Privacy Statement

This privacy statement covers The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust's website at www.runforelephants.com and the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (UK Registered Charity Number 1103836).

The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (DSWT) respects the privacy of all visitors to its websites and will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data is kept securely.

The following questions and answers should help you to understand what information we collect, how it is used and what happens to it.

What information do we collect?

Non-Personal Information, such as IP address, pages viewed and files downloaded. This helps us to monitor the sites performance, determine how many people visit the site, identify what pages are most popular, and how regularly people visit.

Personal Information, such as name, address, telephone number, email address, bank details etc. This information is only collected in connection with specific activities, such as donations, feedback, newsletter requests etc.

What happens to your personal information when you register to take part in The Enormous Elephant Run?

In order to register for The Enormous Elephant Run, either through the website or over the telephone, we may need to collect information about you to process and complete the registration.

This information may include, but is not limited to, details such as your name, your address and your credit card details. Unless we have your express consent we will only disclose personal data to third parties if this is required for the purpose of completing your transaction with us.

This is of course subject to the proviso that we may disclose your data to certain permitted third parties, such as members of our own group, our own professional advisers who are bound by confidentiality codes, and when we are legally obliged to disclose your data.

You may contact us at any time to request that we remove your details from any of our systems. We do not sell, rent or trade your personal information to third parties for marketing purposes without your express consent.

The Data Protection Act

Any personal information submitted via the www.runforelephants.org website and event registration form is treated in accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998). This means that you have a right to advise us at any time if you no longer wish to receive mailings from us.

Updating your details

If your postal address, email address or telephone number details change, then you must inform us as soon as possible by amending your online registration or emailing infouk@sheldrickwildlifetrust.org. If this is not done, we cannot guarantee that you will receive all Run communications.

Your personal information will only be used by us and any appointed third parties for purposes in connection with the event and any subsequent events that we may organise or administer. By entering the event, you grant full and irrevocable permission for us to pass any medical details you have given us to the medical teams operating on the day of the event.

Cancellation Policy

We reserve the right, in our absolute discretion, to cancel, delay or postpone the event due to unforeseen or unavoidable circumstances out of our reasonable control. In such cases, we will endeavour to inform participants as quickly as is possible. Where the event has to be cancelled, delayed or postponed due to circumstances outside of our reasonable control (including for the avoidance of doubt due to adverse weather conditions or as a result of instructions from the emergency services), we shall not be liable for any inconvenience, expenses, costs, losses or damages suffered by participants. Where the event has to be cancelled, delayed or postponed due to circumstances that were within our reasonable control, all registration fees are non-refundable in the event of cancellation, delay or postponement as is all sponsorship money, inconvenience, expenses, costs, losses or damages suffered by you as a result.

Contact Us

Should you need to contact us for any reason related to our privacy statement, The Enormous Elephant Run or any other matter, please use the details provided here:

Telephone: +44 (0) 1372 378 321

or write to us at:
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
2nd Floor
3 Bridge Street
Leatherhead
KT22 8BL
United Kingdom.