Privacy policy British Council is working in partnership with Learnthings Ltd and Culture Online ("PlaygroundFun.org.uk") to run a worldwide play promotion. All three parties will have access to the games submitted and will be bound by Playground Fun's terms and conditions Information collected (a) It is necessary for Playgroundfun.org.uk to collect your personal information for the purposes of registering you as a user of the website message board on playgroundfun.org.uk (the “Site”) and for verifying content submitted to the site. Your responses also help us to provide as complete a service as possible for you by ensuring that the Site reflects your needs and requirements. (b) Playgroundfun.org.uk uses Webtrends to collect data listing which of its pages are most frequently visited and by which type of users. Playgroundfun.org.uk will only share aggregate statistics about traffic patterns with Culture Online, but these statistics will not include any personally identifiable information. (c) All content submitted to Playgroundfun.org.uk is moderated before being displayed on the site. 2) Data protection and disclosure (a) Playgroundfun.org.uk maintains registrations and takes all reasonable endeavours to comply with all requirements of the UK Data Protection Act 1998 and any regulation created under it. (b) Playgroundfun.org.uk will not disclose any of your personally identifiable information except with your permission or under special circumstances such as when it believes in good faith that the law requires disclosure or when we engage third parties to process data on our behalf. 3) Cookies In addition to the information which you supply when you register with us, information and data may be automatically collected through the use of cookies. Cookies are small text files a website can use to recognise repeat users and allow Playgroundfun.org.uk to observe behaviour and compile aggregate data in order to improve the Site. Cookies make it possible for Playgroundfun.org.uk to identify registered users without needing to ask for registration details every time you access the Site. Using cookies also means that accessing the Site is more convenient for you as you do not need to remember your username and password each time you enter the Site. In the case where each user has their own computer log-in, the user will need to enable their cookies to allow auto-login to the Site without needing to provide registration details every time they access the Site. 4) Playground fun’s security policy (a) No data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, playgroundfun.org.uk cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to Playgroundfun.org.uk and you do so at your own risk. (b) Following transmission, Playgroundfun.org.uk will make best efforts to ensure the security of the information on its systems. Our principles We are absolutely committed to protecting your privacy. Our policy can be summarised in one sentence: we will not share your information with others without your prior consent. We have also established the following three principles: 1) We will respect your email privacy, and will send you unsolicited mail from Playgroundfun.org.uk only if you have agreed to this. 2) We will not pass on any individual user details (including your email address) unless we have your prior consent. 3) Otherwise, we will only share aggregate statistics about our users, sales and traffic patterns with Culture Online. What information do we collect? We collect some basic information from all of our users if they submit material to the site. This may include your name, age and the region you are from. We collect data listing which of our pages are most frequently visited and by which types of users. We will only contact you by email if you have emailed us via administrator@playgroundfun.org.uk first.