Privacy Policy
Data collection, processing and storage
All information that we hold concerning you as an individual will be held and processed by Maggie’s Centres strictly in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998.
Such data will be used by Maggie's Centres to administer our relationship with you as a valued service user or supporter and to provide you with information about Maggie’s activities for related purposes.
We will not, without your consent, supply your name and addresses to any third party except where (1) such transfer is a necessary part of the activities that we undertake, or (2) we are required to do so by operation of law.
As an individual, you have a right under the Data Protection Act 1998 to obtain information from us, including a description of the data that we hold on you. Should you have any queries concerning this right, please contact our Supporter Care Team at enquiries@maggiescentres.org
Use of cookies
What are cookies?
We want to make access to our website and what we offer online easy, useful and reliable. Sometimes this involves placing small amounts of information on your computer or mobile phone known as cookies. Cookies cannot be used to identify you personally.
These pieces of information are used to improve services for you through, for example:
• Enabling a service to recognise your device (your computer, phone or tablet for example) so you don't have to give the same information several times during one task, like submitting a form.
• Recognising that you may already have given a username and password so you don't need to do it for every web page you subsequently access on our site.
• Measuring how many people are using our services, so they can be made easier to use and there's enough capacity to ensure they are fast.
You can view what cookies are stored on your computer, remove them or stop them being placed in the future. This is different for each web browser and device. To find out how to do this for your device’s web browser, search for ‘cookies’ in your browser’s help menu.
Cookies we use
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to measure the number of visitors we have to our website and what content they use most. This helps us ensure that the website continues to meet the needs of our visitors and they can find information quickly and easily. It does not identify individual users but measures the overall behaviour or our visitors.
Cookie names: _utma, _utmb, _utmc, _utmz
Expires: up to 2 years after visit so new and returning visitors can be distinguished
sIFR (or Scalable Inman Flash Replacement)
Our site makes use of Flash to display fonts that aren’t necessarily installed on your computer. This cookie is set once the fonts are loaded to prevent the need to keep re-loading them.
Cookie name: sifrFetch
Expires: at end of browsing session
Sessions (JSESSID and User)
Session cookies are set once you have logged in with your username and password, so you don't have to do it for every web page you navigate to on our site. This information is stored as a random string of letters and numbers.
Cookie names: JSESSID, User
Expires: at end of browsing session
Disclaimer
Although we believe that you may benefit from what you may find through use of the Internet, Maggie's Centres can accept no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the information you may find, and would strongly advise you to discuss your findings with your doctor or a member of the centre staff to help you place your findings in a proper perspective.
We place no limits on where you may look apart from those employed by the providers of the information. Much of the information you find will have been written by and for researchers and may be mainly statistical in nature. Nevertheless we believe that there is useful information to be obtained from searching the Internet, and would encourage you to search.