By submitting personal data manually or in electronic form to this website, or by using this site, you give your consent that all personal data you submit may be processed in the manner and for the purposes described below.

What we collect about you

If you do nothing other than read pages or download information while using this website we will capture and store information about your visit. This information will not identify you; it relates to:

• The internet domain and IP address from which you access the website.
• The type of browser and operating system you use.
• The date and time of your visit.
• The pages you visit.
• The address of the website from which you linked to us (if applicable).

We use this information to make each visit more rewarding, and to provide us with information to help improve our service. We do not know (and do not want to know) the identities of people who visit us in this way.

Why we collect it

We collect this information to:

• improve customer service
• give you better access to our products and services of interest.

How we handle the information we collect

All collected data is managed in accordance with the Data Protection Act (see www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk).

You are entitled to access the information we have about you, and you have the right to demand that this information is amended and/or deleted should it not comply with the Act’s principles.

Occasionally we may wish to disclose the information we collect:

• to companies acting on our behalf in performing our normal business
• when obliged to do so by law.
• when protecting customer interests.

Privacy policy changes

The personal information we collect and maintain will be subject to the version of the Privacy policy in affect at the time of collection. We reserve the right to change the Privacy policy from time to time and will provide notice of these changes on the home page of our website. You should make sure you periodically review the Privacy policy to make sure it meets your needs.

FPA information policy

The information on this website can only give you basic information about sexual health. This information is based on the evidence and medical opinion available at the time this information was produced. Different people may give you different information and advice about certain points.

Requesting a link to or from the FPA website

• You do not need to request permission to create a link from your website to any FPA web pages. However, FPA reserves the right to request the removal of any link.
• If you would like FPA to set up a link to your website please email websupport@fpa.org.uk. We get many requests and our policy is only to link to sites which provide accurate, up-to-date and UK-applicable information around sexual health. We will contact you by email to let you know of our decision. We reserve the right to choose which sites we link to and will not enter into any correspondence about our decision process.

Links to external websites

FPA is not responsible for the content of external websites. This is because:

• we do not produce them or maintain/update them
• we cannot change them
• they can be changed without our knowledge or agreement.

Some of our external links may be to websites which also offer commercial services, such as online purchases.

The inclusion of a link to an external website from the FPA website should not be understood to be an endorsement of that website or the site's owners (or their products/services).

FPA policy on linking to private organisation's websites.

Contact us

If you wish to contact FPA about:

• the content on this website
• changing information about your own organisation if listed on this site
• making a complaint
• data protection

Please email websupport@fpa.org.uk.

For information and advice on

• contraception
• sexually transmitted infections
• pregnancy
• abortion

Call the FPA helpline England, 0845 122 8690, 9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday.

Call the FPA helpline Northern Ireland, 0845 122 8687, 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.

Use our 24hr a day clinic search.

Ask WES our Web Enquiry Service.