ABORTION
RESISTANCE
PRIVACY POLICY
Customer Care
Website Privacy Policy
Abortion Resistance understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used and shared online. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits this website, and will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described here, and in a manner that is consistent with our obligations and your rights under the law.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of our Privacy Policy is deemed to occur upon your first use of our site. If you do not accept and agree with this Privacy Policy, you must stop using our site immediately.
Privacy & Safety
Definitions and Interpretation
In this Policy, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Account” means an account required to access and/or use certain areas and features of our site;
“Cookie” means a small text file placed on your computer or device by our site when you visit certain parts of our site and/or when you use certain features of our site. Details of the Cookies used by our site are set out in the section below;
“Cookie Law” means the relevant parts of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003; “personal data” means any and all data that relates to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified from that data. In this case, it means personal data that you give to us via our site. This definition shall, where applicable, incorporate the definitions provided in the EU Regulation 2016/679 – the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and any amendments thereafter.
What Does This Policy Cover?
This Privacy Policy applies only to your use of our site. Our site may contain links to other websites. Please note that we have no control over how your data is collected, stored, or used by other websites and we advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.
Your Rights
As a data subject, you have the following rights under the GDPR, which this Policy and our use of personal data have been designed to uphold:
1) The right to be informed about our collection and use of personal data;
2) The right of access to the personal data we hold about you (see section below);
3) The right to rectification if any personal data We hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete (please contact us using the details in the section below );
4) The right to be forgotten – i.e. the right to ask us to delete any personal data we hold about you (we only hold your personal data for a limited time, as explained if you would like us to delete it sooner, please contact us using the details in the section below);
5) The right to restrict (i.e. prevent) the processing of your personal data;
6) The right to data portability (obtaining a copy of your personal data to re-use with another service or organisation);
7) The right to object to us using your personal data for particular purposes;
8) Rights with respect to automated decision making and profiling.
What Data Do We Collect?
Depending upon your use of our site, we may collect some or all of the following personal and non-personal data
1) name;
2) date of birth;
3) gender;
4) business/company name
5) job title;
6) profession;
7) contact information such as email addresses and telephone numbers;
8) demographic information such as post code, preferences, and interests;
9) IP address;
10) web browser type and version;
11) operating system;
12) a list of URLs starting with a referring site, your activity on our site, and the site you exit to;
How Do We Use Your Data?
All personal data is processed and stored securely, for no longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. We will comply with our obligations and safeguard your rights under the GDPR at all times. Our use of your personal data will always have a lawful basis, either because it is necessary for our performance of a contract with you, because you have consented to our use of your personal data (e.g. by subscribing to emails), or because it is in our legitimate interests. Specifically, we may use your data for the following purposes:
1) Providing and managing your Account;
2) Providing and managing your access to our site;
3) Personalising and tailoring your experience on our site;
4) Supplying our services to you
5) Personalising and tailoring our services for you;
6) Replying to emails from you;
7) Supplying you with emails that you have opted into (you may unsubscribe or opt-out at any time by us)
8) Analysing your use of our site and gathering feedback to enable us to continually improve our site and your user experience;
With your permission and/or where permitted by law, We may also use your data for marketing purposes which may include contacting you by email or telephone or text message or post with information, news and offers on our services. We will not, however, send you any unsolicited marketing or spam and will take all reasonable steps to protect your rights and comply with our obligations under the GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.
Third parties whose content appears on our site may use third party Cookies, as detailed below in the relevant section. Please note that we do not control the activities of such third parties, nor the data they collect and use and advise you to check the privacy policies of any such third parties.
You have the right to withdraw your consent to us using your personal data at any time, and to request that we delete it.
We do not keep your personal data for any longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. Data will therefore be retained for the following periods (or its retention will be determined on the following bases): Information received from the website will be retained for 30 calendar days;
How and Where Do We Store Your Data?
1) We only keep your personal data for as long as we need to in order to use it as described above in section 6, and/or for as long as we have your permission to keep it.
2) Google will automatically set your account so you only have 50 months of data that the website will kept in it.
3) Your data will only be stored in the UK.
4) Data security is very important to us, and to protect your data we have taken suitable measures to safeguard and secure data collected through our site.
Do We Share Your Data?
We will not share any of your data with any third parties for any purposes.
In certain circumstances, we may be legally required to share certain data held by us, which may include your personal data, for example, where we are involved in legal proceedings, where we are complying with legal requirements, a court order, or a governmental authority.
How Can You Control Your Data?
In addition to your rights under the GDPR, set out above, when you submit personal data via our site, you may be given options to restrict our use of your data. In particular, We aim to give you strong controls on our use of your data for direct marketing purposes (including the ability to opt-out of receiving emails from us which you may do by unsubscribing using the links provided in our emails and at the point of providing your details
Your Right to Withhold Information
You may access certain areas of our site without providing any data at all.
You may restrict our use of Cookies.
How Can You Access Your Data?
You have the right to ask for a copy of any of your personal data held by us (where such data is held). Under the GDPR, no fee is payable and we will provide any and all information in response to your request free of charge. Please contact us for more details at contact@abortionresistance.org.uk
Our Use of Cookies
1) Our site may place and access certain first party Cookies on your computer or device. First party Cookies are those placed directly by us and are used only by us. We use Cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of our site and to provide and improve our services. We have carefully chosen these Cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy and personal data is protected and respected at all times.
2) By using our site you may also receive certain third party Cookies on your computer or device. Third party Cookies are those placed by websites, services, and/or parties other than us. Third party Cookies are used on our site for analytic services.
3) All Cookies used by and on our site are used in accordance with current Cookie Law.
4) Before Cookies are placed on your computer or device, you will be shown a prompt requesting your consent to set those Cookies. By giving your consent to the placing of Cookies you are enabling us to provide the best possible experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of Cookies; however certain features of our site may not function fully or as intended.
5) Our site uses analytics services provided by Google Analytics. Website analytics refers to a set of tools used to collect and analyse anonymous usage information, enabling us to better understand how our site is used. This, in turn, enables us to improve our site and the services offered through it. You do not have to allow us to use these Cookies, however it does enable us to continually improve our site, making it a better and more useful experience for you.
6) The analytics service(s) used by our site use(s) Cookies to gather the required information.
7) The analytics service(s) used by our site use Google Analytics Cookies Google Analytics. Google analytics provides us with detailed web statistics and real time monitoring to help us measure the performance of our web site. Google’s privacy policy is available in full at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
8) In addition to the controls that we provide, you can choose to enable or disable Cookies in your internet browser. Most internet browsers also enable you to choose whether you wish to disable all cookies or only third party Cookies. By default, most internet browsers accept Cookies but this can be changed. For further details, please consult the help menu in your internet browser or the documentation that came with your device.
9) You can choose to delete Cookies on your computer or device at any time, however you may lose any information that enables you to access our site more quickly and efficiently including, but not limited to, login and personalisation settings.
10) It is recommended that you keep your internet browser and operating system up-to-date and that you consult the help and guidance provided by the developer of your internet browser and manufacturer of your computer or device if you are unsure about adjusting your privacy settings.
Contact Forms
Information you submit to us on a contact form will be sent by email to our staff, and will remain stored on the website or within backups for a maximum of 60 days just in case the email doesn’t get to us. If we intend to retain information for marketing purposes we’ll ask you first and give details on the form.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions about our site or this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email at (contact@abortionresistance.org.uk). Please ensure that your query is clear, particularly if it is a request for information about the data we hold about you.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time (for example, if the law changes). Any changes will be immediately posted on our site and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Privacy Policy on your first use of our site following the alterations. We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up-to-date.