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Where any of the Crown copyright items on this site are being republished or copied to others, the source of the material must be identified and the copyright status acknowledged. The permission to reproduce Crown protected material does not extend to any material on this site which is identified as being the copyright of a third party. Authorisation to reproduce such material must be obtained from the copyright holders concerned.

Disclaimer

We have tried to ensure that all information we provide through this web site is correct at the time we included it. We apologise for any errors. We therefore do not guarantee the accuracy of these pages and any visitor using information contained in them does so entirely at their own risk.

Privacy Statement

The Data Protection Act 1998

The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland is a Data Controller under the Data Protection Act 1998. We hold information for the purposes of maintaining the Register of Charities and certain other statutory functions as assigned by Parliament. The Commission complies with the data protection principles set out in the Data Protection Act 1998 in relation to personal data which you give to us via our website to the extent that the Act requires it to do so. These principles restrict the powers of a data controller to disclose to third parties personal data which it is processing.

What information do we collect via the website?

We collect four main types of information from visitors to www.charitycommissionni.org.uk:

• feedback (general questions and specific feedback on the website);
• notification of changes to entries on the Charity Commission’s Register of Charities;
• representations on Schemes and Orders; and
• site usage information (from session cookies and log files).

www.charitycommissionni.org.uk contains links to other websites, both those of government departments and of other organisations. This privacy policy applies only to our site, so you should always be aware when you are moving to another site and read the privacy statement of any site which collects personal information.

We do not pass on any personal information you have given us to any other site.

Cookies Policy

1. Introduction

When we provide services, we want to make them easy, useful and reliable. Where services are delivered on the internet, this sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your device, for example, computer or mobile phone. These include small files known as cookies. They cannot be used to identify you personally.

These cookies are used to improve services for you, for example, by:

enabling a service to recognise your device so you don't have to give the same information several times during one task

recognising that you may already have given a username and password so you don't need to do it for every web page requested

measuring how many people are using services, so they can be made easier to use and there's enough capacity to ensure they are fast

analysing anonymised data to help us understand how people interact with Charity Commission services so we can make them better

The following links explain more about these small files and how to manage them:

Internet browser cookies - what they are and how to manage them (opens new window)

Learn how to remove cookies set on your device (opens new window)

2. First Party Cookies

Cookie Function - Session Management

Name	Purpose	Data Stored	Expiration
OFLogon	Once you have logged on with a user name and password, so you don't have to do so for every web page you request from our service	Session ID of the user's Office Forms session	At the end of the session, at session time out, when the browser is closed or when the user logs off

Name	Purpose	Data Stored	Expiration
styleColour	To remember your selections or preferences that you've already made when looking at information or using a service	Null or default and black or white	365 days
styleText	To remember your selections or preferences that you've already made when looking at information or using a service	Small, medium or large	365 days

Name	Purpose	Data Stored	Expiration
TimedPopup	If you have answered a survey, in order to prevent another invitation to respond to it	1 or 0	30 days

Name	Purpose	Data Stored	Expiration
ASPXAUTH	Once you have logged on with username and password, so you don't have to do it for every web page you request from our service	Encrypted registered charity number	At the end of the session, at session time out, when the browser is closed or when the user logs off.

3. Third Party Cookies

We use Google Analytics to generate information about the way our website is used. Three cookies are set via our website by Google Analytics.

Cookie Function - Web Analytics/Mtrics

Name	Purpose	Data Stored	Expiration
_utma	To understand what visitors want to use and not to use	Unique user ID generated by Google Analytics	2 years
_utmb	To understand what visitors want to use and not to use	Session ID generated by Google Analytics	30 minutes
_utmz	To understand what visitors want to use and not to use	Type of referral used to reach the site or page	6 months

Read more information on Google Analytics cookies (opens new window)

4. How to control and delete cookies

We will not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you.

However, if you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by our websites, or indeed any other website, you can do this through your browser settings. The 'Help' function within your browser should tell you how.

Alternatively, you may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org/ which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of browsers. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from your machine as well as more general information about cookies.

Please be aware that restricting cookies may impact on the functionality of our website.

If you wish to view your cookie code, just click on a cookie to open it. You'll see a short string of text and numbers. The numbers are your 'identification card', which can only be seen by the server that gave you the cookie.

For information on how to do this on the browser of your mobile phone you will need to refer to your handset manual.

To opt-out of third-parties collecting any data regarding your interaction on our website, please refer to their websites for further information.