Privacy Policy
Churches Action for the Homeless is committed to protecting your privacy. This page explains our policy on collecting, storing, and processing your personal and financial information, and steps you can take to protect your privacy on our website. This privacy statement outlines the privacy and data protection practices for all the websites operated by Churches Action for the Homeless.
References to 'we' or 'us' are to Churches Action for the Homeless, registered charity number SC021740. If you have any questions, please contact us on 01738 580188, or by using the contact form here.
Collecting Personal information
We collect information from you, such as details you pass on to us when you make a donation, join a campaign, book a place on a training course, purchase goods or services or fill in any online form on the CATH website. We also collect information when you respond to an appeal or take part in an action. This information helps us to know what incentives, appeals and actions are working well and assists CATH in campaigning for decent housing and homelessness support for all.
How we use your Personal Information
The personal information we collect from you is used to provide you with information, services or products you have requested and for administration purposes. We also use this information to further our charitable aims, including campaigning and fundraising activities.
We may need to share your information with our service providers, associated organisations and agents for these purposes. We do not disclose personal information for direct marketing purposes. We may need to disclose your information if required to do so by law.
You may unsubscribe from our communications at any time by contacting us on 01738 580188, or by using the contact form.
Financial information
We di not collect any financial information through our website or any of our sister websites (such as www.balhary.weebly.com). Donations to CATH may be made through the Charities Aid Foundation secure website and they may ask you for financial information. CATH has no access to the information you give.
CATH may ask you to complete a paper form for the purposes of one-off donations, Gift Aid or if you become a regular donor through our CATH 500 programme. This information is securely stored and is never passed on to anyone.
Site usage information
We may collect site usage information, using cookies, log files and page tagging techniques including JavaScript. This information gives us a better understanding of how the CATH website is used, and how we can improve our services to our clients and supporters.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are often created when you visit a website, and which are stored in the cookie directory of your computer. A cookie may be created when you visit CATH. CATH uses both permanent cookies and session cookies. The permanent cookie stores a random number on your computer to help us count the number of times users return to our site. The session cookie lets us know which pages within our site you visit. Permanent cookies do not expire when you leave CATH and may be used on subsequent visits to the site. Session cookies expire when you leave CATH or switch off your computer.
You can choose not to accept cookies, or delete existing cookies, by adjusting your internet security preferences. To do this, refer to the instructions for your browser in the 'help' menu. However if you choose not to accept cookies some parts of our web site will not work properly (eg Advice by email, Legal) . More information about cookies is available at www.allaboutcookies.org.
Log files
Log files record visitors' use of the site. We can collect information about site usage from the data contained in these logs which we obtain from third parties. Log files do not contain any personal information and they are not used to identify any individual patterns of use of the site.
Page tagging
We use JavaScript to aggregate and analyse customer usage patterns on the CATH webiste domain. This provides us with data on your usability and behaviour. We use this information to make changes to the layout of the website and to the information in it. This does not collect any personal or identifiable information about users.
Maintaining your privacy
Some of the information on our website relates to sensitive issues. If you would like to remove details of the pages you have viewed on our site from your computer, you can clear your browsing history. To do this, choose 'tools' from the top navigation bar on your browser, select 'internet options', and click on 'clear history'. Alternatively, refer to the instructions for your browser in the 'help' menu.
Storing your information
This website does not request any personal information other than an email contact address. Any information you sublit on any CATH Blog is subject to deletion at CATH's discretion. it is advisable not to enter personal information on any Blog entry. We will never sell or share your personal information with any other organization.
External sites
The CATH website contains links to external sites not owned or managed by us. We cannot be held responsible for the content or for the privacy of any external sites.
Accessing your information
You have the right to ask for a copy of the information we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. We may charge you a small fee for this. To request a copy, please contact us on 01738 580188, or by using the contact form.
Change to this Privacy Policy
Any changes made to this policy will be posted on this web page.
Last updated : 15 May 2009