Privacy

At the Together Trust we are committed to protecting your privacy.

The Together Trust complies with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 and has registered its use of personal data with the Information Commissioners Office.

This policy only applies to the Together Trust’s website at www.togethertrust.org.uk

What information do we collect?

You may at times be asked to supply personal information via the Together Trust’s website or through an enquiries e-mail. We will only collect personal information when you specifically or knowingly provide it to us.

The types of personal information collected might include names, addresses, dates of birth, email addresses and on occasion sensitive personal data such your ethnicity.

How will we use your information?

We will only use your information to provide you with the services and products you have requested, for administration purposes or to further our charitable objectives such as fundraising, depending on the nature of your contact with the Together Trust. We may also need to share your information with associated organisations and authorities to fulfil these purposes or if we are required by law to do so.

Promotional activity

We only use personal data for promotional activity if we have your consent. You can object to this at any time by contacting the Chief Executives Office at Together Trust, The Together Trust Centre, Schools Hill, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 1JE or email contact us by clicking here.

We do not disclose personal information for direct marketing purposes nor sell any mailing databases to other organisations. 

Third party sites

This website contains links to other websites. The Together Trust cannot be held responsible for the protection of data collected by websites not managed by the Together Trust. We encourage all visitors to be aware and read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information.

Do we use cookies?

A cookie is a small text file on the user's browser and hard drive that uniquely identifies the user's browser. There are two types of cookies: persistent cookies and session cookies. Session cookies are temporary and are erased when the browser exits. Persistent cookies remain on the user's hard drive until the user erases them or until they expire.

Aggregate or summary information is collected automatically by the system, for example the number of visitors to the Together Trust site. In order to do this we may need to send cookies to your computer. This information is used to monitor use of the web site and will not contain information that can identify you as an individual.

If, for example, you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer and you wish to block Together Trust website cookies, you can perform the following:

• On your browser tools menu, select 'Internet Options'
• Click on the 'Privacy' tab and then on the 'Edit' button
• Type into the 'Address of website' field: www.togethertrust.org.uk
• Click on the 'Block' button
• Click on the OK button

Other browsers have similar cookie management abilities somewhere in their preferences settings, please refer to your browser's 'Help' facility.

How do we protect personal information?

The Together Trust takes appropriate measures to ensure that your personal data is accurate, up to date, secure and kept only for as long as it is necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected.

Right of access

You have a right of access to ask for a copy of any information we hold about you (for which we may charge a small fee) and to have any inaccuracies amended. Please email us or write to the Records, Archives and Information Officer, Together Trust Centre, Schools Hill, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 1JE.

It will help us locate your records more easily if you can tell us something about the nature of your contact with the Together Trust.

Consent

By providing us with your information via this website including sensitive data, you consent to the use of your information in accordance with this privacy policy. 

Changes

If your personal details change, please help us to keep our information up to date by notifying us at the above address.

The Together Trust reserves the right to amend this privacy policy, if we do so we will post notice of the change on our website and you will be deemed to have accepted such changes.