Privacy and Cookies
We take your privacy very seriously. Read to find out more about how we protect your privacy and which cookies are used and why.
Your Privacy
Information you supply using any electronic forms on this site will only be used for the purpose(s) stated on the form.
Information you provide in emails to us will only be used for the purpose (which we reasonably believe) that you give it to us for.
Information you provide us with may be used for statistical research but will not be used in any way (beyond its original purpose) which enables you to be identified.
Your Data
GrassRoots Heroes uses a secure web hosting platform to present and promote its services. The website hosting and support is provided by SquareSpace.com
Credit card information
We do not handle your credit card information directly, i.e. do not collect, store or process such data in any way. Instead, we use STRIPE.com payment gateway to process your payment information.
Payments on the payment processor’s secure page
When you provide a donation on this website, the order information is sent to the payment processor which then redirects the user securely to the STRIPE processing page where you will enter your credit card information. When the payment is done, the payment processor sends a reply (callback) containing the payment status to our website.
Use of Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed by your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Some cookies are used for advertising, so you are shown adverts that are more personalised to you, based on your previous internet behaviour.
Some examples of cookies could be:
> storing information to personalise the website to your chosen requirements
> a website that sells things may use a cookie to record items you have in a shopping basket
Cookies can be used to record users behaviour on a website, for example to record the pages they have viewed
There are two different types of cookie that can be placed in your browser by a website:
Session cookies are only used for the period you use the website, and are deleted when you close your web browser. A new cookie would then be placed in your web browser if you were to visit the same website again in the future.
Persistent cookies remain in your browser once you have left the site and closed your web browser. The next time you visit the site the information in the cookie will be used to ensure the website works as set up at the previous visit. For example to display certain things on the homepage. Persistent cookies will expire if the website that set them is not visited again within a certain timescale.
Cookies on the GrassRoots Heroes website
Examples include:
We use a google analytics cookie on our website and all online systems to record website usage. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. We collect this information in a way which does not identify anyone nor make any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting the website, and we do not share this information with anyone.
A number of essential session cookies to enable certain parts of the website to function properly are useds.
If you have any questions about the way cookies are used on these sites, or how you may be affected please contact us.
Privacy policy updates
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.