This Web site is administered by Caudwell Xtreme Everest. The primary purpose of www.xtreme-everest.co.uk is to promote the 2007 Caudwell Xtreme Everest research expedition. We want you to feel secure when visiting our site and are committed to maintaining your privacy.

Reasons why we may collect your data

Personal Information
You may at times be asked to supply personal information via the Caudwell Xtreme Everest website. Personal information is anything which enables us to identify you in some way, such as your name and an e-mail address. If you supply such information, we are legally bound by the Data Protection Act 1998 to ensure that such information is only used for the purpose for which it was requested and also to ensure that the data is held securely.

General
We may collect and record information in order for us to understand more about how our site is used and in turn to make sure that the site reflects your needs. In order to do this we may send cookies to your PC. A cookie will contain information that allows us to recognise that you have used the site before, but will not contain any other personal data. You can disable this function within your browser without affecting your navigation around the site.

Survey
Occasionally we may ask you to fill in questionnaires or surveys whilst on-line. The data collected by the questionnaire or survey will only be used for the purpose stated on the form. You may also be given the opportunity to add your address details to our databases so we can contact you in the future. We will only use this information to contact you if you expressly give us permission to do so.

Financial information
In order to process Direct Debit, Credit Card or other financial transactions we may ask for your bank or card details. In order to do this you will be directed to a secure area of partner site Worldpay. To ensure the maximum level of security is applied to your data all transmissions over the Internet to and from this area are encrypted using SSL (Secure Sockets Layer). Credit card and bank detail information is not retained on our web servers.

Requests for information
If you make a request for further information via the Caudwell Xtreme Everest website, the data will only be retained on the Web Servers as long as necessary in order to respond to your query.

Confidentiality
The Caudwell Xtreme Everest website may include links to other sites, not owned or managed by Caudwell Xtreme Everest. We cannot be held responsible for the privacy of data collected by websites not managed by Caudwell Xtreme Everest.

Who do we share information with?
Caudwell Xtreme Everest does not rent or sell mailing details to any third party.

Access to information
You may request a copy of any personal information which Caudwell Xtreme Everest has about you. Please email us or phone +44 (0) 207 288 3890. Xtreme Everest does not make a charge for supplying this information and will reply within 30 days of receipt of your request. It will help us to locate your records more easily if you can tell us something about the nature of your contact with Caudwell Xtreme Everest in the past.

Notification of change of Privacy Policy
Any changes to this policy will be notified by a icon being placed next to the 'Privacy Policy' link on the Caudwell Xtreme Everest website menu for 1 month after the change occurs.