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Privacy Policy
GoodFund is committed to protecting the personal information
of all its service users. We recognize our obligation to keep
personal information secure and believe that it is important
for our customers to know how we treat their personal information.
This policy applies to personal information collected by GoodFund
about applicants to GoodFund and visitors to its web site.
By using the GoodFund web site you acknowledge that you have
read this privacy policy and that you consent to the use of
your personal information for the purposes and in the manner
set out in this policy. If you would not like your personal
information to be used on the basis set out in this policy you
should not feel obliged to provide your personal details to
us. In that case, we regret that you will not be able to participate
or benefit from any GoodFund activities.
We may from time to time make changes to this policy. This
page always offers the most recent information on our privacy
policy. GoodFund complies with the United Kingdom Data Protection
Act 1998, Human Rights Act, 1998 and e-Privacy Regulations,
2003, in the collection and processing of personal information.
Information Collected
GoodFund collects from time to time personal information
(name, address, email address, etc.) about applicants and
enquiries. We will let you know if we are requesting any
information that is not essential to any GoodFund activity.
We also collect personal information about your visits to
our web site. We collect information directly from applicants
and visitors when they voluntarily submit their personal
information to us. At certain parts of our web site, we
may provide the opportunity for users to request information.
When this sort of information is collected we will provide
the reason for collecting the information and how the information
will be used. We reserve the right to add to this list of
opportunities available to our users to interact with us.
It is completely up to users to provide us with their personal
information.
Use of Collected Information
Generally, our existing and potential customers are informed
of the use of their personal information at the time of
collection. Personal information provided to us or collected
by us will be used to respond to inquiries, process requests
or provide our services and these may include:administering
GoodFund and generally providing the services requested
of us;
- preparing demographic statistics;
- displaying appropriate individualised advertisements and
content on our web site;
- complying with legal and regulatory obligations;
- sending written communications to you of important service
changes, new features, technical issue updates and news
about other Novamedia group products and services.
If you do not wish to receive such written communications
from us and/or from any of our agents please notify us (see
'Legal Rights' below). Telephone calls to and from our Customer
Care Department are recorded for training and security purposes.
GoodFund will not send any unsolicited information to you
including email regarding any third party commercial offers
or advertisements. Disclosure of Personal Information We
may disclose your information to other companies that we
have contracted with to provide services to us or on our
behalf. The organizations that we disclose personal data
to are obliged to comply with rules on data protection,
information security, confidentiality and access control.
In order to set out the standard to be adhered to in any
data-sharing activity, GoodFund will put a data-sharing
protocol in place to ensure that such third party organizations
are processing personal data in compliance with the law.
GoodFund may, therefore, disclose personal data:
- to agents who process your information on our behalf under
strict security and confidentiality conditions;
- to process payment requests via financial institutions;
- where we believe in good faith that we need to do so to
comply with the law or in the course of legal process or
to protect the interests of our players and/or of our beneficiaries;
or
- with your consent.
Links
Our web-sites may contain links to other sites. Although
utmost care is exercised in providing links to sites that
share our high standards, GoodFund shall not be responsible
for the content, security, availability and privacy practices
used by such linked sites. The linked pages are provided
for the convenience of our site users only and do not constitute
an approval of their services or practices. Links from other
web-sites to our home page do not require prior permission
from us but deep linking into any other page of our site
should not be effected without prior permission from us.
Legal Rights
You have legal rights of access to personal information that
we hold about you and may review or update any personal information
that is provided to us or collected through this web site on
written request to us. You can also inform us that you do not
want us to send you written communications as discussed in "Information
Collected" above. If you want to exercise these rights or have
any queries regarding this policy please e-mail info@goodfund.org.
SECURITY STATEMENT
As information security is critical to our activities GoodFund
attaches a lot of importance to the security of personal
information. We handle personal information with commitment
to ensure a secure environment that can be trusted to fulfil
all confidentiality requirements.
Documented steps are taken to safeguard information according
to established security standards and procedures and we
continually assess and use cutting-edge technology for protecting
information. Personal and confidential information used
in transactions are kept confidential.
GoodFund is committed to ensuring information confidentiality
through the use of state-of-the-art information security
practices, controls, policies and procedures. GoodFund uses
and maintains strict physical, electronic and administrative
safeguards to protect user's personal information from unauthorised
or inappropriate access. Personal information collected
by us is stored in secure operating environments that are
not accessible by the public.
Employees, business partners and affiliates who misuse a
user's personal information are subject to legal or disciplinary
actions. The company uses a comprehensive and effective
security management program for the purpose of eliminating
the risks posed by potential threats to the company's electronic
information resources. The controls that have been put in
place work to ensure that the company's systems are protected
against unauthorised access, disclosure, modification or
destruction. Any person or group that accesses the company's
web-site and other e-systems must, however, recognise the
responsibility to preserve the security and confidentiality
of resources/systems and respect the right of other users.
© 2006 GoodFund's Privacy Policy and Security Statement have
been last updated: June 6, 2005  |
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