Privacy policy
We are Drinkdriving.org ("we", "our", "us"). We’re committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. If you have questions about your personal information please contact us.
What information we hold about you
The type of data that we collect and process includes:
- Your name or username.
- Your email address.
- Your IP address.
Further data may be collected if you choose to share it, such as if you fill out fields on your profile.
Your name and telephone number will be requested if you request free legal advice. This is to enable a solicitor to contact you if need be to discuss your case in further detail.
We collect some or all of this information in the following cases:
- You register as a member on this site.
- You fill out our contact form.
- You browse this site. See "Cookie policy" below.
- You fill out fields on your profile.
- You request legal advice
How your personal information is used
We may use your personal information in the following ways:
- For the purposes of making you a registered member of our site, in order for you to contribute content to this site.
- We may use your email address to inform you of activity on our site.
- To provide you with relevant services
- Your IP address is recorded when you perform certain actions on our site. Your IP address is never publicly visible.
Other ways we may use your personal information.
In addition to notifying you of activity on our site which may be relevant to you, from time to time we may wish to communicate with all members any important information such as newsletters or announcements by email. You can opt-in to or opt-out of such emails in your profile.
We may collect non-personally identifiable information about you in the course of your interaction with our site. This information may include technical information about the browser or type of device you're using. This information will be used purely for the purposes of analytics and tracking the number of visitors to our site.
Keeping your data secure
We are committed to ensuring that any information you provide to us is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable measures and procedures to safeguard and secure the information that we collect.
Cookie policy
Cookies are small text files which are set by us on your computer which allow us to provide certain functionality on our site, such as being able to log in, or remembering certain preferences.
We have a detailed cookie policy and more information about the cookies that we set on this page.
Your rights & Our Obligations Under GDPR
You have a right to access any personal data we hold about you or obtain a copy of it. To do so please contact us. If you believe that the information we hold for you is incomplete or inaccurate, you may contact us to ask us to complete or correct that information.
You also have the right to request the erasure of any personal data we may hold about you. Please contact us if you would like us to remove your personal data.
Examples of Personal Data
- a name and surname;
- a home address;
- an email address such as name.surname@company.com
Examples of Data Not Considered Personal Data
- a company registration number;
- an email address such as info@company.com
- anonymised data (forum posts that do not contain personal data are considered anonymised)
The examples above are not exhaustive. Personal data only includes information relating to natural persons who:
- can be identified or who are identifiable, directly from the information in question; or
- who can be indirectly identified from that information in combination with other information.
More information on what constitutes personal data
Account deletion
If you would like to delete your account as you no longer wish to receive emails from us then it is easier and quicker if you simply update your account details. Ensure that you uncheck all email alert and notification options under account details, privacy and preferences.
Account deletion will not result in your posts being deleted. Any posts you have made will instead be anonymised and your username and other account information will no longer be associated with any posts or content that you have created.
If any posts or content contain personal data then you have a right to request us to remove it. All other requests for any content to be removed or modified, that does not contain personal data, will be undertaken only at our discretion
If you would like to delete your account please contact us.
Acceptance of this policy
Continued use of our site signifies your acceptance of this policy. If you do not accept the policy then please do not use this site. When registering we will further request your explicit acceptance of the privacy policy.
Changes to this policy
We may make changes to this policy at any time. You may be asked to review and re-accept the information in this policy if it changes in the future.
CAPTCHA privacy policy
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