Disclaimer

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You should ALWAYS seek the advice of your own doctor or suitably qualified healthcare practitioner for any questions you may have regarding your own medical condition.

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Privacy Policy

This privacy policy sets out how Orchid uses and protects any information that you give when you use this website.

Orchid is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

Orchid may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 09/04/2010.

What we collect

We may collect the following information:

Your name
contact information including postal address, email address and telephone number other information specific to the various events that we run We require this information for the following reasons:

Your postal address is required in order that we can send out various items and information that you request through the site

Your telephone number is requested in case of any problems with event payment or in the case that we need to contact you regarding urgent information about a specific event

We may periodically send promotional emails about new events or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you provide when you register for events. If you do not wish us to do this, each event form provides the facility for you to opt out of future mailings.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

How we use cookies

We may use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Controlling your personal information

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:

whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want to be contacted with items that may be of interest in the future if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information to forward items that we think may be of interest to you, you may change your mind at any time by emailing us at support@orchid-cancer.org.uk We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless required by law.

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to:

Orchid
St Bartholomew's Hospital
London EC1A 7BE

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.