Privacy Policy

This website will not store or capture personal data (e.g. name, email address) without the prior knowledge and consent of users. In the event that you are asked to provide personal information to the website, you may be asked whether you wish to receive any further communication from Arun Countryside Trust CIO (MAVES). We will make sure all personal data that is supplied is held as securely as possible, in accordance with the Data Protection Act.

Unless requested by the data owner to delete it sooner, we hold user consented data until the purpose for which it has been granted ceases to be relevant or the organization closes.  The purpose is to promote understanding protection enjoyment and enhancement of the beautiful Arun countryside, its natural environment and its historic environment or cultural heritage.  Personal data is collected held and used only for this purpose, and, for the benefit of the owners of the personal data (ie so as to enable them to participate as fully as they may wish in realizing the purpose).

Privacy contact

Please write to:

Privacy Administrator
Stable Cottage, Binsted,
Arundel, West Sussex BN18 0LL

Or you can use this webform below:

Data

Arun Countryside Trust CIO (MAVES) does not sell or otherwise transfer any personal data to commercial companies or other organisations, with the exception of web statistics (see below) which are hosted and managed by a third party company (ie Google, Inc and other web analytics services).

We do not transfer any personal data to any other organisations. We collaborate with organizations operating similar purposes such as Sussex Wildlife Trust and Arundel Agenda 21 but this collaboration does not involve any transfer of personal data. 

Arun Countryside Trust CIO is registered with the Charity Commission, with the name MAVES continuing to be used for its natural-environment activity.  This re-branding and registration does not involve any transfer of personal data to a different organization.

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

How we use cookies

A cookie is usually a small piece of data sent from a website and stored in your computer while you browse a website. When you visit the same website in the future, the data stored in the cookie can be retrieved by the website to notify the website of your previous activity. Cookies were designed to be a reliable mechanism for websites to remember the state of the website or activity the user had taken in the past. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to user needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.