Lancashire Business Environment Association and User Privacy

Over 350 organisations are members of the Lancashire Business Environment Association. When you become a BEA member, the information you submit to us as part of your profile will not become visible to other BEA members.

To protect you from unsolicited bulk email (spam), the BEA will keep your email address hidden at all times. In the members' forum (not part of this web site) you have the option to make your email address visible to other BEA members only.

Telephone and address details where held are not visible on public pages nor are they visible to other BEA members on this web site.

Information collected by the BEA

The BEA collects personally identifiable information from our users at several different points on our web site; the BEA collects personally identifiable information when you when you respond to surveys/questionnaires, when you book for a BEA event and when you enter promotions or contests.

From time-to-time our site may request information from you via surveys. Participation in these surveys is completely voluntary and you therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and delivery address), and demographic information (such as post code, age).

Cookies are small text files that our site can send to your browser for storage on your hard drive. Cookies can make your use of our site easier by saving your status and preferences upon visits to our site. The cookies are refreshed every time you enter the site. Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies, but you may be able to change the settings to refuse cookies or to be alerted when cookies are being sent. The BEA currently does not use cookies.

How the BEA use your IP address

The BEA use IP addresses to analyse trends, administer the site, track users' movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.

Our policy on links to other sites

This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that the BEA is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. The BEA encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected at http://www.lancsbea.co.uk/.

Public forums

Information posted on message boards, chat areas, forums, clubs and the like are available to the general public. Please use caution when posting information that may include any personal information.

How the BEA protect your security

To prevent unauthorised access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, the BEA have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information the BEA collects online. In addition, firewalls prevent outside parties from accessing our database server through the Internet, and physical access to the database server is restricted to authorised individuals.

If you have any questions about the security at our web site, you can send an email to info@lancsbea.co.uk.

How to correct/update any inaccuracies/preferences

f your personally identifiable information changes (such as your post code or email address), or if you no longer desire our service, the BEA will provide a way to correct, update or remove the personal data provided to us. This can be done by emailing info@lancsbea.co.uk or by using the contact information displayed elsewhere on this web site.

How you can opt out of receiving communications from us?

BEA members are given the opportunity to 'opt-out' of having their information used for purposes not directly related to our site at the point where the BEA asks for the information.

If you no longer wish to receive any of the BEA's electronic materials, you may opt-out of receiving these communications by replying with "unsubscribe" in the subject line in the email to info@lancsbea.co.uk.

You will always be notified when information is being collected by any outside parties. The BEA do this so our users can make an informed choice as to whether they should proceed with services that require an outside party, or not.

Changes to our privacy statement

If the BEA decide to change our privacy policy, the BEA will post those changes on our web site so you can be aware of what information the BEA collect, how the BEA use it, and under which circumstances, if any, the BEA disclose it. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are aware of the most recent changes. Your continued use of the site after our posting of any modifications to our privacy statement will indicate your acceptance of the modified terms.

If at any point the BEA decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from our then-current standard privacy policy, the BEA will notify you by posting a prominent announcement on our pages. You will then have a choice as to whether or not the BEA uses your information in this different manner. If you do not object to our proposed use within a reasonable period of time, the BEA will assume that you have consented to our proposed use.