Privacy policy

Date this statement was updated

This statement was last updated on 1 May 2009

This page explains

This page explains how we collect and use information, and how we protect your privacy.

This policy only applies to www.armedforcesday.org.uk. If you follow a link to an external website, please read the privacy policy for that site.

Changes to the privacy policy

If this privacy policy changes in any way, we will post the new information on this page. Regularly reviewing the page ensures you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if any, we will share it with other parties.

Data Protection Act

Under the Data Protection Act, we have a legal duty to protect any information we collect from you. You have a right to access your personal data and change any inaccuracies. We use leading technologies to safeguard our data, and strict security standards to prevent any unauthorised access to it. We will ensure that any information we obtain and use will always be held, used and transferred in compliance with all applicable data protection rules.

What information do we collect?

Site usage information: IP address, page usage

Use of cookies

We do not use persistent cookies for collecting user information.

Use of Google analytics

The Armed Forces Day website uses Google Analytics to help analyse how users use the site. This analytical tool uses 'cookies', which are text files placed on your computer, to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information in an anonymous form. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) is transmitted to Google. This information is then used to evaluate visitors' use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity.

Feedback and questions

Contact Us

If you provide feedback on our website we will only use it to develop and improve the site. We will keep the actual feedback for twelve months after which it will be deleted but analysis of feedback may be kept.

Helplines

We may pass data to third party to answer your questions. Once we have replied to you, we keep a record of your message for audit purposes.

Uses we make of the information

We may employ third parties to provide you with the services you have asked for on this website, including - processing orders and delivering orders - providing email newsletters We may pass this information on to third parties only in order for them to fulfil these services. All the third parties providing these support services are required by us to meet the same high standard of data protection.

Contacting us about the privacy statement

For the purposes of the Data Protection Act, 1998, the Data Controller for this website is (Ministry of Defence). The website is operated on behalf of (MOD) by the digital agency Worth. You can request a copy of the information we hold concerning you. You can ask us to amend the information if it is inaccurate, or delete the information, or change your consent to our using your information for the above listed purposes at any time. If you have any queries about this privacy policy you can contact us at the following address technical@armedforcesday.org.uk.