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Privacy Policy

The Gosport Community Responders, a Charity division of the South Central Ambulance Service Trust (SCAST) , is committed to protecting the privacy of information provided by visitors to the community-responders.co.uk website (“Website”). This privacy policy explains how personally identifiable information about individuals who visit the Website (“personal information”) is collected and used by the Gosport Community Responders and South Central Ambulance Service Trust. References in this privacy policy to “we”, “our” and “us” refer to the Gosport Community Responders and South Central Ambulance Service Trust and to “you” and “your” refer to visitors to the Website.

Collection of personal information
You may use the Website without providing any personal information. However, if you wish to contact us using the online form, you are requested to provide certain contact details, such as your name, e-mail and postal address and contact telephone number. Amongst other things, the online form , request further information or raise medical queries. In some cases you may add comments or queries which might also contain personal information.

You may request the removal of your personal information from our systems at any time by contacting us at the address below or by sending an email to dataofficer@community-responders.co.uk

We also use ‘cookies’ on the Website. Cookies record on your computer details about the particular web pages you visit and services you utilise. You may disable the use of cookies but this may limit the functionality of our Website or your access to it.

Our use of personal information
Personal information collected by us via the Website is stored and used by us as appropriate to administer or respond to specific queries or comments and to provide further information relating to the activities of the Gosport Community Responders and South Central Ambulance Service Trust.

Any sensitive personal details contained in comments or queries which are sent to us via the Website, such as your religious beliefs, racial or ethnic origin, physical or mental health or condition or sexual life, will be held and processed in confidence by the Gosport Community Responders and South Central Ambulance Service Trust and shall only be used for the purposes of responding to the query or comment in question. [Once we have responded to your query or comments, your sensitive personal data will be deleted from our records.]

Unless we are required to do so by law, we will not disclose any personal information collected via the Website to any person other than as set out above.

Right of access
Under the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998, you are entitled to a copy of any personal information held by us. To request a copy, please contact us at the address below or by sending an email to dataofficer@community-responders.co.uk  A fee is chargeable for providing such information.

Security
The Website and our computer systems have security measures in place with the aim of protecting the loss, misuse or alteration of personal information held by us.

Linked Sites
The Website may contain links to other Internet sites which are outside our control and are not covered by this privacy policy. We are not responsible for data which you provide through any such linked websites.

Who to contact
Please send any comments or questions relating to this privacy policy or personal information held by us to the address below, or by email to dataofficer@community-responders.co.uk

Data Protection Officer
South Central Ambulance Service
Highcroft
Rosey Road
Winchester
So22

August 2006