Our Privacy Policy Notice
This privacy policy notice is served by the Friends of Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre under the website www.friendsbhoc.org.uk. This policy explains how we control, process, handle and protect personal information through the organisation and while you browse or use this website. If you do not agree to the following policy you may wish to cease viewing and using this website, and or refrain from submitting your personal data to us.
Key principles of GDPR: Our privacy policy embodies the following key priciples; (a) Lawfullness, fairness and transparency, (b) Purpose limitation, (c) Data minimisation, (d) Accurancy, (e) Storage limitation, (f) Integrity and confidence, (g) Accountability.
PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
Under the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) we control and / or process any personal information electronically using lawful bases.
YOUR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS
Under the GDPR your rights are as follows. You can read more about your rights in details here; the right to be informed; the right of access; the right to rectification; the right to erasure; the right to restrict processing; the right to data portability; the right to object; and the right not to be subject to automated decision-making including profiling. You also have the right to complain to the ICO if you feel there is a problem with the way we are handling your data. We handle subject access requests in accordance with the GDPR.
DATA SECURITY AND PROTECTION
We ensure the security of any personal information we hold by using secure data storage technologies and precise procedures in how we store, access and manage that information. Our methods meet the GDPR compliance requirement.
FAIR & TRANSPARENT PRIVACY EXPLAINED
We have provided some further explanations about user privacy and the way we use this website to help promote a transparent and honest user privacy methodology.
EMAIL MARKETING MESSAGES & SUBSCRIPTION
Under the GDPR we use the consent lawful basis for anyone subscribing to our paper or e-newsletter or marketing mailing list. We only collect certain data about you, as detailed in the "Processing of your personal data" above. Any email marketing messages we send are done so through an EMS, email marketing service provider. An EMS is a third party service provider of software or applications that allows marketers to send out email marketing campaigns to a list of users.
Email marketing messages that we send may contain tracking beacons, tracked clickable links or similar server technologies in order to track subscriber activity within email marketing messages. Where used, such marketing messages may record a range of data such as; times, dates, I.P addresses, opens, clicks, forwards, geographic and demographic data. Such data, within its limitations will show the activity each subscriber made for that email campaign.
Any email marketing messages we send are in accordance with the GDPR and the PECR. We provide you with an easy method to withdraw your consent (unsubscribe) or manage your preferences and the information we hold about you at any time. See any marketing messages for instructions on how to unsubscribe or manage your preferences, you can also unsubscribe from all MailChimp lists, by following this link, otherwise contact the EMS provider.
INTERNET COOKIES
For almost any modern website to work as intended, it needs to collect certain basic information on its users. To do this, a site will create files known as cookies – which are small text files – on its users’ computers. These cookies are designed to allow the website to recognise its users on subsequent visits, or to authorise other designated websites to recognise these users for a particular purpose.
Cookies do a lot of different jobs which make your experience of the internet much smoother and more interactive. For instance, they are used to remember your preferences on sites you visit often, to remember your user ID and the contents of your shopping baskets, and to help you navigate between pages more efficiently. They also help ensure that the advertisements that you see online are more relevant to you and your interests. Some data collected is designed to detect browsing patterns and approximate geographical location to improve user experience and Track the effectiveness of Digital advertising campaigns. Information collected by cookies is now classed as personal data.
We use cookies on this website to provide you with a better user experience. We use cookies to evaluate the effectiveness of any Digital Marketing initiatives we undertake and to help inform us of any improvements we can make to the website in order to make users visits more successful. We do this by placing a small text file on your device or computer hard drive to track how you use the website, to record or log whether you have seen particular messages that we display, to display relevant adverts or content, referred you to a third party website. Some cookies may be required to enjoy and use the full functionality of this website.
We use a cookie control system which allows you to accept the use of cookies, and control which cookies are saved to your device or computer. Some cookies will be saved for specific time periods, where others may last indefinitely. Your web browser should provide you with the controls to manage and delete cookies from your device, please see your web browser options.
Google Analytics
To analyse visits to our website we use Google Analytics. Google Analytics gathers information about website use with cookies. Information from Google Analytics is used to inform our experts about the use of our website. You can read Google's privacy policy here.
Facebook Pixel
The Facebook pixel is code that we have placed on our website. It collects data that helps you track conversions from Facebook ads, which in course helps us to optimize ads, build targeted audiences for future ads, and re-market to people who have already taken some kind of action on our website. You can read more about the Facebook Pixel here.
How do I control my cookies?
You should be aware that any preferences will be lost if you delete all cookies and many websites will not work properly or you will lose some functionality. We do not recommend turning cookies off when using our website for these reasons.
Most browsers accept cookies automatically, but you can alter the settings of your browser to erase cookies or prevent automatic acceptance if you prefer. Generally you have the option to see what cookies you’ve got and delete them individually, block third party cookies or cookies from particular sites, accept all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is issued or reject all cookies. Visit the ‘options’ or ‘preferences’ menu on your browser to change settings.