PRIVACY AND DATA PROTECTION

Website Statement


WEBSITE PRIVACY POLICY

Paddle Cymru is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Paddle Cymru Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Paddle Cymru website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.


Please Note: The privacy notice below relates to the use of the Paddle Cymru website. For the full organisation Privacy Notice a link is below this text.  


COLLECTION OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Paddle Cymru collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Paddle Cymru also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your postcode, age, gender, preferences, interests and favourites. There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Paddle Cymru. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Paddle Cymru for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Paddle Cymru Web site.


Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Paddle Cymru public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others.

Note: Paddle Cymru does not read any of your private online communications. Paddle Cymru encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Paddle Cymru so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Paddle Cymru is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Paddle Cymru and Paddle Cymru family of Web sites.


USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Paddle Cymru collects and uses your personal information to operate the Paddle Cymru Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Paddle Cymru also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Paddle Cymru and its affiliates. Paddle Cymru may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.


Paddle Cymru does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Paddle Cymru may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party.


Paddle Cymru does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent. Paddle Cymru keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Paddle Cymru, in order to determine what Paddle Cymru services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customised content and advertising within Paddle Cymru to customers whose behaviour indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area. Paddle Cymru Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Paddle Cymru or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Paddle Cymru; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Paddle Cymru, or the public.


USE OF COOKIES

Paddle Cymru Web site use "cookies" to help you personalise your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.


One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. A cookie helps Paddle Cymru to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information. When you return to the same Paddle Cymru Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Paddle Cymru features that you customised.


You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer.


SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Paddle Cymru secures your personal information from unauthorised access, use or disclosure. Paddle Cymru secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorised access, use or disclosure.


CHANGES TO THIS STATEMENT

Paddle Cymru will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Paddle Cymru encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Paddle Cymru is protecting your information.


CONTACT INFORMATION

Paddle Cymru welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Paddle Cymru has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Paddle Cymru. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.


Please see our Privacy Notices document below and other Paddle Cymru Policies concerning data protection.

In the event of a query or complaint in connection with information we hold please email: admin@paddlecymru.org.uk


If you wish to report a breach of data protection with Paddle Cymru please email: admin@paddlecymru.org.uk