Firm Foundation Trust is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
This Privacy Policy (together with our Terms of Use and any other documents referred to on it) sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.
1. Information About Us
1.1 Firm Foundation Trust (“we/us”) is a registered charity dedicated to developing vital Biblical resources for the Turkish speaking church.
1.2 These terms of use govern our “Site(s)”.
1.2.1 This/these Site(s) are operated by Firm Foundation Trust, Registered Charity No. 277298 in England and Wales (United Kingdom).
1.2.2 Contact addresses:
Post: Challenge House, 3B, 29 Canal Street, Glasgow G4 0AD, United Kingdom.
Email: info@firmfoundationtrust.org
2. Information We May Collect From You
2.1 We may collect and process the following data about you:
2.1.1 Information that you provide by filling in forms on our Site(s). This includes information provided at the time of registering to use our Site(s), subscribing to our services, posting material or requesting further services. We may also ask you for information if, for instance, you enter a competition or sponsored promotion, and when you report a problem with our Site(s).
2.1.2 Information that is publicly available such as from details at Companies House.
2.1.3 If you contact us by email, fax, telephone or post or if you come to see us and leave your details, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
2.1.4 If you make an order from us such as requesting a publication or you register for an event, we may collect your details.
2.1.5 We may also ask you to complete surveys that we use for research purposes, although you do not have to respond to them.
2.1.6 Details of any transactions you carry out or orders you make through our Site(s).
2.1.7 Details of your visits to our Site(s) including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data and the resources that you access.
3. IP Addresses and Cookies
3.1 We may collect information about your computer, including where available, your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and trouble shooting purposes. This is statistical data about our users’ browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.
3.2 For the same reason, we may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. They help us to improve our Site(s) and to deliver a better and more personalised service. They enable us:
3.2.1 To estimate our audience size and usage pattern.
3.2.2 To store information about your preferences, and so allow us to customise our Site according to your individual interests.
3.2.3 To speed up your searches.
3.2.4 To recognise you when you return to our Site(s).
3.3 You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Site(s). Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to our Site(s).
4. Where We Store Your Personal Data
4.1 All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. Any payment transactions will be encrypted using SSL technology. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our Site(s), you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.
4.2 The data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). This may happen if, for instance, details you post on our Site(s) or ask us to, so posts are viewed by someone overseas. It may also occur if we decide to transfer our IT operations overseas which will mean your data would be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us or for one of our suppliers. Such staff maybe engaged in, among other things, the fulfilment of any requests or orders you make and the provision of support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.
4.3 Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our Site(s); any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
5. Uses Made of the Information
5.1 We use information held about you in the following ways:
5.1.1 To update our database(s) so that your data and business details can be kept up to date.
5.1.2 Where you register your details on our business directory Site(s), to post such details on our business directory so that they can be viewable online, subject to our Terms of Use.
5.1.3 To ensure that content from our Site(s) is/are presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.
5.1.4 To provide you with information, products or services that you request from us or which we feel may interest you, where you have consented to be contacted for such purposes.
5.1.5 To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us.
5.1.6 To allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so.
5.1.7 To notify you about changes to our service or Site(s).
5.2 We may also use your data, or permit selected third parties to use your data, to update their databases and in some cases to provide you with information about events and or goods and services which may be of interest to you and we or they may contact you about these by post, telephone or by electronic means.
5.3 If you have registered your details with us, and where we permit selected third parties to use your data, we (or they) will contact you by electronic means only if you have consented to this.
5.4 If you do not want us to use your data in this way, or to pass your details on to third parties for marketing purposes, please tick the relevant box situated on the form on which we collect your data or contact us at any of our addresses at 1.2.2 above.
6. Disclosure of Your Information
6.1 We may disclose your personal information to any member of our group, which means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries, as defined in section 736 of the United Kingdom Companies Act 1985.
6.2 We may disclose your personal information to third parties:
6.2.1 In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets.
6.2.2 If we or substantially all of our assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by us about you will be one of the transferred assets.
6.2.3 If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of us, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
7. Your Rights
7.1 You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will usually inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by checking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data. You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting us at any of our addresses at 1.2.2 above.
7.2 Our Site(s) may, from time to time, contain links to and from the website of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these website, please note that these website have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.
8. Access to Information
8.1 The Act gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Act. Any access request may be subject to a fee of £10/US$20 to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you.
9. Changes to Our Privacy Policy
9.1 Any changes we may make to our Privacy Policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by email.
10. Data Protection Act 1998
10.1 We are registered under the Data Protection Act 1998 and ensure we comply with all protection the Act affords you. Our Data Protection registration number is Z1255371. Further information on the Act can be found at www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk.
10.2 Our nominated representative for the purpose of the Act is Data Controller.
11. Contact
11.1 Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy should be addressed to the Data Controller at any of our addresses at 1.2.2 above.