Privacy Statement

Advocacy Resource Exchange is committed to protecting your privacy when you use our on-line services ("Services"). In this policy we explain how and why we collect your information, what we do with it and what controls you have over our use of it.

From time to time, we add or change functions, features or products to our Web Sites or add or change Services. This, and our commitment to protecting the privacy of your personal information, may result in periodic changes to this Privacy Policy. As a result, please remember to refer back to this Privacy Policy regularly to review any amendments. 

Any questions regarding our Privacy Policy should be directed to  Advocacy Resource Exchange at info@advocacyresource.org.uk or alternatively see the section "Comments" below.

Your acceptance of these Privacy Statement terms

By using any of the sites within our web site network ("Web Sites") or our Services, you unconditionally agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy.

What data do we collect and how do we use it?

Advocacy Resource Exchange collects and processes information about you in order to:

1. identify you each time you visit a Web Site or wish to have a Service provided; 
2. process orders or applications submitted by you; 
3. improve our Services and Web Sites 
4. Customise your experience, for example, provide advertisements that we think are relevant to you and which support any specific requests for information you may make through keyword searches; 
5. carry out research on the demographics, interests and behaviour of all of our customers; and 
6. send you information we think you may find useful

You may be asked, either when you register with us, or at other times, for information about yourself, such as your name, e-mail address, postal address and telephone number. You may also be asked to share with us your interests, hobbies and preferences.

You are under no obligation to provide this information, but if you don't then we may not be able to provide you with certain services or personalise your experience and tailor our Services for you (for example, tell you about special offers on things you're interested in). 

Log files/IP addresses

When you visit our Web Sites, we automatically log your IP address (the unique address which identifies your computer on the internet) which is automatically recognised by our web server. We use IP addresses to help us administer our Web Sites and to collect broad demographic information for aggregate use. We do not link IP addresses to personally identifiable information.

Non personal information

We may automatically collect non-personal information about you such as the type of internet browsers you use or the site from which you linked to our Web Sites. You cannot be identified from this information and it is only used to assist us in providing an effective service on our Web Sites. We may from time to time supply the owners or operators of third party sites from which it is possible to link to our Web Sites with information relating to the number of users linking to our Web Sites from their sites. You cannot be identified from this information.

Use of Cookies

Cookies are pieces of information that a Web Site transfers to your hard drive to store and sometimes track information about you. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but if you prefer, you can change your browser to prevent that. However, you may not be able to take full advantage of a Web Site if you do so. Cookies are specific to the server that created them and cannot be accessed by other servers, which means they cannot be used to track your movements around the web. Although they do identify a user's computer, cookies do not personally identify customers or passwords. Credit card information is not stored in cookies.

We use cookies for the following reasons: 

1. To identify who you are and to access your account information; 
2. To estimate our audience size and patterns; 
3. To ensure that you are not asked to register twice; 
4. To control how often visitors see similar ads; 
5. To track preferences and to improve and update our Web Site; and 
6. To track the progress and number of entries in some of our promotions and contests. 

With whom is the information shared?

Advocacy Resource Exchange will not share, sell or rent your personal information to third parties. However, we may disclose your personal information to third party suppliers who provide services on our behalf.

Advocacy Resource Exchange may disclose aggregate statistics about our Web Site visitors and customers of our telephone services in order to describe our services to prospective partners, advertisers and other reputable third parties and for other lawful purposes, but these statistics will not include personally identifying information.

Advocacy Resource Exchange may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or if it believes that such action is necessary to protect and defend the rights, property or personal safety of Advocacy Resource Exchange and its Web Sites, visitors to the Web Sites and customers of our Services.

Our Web Site contains links to the sites of third parties. When you visit these sites, we suggest that you read their privacy policies. Advocacy Resource Exchange is not responsible for the privacy policies or the content of such sites. 

Where is the information stored?

Information which you submit via our Web Sites or our telephone services is stored on a computer located in the European Economic Area. This is necessary in order to process the information and to send you any information you have requested

Comments

Please e-mail any questions, concerns or comments you have about our Privacy Policy to info@advocacyresource.org.uk or write to us at:

Portman House, 53 Millbrook Road East. Southampton. SO15 1HN

Disclaimer

The information contained in this website is for general information purposes only. The information is provided by Advocacy Resource Exchange and whilst we endeavour to keep the information up-to-date and correct, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on the website for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.

In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever arising from loss of data or profits arising out of or in connection with the use of this website.

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Every effort is made to keep the website up and running smoothly. However, Advocacy Resource Exchange takes no responsibility for and will not be liable for the website being temporarily unavailable due to technical issues beyond our control.

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• you may print or download to a local hard disk extracts for your personal use only
• you may copy the content to individual third parties for their personal use, but only if you acknowledge the website as the source of the material

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