This privacy policy sets out how Black Diamond Folk Club uses and protects any information that you give Black Diamond Folk Club when you use this website.

Black Diamond Folk Club is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

Black Diamond Folk Club may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 1st April 2012.

What we collect

We may collect the following information:

  • name
  • contact email address

How we use cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

This website also uses the following cookies:

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Purpose

More information

DoubleClick

Google AdSense used to serve targeted advertisements

Google Privacy Policy

Google+

Features for sharing via Google+. Does not set a cookie by itself, but if one is present it will read it.

Google Privacy Policy

YouTube

Features for sharing videos via YouTube, and remembering what videos you've seen.

Google Privacy Policy

Facebook

Features for sharing via Facebook. Does not set a cookie by itself, but if one is present it will read it.

Facebook Privacy Policy

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

More information about cookies, including how to block them or delete them, can be found at AboutCookies.org.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

YouTube cookies

We embed videos from YouTube using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may set cookies on your computer once you click on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store personally-identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode. To find out more please visit YouTube’s embedding videos information page.

Advertising Cookies

Our website carries advertisements using Google AdSense. This sets a cookie called DoubleClick which profiles individuals as they browse and is used to present them with advertisements customised to their interests. We may also set additional cookies to track the effectiveness of our adverts.

Google offers an opt-out tool available at http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/plugin/ which allows you to opt out of the DoubleClick cookie. This will not stop advertisements appearing, but will mean they will not be tailored to your interests, and will prevent your anonymous browsing habits being recorded. You can also customise your advertisement preferences by opting in at  http://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb