PRIVACY POLICY

 

Who we are

We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; this policy sets out how we will treat your personal information. Our website uses cookies. By using our website and agreeing to this policy, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) is a regulation that replaces the Data Protection Regulation (Directive 95/46/EC). The Regulation aims to harmonise data protection legislation across EU member states, enhancing privacy rights for individuals and providing a strict framework within which commercial organisations can legally operate. Even though the UK is no longer part of the EU, GDPR became applicable in the UK from 25/5/2018. The Government is continuing with GDPR in UK law post-Brexit and has introduced a Data Protection Bill to replace the current Data Protection Act.

Our website address is https://www.debdenhistory.org.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal information:

  • information about your computer and about your visits to and use of this website (including your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation);
  • information that you provide to us for the purpose of enquiring with us (including personal contact information such as your name, email address, telephone number and address);
  • any other information that you choose to send to us.

Cookies

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Embedded content from other websites

If we include articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

USING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Personal information submitted to us via this website will be used for the purposes specified in this privacy policy or in relevant parts of the website.

We may use your personal information to:

  • send you email notifications which you have specifically requested;
  • send to you marketing communications relating to our business or the businesses;
  • provide third parties with statistical information about our users – but this information will not be used to identify any individual user;
  • deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to the website.

Before or at the time of collecting personal information, we will identify the purposes for which information is being collected. We will only retain personal information as long as necessary for the fulfilment of those purposes.

We will collect and use personal information solely with the objective of fulfilling those purposes specified by us and for other compatible purposes, unless we obtain the consent of the individual concerned or as required by law (see below). We will protect personal information by reasonable security safeguards, as well as, unauthorised access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.

We also collect personal data from you if you contact us via our social media sites. Contact will only be made via these sites when you actively engage with us.

If you contact us via email, this information is stored electronically. By sending us an email, we take this as an instruction and permission to reply in relation to the query raised by any communication method you have provided until advised otherwise.

Our site has SSL certification which means that any information sent to us is encrypted and private.


DISCLOSURES

We may disclose information about you to any of our employees, officers, agents, suppliers or subcontractors insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes as set out in this privacy policy.

In addition, we may disclose your personal information:

  • to the extent that we are required to do so by law;
  • in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings;
  • in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk);
  • to the purchaser (or prospective purchaser) of any business or asset that we are (or are contemplating) selling; and
  • to any person who we reasonably believe may apply to a court or other competent authority for disclosure of that personal information where, in our reasonable opinion, such court or authority would be reasonably likely to order disclosure of that personal information.

Except as provided in this privacy policy, we will not provide your information to third parties.


SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.

Of course, data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the Internet.


POLICY AMENDMENTS

We may update this privacy policy from time to time by posting a new version on our website.  You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes.


YOUR RIGHTS

You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you.  Provision of such information will be subject to:

  • the payment of a fee (currently fixed at £10.00); and
  • the supply of appropriate evidence of your identity (for this purpose, we will usually accept a photocopy of your passport certified by a solicitor or bank plus an original copy of a utility bill showing your current address).

We may withhold such personal information to the extent permitted by law.

You may instruct us not to process your personal information for marketing purposes, by sending an email to us.  In practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal information for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt-out of the use of your personal information for marketing purposes.


THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES

This website is hosted by LCN. www.lcn.com

The website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of third-party websites.


UPDATING INFORMATION

Please let us know if the personal information which we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.


CONTACT

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our treatment of your personal information, please write to us via our contact via info@debdenhistory.org

 

Policy created 17.6.24