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This website is maintained and operated by the British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association ("us", "we" or "our").
8 Merus Court, Meridian Business Park, Leicester, LE19 1RJ, United Kingdom

Telephone: 0116 289 4316
Email:office@bhpa.co.uk

"Our Website" is aimed at adults, and can be viewed via the domains bhpa.co.uk, bhpa.uk, or bhpa.club.

When viewing "Our Website", you must agree to comply with and be bound by our Website Terms of Use, which together with the Website Privacy Notice published below govern "our" relationship with you when you use "Our Website". If you disagree with any part of our Website Terms of Use, please do not use "Our Website".

Please see the BHPA Membership Privacy Notice for an explanation of how the BHPA uses the information you have voluntarily provided for the purposes of providing you with membership products and services.

Website Privacy Notice

The information we collect through our website and on-line shop
When you visit our website or on-line shop we collect information in two ways:

Information collected automatically
Examples of this are:

Information you voluntarily supply
Examples of this are information you voluntarily supply when:

How information collected automatically will be used
The statistical information automatically collected is aggregated and used by the BHPA to analysis visits to our website and on-line shop, improve visitor experience, and assist in future website and on-line shop developments.

How information you voluntarily supply will be used
When purchasing product from our on-line shop the BHPA will use the information you have provided as follows:

The BHPA will not share the personal data you submit with third parties other than Secure Hosting (Monek) and Paypal, our on-line payment processors. Your credit card details will be entered on a secure payment page hosted by our payment processing partners, and are therefore never entered through or stored on our web server. Any information we do share with our payment processing partners is shared using SSL encryption between our systems and those of our payment processing partners.

You have the right to object to our use of the data submitted, withdraw your consent for us to use your data, request a copy of the data we hold, require us to correct any errors in that data, and to require us to delete your personal data. If you choose to withdraw your consent you will no longer be able to purchase products from our on-line shop.

E-mail Communications
We may send you emails from time to time if you add a web site to our links page, open an account in our online shop, or purchase items from our online shop. You can "opt out" of receiving emails from our on-line shop by changing your shop account preference accordingly.

Children
The British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association only sells products to adults who are able to purchase them with a credit card. If you are under 18, you may only use the British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association's on-line shop with the involvement of a parent or guardian.

Our use of cookies
Our website and on-line shop use cookies. These are used to provide services you request, and to provide additional functionality to enhance your user experience.

You can set your browser to reject cookies and delete any that have already been set. But you will experience a loss of functionality when visiting some pages on our website, and will not be able to use our on-line shop.

Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information. Cookies are downloaded to your device when you visit a website, then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit. You can find more information about cookies at: www.allaboutcookies.org and www.youronlinechoices.eu.

Types of Cookie

Cookie Categories (based on the ICC UK Cookie guide)

Cookie Name Type Category Owner Usage
Cookies

Cookie Name
JssCart
Type
Persistent First-Party
Category
1
Owner
BHPA
Usage
This essential cookie is automatically set when you visit our on-line shop. This cookie keeps a track of what you have added to your shopping basket. This cookie lasts for 3 hours.

Cookie Name
jssHash
Type
Persistent First-Party
Category
1
Owner
BHPA
Usage
This essential cookie is automatically set when you visit our on-line shop. This is your unique session ID for your visit to our on-line shop, and is used to distinguish you from any other visitors to our shop. This cookie lasts for 3 hours.

Cookie Name
JssCart
Type
Session First-Party
Category
1
Owner
BHPA
Usage
This essential cookie may also set when you visit our on-line shop. This is a session cookie that allows your purchases to be added to the shopping cart throughout the purchase process.

Cookie Name
cookiesDirective
Type
Persistent First-Party
Category
1
Owner
BHPA
Usage
This cookie will be set when you click the "Got it" button at the bottom our cookie compliance notice to confirm implicit consent. It's used to stop the notice appearing again when you next visit our website.

Cookie Name
cookies_approved
Type
Persistent First-Party
Category
1
Owner
BHPA
Usage
This cookie will be set by our cookie compliance script if you have been asked for, and have given, explicit permission for cookies to be set.

Cookie Name
cookiesDisclosureCount
Type
Persistent First-Party
Category
1
Owner
BHPA
Usage
This cookie may be set by our cookie compliance script to keep track of the number of times the cookie compliance notice has been displayed.

Cookie Name
PHPSESSID
Type
Session First-Party
Category
2
Owner
BHPA
Usage
This session cookie is set when you view an on-line copy of Skywing magazine. It is used to verify succesful downloads for statistical purposes.

Cookie Name
MshipBHPA
Type
Session First-Party
Category
1
Owner
BHPA
Usage
This essential session cookie is set if you apply on-line to join the BHPA or renew your BHPA membership, and is used to authenticate your application.

From time to time it may be necessary to amend the documents referred to above, to reflect changes in the way "we" or "our" partners operate, or changes to statutory regulations. Whenever any of the documents referred to above are amended, the 'last updated date' at the bottom of the relevant document will be amended accordingly. If substantive or material amendments are made to any of the above documents, a notice will also be posted on the Skywings News page of "Our Website".

Last updated: 13 July 2024

The BHPA is a members of the Royal Aero Club
The BHPA is a member of the European Hang Gliding and Paragliding Union
The Civil Aviation Authority Drone and Model Aircraft Code
The General Aviation Safety Council Flight Safety Magazine

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