Privacy and Cookies policy
Privacy and cookies policy
ISWAN, the organisation which runs SeafarerHelp, respects the privacy of visitors to our website and wants to protect any personal information that you give to us.
This statement is made in order to comply with the provisions of the UK Data Protection Act 1998, and to tell you how ISWAN will use any personal information that you give to us.
How we collect information
We get personal information about you when you contact us to ask for assistance or information or if you give us personal information in any other way.
What information we collect
The types of personal information we might ask for may include your name, ship’s IMO number, address, gender, email address, telephone number.
How we use your information
Any information we collect about you will be stored securely and treated in accordance with the UK Data Protection Act 1998.
We will use the information that you give to us to find the best way to assist you.
Third parties
ISWAN will not pass your personal details to other people or organisations without first obtaining your consent.
Our use of cookies
Cookies are small text markers stored on your computer that enable us to understand how people use our website. No personally identifiable information is stored on the cookies. In common with many similar websites, we use them to help remember preferences and for anonymous statistical measurements - for example so we know how many "hits" a page has had.
We use cookies to:
remember certain information about users so they don’t have to repeatedly give the same information
recognise if users are already logged in to certain areas of the website
measure how people use our website so we can continually improve how information is provided.
You can control and delete cookies
Even though ISWAN does not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you, you might still want to restrict or block cookies. You can do this through your internet browser (Internet explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox etc). However if you restrict cookies for the SeafarerHelp website then there is a risk the website will not work fully.
What cookies do we use?
These are the main reasons we use cookies on the SeafarerHelp website:
Google Analytics
This is a service we use from Google that collects information about how people use our website. We use this to make sure we are providing the best service we can to our web visitors.
Using cookies Google Analytics stores information about
what pages you visit
how long you stay on the page
how you came to the site
what things you click on
Although we collect this information we do not collect any personal information - so we don’t know what your name is or where you live. And the information we collect cannot be used to identify you. Also this information is for ISWAN’s use only and we don't allow Google to share it.
Craft Content Management System
Craft is the system we use to build the website and update the pages. In a similar way to Google analytics this also collects information about how many times a page has been visited and how many times a file is downloaded (things like the PDFs of our research reports and briefings).
Cookies that are set by other websites
Occasionally we embed things like video, audio and pictures from other websites such as such as YouTube, Vimeo, Flickr or Soundcloud. This means it looks like one of our webpages but the video is being fed through from another site (ie YouTube). This means that every time you visit one of our pages with this sort of embedded content, those other sites may use their own cookies to record that you watched or viewed the content. ISWAN has no control over these cookies so you should check the relevant website for more information.
How do we protect personal information?
We will make sure that any personal information that you give to us is kept secure, accurate and up to date. We will only use your personal information for the purposes in which you have agreed for us to use it.
Under 18 year olds
If you are 18 or under, please get your parent/guardian's permission before you give us any personal information about yourself.
Your consent
By giving us any personal information you are agreeing to our use of that information as it says in this Privacy Statement. As mentioned, we will not pass this information on to third parties without your consent.
Right of access
You have the right to ask for a copy of the information that we have about you. Also, if any information that we have about you is wrong, you can ask us to correct it for you.
Changes
If your personal details change, please help us to keep those details up to date by telling us about any changes. If you want to see what information we have about you, or need to tell us about any changes to the information that you have given to us, please contact: The International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN) Email: iswan@iswan.org.uk We may change this Privacy Statement at any time. If you use this website after changes are made you will be agreeing to those changes.
