Agapé is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Agapé Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Agapé website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Agapé collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Agapé also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Agapé. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Agapé for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Agapé Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Agapé public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Agapé does not read any of your private online communications.

Agapé encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Agapé so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Agapé is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Agapé and Agapé family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Agapé collects and uses your personal information to operate the Agapé Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Agapé also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Agapé and its affiliates. Agapé may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Agapé does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Agapé may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Agapé may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Agapé, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Agapé does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Agapé keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Agapé, in order to determine what Agapé services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Agapé to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Agapé Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Agapé or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Agapé; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Agapé, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Agapé web site uses some "cookies" to make using it simpler. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

None of the cookies that the Agapé web site use collect sensitive personal information. Most of them are used to keep the site looking and running consistently for people who use the site.

All of the cookies used on the Agapé website are short lived and do not remain on your hard drive indefinitely.

All of this accords to The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 as set out in the Information Commissioner's "Guidance on the rules on use of cookies and Similar technologies". (Download the pdf here)

Security of your Personal Information

Agapé secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Agapé secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Agapé will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Agapé encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Agapé is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Agapé welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Agapé has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Agapé at info@agape.org.uk. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.