Southmead Hospital Charity is committed to protecting your privacy, personal information and confidentiality and we take our data protection responsibilities very seriously.
This policy sets out how we collect and use the personal information that you provide whether that is online, by email, letter, by phone or other correspondence.
We promise to keep safe any personal data you share with us, or that we get from other organisations. When we collect data from you we aim to be clear and transparent with how we use that data.
Collecting and using information from our fundraisers, donors and supporters allows us to develop a better understanding of our supporters which informs how we can fundraise more efficiently and communicate better, ultimately enabling us to raise more money and support more services at North Bristol NHS Trust.
Read our Privacy Policy and Data Protection Statement
This page sets out our privacy policy and how we will use and protect any information about you that you give us when you visit this website.
This privacy statement only covers Southmead Hospital Charity websites. It does not cover all sites that can be linked to from this site, so you should always be aware when you are moving to another site and read the privacy statement on that site.
You may choose to submit personal information about yourself (e.g.name and email address) through the forms we provide to enable you to find out more about our fundraising and charitable activities.
By entering your details in the fields requested you enable the Southmead Hospital Charity to provide you with the information you require. Any information you provide to the Southmead Hospital Charity will only be used by us. We will not pass on your information to any third parties or other charitable organisations. Personal patient information will not be used by the charity for the purposes of fundraising.
If our privacy policy changes in any way, we will place an updated version on this page. Regularly reviewing the page ensures you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if any, we will share it with other parties.
When we provide services, we want to make them easy, useful and reliable. Where services are delivered on the internet, this sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your device, for example, computer or mobile phone. These include small files known as cookies. They cannot be used to identify you personally.
These pieces of information are used to improve services for you through, for example:
You can manage these small files and learn more about them from the article, Internet Browser cookies- what they are and how to manage them http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/SiteInformation/DG_197506?CID=Central&PLA=url_mon&CRE=managing_cookies
If you’d like to learn how to remove cookies set on your device, visit: http://www.aboutcookies.org/Default.aspx?page=1‘Our use of cookies’
General
Cookie: has_js
To check whether certain interactive services will work when you view the website. The Cookie expires as you leave the website.
Cookie: __cfduid
The __cfduid cookie is used to override any security restrictions based on the IP address the visitor is coming from. For example, if the visitor is on public Wi-Fi where there are a bunch of infected machines, but the visitor’s machine is known trusted, then the cookie can override the security setting. It does not correspond to any userid in the web application, nor does the cookie store any personally identifiable information. Note: This cookie is strictly necessary for site security operations and can’t be turned off.
Cookies used: GoogleAccountsLocale_session, S, SID, SAPISID, APISID, SSID, HSID, NID, PREF, _ga
Data stored: A random unique number or string of letters and numbers to identify your browser, the times and dates that you interacted with the site recently and the marketing materials or referring pages that led you to the site. Various unique identifiers, except for PREF which stores your options such as preferred zoom level.
When do they expire: For Google Maps most of the cookies expire 10 years after your last visit to a page containing a Google Map. For Google Anayltics the longest lasting cookie expires 2 years after your last visit to the website. Others are deleted 6 months, 30 minutes and the moment you close your browser.
Description: We use Google Maps, Google Analytics and Google Translate within the website. The purpose of these are to enhance the visitor experience and help us improve our content by providing annoymous data about your visit.
