How we keep your personal information safe
If we ask you to type in any of your personal information on the 11 MILLION website, we will make sure that this information is kept safely and not shared with anyone outside of 11 MILLION. However, if we are worried about your safety, or the safety of someone else, we might have to pass on your details without your permission. There may be times when we will pass on your information to a partner working on a specific project but we will let you know who and why they need your information.
The Data Protection Act 1998
The Data Protection Act is the law that tells organisations what they must do to keep personal details safe and secure.
Organisations such as 11 MILLION have a responsibility to abide by the Data Protection Act so we will make sure that your private information doesn’t fall into the wrong hands or get used in a way that is unfair to you.
Your consent
We will obtain your consent before collecting or publishing information or storing these details by any means. You are always free to say no to us.
For your safety, we won’t publish your full name or email address on the 11 MILLION website.
Seeing your information
You have the right to see any of the information that 11 MILLION holds about you. If you think that any of the information we hold on you is wrong then please tell us and we’ll do our best to put it right. There may be times when the law says we don’t have to provide absolutely all the information but we will tell you why. You can find out more about how to do this by contacting us – see Finding out more for details.
Please delete
If, for any reason, you want your information to be removed from our database, please just let us know and we will arrange for it to be deleted. See Finding out more for details on how to contact us.
Users under 16
If you are under the age of 16, please make sure that you obtain a parent or guardian’s permission before you provide your personal information to the 11 MILLION website. Users without this consent are not allowed to provide us with their personal information.
When we might collect your information and what we will do with it
Examples of when we might ask you to give us some information about yourself include:
When you register on the website
When you’re sending answering a question
When you post media content – video, article, photographs or a powerpoint
Your IP address is automatically logged by the 11 MILLION website and will be used to see who is visiting which parts of the 11 MILLION website.
When you enter the 11 MILLION website, your computer automatically will be issued with a cookie. Cookies are text files which identify your computer to our server. Cookies in themselves do not identify the individual user, just the computer used. Many sites do this whenever a user visits their site, in order to track traffic flows. Cookies themselves only record which areas of the site have been visited by the computer in question, and for how long. Users have the opportunity to set their computer to accept all cookies, to notify them when a cookie is issues, or not to receive cookies at any time.
We will listen to what children and young people have to say through our website, communicating what we’ve learnt to others, and using their views and opinions to shape our priorities.
Data security
We take the security of data very seriously and work to ensure that we use the most up-to-date technologies to protect the personal information collected or stored on this website. All information collected through www.11 MILLION.org.uk is managed by 11 MILLION and its authorised contractors and we ensure that all persons whose work gives them access to any part of the communication chain is subject to CRB checks.
Links to other websites
The 11 MILLION website contains links to other sites that are completely unrelated to 11 MILLION. This privacy policy does not apply to these sites nor is 11 MILLION responsible for the content and practices of these sites.
Finding out more
If you have any questions about how we look after your personal information, contact 11 MILLION:
By email: info.request@11MILLION.org.uk
By post: 11 MILLION, 1 London Bridge, SE1 9BG
By telephone: 0844 800 9113