This statement covers the services provided by the Big Lottery Fund at http://www.big-thinking.org.uk
The Data Controller for this website is the Big Lottery Fund ('BIG'). BIG is not responsible for the content of any other external websites and this statement does not cover websites linked to from this website.
This statement covers what information is collected about users when they visit www.big-thinking.org.uk It also includes details on how this information is used, if it is disclosed and the ways in which we protect users' privacy.
Confidentiality and security
- Any information you provide will be held securely and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.
- Your personal details will not be disclosed to third parties without your consent unless required to do so by law.
- You have a right to access the personal information we hold about you at any time.
Please take the time to read about the Freedom of Information Act 2000
Information we collect from visitors
Feedback and comments on the websites listed above should be sent to webmaster@big-thinking.org.uk
We will only use this information to develop and improve the site or to respond to you where necessary.
Complaints, requests for information and general queries
Any information provided will be used for the purpose of administering your complaint, request for information or general queries. We may pass your details or refer you to another Lottery distributor, Government department or other relevant organisation where necessary.
Email alerts and newsletters
If you sign up to receive email alerts we will use the information you give us to provide the service(s) you have requested. We may occasionally contact email alert subscribers to help us evaluate and improve the service that we offer.
If you inform us that you wish to cancel a subscription we will remove you from our mailing list and your details will be deleted from our records.
Site usage information Cookies and Log files
Cookies are data created when you visit a site, and may contain a unique, anonymous identifier and website settings. They are stored on your computer and may or may not expire at the end of your browsing session. Cookies do not contain any personal information about you and cannot be used to identify an individual user. If you choose not to accept the cookie, this will not affect your access to the majority of facilities available on our websites.
The Big thinking site uses cookies for collecting non-personal user information from the sites. The site does not collect any information about you except that required for the system administration of the website.
Log files record visitors' use of the site. The Big Lottery Fund New media team compiles log file information from all our visitors, which we use to make improvements to sites and to the information in it. As with cookies, log files do not contain any personal information.
If you receive the HTML-formatted version of a newsletter, your opening of the newsletter email is notified to us and saved. Your clicks on links in the newsletter are also saved. These and the open statistics are used in aggregate form to give us an indication of the popularity of the content and to help us make decisions about future content and formatting.
Changes to this privacy policy
If this privacy policy changes in any way, we will place an updated version on this page.
Last updated November 2008.