Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum 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 Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum does not read any of your private online communications.

Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum and Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

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

Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum 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. In addition, Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum, in order to determine what Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum 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 Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize 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. For example, if you personalize Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum pages, or register with Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum site or services, a cookie helps Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum features that you customized.

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. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Richmond upon Thames LGBT Forum at webmaster@richmondlgbtforum.org.uk. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.