Privacy Policy Statement

The Association of Charity Officers site does not automatically capture or store personal information, other than logging the user's IP address and session information such as the duration of the visit and the type of browser used. This is recognised by the Web server and is only used for system administration and to provide important statistics which the Association draws on to evaluate use of the site.
We do not use cookies for collecting user information from the site. You may be asked for personal information if you want to take advantage of specific services. In which case we will only use the personal information you provide to deliver the services you have told us you wish to take part in.

Data Protection
Where the Association collects personal data we will use your for administration and to provide help to people in need. We may employ the services of a third party to help us in certain areas such as website hosting. In some cases that third party may receive your information. However at all times the Association will control and be responsible for the use of your information.
We are registered in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. We may collect information about the pages you view online and we may hold this information in our database. We will not give, sell or lease this information or any of your Personal Data to any other firm, person, organisation or agency for commercial purposes.
We may from time to time communicate information about our services to you.

Electronic Communications
The electronic transmission of information cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error free and such information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost or otherwise be adversely affected or unsafe to use. We will use reasonable procedures to check for the most commonly known viruses before sending information electronically but the Association of Charity Officers shall not have any liability to you in respect of any error or omission arising from or in connection with the electronic communication of information to you.
If you are concerned about the security of electronic transmission, please do not submit information to us by e-mail or online through the website.

Your Consent
By using our website you consent to the collection and use of your personal information in the manner set out above. If we change or modify our privacy policy we shall post these changes on this page.
If you do not agree with this privacy policy and would prefer that we did not hold any information about you on our file, please do not submit your information to us.

Correcting/Updating Personal Information
If your personal information changes or if you no longer wish to receive information from us please let us know and we will correct, update or remove your details. This can be done by emailing us at info@aco.uk.net

The privacy policy only covers the Association of Charity Officers’ Website at http://www.aco.uk.net.  The links provided within this site to other websites are not covered by this policy.

Summary of terms
Browser
Used to locate and display Web pages via a software application. The most popular ones are Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Cookie
Message given to a web browser by a web server. The message is then stored by the browser in a text file called cookie.txt. Each time the browser requests a page from the server, this message is sent back. A cookie's main objective is to identify users and personalise their visit by customising web pages for them for example by welcoming them by name next time they visit the same site. A site using cookies will usually invite you to provide personal information such as your name, e-mail address and interests.
IP (Internet Protocol)
All networks connected to the internet speak IP, the technical standard which allows data to be transmitted between two devices.
TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) is responsible for making sure messages get from one host to another and that the messages are understood.
IP address
If you are connected to the Internet you have one, for example it may look something like this 198.184.98.9
Web Server
Delivers (serves up) web pages to your computer.