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Privacy policy

The Bubble Foundation UK Charity is committed to protecting your privacy. This policy explains how we will handle the personal information you provide to us and what we learn about you from your visit to our web site. This policy (together with our terms of use and any other documents referred to on it) sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. Data Protection Act 1998 (the Act) The Bubble Foundation is a “data controller” under the Data Protection Act 1998 and we shall endeavour to ensure that the personal information we obtain and use will always be held, used, transfered and otherwise processed in accordance with that Act and all other applicable data protection laws and regulations. Information we may collect from you We may collect and process the following data about you: Information that you provide by filling in forms on our site www.bubblefoundation.org (our site). This includes information provided at the time of registering to use our site, subscribing to our service, enquiring about fundraising, posting material, ordering products or services (such as publications and email newsletters) or requesting further information. We may also ask you for information when you enter a competition or promotion sponsored by the Bubble Foundation, and when you report a problem with our site. We would only collect your debit/credit card details if you set up a direct debit payment for regular donations to us. If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence. We may also ask you to complete surveys that we use for research purposes, although you do not have to respond to them. Details of transactions you carry out through our site, donations made and of the fulfilment of your orders (if any). Details of your visits to our site including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data and the resources that you access. By submitting personal data manually or in electronic form to this website, or by using this site, you give your consent that all personal data you submit may be processed in the manner and for the purposes described below. If you do nothing other than read pages or download information while using this web site, we will capture and store information about your visit. This information will not identify you, it relates to (i) the Internet domain and IP address from which you access the web site (ii) the type of browser and operating system you use (iii) the date and time of your visit, (iv) the pages you visit, and (v) the address of the website from which you linked to us (if applicable). Cookies Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. Where we store your personal data The data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us or for one of our suppliers. Such staff maybe engaged in, among other things, the fulfilment of your order, the processing of your payment details and the provision of support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access. Uses made of the information We use information held about you in the following ways: To ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer. To provide you with information, in particular about our fund raising activities that you request from us or which we feel may interest you, where you have consented to be contacted for such purposes. To allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so. For administration purposes and to notify you about changes to our service. to further our charitable aims, including for fundraising activities. Disclosure of your information We may need to share your information with our service providers, associated organisations and agents for certain purposes. We may share your information with other organisations who are supportive of our aims and objectives. We only use your personal information for direct marketing purposes if we are allowed to do this by law or if we have your consent. You can change your mind at any time by contacting us at the address appearing at the end of this policy. We do not disclose information about identifiable individuals to our advertisers, but we may provide them with aggregate information about our users (for example, we may inform them that 100 men aged under 30 have clicked on to our website on any given day). We may also use such aggregate information to help advertisers help us reach the kind of audience they want to target (for example, women in NE1). If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Bubble Foundation, our fundraisers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction. Users 16 years and under If you are aged 16 or under, please get your parent/guardian’s permission beforehand whenever you provide personal information to the Bubble Foundation UK Charity website.  We are sorry but users without this consent are not allowed to provide us with personal information. Your rights You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will usually inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by checking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data. You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting us at the address appearing at the end of this policy. Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites. Changes to our privacy policy Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail. Access to information The Act gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Act. Any access request may be subject to a fee of £10 to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you so please write to us at:- Ward 3 The Great North Children’s Hospital Royal Victoria Infirmary Victoria Road Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP. Contact Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be sent to the above address.

Terms of website use

This page (together with the documents referred to on it) tells you the terms of use on which you may make use of our website www.bubblefoundation.org.uk (our site), whether as a guest or a registered user. Please read these terms of use carefully as access to and use of the site is subject to them. By using our site, you indicate that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to abide by them. If you do not agree to these terms of use, please refrain from using our site. Information about us www.bubblefoundation.org is a site operated by The Bubble Foundation UK (“We”). We are a registered charity, registered in England under number 1024552 and have our office at:- Ward 3, The Great North Children’s Hospital, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP. We are regulated by The Charity Commission. Accessing our site Access to our site is permitted on a temporary basis within the UK only, and we reserve the right to withdraw or amend the service we provide on our site without notice (see below). We will not be liable if for any reason if our site is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of our site, or our entire site, to users who have registered with us. When using our site, you must comply with the provisions of our acceptable use policy. You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to our site. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our site through your internet connection are aware of these terms, and that they comply with them. Intellectual property rights We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our site, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved. You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our site for your personal reference and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to material posted on our site. You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text. Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of material on our site must always be acknowledged in such copying. You must not use any part of the materials on our site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors. If you print off, copy or download any part of our site in breach of these terms of use, your right to use our site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. Reliance on information posted Commentary and other materials posted on our site are not intended to amount to advice on which reliance should be placed. We therefore disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by any visitor to our site, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents. Our site changes regularly We aim to update our site regularly, and may change the content at any time. If the need arises, we may suspend access to our site, or close it indefinitely. Any of the material on our site may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material. Our liability The material displayed on our site is provided without any guarantees, conditions or warranties as to its accuracy. To the extent permitted by law, we, other members of our group of companies and third parties connected to us hereby expressly exclude: All conditions, warranties and other terms which might otherwise be implied by statute, common law or the law of equity. Any liability for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage incurred by any user in connection with our site or in connection with the use, inability to use, or results of the use of our site, any websites linked to it and any materials posted on it, including, without limitation any liability for: loss of income or revenue; loss of business; loss of profits or contracts; loss of anticipated savings; loss of data; loss of goodwill; wasted management or office time; and for any other loss or damage of any kind, however arising and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise, even if foreseeable, provided that this condition shall not prevent claims for loss of or damage to your tangible property or any other claims for direct financial loss that are not excluded by any of the categories set out above. This does not affect our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, nor our liability for fraudulent misrepresentation or misrepresentation as to a fundamental matter, nor any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law. Information about you and your visits to our site We process information about you in accordance with our privacy policy. By using our site, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate. Uploading material to our site Whenever you make use of a feature that allows you to upload material to our site, or to make contact with other users of our site, you must comply with the content standards set out below. You warrant that you will not upload images or content which contain or use any images or other material including text based annotations and comments, which contain any of the following material: which is defamatory to any person or body. which is pornographic, obscene, indecent or offensive. which promotes discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, age or sexual orientation. which concerns or relates to any criminal act. the use or inclusion of which infringes any copyright, trademark, database or other intellectual property right of any third party. made in breach of any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence; material which promotes any illegal activity. which is threatening, abusive or invades another’s privacy, causes annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety. which is likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person. used to impersonate any person, or to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person. which gives the impression that it emanates from The Bubble Foundation UK, if this is not the case. that advocates, promotes or assists any unlawful act such as (by way of example only) copyright infringement or computer misuse. that breaches any applicable laws or legislation. You warrant that any such contribution does comply with the above standards, and you indemnify us for any breach of that warranty. Any material you upload to our site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary, and we have the right to use, copy, distribute and disclose to third parties any such material for any purpose. We also have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any material posted or uploaded by you to our site constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy. We will not be responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any materials posted by you or any other user of our site. We have the right to remove any material or posting you make on our site if, in our opinion, such material does not comply with the content standards set out in our acceptable use policy. Viruses, hacking and other offences You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our site will cease immediately. We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our site or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it. Linking to our site You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it, but you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists. You must not establish a link from any website that is not owned by you. Our site must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of our site other than the home page. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice. The website from which you are linking must comply in all respects with the content standards set out in our acceptable use policy. If you wish to make any use of material on our site other than that set out above, please address your request to BubbleFoundation@nuth.nhs.uk. Links from our site Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. We reserve the right to include content from sites over which we have no content control, including but not limited to Facebook and You Tube. Users of such sites have to take responsibility for their own content. Jurisdiction and applicable law The English courts will have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from, or related to, a visit to our site. These terms of use and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales. Variations We may revise these terms of use at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we made, as they are binding on you. Some of the provisions contained in these terms of use may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on our site. Your concerns If you have any concerns about material which appears on our site, please write to us at:- Ward 3 The Great North Children’s Hospital Royal Victoria Infirmary Victoria Road Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP. Thank you for visiting our site.