Privacy Policy

At runningsports we are committed to protecting your privacy. Please take a moment to read our policy below and understand the choices you have about the way we collect and store information. Please note this policy only applies to the website of runningsports.org and not to the websites of other companies, individuals and organisations to which we provide links.

We do not provide the information you give us to any other organisations without your express permission. Your information will be used only to contact you about developments regarding runningsports.

You can visit runningsports.org without telling us about yourself and without disclosing any personal information.

runningsports may collect and publish aggregate statistics about our users and traffic patterns. These statistics will include no personally identifying information.

runningsports will not sell any personal information to any third parties.

We may use the information you provide to send you news and updates on runningsports.

This policy covers the use of personal information that runningsports collects when you use this website. runningsports is privacy conscious and is committed to your right to privacy. Our privacy policy follows guidelines set out in the Data Protection Act 1998.

Use of Cookies

The runningsports website uses cookies to help you in your interactions with the site. Most cookies are session cookies, lasting only for the duration of your visit and are deleted when you close your browser. No personally-identifiable data is collected. Examples of the sort of information that is collected via session cookies are provided below. This list is not exhaustive:

• the last search term that you used within the site
• your preference in terms of accessible viewing options
• a unique ID to track your session from page to page, which is vitally important should you sign into the site
• which page you are looking at within a multi-paged index of content, or search results.

Certain cookies are persistent, meaning that they last beyond your session, enabling an enhanced user-experience when you return to the site. Again, a non-exhaustive list of examples of the use of persistent cookies includes:

• the option to “Remember my username” when signing-in to the site
• the fact that you have voted in a poll, so that you are prevented from voting multiple times

runningsports.org uses Google Analytics to allow us to track how popular the website is and to record visitor trends over time. Google Analytics uses a cookie to help track which pages are accessed. The cookie contains no personally-identifiable information, but it does use your computer’s IP address to determine where in the world you are accessing the site from, and to track your page visits within the site.

From time to time, we may embed external content from third-party websites (e.g. YouTube) within our website. These websites may utilise cookies and the Privacy Policy that will apply to such third-party content will be that published on the website of that third-party content provider.

By using this website, you consent to the collection and use of the information specified above.

The terms in this privacy document do not affect consumers' statutory rights.