Privacy Policy.

Cookie policy:

The Guy Foundation may put small files (known as ‘cookies’) onto your computer to collect information about how you browse the site.

Cookies are used to:

  • measure how you use the website so it can be updated and improved based on your needs
  • remember any notifications you’ve seen so we do not show them to you again

How cookies are used on our website

Measuring website usage (Google Analytics)

We use Google Analytics software (Universal Analytics) to collect information about how you use The Guy Foundation website. We do this to help make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users and to help us make improvements.

Google Analytics stores information about:

  • the pages you visit
  • how long you spend on each page
  • how you got to the site
  • what you click on while you’re visiting the site

We do not collect or store your personal information (for example your name or address) so this information cannot be used to identify who you are.

We may allow Google to use or share our analytics data.

Our introductory message

You may see a pop-up welcome message when you visit The Guy Foundation website. We’ll store a cookie so that your computer knows you’ve seen it and knows not to show it again.

Our online contact form

If you use our online contact form we may use cookies and collect personally identifiable information that you provide to us via the form (such as your name, address, phone number and email address). This information is only used to respond to your enquiry and will not be shared.

Making secure connections to websites

Your browser uses cookies to make secure connections to websites with a ‘https’ URL. There are different versions for different levels of security.

YouTube videos

We may use YouTube to provide videos on some pages of the site. YouTube sets cookies when you visit one of these pages.

Browser upgrade prompt

We log a cookie the first time you visit The Guy Foundation website to let us know you’ve visited once.

If you’re using an out-of-date browser the next time you visit, we may show you a message suggesting you upgrade.

We’ll also save a cookie that lets us know you do not want to see the prompt if you dismiss it.

Our performance survey

We may select some users to take part in a survey. If you take part, or dismiss the survey, we’ll save a cookie that lets us know you’ve seen the message so that we do not show it to you again.

If you take part, we may save extra cookies to track your progress through it.

How do I turn cookies off?

Most modern browsers will allow you to see what cookies you’ve got and delete these on an individual basis, block third party cookies, block cookies from sites, block all cookies and delete all cookies. Please note, if you choose to block all cookies from our website, some functionality may not work as well.

The following links provide further detail on how to manage your cookie settings:

Cookie settings in Internet Explorer

Cookie settings in Firefox

Cookie settings in Chrome

Cookie settings in Safari web and iOS.

We use the following analytics providers and you can opt out of their cookies by clicking on the following links:

Google Analytics

IBM Coremetrics

If you would like to contact us about cookies, please email: info@theguyfoundation.org

Last updated 23 May 2019