Captivating International's Privacy Policy

Captivating International respects and values your privacy. The following constitutes Captivating International's Online Privacy Policy for the collection, protection and use of the personal and private information we receive from donors and visitors to this web site.

Personal Information

You can visit Captivating International on the Internet without telling us who you are and without giving any personal information about yourself. However, there may be occasions when we may need information from you. Captivating International collects personal information upon a visitor's request to subscribe to our newsletters and announcements. Captivating International also collects personal information about donors in connection with their donation. If you tell us that you do not want us to use this information to make further contact with you beyond an initial response, we will respect your wishes. If you give us personal information about somebody else, such as a spouse or a work colleague, we will assume that you have their permission to do so. Captivating International will NOT sell, rent or trade this information to a third party.

Email Updates

Captivating International provides email updates to keep interested visitors to our website informed of developments and events related to our mission. In order to receive these updates you must provide Captivating International with your name, street address and email address. This information will be held in complete confidence, and Captivating International will NOT sell, rent, trade or otherwise reveal this information to a third party. You can have your name removed from our email list at any time by emailing enquiries@captivating.org with the subject line stating "unsubscribe".

Our Global Practices

Captivating International is a global organisation with legal entities, business processes, management structures and technical systems that cross national borders. Our privacy practices will provide protection for your personal information all over the world. We may share your personal information within Captivating International and our related companies and transfer it to countries in the world where we do business. Some countries may provide less legal protection for your information. In such countries, Captivating International will handle information in the manner we describe here in this policy.

Links to Other Internet Websites

Please be aware that Captivating International may provide links to third party websites from our site as a service to our users and we are not responsible for the content or information collection practices of those sites. We have no ability to control the privacy and data collection practices of such sites and the privacy policies of such sites may differ from that of Captivating International. Therefore, we encourage you to review and understand the privacy policies of such sites before providing them with any information.

Information Security and Integrity

We intend to protect your personal information and to maintain its integrity. Where necessary, we use encryption when transmitting certain sensitive information.

Supplementing Information

We may supplement information you give us via the Captivating International web site with information from other sources, such as information validating your address or other available information about businesses. This is to help us maintain the accuracy of the information we collect and to help us provide a better online experience.

Mergers and Acquisitions

Captivating International may decide to sell, buy, merge or otherwise reorganise businesses or associations in some countries. Such a transaction may involve the disclosure of personal information to prospective or actual purchasers, or receiving it from sellers. It is Captivating International practice to seek appropriate protection for information in these types of transactions.

Clickstream Data

We may collect non-identifiable information from visitors to our web site. Examples of such include keeping track of the domains from which people visit and measuring visitor activity on the Captivating International web site. This is done in ways that will not collect your personal data. This information is sometimes known as "clickstream data". Captivating International, or others on our behalf, may use this data to analyse trends and statistics and to help us provide a better customer experience. Also, when we collect personal data from you in a transaction, we may extract some information about that transaction in a non-identifiable format and combine it with other non-identifiable information such as clickstream data. This information is used and analysed only at an aggregate level to help us understand trends and patterns. This information is not reviewed at an individual level.

If you do not want your transaction details used in this manner you can disable your cookies. A cookie is a piece of data that a web site can send to your browser, which may then be stored on your computer as an anonymous tag that identifies your computer but not you. You can set your browser to alert you to cookies before you receive or accept them. You can also turn off cookies. If you do so, some web site functions may not work correctly.

Disclosures Required By Law

In certain circumstances it is possible that your personal information may be subject to disclosure pursuant to judicial or other government subpoenas, warrants or orders.

Children

Captivating International does not intend, and this website - or any part of this website - is NOT designed to collect personal information from children under the age of 18. If you are under 18 years old, you should not provide personal information on our website or use this site without the supervision or authorization of an adult.

In addition, please note that children under the age of 18 may not make donations on this website without parental consent.

This Privacy Policy is Subject to Change

Captivating International is committed to the privacy of donors and visitors to this website. The laws, regulations and policies surrounding internet commerce are constantly changing. In order to adapt to changing circumstances, Captivating International reserves the right to change and update this policy. This privacy statement was last updated in June 2008. A notice will be posted on our web site home page for 30 days whenever this privacy statement is changed in a material way.

Contact Us at Captivating International

Thank you for your interest in Captivating International and our privacy policy. If you have a question about this statement, you can contact us via our general enquiry form. You can also contact us at this address if you have a question about Captivating International's handling of your information. If you wish to obtain a copy of particular information you provided to Captivating International, or if you become aware the information is incorrect and you would like us to correct it, contact us via our general enquiry form.

Before Captivating International is able to provide you with any information, or correct any inaccuracies, we may ask you to verify your identity and to provide other details to help us to respond to your request. We will respond within an appropriate timeframe.

Thank you again for your interest and support of Captivating International and our privacy policy.