Aberdeen & NE Scotland Family History Society

ABERDEEN & N.E. SCOTLAND FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY

Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy Statement

This privacy policy sets out how the Aberdeen and North-East Scotland Family History Society (the Society) uses and protects any information that you give when you use this website. The Society is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
The Society may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 12th May 2012.

What we collect

We may collect the following information:

name
contact information including e-mail address
payment card details

We only collect information pertaining to a user's membership of the Society. We do not collect any information from non-members.

What we do with the information we gather

We require this information to manage memberships of the Society, and in particular for the following reasons:

Internal record-keeping to manage Society memberships
To allow us to send Society membership literature to your postal address
To process your Society membership subscription
We may occasionally send e-mails, to Society members only, concerning your Society membership and using the e-mail address which you have provided
We may occasionally send promotional e-mails, to Society members only, about relevant events in your local area, using the e-mail address which you have provided
We use payment card information only to collect a membership subscription for new or renewal memberships

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
We do not retain any payment card details on file.

How we use cookies

This website does not use any cookies.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites; and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Controlling your personal information

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties. We will use your personal information only for the purpose of administering your Society membership. You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you, please write to: The Secretary, Aberdeen and NE Scotland Family History Society, 158-164 King Street, Aberdeen AB24 5BD.
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to us at the above address or e-mail us (enquiries@anesfhs.org.uk) as soon as possible. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

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The Aberdeen & NE Scotland Family History Society is a registered charity, No. SC012478, VAT Registration no 875 3262 06