At Do-it (part of the registered charity YouthNet UK) we take our obligations under the Data Protection Act (1998) very seriously.

We offer user registration to make it as easy as possible for you to apply online for volunteering opportunities.

When you apply for an opportunity, we will forward your details to the opportunity provider. If the opportunity is advertised by an opportunity broker (such as a Volunteer Centre), your details may be sent to both the broker and the organisation hosting the opportunity in order to take your application forward.

We will also hold this information ourselves, to allow you to apply for another opportunity without having to complete a new form.

The opportunity provider might forward your details to the organisation hosting the opportunity in order to take your application forward. Otherwise, the information will never be passed on to a third party without your permission unless we are legally obliged to do so.

We will supply you with contact details for the organisation that your application is sent to. If a broker chooses to forward your information to the organisation hosting the opportunity, they should provide you with contact details for this. We are not responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other organisations you deal with or sites that you visit.

We ask for information about disability and ethnicity to help us, the opportunity provider and the opportunity host with equal opportunities monitoring. By choosing to submit this information you consent to the processing of this information by us and these organisations.

Information you provide is also collated to help us to demonstrate our impact to funders and develop our service to further meet users' needs.

Unless you choose to tick the relevant boxes, you will not receive further mailings other than a reply to your enquiry from the opportunity provider or opportunity host. If you would like to stop receiving further mailings from us, you can uncheck the relevant box on your profile.  You can also choose to delete your account.

You are entitled to ask for a copy of the information we store about you (for which we may charge a small fee not exceeding £10).

If you have any concerns or questions please contact us.

Why we ask for your date of birth

We ask for your date of birth for a number of reasons, which help us (YouthNet) and our partner organisations that provide volunteering opportunities:

• Not all volunteering opportunities are open to all age groups (e.g. some are specifically for young people or older people and many organisations cannot involve volunteers under the age of 16 etc) so it helps our partners place volunteers in appropriate opportunities;
• Our partner organisations need to ensure that they are involving all sections of their community and have to demonstrate this to their funders so they require date of birth to be included in the registration process. By supplying it here it means it is  transferred directly on to the partner's database;
• It helps us monitor who is using Do-it. We have a stated aim of ensuring that we are reaching all sections of society.

Age discrimination laws do not currently apply to volunteering opportunities.

Nielsen//Netratings, Google Analytics and cookies

Do-it uses both Nielsen//Netratings and Google Analytics to gather non-personal information on our visitors.  This is done through cookies and code which is embedded on our websites.  If you wish to reject the cookies on our website,  you will need to turn off cookies in your browser.  You can find instructions on how to reject cookies in different browsers here.  Please note that, rejecting cookies may mean that some sites will not function correctly.  It is also possible to completely opt out of the Nielsen//Netratings process through the link on their privacy page.

Nielsen//Netratings is an independent measurement and research company. The following is Neilsen//Netratings description of what they collect:

'The types of statistical information we may gather on behalf of our clients include the number of visitors to their Web sites, which pages are visited, duration of page views, advertising click-through metrics, the location of visitors prior to accessing their Web site, and details on browsers (including Internet Protocol 'IP' addresses or browser configurations). We use this information to provide our clients with detailed reports and analyses of the traffic to their Web sites. All of this information is provided to clients on a completely anonymous basis.'

Google Analytics, owned by Google, Inc. is another way for us to monitor how our visitors are using Do-it so that we can improve their experience.  The following is what Google has to say about their service:

'This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google").  Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage.  Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.  By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.'

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