Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy outlines data processing practices carried out through the use of the Internet and any other electronic communications networks by Federation Against Software Theft (FAST). If you have any requests concerning your personal information or any queries with regard to these practices please contact us at info@fast.org. Please note that all data captured will be used and held in accordance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998.

Information collected

We collect information from visitors to this website through the use of online forms, email hyperlinks and the contact us page.

We collect your details when you email us with an enquiry.

In addition to the above, we collect information automatically about your visit to our website. Please see our Cookies Section for more details.

Data Capture Information

We will send you information according to the preferences you submitted via our online forms. If you would like to change these preferences at any point, please email us at info@fast.org.

Use of personal information

We process personal information collected via our website for the following reasons:

Providing information about our products and services
Providing and personalising our services
Dealing with your enquiries and requests
Administering membership records
Conducting market research

Data Capture Information

We will send you information according to the preferences you submitted via our online forms. If you would like to change these preferences at any point, please email us at info@fast.org.

Marketing

Please note that your information may be used to send you details of those products or services that we offer that we have identified as likely to be of interest to you. This will be in accordance with the preferences that you indicated when you completed the online form.

If at any point you would like to opt-out of receiving communications from us, or would like to change the channels (such as email or post) that we use to contact you, please contact our CEO, Alex Hilton at info@fast.org.

Disclosures

We will not share your data with third parties unless we are obliged to disclose personal data by law, or the disclosure is ‘necessary’ for purposes of national security, taxation and criminal investigation, or we have your consent. 

Other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites that are outside our control and are not covered by this Privacy Policy. If you access other sites using the links provided, the operators of these sites may collect information from you that will be used by them in accordance with their privacy policy, which may differ from ours. 

Subject access requests

By law, you have the right to see what personal data we hold about you. To obtain a copy of the personal information we hold about you, please email us entitling your message Data Request, info@fast.org. We do reserve the right to charge £10 for processing this request.

Internet-based transfers

Given that the Internet is a global environment, using it to collect and process personal data necessarily involves the transmission of data on an international basis. This means for instance that data you pass to us may be processed outside the European Economic Area, although the data will always be held securely and in line with the requirements of UK data protection legislation. By communicating electronically with us, you acknowledge and agree to our processing of personal data in this way.

Storing Your Personal Data

We use third-party vendors and hosting partners to provide the necessary hardware, software, networking, storage, and related technology required to run our services. 

Use of cookies

A cookie is a small piece of information sent by a web server to a web browser, which enables the server to collect information from the browser. Find out more about cookies on www.allaboutcookies.org.

We use cookies to identify you when you visit this website and to keep track of your browsing patterns and build up a demographic profile.

Our use of cookies also allows registered users to be presented with a personalised version of the site.

Most browsers will allow you to turn off cookies. If you want to know how to do this please look at the menu on your browser, or look at the instruction on www.allaboutcookies.org. Please note however that turning off cookies will restrict your use of our website.

If you would rather we did not place cookies on your computer, please be aware that this may negatively impact your ability to use and view content on this website.

To opt-out of cookies please click ‘Decline’ in the cookies alert at the top of the page when you visit our site. 

Amendments

Please note that this privacy policy is subject to change from time to time. It was last updated in April 2016.