1. Statement of Intent From time to time, you will be asked to submit personal
information about yourself (e.g. name and email address etc) in order to
receive or use services on our website. Such services include newsletters
and competitions, live chats and message boards and personalised services
such as "funding update". By entering your details in the fields requested,
UNICEF UK will be able to provide you with the services you select. Whenever
you provide such personal information, we will treat that information in
accordance with this policy. Our services are designed to give you the information
that you want to receive. UNICEF will act in accordance with current legislation
and aim to meet current internet best practice. 2. Information on visitors During the course of any visit to UNICEF, the pages
which you see, along with something called a Cookie, are downloaded to your
computer (see paragraph 3 below for more on this). Most, if not all, web
sites do this, and that's because cookies allow the web site publisher to
do useful things like find out whether the computer (and probably its user)
has visited the site before. This is done on a repeat visit by checking
to see, and finding, the cookie left there on the last visit. Any information
that is supplied by cookies can help us to provide you with a better service
and assists us to analyse the profile of our visitors. For example: if on
a previous visit you went to, say, the Africa Appeal pages, then we might
find this out from your cookie and highlight particular information - which
you may find interesting, on a second visit. 3. What is a cookie? When you enter a site your computer will automatically
be issued with a Cookie. Cookies are text files which identify your computer
to our server. Cookies in themselves do not identify the individual user,
just the computer used. Many sites do this whenever a user visits their
site, in order to track traffic flows. Cookies themselves only record which
areas of the site have been visited by the computer in question, and for
how long. Users have the opportunity to set their computers to accept all
cookies, to notify them when a cookie is issued, or not to receive cookies
at any time, although this of course means that certain personalised services
cannot then be provided to that user. Even assuming you have not set your
computer to reject cookies, you can browse our site anonymously until such
time as you register for UNICEF services. 4. Submitting personal information When you supply any personal information to UNICEF
(for example for competitions, chats, or UNICEF’s personalised services)
we have legal obligations towards you in the way we deal with that data.
We have to collect the information fairly, (see the notices on particular
web pages which let you know why we are requesting the information) and
to let you know how we will use it and whether we will pass the information
on to anyone else. We will hold your personal information on our systems
for as long as you use the service you have requested, and remove it in
the event that the purpose has been met, or, in the case of a personalised
service, such as "funding alerter", you no longer wish to continue your
registration as a personalised user. Where personal information is held
for people who are not yet registered, but have taken part in other Online
services (for example competitions), that information will be held only
as long as necessary to ensure that the service is run smoothly. We will
ensure that all personal information supplied is held securely, in accordance
with the Data Protection Act 1998. 5. Access to your personal information You have the right to request a copy of the personal
information which UNICEF holds about you and to have any inaccuracies corrected.
(We charge a fee of £10 for information requests.) Please address requests
to the Data Protection Officer (email: data@unicef.org.uk).
6. Direct marketing and user surveys As UNICEF’s services expand, there will be more
opportunities to enhance the services provided to you. From time to time
we may provide you with details of other UNICEF services and products which
may be of interest to you and offer you the opportunity to subscribe to
them. We may also offer you the opportunity to participate in surveys carried
out by UNICEF or its agents which help our research into the types of service
we offer. UNICEF will keep a record of information provided by you. Please
note that any information you provide to UNICEF will only be used within
UNICEF, and will never be supplied to third parties without first obtaining
your consent. The only time we may do so is if we are obliged by law to
disclose information. 7. Users under 18 If you are under 18, please make sure that you obtain
your parent/guardian's permission beforehand whenever you provide personal
information to UNICEF's website. Users without this consent are not allowed
to provide us with personal information. Also, if you do use this site for
information about fundraising, campaigning or supporting the work of UNICEF
please let an adult know. 8. Security No data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed
to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal
information UNICEF UK cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information
you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your
transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems. For more information, please contact: webmaster@unicef.org.uk
