Privacy

The information contained in this website is for general information purposes only. The information is provided by the Provincial Grand Lodge of the Mark Province of Northampton, Huntingdon and Bedford. hereafter referred to as Provincial Grand Lodge and while we endeavour to keep the information up to date and correct, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on the website for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.

In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever arising from loss of data or profits arising out of, or in connection with, the use of this website.

To the best of our knowledge we have not infringed any copyright in the use of images and other content of this website. If you are aware of any copyright infringement please email our web administrator who will remove the relevant item.

Through this website you are able to link to other websites which are not under the control of the Provincial Grand Lodge. We have no control over the nature, content and availability of those sites. The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.

Every effort is made to keep the website up and running smoothly. However, the Provincial Grand Lodge takes no responsibility for, and will not be liable for, the website being temporarily unavailable due to technical issues beyond our control.

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Privacy Policy

The Provincial Grand Lodge respects the privacy rights of our online visitors and recognises the importance of protecting the information we collect about you. Our Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand how we collect, hold, use and disclose personally identifiable information about you.

This policy sets out the basis on which we at Provincial Grand Lodge will process any personal data we collect from you, or which you provide to us, in the course of using our websites at www.markmasonrynhb.org.uk and www.nhbmark.org.uk.

For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 2018 we are the data controller.

Please remember that this policy does not apply to the practices of organisations that we don’t own or control or to people that we don’t employ or manage. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information about you. The privacy information with in this privacy policy applies solely to our website and the information which we collect about you.

Your information

When you use our site, there are a number of ways in which you provide information and other data to us. By using the site, you consent to us processing and collecting this data, on the terms and for the reasons which are explained below.

Information we may collect about you

From every visit you make to our site, we may automatically collect the following:

• Your first and last name, email and/or postal address, telephone number or other information you provide when you fill out a contact form on the Site
• Your IP address
• Any referring or exit pages taking you to or from our site
• Your login information
• Information we collect when you interact with our content on the Site or on third-party sites or platforms, such as social networking sites. This may include information such as “Likes”, profile information gathered from social networking sites or the fact that you viewed or interacted with our content.
• To enhance your user experience or help us improve and measure our effectiveness, GLMMM may embed code from third parties on the site. Examples of such parties may include Facebook, Twitter and others. These third parties may collect information about you including IP address, cookies in ways GLMMM does not control.

How your information is used

We may use your information to:

• Send you our newsletters from time to time.
• Ensure that content from our site is presented in the most optimised and effective
  manner for you and for your computer.
• To diagnose or fix technology problems.
• To control unauthorized use or abuse of the Site and our products and services, or otherwise detect, investigate or prevent activities that may violate our policies or be illegal.
• Contact you by email or telephone in relation to any joining or any other enquires where you have consented to be contacted for such purposes.
• Notify you about changes to our service.
• To deliver customer service and respond to your inquiries.
• Administer our site including data analysis, testing, traffic monitoring, research, statistical and survey purposes.
• Allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so.

If you do not want us to use your information for marketing purposes please contact us directly by emailing webadministrator@nhbmark.org.uk.

Please note that if you click on, or follow, any links from our site to external websites, our privacy policy will no longer apply. Please check the privacy policies of any such external site before submitting any personal data, as we cannot accept any responsibility or liability in relation to them.

Data Storage

Our website is hosted on secure servers and encrypted using SSL certificate using up to date TLS security protocols.

We take your privacy very seriously, and will take all reasonable steps to protect your personal data, but please be aware that any data which you send to our site is sent at your own risk.

The data that we collect from you may be transferred to, processed and/or stored at a destination outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). By submitting your personal data, you agree to this. We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.

We hold your personally identifiable information in a combination of hard copy and electronic files for the period necessary to support the Site, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, or otherwise fulfil the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy. We use third party information system providers who may store or have access to your personal information.

Copies of some information may remain viewable in some circumstances where, for example, you have shared information with social media or other services. We may also retain backup information on our servers for some time after cancellation for fraud detection or to comply with applicable law or our internal security policies. We do not always remove or delete all of your information for a number of reasons including due to technical and systems constraints, contractual, financial or legal requirements.

We ask that you not send us, and you not disclose, any sensitive personally identifiable information (such as information related to racial or ethnic origin, religion or other beliefs, health, criminal background or trade union membership) on or through the Site or otherwise. If, contrary to this request, you do provide any sensitive information, in doing so you consent to us collecting and handling that information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

No method of transmission over the Internet, method of electronic storage or other security methods are one hundred percent secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means such as firewalls, password-protected databases with limited physical or electronic access, and encryption to protect your personally identifiable information against unauthorised use, disclosure or modification, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Children under 13

This Site is not intended for use by anyone under the age of 13 nor does the Provincial Grand Lodge knowingly collect or solicit personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are under 13, you may not attempt to send any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, or email address. In the event that we confirm that we have collected personally identifiable information from someone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, we  will delete that information promptly. If you are a parent or legal guardian of a child under 13 and believe that we might have any information from or about such child, please contact us at the email address webadministrator@nhbmark.org.uk.

Third Party sites

The Site may also contain links to other third party websites including social media networks. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by Provincial Grand Lodge. Even if the third party is affiliated with us through a organizational partnership or otherwise, we are not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the privacy policies of such websites to determine how they handle any information they separately collect from you. Please be aware that we do not warn you when you have chosen to click through to another website or property when using the Site.

Disclosure of your information

We may disclose your personal information to any of our group organisations (which means our subsidiaries, our ultimate organisation and its subsidiaries, (as defined in section 736 of the UK Companies Act 1985) and also to third parties if we are required to do so by law, any applicable regulation or to protect the rights, property, or safety of ourselves or others. This may include disclosing to other organisations in connection with fraud protection or other criminal activity.

Access to information

Subject Access Requests

You have the right under the Data Protection Act 2018 to access the information which we hold about you. If you wish to exercise this right, please send your request to webadministrator@nhbmark.org.uk.

Right to be Forgotten

You have the right under the Data Protection Act 2018 to have all of the information that we hold about you deleted in line with our statutory and legal responsibilities. If you wish to exercise this right, please send your request to webadministrator@nhbmark.org.uk.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right under the Data Protection Act 2018 to request a copy of all of the information that we hold about you. If you wish to exercise this right, please send your request to webadministrator@nhbmark.org.uk.

Enforcement

Provincial Grand Lodge regularly reviews its compliance with this Privacy Policy. We will cooperate with the appropriate regulatory authorities, including local data protection authorities, to resolve any complaints regarding the transfer of personally identifiable information that cannot be resolved between Provincial Grand Lodge and an individual.

If you have a concern about your privacy or you would like to know more about how your personally identifiable information is collected, or used please contact us. We ask that when you contact us with a complaint, please include contact information and clearly describe your complaint. We will respond to your request or complaint within a reasonable time and will let you know next steps in resolving your complaint. If you are not satisfied with our response, you may also contact your local and federal data protection authorities to lodge a complaint.

Notices and Revisions

We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy at any time. Non-material changes and clarifications will take effect immediately, and material changes will take effect within 30 days of their posting on the Site (unless we specify a different notice period). If we make changes, we will post them and will indicate on this page the policy’s new effective date. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or through notice on our home page. We encourage you to refer to this policy on an ongoing basis so that you understand our current privacy practices. Unless stated otherwise in a separate agreement or privacy statement, this Privacy Policy applies to all information that we have about you. We may also issue specific information collection privacy notice from time-to-time relating to particular products or services.

Contact Us

If you have questions or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, or to make any request described above, please feel free to contact us by email at webadministrator@nhbmark.org.uk

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Cookie Policy

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. 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 analyze data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

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.

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.