PRIVACY AND COOKIES
Factivities.co.uk takes the privacy and protection of your personal data seriously. By using the Factivities.co.uk website and services, you accept the following Privacy Policy.
We may change this policy from time to time, so please review it periodically to keep informed of any changes.
What information is collected? When you sign up for services from Factivities.co.uk, you will be asked to provide certain basic contact information including name, address, phone number and email.
How is this information used? The information we collect is used to provide you with full access to our website and to provide you with the regular emails we offer as part of our service. Users may unsubscribe from the Factivities Newsletter at any time by clicking the "Edit Newsletter Subscription" button in their account and editing their preferences accordingly. Activity Centre members may unsubscribe from membership promotions and/or renewal notifications by utilising the unsubscribe link shown at the bottom of the email.
With whom is this information shared? Factivities.co.uk does not disclose your personal information to others without your consent, unless required to do so by any relevant regulatory or governmental body. We may provide aggregate statistics about our customers, sales, traffic patterns and related site information to reputable third-party vendors, but these statistics will include no personally identifying information.
Does Factivities.co.uk use cookies? Like most Internet sites we use cookies, which are small text files that are deployed on your browser. They track and record your preferences and activities, and enable us to greatly enhance your experience on our website. You can choose to disable cookies but this will mean that certain features on Factivities.co.uk will be unavailable to you. By using this website you are confirming your consent for Factivities.co.uk to place cookies onto your computer. If you do not wish for any cookies to be placed on to our computer, you must disable cookies in your internet browsing settings.
There are two types of cookie you may encounter when using Factivities.co.uk, first party and third party.
First Party Cookies: These are our own cookies, controlled by us and are used to enhance user experience, improve website performance and authenticate users who choose to login.
| Cookie | Purpose |
| .ASPXAUTH | This is an authentication ticket, required to allow users to log in. This stores an encrypted user name and the date of their last successful login. This cookie is deleted when the user closes their browser (unless the “Keep me logged in” checkbox has been checked before logging in). |
| ASP.NET_SessionId | This is a session identifier, required to identify the same computer while browsing the site. This cookie stores an auto generated unique number only and is deleted when the user closes their browser. |
Third Party Cookies: These are cookies found in other companies’ internet tools which we are using to enhance our site, for example Facebook or Twitter have their own cookies, which are controlled by them.
| Third Party | Purpose | Further Information |
| Google+ (Plus) | Google+ places cookies on this site to allow pages to be publicly recommended across the web. |
Google Privacy Policy |
| Google Adsense and the DoubleClick DART Cookie | Google, as a third party advertisement vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on this site.
Google's use of the DART cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to users that are based on their visits to this website as well as other sites on the internet.
To opt out of the DART cookies you may visit the Google ad and content network privacy policy.
Cookies of other third-party vendors or ad networks may also be used to serve ads on this site. You can visit those websites to opt out of cookies (if the vendor or ad network offers this capability).
You can also opt out of some, but not all, of these cookies in one location at the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out website. |
Google Privacy Policy (Advertising) |
| Google Analytics | Google Analytics places cookies on this site to analyse how the site is performing and user activity on the site.
This information then enables us to make modifications to the website so as to improve your online experience. |
Google Privacy Policy (Analytics) |
| Twitter | Twitter places cookies on this site to allow pages to be shared via tweets posted on Twitter. |
Twitter Privacy Policy |
| Facebook | Facebook places cookies on this site to allow content from Facebook to be embedded on this website and pages to be shared on the Facebook site. |
Facebook Privacy Policy |
| StumbleUpon | StumbleUpon places cookies on this site to allow pages to be shared on StumbleUpon. |
StumbleUpon Privacy Policy |
| Digg | Digg places cookies on this site to allow pages to be submitted to Digg. |
Digg Privacy Policy |