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Privacy Policy

Yellow Brick Place is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. We shall endeavor to use any information you provide when using this website by this privacy policy.

This privacy policy explains what information we collect, how we protect any information you submit to us, and how we use it.

We may amend this policy from time to time by updating this page. Therefore, we suggest you check this page occasionally to ensure you are aware of and are happy with any amendments.

What information do we collect?

Personal information may be collected from you in various ways, for example: –

  1. Information about your computer and about your visits to and use of this website (these are information about your browser, your IP address, your general location as determined from your IP address and provided by your browser, the site from which you come, and the links followed when leaving our site). This information is also collected through cookies
  2. When you register and voluntarily provide information in response to questionnaires or download forms, register for newsletters or start or contribute to petitions. This includes your name, email address, and any other details asked for and which you provide.
  3. When you conduct activities on our site (for example, when you donate or purchase tickets to a fundraiser, we record what you purchased/contributed, etc.), we may collect your name and contact details, details of your subscription to our services, and other information gathered by Facebook and transferred to us, including your address.

 

We collect information about your activity on our website. The activity information we collect may include:

How is the information used?

We use this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service for the following reasons:

  • To supply your services via the website and process your payments for events.
  • For statistical purposes and analysis for management purposes to administer the website or improve our programs and services.
  • Internal record keeping and administrative purposes, and to inform you about our services or programs or other related information that we think would be of interest to you, as explained above.
  • To communicate marketing messages, newsletters, and details of our business or the businesses of carefully-selected third parties which we think may be of interest to you by post or email, or similar technology (you can inform us at any time if you no longer require marketing communications).
  • From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes or customize the website according to your interests.

Your information will not be disclosed to any third party unless you consent to such disclosure. You may at any time ask us to refrain from sending you marketing messages by sending us an email with the words UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject box or by telephoning us. If we contact you by email each time you receive a message, you will also have the option to decline to receive further information from us.  

We may disclose aggregate statistics about our site visitors, clients, and donors to describe our services to prospective partners, advertisers, and other reputable third parties and for other lawful purposes, but these statistics will include no personally-identifying information.

Cookies and Log Files

Cookies

Cookies are text files stored on your computer and accessible only to the websites which create them.

From time to time, our website may use cookies and log files for statistical analysis, understand user behavior, administer the site, tailor the information presented to a user based on their preferences, and improve user experience.  Any information gathered by our use of cookies is compiled on an aggregate, anonymous basis.

Most web browsers automatically accept cookies; however, you may delete or disable cookies by following the instructions at http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/.  Please note that you may not be able to take full advantage of a website if you disable cookies. Our website uses cookies to keep you logged in, so disabling cookies may impair your service experience.

Further information about cookies can be found on the Interactive Advertising Bureau’s website www.allaboutcookies.org.

Social Media

Suppose you share our content through social media by liking us on Facebook, following or tweeting about us on Twitter, or giving us a ‘+1’ via Google Plus. In that case, those social networks will record that you have done so and may set a cookie for this purpose.

In some cases, where a page on our website includes content from a social network, such as a Twitter feed, or Facebook comments box, those services may set a cookie even where you do not click a button.  As is the case for all cookies, we cannot access those set by social networks, just as those social networks cannot access cookies we place ourselves.

Log Files

Our systems automatically gather anonymous information about visitors, including IP addresses, browser type, language, and the times and dates of webpage visits.  The data collected does not include personally identifiable information and is used, as described above, for statistical analysis, understanding user behavior, and administering the site.

Google Analytics

Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). The information generated by the cookie about your use of our website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information to evaluate your use of our website, compile reports on website activity for website operators, and provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.  Further information about Google’s privacy policy may be obtained from http://www.google.com/privacy.html.

Security

The internet is not a secure medium. However, we take reasonable technical and organizational precautions to prevent your personal information’s loss, misuse, or alteration.  

We have put in place various security procedures as set out in this policy. For example, our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary, and only authorized personnel have access to user information. We use secure server software (SSL) to encrypt financial information you input before it is sent to us, and our database is hosted in a secure data center. While we cannot ensure or guarantee that data loss, misuse, or alteration will not occur, we use our best efforts to prevent this. 

Changes

We may make changes to this privacy policy from time to time. If we change our privacy policy, we will post the changes on this page. If the difference in our privacy policy affects the use of your personal information, we will use our best endeavors to contact you by email to seek your consent to the use.  Continued use of the service will signify that you agree to any such changes.

Your acceptance of this privacy policy

If you do not agree to this privacy policy, please do not use our site.

Using our site, you consent to collecting and using information by us.