At Clydesider Creative Ltd we take you privacy seriously. Our Privacy Policy, effective from May 25 has been updated to ensure it is compliant with the new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).
It explains the following:
- Who we are
- What information we collect
- How we use your data
- Who sees your data
- How long we hold your data
- Information security
- Your rights
- Cookies
- Who We Are
Clydesider Creative Ltd is a community media and creative training social enterprise based in West Dunbartonshire. Our social purpose is to promote the positive stories and the creative skills and talents that exist in our communities.
- What Information We Collect
We collect information to to inform existing and potential customers and volunteers about what our products and services and to carry out our day-to-day business. This includes Clydesider community magazine, our creative and therapeutic training and our community communication services. For example, when you register for our e-newsletter via our website (https://www.clydesider.org) or contact us about volunteering, advertising etc we’ll ask for personal and business information, such as your name, company name, email address and telephone number.
Depending on the product/service you are registering for we may ask for additional information about yourself or your organisation to help us deal with your enquiry. The specific information we request from you is dependent on the Clydesider Creative Ltd product/service.
- How We Use Your Data
We use the information we collect from all of our services for administrative and legitimate business purposes. This includes providing, maintaining, protecting and improving our existing products and services, developing new ones and protecting the Clydesider Creative brand.
When you contact Clydesider Creative Ltd we will keep a record of your communication and we will use your email address to inform you about our products and services, such as letting you know about our community magazine, upcoming events, training and workshops.
We will always ask for your consent before using information for a purpose other than those that are set out in this Privacy Policy.
- Who Sees Your Data
We will not sell your personal data to any third party.
We will not pass on your personal data to any third party without your express consent or unless we have a legal obligation to do so or to protect the rights and property of Clydesider Creative Ltd.
- How Long We Hold Your Data
We will retain your information for no longer than necessary, taking into account any legal and contractual obligations we have and our legitimate interests as a business.
- Information Security
Clydesider Creative aims to protect your data from unauthorised access or unauthorised alteration, disclosure or destruction using appropriate technical and organisational measures. All of the Cloud systems we use are GDPR compliant, our electronic equipment is password-protected with limited role-based accessibility. We keep a limited amount of data in paper files which are securely stored.
- Your Rights
You have the right to ask us not to contact you for marketing purposes and/or to withdraw your consent to direct marketing at any time. You can exercise this right at any time after giving consent by contacting us at theclydesider@gmail.com
- Cookies
This Cookie Policy was last updated on 2nd November 2019 and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of the United Kingdom.
1. Introduction
Our website, https://clydesider.org (hereinafter: "the website") uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience all technologies are referred to as "cookies"). Cookies are also placed by third parties we have engaged. In the document below we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.
2. What are cookies?
A cookie is a small simple file that is sent along with pages of this website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or another device. The information stored therein may be returned to our servers or to the servers of the relevant third parties during a subsequent visit.
3. What are scripts?
A script is a piece of programme code that is used to make our website function properly and interactively. This code is executed on our server or on your device.
4. What is a web beacon?
A web beacon (or a pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to monitor traffic on a website. In order to do this, various data about you is stored using web beacons.
5. Cookies
5.1 Technical or functional cookies
Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website work properly and that your user preferences remain known. By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, you do not need to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our website and, for example, the items remain in your shopping cart until you have paid. We may place these cookies without your consent.
5.2 Statistics cookies
We use statistics cookies to optimize the website experience for our users. With these statistics cookies we get insights in the usage of our website. We ask your permission to place statistics cookies.
5.3 Marketing/Tracking cookies
Marketing/Tracking cookies are cookies or any other form of local storage, used to create user profiles to display advertising or to track the user on this website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
5.4 Social media buttons
On our website we have included buttons for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, WhatsApp and Instagram to promote webpages (e.g. “like”, “pin”) or share (e.g. “tweet”) on social networks like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, WhatsApp and Instagram. These buttons work using pieces of code coming from Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, WhatsApp and Instagram themselves. This code places cookies. These social media buttons also can store and process certain information, so a personalized advertisement can be shown to you.
Please read the privacy statement of these social networks (which can change regularly) to read what they do with your (personal) data which they process using these cookies. The data that is retrieved is anonymized as much as possible. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, WhatsApp and Instagram are located in the United States.
6. Placed cookies
7. Consent
When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a pop-up with an explanation about cookies. As soon as you click on "Save preferences", you consent to us using the categories of cookies and plug-ins you selected in the pop-up, as described in this Cookie Policy. You can disable the use of cookies via your browser, but please note that our website may no longer work properly.
7.1 Manage your consent settings
8. Your rights with respect to personal data
You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:
- You have the right to know why your personal data is needed, what will happen to it, and how long it will be retained for.
- Right of access: You have the right to access your personal data that is known to us.
- Right to rectification: you have the right to supplement, correct, have deleted or blocked your personal data whenever you wish.
- If you give us your consent to process your data, you have the right to revoke that consent and to have your personal data deleted.
- Right to transfer your data: you have the right to request all your personal data from the controller and transfer it in its entirety to another controller.
- Right to object: you may object to the processing of your data. We comply with this, unless there are justified grounds for processing.
To exercise these rights, please contact us. Please refer to the contact details at the bottom of this Cookie Policy. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you, but you also have the right to submit a complaint to the supervisory authority (the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)).
9. Enabling/disabling and deleting cookies
You can use your internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. You can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed. Another option is to change the settings of your internet browser so that you receive a message each time a cookie is placed. For more information about these options, please refer to the instructions in the Help section of your browser.
Please note that our website may not work properly if all cookies are disabled. If you do delete the cookies in your browser, they will be placed again after your consent when you visit our websites again.
10. Contact details
For questions and/or comments about our Cookie Policy and this statement, please contact us by using the following contact details:
The Clydesider
48a Erskine View, Old Kilpatrick, G60 5JG
United Kingdom
Website: https://clydesider.org
Email: moc.liamg@redisedylceht
Phone number: 0303 123 1113
This Cookie Policy was synchronised with cookiedatabase.org on 14th October 2021
If you are unhappy with how we handle your personal information, you can notify the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) by calling their helpline on: 0303 123 1113.
Amanda Eleftheriades-Sherry
Director