This is a privacy policy for The Ramblers' Association. Our homepage on the Web is located at http://www.ramblers.org.uk/. The full text of our privacy policy is available on the Web at http://www.ramblers.org.uk/misc/privacy.html Users may go to for information on how to opt-in or opt-out of use of their information.
We invite you to contact us if you have questions about this policy. You may contact us by mail at the following address: 2nd Floor Camelford House87-90 Albert EmbankmentLondon, SE1 7TW UK
You may contact us by e-mail at ramblers@ramblers.org.uk. You may call us at +44 (0)20 7339 8500.
Dispute Resolution and Privacy Seals
We have the following privacy seals and/or dispute resolution mechanisms. If you think we have not followed our privacy policy in some way, they can help you resolve your concern.
- contact us: Contact us by the usual methods if there is any problem.
Additional Information
This policy is valid for 1 day from the time that it is loaded by a client.
Data Collection
P3P policies declare the data they collect in groups (also referred to as "statements"). This policy contains 3 data groups. The data practices of each group will be explained separately.
Group "Joining"
We collect the following information:
- Physical contact information
- Transaction history
- User's Name
At the user's option, we may also collect the following data:
This data will be used for the following purposes:
- Completion and support of the current activity.
This data will be used by ourselves and our agents. In addition, the following types of entities will receive this information:
- Others following the same practices. The user is allowed to opt-out of this data sharing.
Group "interactive pages"
We collect the following information:
This data will be used for the following purposes:
- Completion and support of the current activity.
- Web site and system administration.
- One-time tailoring.
This data will be used by ourselves and our agents.
Group "General Analysis"
We collect the following information:
- User agent information
- Last URI requested by the user
This data will be used for the following purposes:
- Completion and support of the current activity.
- Web site and system administration.
- Research and development.
This data will be used by ourselves and our agents.
The data in this group has been marked as non-identifiable. This means that there is no reasonable way for the site to identify the individual person this data was collected from.
Cookies
Cookies are a technology which can be used to provide you with tailored information from a Web site. A cookie is an element of data that a Web site can send to your browser, which may then store it on your system. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it.
Our site makes use of cookies. Cookies are used for the following purposes:
- Site administration
- Completing the user's current activity
- User targeting
Compact Policy Summary
The compact policy which corresponds to this policy is:
CP="NON DSP COR CURa ADMa DEVa TAIa OUR SAMo NOR IND PHY UNI COM NAV INT DEM PRE"
The following table explains the meaning of each field in the compact policy.
| Field | Meaning |
| CP= | This is the compact policy header; it indicates that what follows is a P3P compact policy. |
| NON | No access is available to collected information. |
| DSP | The policy contains at least one dispute-resolution mechanism. |
| COR | Violations of this policy will be corrected. |
| CURa | The data is used for completion of the current activity. |
| ADMa | The data is used for site administration. |
| DEVa | The data is used for research and development. |
| TAIa | The data is used for tailoring the site. |
| OUR | The data is given to ourselves and our agents. |
| SAMo | The data is given to other organizations following the same practices, unless the user chooses otherwise. |
| NOR | The data is not kept beyond the current transaction. |
| IND | The data will be kept indefinitely. |
| PHY | Physical contact information is collected. |
| UNI | Unique identifiers are collected. |
| COM | Computer information is collected. |
| NAV | Navigation and clickstream data is collected. |
| INT | Interactive data is collected. |
| DEM | Demographic and socioeconomic data is collected. |
| PRE | Preference information is collected. |
The compact policy is sent by the Web server along with the cookies it describes. For more information, see the P3P deployment guide at http://www.w3.org/TR/p3pdeployment.
Policy Evaluation
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 will evaluate this policy's compact policy whenever it is used with a cookie. The actions IE will take depend on what privacy level the user has selected in their browser (Low, Medium, Medium High, or High; the default is Medium. In addition, IE will examine whether the cookie's policy is considered satisfactory or unsatisfactory, whether the cookie is a session cookie or a persistent cookie, and whether the cookie is used in a first-party or third-party context. This section will attempt to evaluate this policy's compact policy against Microsoft's stated behavior for IE6.
Note: this evaluation is currently experimental and should not be considered a substitute for testing with a real Web browser.
Unsatisfactory policy: this compact policy is considered unsatisfactory according to the rules defined by Internet Explorer 6. The behavior of Internet Explorer 6 regarding cookies set under this compact policy is as follows:
| First-party usage | Third-party usage |
| Persistent Cookies | - Low: Policy satisfactory at this level; cookies will be accepted.
- Medium: Policy satisfactory at this level; cookies will be accepted.
- Medium High: Policy satisfactory at this level; cookies will be accepted.
- High: Since opt-in is not required, the cookie will be blocked.
| - Low: Policy satisfactory at this level; cookies will be accepted.
- Medium: Policy satisfactory at this level; cookies will be accepted.
- Medium High: Since opt-in is not required, the cookie will be blocked.
- High: Since opt-in is not required, the cookie will be blocked.
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| Session Cookies | - Low: Policy satisfactory at this level; cookies will be accepted.
- Medium: Policy satisfactory at this level; cookies will be accepted.
- Medium High: Policy satisfactory at this level; cookies will be accepted.
- High: Since opt-in is not required, the cookie will be blocked.
| - Low: Policy satisfactory at this level; cookies will be accepted.
- Medium: Policy satisfactory at this level; cookies will be accepted.
- Medium High: Since opt-in is not required, the cookie will be blocked.
- High: Since opt-in is not required, the cookie will be blocked.
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A policy which is considered unsatisfactory by Internet Explorer 6 contains certain categories of data which are used or shared in a particular manner. This policy is placed in the unsatisfactory category, because the following categories of data are associated with this policy's cookies:
- Physical contact information is collected.
In addition, the data is used in the following manner, marking the policy as unsatisfactory:
- The data is given to other organizations following the same practices, unless the user chooses otherwise.
Note that allowing an opt-out will make this policy acceptable under the Low and Medium settings, and under Medium High for first-party cookie usage. At the High setting, and at the Medium High setting for third-party cookies, all of these data uses must be opt-in for the policy to be considered satisfactory.
