Privacy Policy

LGBT London is for LGBT Londoners and LGBT groups and organisations to network and voice their views. The Consortium of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Voluntary and Community Organisations ("The Consortium") currently provides technical and administrative support for this site.

The Consortium is committed to safeguarding the privacy of visitors to this website; this policy sets out how The Consortium will treat your personal information.

This privacy policy

This privacy policy is based on a template created by SEQ Legal. Premium templates available from SEQ Legal include: confidentiality agreements, consultancy agreements and distribution agreements.

What information does The Consortium collect?

The Consortium may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal information:

(a) information about your computer and about your visits to and use of this website (including your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation);

(b) information that you provide to The Consortium for the purpose of registering with us;

Cookies

A cookie consists of information sent by a web server to a web browser, and stored by the browser. The information is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. This enables the web server to identify and track the web browser.

The Consortium may use both “session” cookies and “persistent” cookies on this website. The Consortium will use the session cookies to: keep track of you whilst you navigate the website. The Consortium will use the persistent cookies to: enable this website to recognise you when you visit.

Session cookies will be deleted from your computer when you close your browser. Persistent cookies will remain stored on your computer until deleted, or until they reach a specified expiry date.

The Consortium uses Google Analytics to analyse the use of this website. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users' computers. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. Google will store this information. Google's privacy policy is available at: http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html.

Most browsers allow you to reject all cookies, whilst some browsers allow you to reject just third party cookies. For example, in Internet Explorer you can refuse all cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Internet Options”, “Privacy”, and selecting “Block all cookies” using the sliding selector. Blocking all cookies will, however, have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites, including this one.

Using your personal information

Personal information submitted to us via this website will be used for the purposes specified in this privacy policy or in relevant parts of the website.

The Consortium may use your personal information to:

(a) administer the website;

(b) improve your browsing experience by personalising the website;

(d) send you email notifications which you have specifically requested;

The Consortium will not without your express consent provide your personal information to any third parties for the purpose of direct marketing.

Disclosures

The Consortium may disclose information about you to its employees insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes as set out in this privacy policy.

In addition, The Consortium may disclose your personal information:

(a) to the extent that we are required to do so by law;

(b) in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings;

(c) in order to establish, exercise or defend its legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk);

Except as provided in this privacy policy, The Consortium will not provide your information to third parties.

Security of your personal information

The Consortium will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.

The Consortium will store all the personal information you provide on its secure (password- and firewall- protected) servers.

Of course, data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure, and The Consortium cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.

Policy amendments

The Consortium may update this privacy policy from time-to-time by posting a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes.

Third party websites

The website contains links to other websites. The Consortium is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of third party websites.

Updating information

Please let The Consortium know if the personal information which we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.

Contact

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or treatment of your personal information, please write by email to info@lgbtlondon.com or by post to LGBT London, c/o Consortium of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Voluntary and Community Organisations, J111 Tower Bridge Business Complex, 100 Clements Road, London, SE16 4DG.