Privacy Policy
Your privacy is very important to us. We will never pass on, trade, exchange or sell your personal details to anyone without your express consent. Not a sister company, a ‘friendly third party’ or even the charity you are donating to.
There is one exception to that rule: when you build a ploink! page, we reserve the right to pass on your name, email address and postal address to the charity you have chosen to support, so that they can thank you. You can opt in to receive further communications from them if you like, but you don’t have to.
That’s it. But if you want the fuller version, here it is:
By visiting or registering with ploink.co.uk, you are agreeing to the practices detailed in the Privacy Policy below so please read on to find out how information relating to you will be treated as you use our site.
The information we collect from you as a site visitor?ploink! collects information about the Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of all visitors to our site. An IP address is a number assigned to your computer automatically when you use the internet. This information is only collected in aggregate (in other words, we are not able to monitor your individual usage of the site) and helps us monitor site traffic patterns in order to improve our service. ??
This site uses cookies for some interactive features. A cookie is a small amount of data, which includes an anonymous unique identifier, that is sent to your browser from a web site's computers and stored on your computer's hard drive. Most browsers will automatically accept cookies. You can set your browser to reject cookies but some parts of the web site may not function properly if the cookies are rejected.
The information we collect from you as a registered user with a ploink! page?When you create a secure personal account on ploink!, we collect your title, name, email address, postal address, your declaration of gift aid status, your phone number (where you agree to provide it) and your password. We reserve the right to pass on your name and email and home addresses to the charity that will benefit from the donations you are collecting. In all other instances, we will not pass on this information to any third party unless you give us your express consent.
The information we collect from you when you donate?If you donate on ploink!, we collect your first and last name, your credit or debit card details (including card type, card number and expiry date) and your billing address. We will only use your payment details for the purpose of processing your donation via our card processing partner Cardsave. If you make a Gift Aid declaration, we will pass it on to HM Revenue and Customs for the purpose of reclaiming tax on behalf of the recipient charity. Your Gift Aid declaration includes your name and home address (which may be different from your billing address) along with the confirmation that you are paying sufficient amounts of tax in the current tax year.
Email alerts and newsletters from ploink! ?We may send you short emails from time to time: email alerts with important information about our service and newsletters with tips, stories and competitions. You will always be offered the ability to unsubscribe from our newsletters and from our fundraising tips, donation alerts and fundraising updates. If you have a personal ploink! account, you can change your contact preferences at any time by visiting the ‘Your details’ and ‘Change your email preferences’ sections.
Charities’ use of your personal information ?Where you have opted in to pass on your personal details to a charity through our website, ploink! declines all responsibility for the subsequent use of your personal information by the charity. If you wish to stop receiving further communications from a charity, please contact them directly.
Security precautions to protect your information?The transfer of online transaction data to and from the web site is protected by the implementation of a Secure Sockets Layer protocol. Our VeriSign 128-bit secure certificate allows web browsers to verify the authenticity of our secure ploink.co.uk domain and to communicate with our site securely, protecting confidential information from interception and hacking. It is your responsibility to keep your password secure at all times to avoid unauthorised use of your ploink! account.
Legal process? Although unlikely, ploink! may be forced by law to provide personally identifiable information to the appropriate authorities.
Acceptance of our Privacy Policy?Use of the ploink! website and associated services implies acceptance of this Privacy Policy. If you are not satisfied with any aspect of it please do not continue to use the website and services. This policy may change from time to time and you are deemed to have accepted the current version each time you use ploink.co.uk or any site powered by us.
If you have any questions about our privacy policy please contact us via email at info@ploink.co.uk
