookies
Privacy complaints
Kingdom Abuse Survivors Project
Project Manager
29 Townsend Place
Kirkcaldy
Fife
Scotland
UK
KY1 1HB
info@kasp.org.uk
