Privacy Statement @ Hillwalking.org.uk

Hillwalking.org.uk's Privacy Policy..in brief

More detail...

What information do we collect or use?

There are sections in our Web site where we may ask you to register in order to gain access to high value documents, or to be able to download various items, or to make contact with Hillwalking.org.uk. Any information you provide will remain the secured property of Hillwalking.org.uk. Under no circumstances will it be sold or rented to any third party. Hillwalking.org.uk may, however, use your contact information to send you any information you have specifically requested or any other information or news about our company and services. Your details maybe used in an aggregated form for marketing analysis of our Web site traffic.

In addition to any personal information you may provide, Hillwalking.org.uk may, on occasion use software or other tools that enable the collection of relevant technical information, for example the IP address (Internet protocol) (IP), the operating system deployed on your computer, the browser used for access, various traffic patterns, as well as the address of any referring Web sites. Hillwalking.org.uk always traces how a visitor arrives at our home page, however it is not possible to and we will not attempt to gather information about other sites that have been visited prior to landing at Hillwalking.org.uk

How we may use your personal information?


Hillwalking.org.uk may use your personal information for the following purposes:

What's a 'cookie'?

We may place a text file called a "cookie" in the browser files of your computer. The cookie itself does not contain Personal Information although it will enable us to relate your use of this site to information that you have specifically and knowingly provided. But the only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. Hillwalking.org.uk uses cookies to track user traffic patterns (as described above).

You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. If you've set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies, you will receive the warning message with each cookie. You do not need to have cookies turned on to use this site. However, you do need cookies to participate actively in message boards, forums and polling. The cookie stored on your computer is simply a numeric identifier that we use to identify you as you move around the site and so you can retrieve information you have previously sent to our server.


What about links on your site?

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Opting Out

Hillwalking.org.uk provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us and our partners at the point where we request information about the visitor.

This site gives users the following options to discontinue receiving future communications by any of the following means:

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