Privacy

• The information contained in this website has been prepared solely for the purpose of providing information about the Ribble Valley Sub Aqua Club.
• The materials contained within this website are directed at those who access the website from within the United Kingdom. Those who access the site from other locations are responsible for compliance with local laws to the extent that they are applicable.
• In the preparation of this site, every effort has been made to offer correct, current and clearly expressed information. However, inadvertent errors can occur and applicable laws, rules and regulations change. The information on this site is intended for general guidance on matters of interest; it is not intended for use without professional advice. Ribble Valley Sub Aqua Club neither assumes nor accepts any responsibility or liability (including for negligence) in relation to information provided by this site.
• Ribble Valley Sub Aqua Club has taken all reasonable care in the preparation of the content of this website but no warranty is given to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained on this website.
• Copyright © 2005, Ribble Valley Sub Aqua Club All rights reserved. No part of the text or graphics on this site may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without permission in writing from Settle & District Chamber of Trade. However, you are permitted to print or save to your local hard disk one copy of reasonable extracts from the site for your personal use. Requests for permission for copying or use beyond this should be sent to info@rvsac.org.
• Any visitor to the 'rvsac.org' website who hyperlinks to any other website is deemed to acknowledge that Erskine has not reviewed and disclaims responsibility for any information contained in any such site accessed through the hyperlink.
• Information Collection and Use
  Ribble Valley Sub Aqua Club is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. Ribble Valley Sub Aqua Club collects information from our users at several different points on our website.
• Registration
  In order to use some parts of this website, a user must first complete a registration form. During registration a user is required to give their contact information (such as name and email address). This information is used to contact the user about the services on our site for which they have expressed interest. It is optional for the user to provide demographic information and unique identifiers, but encouraged so we can provide a more personalized experience on our site.
• Cookies
  A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s hard drive containing information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site. Once the user closes their browser, the cookie simply terminates. For instance, by setting a cookie on our site, the user would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site. If a user rejects the cookie, they may still use our site. The only drawback to this is that the user will be limited in some areas of our site. For example, the user will not be able to participate in any of our Contests, etc that may periodically take place. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site. Some of our partners use cookies on our site (for example, advertisers). However, we have no access to or control over these cookies.
• Log Files
  We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.
• Sharing
  We will share aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person.
• We partner with another party to provide specific services. When the user signs up for these services, we will share names, or other contact information that is necessary for the third party to provide these services.
• These parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing these services.
• Links
  This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we Ribble Valley Sub Aqua Club are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.
• Newsletter
  If a user wishes to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask for contact information such as name and email address. e-mail to a friend
  If a user elects to use our referral service for informing a friend about our site through the use of 'e-mail to a friend', we ask them for the friend’s name and email address. Ribble Valley Sub Aqua Club will automatically send the friend a one-time email inviting them to visit the site to view their ''e-mail to a friend'. Ribble Valley Sub Aqua Club stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email. The friend may contact Ribble Valley Sub Aqua Club  at info@rvsac.org to request the removal of this information from their database.
• Security
  This website takes every precaution to protect our users’ information. When users submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and off-line. If you have any questions about the security at our website, you can send an email to info@rvsac.org.
• Site and Service Updates
  We also send the user site and service announcement updates. Members are not able to un-subscribe from service announcements, which contain important information about the service. We communicate with the user to provide requested services and in regards to issues relating to their account via email or phone.
• Correction/Updating Personal Information
  If a user’s personally identifiable information changes (such as your postal/zip code), or if a user no longer desires our service, we will endeavor to provide a way to correct, update or remove that user’s personal data provided to us. This can be done by emailing info@rvsac.org or you can contact us by post or telephone; address details at the bottom of this form.
• Choice/Opt-out
  Our users are given the opportunity to ‘opt-out’ of having their information used for purposes not directly related to our site at the point where we ask for the information. For example, our order form has an ‘opt-out’ mechanism so users who buy a product from us, but don’t want any marketing material, can keep their email address off of our lists.
• Users who no longer wish to receive our newsletter or promotional materials from our partners may opt-out of receiving these communications by emailing us at info@rvsac.org or you can contact us by postor telephone; address details at the bottom of this form.
• Users of our site are always notified when their information is being collected by any outside parties. We do this so our users can make an informed choice as to whether they should proceed with services that require an outside party, or not.
• Notification of Changes
  If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our Homepage so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.