YMC Privacy Policy

This statement applies to the YMC Web site only. It does not apply to email sent from the site to club officers, using the web site email service. Nor does it apply to the Members Login Area of the site, which has its own privacy policy. Any questions regarding the web site and the privacy policy should be sent to the Webmaster.

Summary:
We do not attempt to identify visitors to this site. Data which is collected is only used for server administration and site development. No identifying data is disclosed to any third party for any purpose.

Data Collection

  • As is typical, we log HTTP requests to our site, which means that we keep basic information about the visit - e.g. the Browser being used, the time the visitor arrived, the site the visitor came from and the pages the visitor viewed. We do not log the 'real' identity of visitors.
    • The reason for this is to enable an analysis to be made from time to time to see which parts of the site might benefit best from future development. It also allows us to tailor the site to work with the Web Browsers being most used.
  • We keep a record when visitors send a message using the site's email service, to which officer it was sent and part of the email header and some server details - we do not keep any record of the message itself.
    • The reason for this is to enable a check to be made for any attempt to hijack the service by malicious users.
  • Users of the message boar leave their name and email address. We do not use or analyze this information in any way.
    • The reason for requiring this data is so that users of the message board can be contacted.
  • We log requests to our search engine i.e. the search terms requested and the date the search was made.
    • This data is only used for site administration and development.

Use and Disclosure of Data

  • Our logging is passive; we do not attempt to maintain any information on users.
  • Logged information is kept indefinitely as administrative and research material.
  • No information collected at this site is disclosed to any third party.

Security

  • Security of data on this site is of the highest importance. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect all data we collect from unauthorised access, use or disclosure.

Cookies

  • In common with many other web sites we makes use of cookies. Cookies are small text files which are created on your computer to hold data. In our case the cookie ceases to exist once you leave the site. We use cookies to indicate that your visit has been counted and the counter is not incremented again until your next visit.