All Derbyshire Rape Crisis’s services are confidential. However in certain exceptional circumstances some information may need to be passed on. These are:

• If there is a child protection issue
• If we have reason to believe that your own or someone else’s safety is at serious risk
• If we are legally ordered by police or courts

We aim to discuss any breach of confidentiality and its implications with you before taking any action, where possible.

We will talk to you about our Confidentiality Policy when you first come to see us, and tell you what it means for you.

To the fullest extent permitted at law, Derbyshire Rape Crisis is providing this web site and its contents on an "as is" basis and makes no, and expressly disclaims all, representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, with respect to this web site or the information, content, materials or products included in this site including, without limitation, warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In addition, Derbyshire Rape Crisis does not represent or warrant that the information accessible via this web site is accurate, complete or current.

This statement covers the services provided by the Derbyshire Rape Crisis website: www.drconline.org.uk

The purpose of this statement is to inform users of the Derbyshire Rape Crisis website, which is managed by Derbyshire Rape Crisis, about what information is collected about them when they visit this site, how this information is used, if it is disclosed and the ways in which we protect users' privacy.

Confidentiality and security

Any information you provide will be held securely and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. Your personal details will not normally be disclosed to third parties. In some circumstances however we may need to disclose your personal details to a third party so that they can provide a service you have requested, or fulfil a request for information. Any information about you that we pass to a third party will be held securely by that party, in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998, and used only to provide the services or information you have requested.

You have a right to request a copy of your personal details at any time to check the accuracy of the information held. If you wish to do this, please write (explaining that your interest is in www.drconline.org.uk) to the:

Data Protection Officer
Derbyshire Rape Crisis
P O Box 142
Derby
DE1 2HF

Information we collect from visitors

We collect several kinds of information from visitors to drconline.org.uk depending on the part of the site being visited: feedback, e-mail enquiries, e-mail addresses, site usage information.

Linking to another site from the Derbyshire Rape Crisis website

Our website contains links to other third-party sites. Derbyshire Rape Crisis is not responsible for the privacy practices within any of these other sites. You should be aware of this when you leave the drconline.org.uk site and we encourage you to read the privacy statements on other websites you visit.

Changes to this privacy policy

If this privacy policy changes in any way, we will place an updated version on this page. Regularly reviewing this page ensures that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if any, we will share it with other parties.

June 2006