Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
Your personal details
The personal information (such as name and address) that you submit to this website will only be used for the purposes outlined at the time of collection or registration, and we will not pass this information to any third party. This complies with the Data Protection Act 1998.
If you are between the age of 13 and 14, you must get your parent or guardian's permission to register your details by completing the parental consent form on the site and we will contact you on when your application has been granted to join Altitude.
If you check the box agreeing to us sending you related RAF information and RAF events details, we will use your personal details for this purpose alone and will not pass those details to any third party.
If you want to change the details you have given us on the registration form you can update your profile online.
Any transfer of your data between mailing houses is transferred using PGP encryption or a secure courier. Your data however will not be transferred abroad.
Altitude recommends that children between the ages of 13 and 16 should not send any information about themselves over the Internet without asking their parents or legal guardians for permission beforehand.
Altitudemay post customer testimonials on the website which may contain personal information such as your name. Altitude obtains your prior consent to post your name along with your testimonial.
If you decide to leave Altitude your data will be removed from our database within 30 days. If you think that the data we hold on you is inaccurate or out of date, please contact us by telephone, 0845 606 8068, or email us feedback@rafaltitude.org.uk, with the details. If the matter is not resolved informally, you can make a subject access request. This is a formal procedure where Altitude will provide details of all the information we hold on you. There is a fee of £10. To make a subject access request please write to us at Altitude, 103 Temple Street, Bristol, BS1 6EN with a cheque for £10 and we will respond in full within 40 days with all the data we have. If there are any inaccuracies in the data you can ask us to correct it.
Send to a friend
If you decide to send an article to a friend or invite a friend to join Altitude,Altitude will ask for your friends’ email and name. Altitude will send a one-time email. Your friends email address and name is stored in the database but wil not be used for any other purpose. We will advise your friend where we acquired their email address.
Trademark
Altitude and Altitude logos are registered trademarks under No. 2445797 as of the date 06 February 2007.
Tracking the effectiveness of the site
On this website we use Sitestat, a Nedstat product, to measure and analyse information about visits to our website. We use your IP address to collect, among other things, internet traffic data and data regarding your browser type and computer.
In addition, we use cookies. A cookie is a small file stored on your computer when you visit a website. If you visit the site again, the cookie enables the site to recognise the repeat visit. The cookie contains a unique number and is not used to collect or store any personal data. The cookie cannot be used to identify you on other peoples’ websites, including Nedstat's.
We use the services of Nedstat to give us information about how visitors in general use our website and we use this information to help us improve the website. We will not use the IP address or cookies to identify you personally.
It is possible to configure your browser to refuse cookies or to be informed when a cookie is being sent. Refer to the manual of your web browser if you want to find out how to do this.
We also use cookies to help us personalise the site. If you do disable cookies, some features of our website may be partially or wholly disabled.
Disclaimer
The information on this website is published for guidance only. Although it is updated as soon as possible after changes are decided, no guarantee can be given regarding accuracy of information on the site. If you wish to check details of particular importance or interest to you, please contact any Armed Forces Careers Office or call 0845 606 8068.
