Privacy Policy

At Dying Matters we are dedicated to safeguarding and preserving your privacy when visiting our site or communicating electronically with us. This policy explains what happens to any personal data that you provide to us, or that we collect from you while you are on this site.

Membership Information

Any personal information that we collect and store is primarily used to enable us to provide our services to you. Membership information is kept solely for the use of the Dying Matters Coalition and will not be passed on to any third parties.

Sharing your stories

Dying Matters aims to encourage a greater willingness to engage on death and bereavement issues. By sharing your real life stories with others, you will help people understand how beneficial openness and communication can be.

We appreciate that it may a daunting prospect to speak to a stranger about these issues. However, your stories can act as invaluable support for others. Hearing about your experiences can help people realise they are not alone in what they are going through.

Using your story on our website

When you send us your story, we will ask you to fill in a form before it is posted online. By submitting this form you will be consenting to the story being used on our website.

All stories are anonymous and no personal details will be disclosed unless you give direct permission. We will also remove any details (such as place names) that might indicate where the story came from.

Media

Dying Matters may want to use your story in any media work we do to promote greater openness around death and dying. We will contact you before approaching any media outlet, and would only ever pursue media opportunities in line with your wishes.

If you would rather your story were not considered for inclusion in any press activity conducted by Dying Matters, there is space on our release form to indicate this.

Cookies

A cookie consists of information sent by a web server to a web browser, and stored by the browser. The information is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. This enables the web server to identify and track the web browser.

We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of this website.  Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users' computers.  The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. Google will store this information.  Google's privacy policy is available at: http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html.

Most browsers allow you to reject all cookies, whilst some browsers allow you to reject just third party cookies.  For example, in Internet Explorer you can refuse all cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Internet Options”, “Privacy”, and selecting “Block all cookies” using the sliding selector.  Blocking all cookies will, however, have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.