Privacy policy

Legion magazine and website is published on behalf of The Royal British Legion by Redactive Publishing Limited. For the purposes of these notices any references to Legion magazine are also deemed to refer to The Royal British Legion and Redactive Publishing Limited.

Legion magazine is committed to protecting your privacy and security. Whenever you provide personal information, we will treat that information in accordance with this policy, current UK Data Protection legislation and internet best practice.

This policy explains how and for what purposes we use the information collected about you via www.legion-magazine.co.uk . By using the site and any services we offer via the site, you are agreeing to be bound by this policy in respect of the information collected about you via this site.

Legion magazine is fully committed to compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and has a legal duty to protect any information we collect from you.

If you have any queries about the policy, please get in touch with us by email at webadmin@legion-magazine.co.uk  or phone 020 7880 6210.

Personal information

If you decide to register on the Legion site we will collect the following personal information from you:

• Your name
• A username and password
• Your date of birth
• Your email address

We would also like to know the following, although you do not have to tell us:

• Your gender
• The region or country that you live in
• The sort of things that interest you

We will use this information in order to:

• Administer your membership
• Verify your identity
• Seek your views or comments on the services we provide.

Sharing this information

We may wish to share your contact details with carefully-selected partners who offer exclusive offers and promotions. We will provide this information to them only if you have given us permission to do so. We will not pass your details onto any other organisation unless we are required to do so by law (for example, if required to do so by a court order or for the purposes of prevention of fraud or other crime).

We may transfer your personal information to a third party as part of a sale of some or all of our business and assets to any third party or as part of any business restructuring or reorganisation, but we will every  step to ensure that your privacy rights continue to be protected.

Other than as set out above, we will not disclose any of your personal information without your permission.

This privacy policy applies only to our site, so you should always be aware of this when moving from this site to another site. You should always read the privacy statement of any site which collects personal information. We do not pass on any personal information about Legion magazine members or visitors to any other site.

Information automatically collected from your PC

Log files/IP addresses: When you visit the site our web server automatically records your IP address. This IP address is not linked to any of your personal information. We use IP addresses to help us administer the site and to collect demographic information for aggregation purposes.

We may also gather other non-personal information (from which we cannot identify you), such as the type of your internet browser, which we use to provide you with a more effective service.

Cookies

When you visit the site we may store some information (commonly known as a 'cookie') on your computer. Cookies are pieces of information that a website transfers to your hard drive to store and sometimes track information about you. Cookies are specific to the server that created them and cannot be accessed by other servers, which means that they cannot be used to track your movements around the web. Passwords and credit card numbers are not stored in cookies. A cookie helps you get the best out of the site and helps us to provide you with a more customised service.

We use cookies for the following purposes:

• So that you do not have to re-enter your details each time you visit the site

• To track how our site is used and to improve and update our content

You can block or erase cookies from your computer if you want to (your browser's help screen or manual should tell you how to do this).

Changes to your details  

We aim to keep our information about you as accurate as possible. If you would like to review or change the details you have supplied us with, please contact us by email at webadmin@legion-magazine.co.uk or phone 020 7880 6210.

Use of forums

The site may from time to time include chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/ or news groups on which you can post information.

Any information that you post in these areas becomes public information and you should always be careful when deciding to disclose your personal details as part of that information. For information on rules governing forums use and content, read our Forum guidelines .

Linking to third party websites

We cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other sites even if you access them using links from our Site and recommend that you check the policy of each site you visit and contact its owner or operator if you have any concerns or questions.

In addition, if you linked to this Site from a third party site, we cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of the owners or operators of that third party site and recommend that you check the policy of that third party site and contact its owner or operator if you have any concerns or questions.

Contact us  

If at any time you would like to contact us with your views about our privacy practices, or with any enquiry relating to your personal information, you can do so by sending an email to us at webadmin@legion-magazine.co.uk  or phone 020 7880 6210.

Changes to this privacy policy

If this privacy policy changes in any way, we will place an updated version on this page. Regularly reviewing this page ensures you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it.

Security

We have implemented technology and policies to safeguard your privacy from unauthorised access and improper use.