Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
Last Updated 16/04/24
Advent Worldwide Registered Charity No 1184389
Website privacy policy
Advent Worldwide is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected and takes protection of your data seriously. Please read the following Privacy Policy to understand how we collect, use and protect the information that you provide to it. By providing us with your personal data, you consent to the collection, use and transfer of your personal data under the terms of this Privacy Policy.
This policy sets out the basis on which any personal data collects from you, or that will be processed by us.
Information that we collect from you
When you visit this website or enter your details on this website, you may be asked to provide certain information about yourself including your name and contact details. This data is stored securely with encrypted password protection and is not, under any circumstances, sold to or shared with third parties.
Advent Worldwide may also collect information about your usage of this website as well as information about you from emails or letters you send to it.
We may also hold your name and contact details if you have provided them to allow us to reclaim gift aid from HMRC for the benefit of our supporting missions.
Cookies
This site uses cookies. These are small text files that are placed on your machine to help the site provide the services and features offered on our website, and to improve our user experience.
Adventworldwide.co.uk was created vistaprint.com The following bulleted text taken from Vista Print details the two types of cookies used on Vista Sites
Session (Transient) cookies: these cookies are erased when you close your browser, and do not collect information from your computer. They typically store information in the form of a session identification that does not personally identify the user.
Persistent (Permanent/Stored) cookies: these cookies are stored on your hard drive until they expire (i.e based on a set expiration date) or until you delete them. These cookies are used to collect identifying information about the user, such as Web surfing behaviour or user preferences for a specific site.
However, you may prefer to control or delete cookies – here is a useful link to learn more on how to do so.
Use of your information
Advent Worldwide gathers this information to allow it to process your enquiries, to enable us to publicise certain events and to provide adequate pastoral support to you and your family, if requested. We may also use and analyse the information we collect so that we can administer, support, improve and develop our organisation.
We may ask you for information when you report a problem with the website in order to verify your identity. In particular, we may use your information to contact you about important changes or developments to the website or our organisation.
Further, where you have consented by any means, we might also use your information to let you know about other services which may be of interest to you and we may contact you by post, telephone or fax, as well as by email.
If you change your mind about being contacted in the future, please let us know by sending an email to team@adventworldwide.co.uk
Changes
Any changes to this Privacy Policy in the future will be posted on the Website and, where appropriate, through e-mail notification.
Contact
All comments, queries and requests relating to the use of your information are welcomed and should be addressed to the Information Officer. If you have any complaints about how your data is used by Advent Worldwide, please contact us at team@adventworldwide.co.uk and we will respond within 28 days.
If you feel your complaint has not been addressed in a satisfactory matter, you may contact the ICO who regulate data use and protection in the UK.
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Produced by :
Susan Downie BSc.(Hons) MCOptom
Founder and Chair of Trustees
Advent Worldwide
Reg Charity No 1184389