We use the information we collect about you to help us with understanding more about how our site is used and to be able to send you communications that may be of interest to you, either electronically or otherwise.

When you are on the website and are asked for personal information, you are sharing that information with Bliss alone, unless stated otherwise. (For example, when you are using our secure online donation pages you are going through to a partner company, Worldpay).

Bliss will not disclose any of your personally identifiable information, except when we have your permission or under special circumstances, such as when we believe that the law requires it. When you are using our secure online donation pages you are going through to a partner company and the information you give, such as credit or debit card details and contact information, is provided so that the transaction can take place.

If you indicated that you are interested in receiving regular information about Bliss’ activities, we will send you communications either electronically or by post. In addition we may send you direct mail that we feel may be of interest to you.

Bliss does not sell or rent your information to anyone without prior consent.

As an individual, you have a right under the Data Protection Act 1998 to obtain information from us, including a description of the data that we hold on you. Should you have any queries concerning this right, please contact Julia Billington on juliab@bliss.org.uk or 020 7378 1122, or by writing to Bliss, 9 Holyrood Street, London, SE1 2EL.

The accuracy of your information is important to us. If your contact details change, or if any other information we hold is inaccurate or out of date please email enquiries@bliss.org.uk or write to Bliss, 9 Holyrood Street, London SE1 2EL with the details.

Cookies

Like many websites, Bliss uses cookies (on the parent message board) in order to provide you with a more personalised web service. A cookie is a text-only string of information that we pass to your computer’s hard disk through your web browser so that the website can remember who you are. Cookies cannot be used by themselves to identify you. A cookie will typically contain the name of the domain from which the cookie has come, the “lifetime” of the cookie, and a value, usually a randomly generated unique number. For more information about cookies, please see the Cookies link.

If you do not wish to receive cookies you can easily modify your web browser to refuse cookies, or to notify you when you receive a new cookie. However, you may not be able to use all the interactive features of our site if cookies are disabled, and so in order to enjoy the Bliss site to the full, we recommend that you leave them switched on. For instructions on how to stop cookies being installed on your browser, please see the Manage Cookies link.