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Speaking Citizens is committed to protecting your privacy. We use the most up-to-date technologies to keep the information you give us secure and confidential, and to prevent unauthorised access to it.
This Privacy Notice sets out the basis on which we will process the personally identifying information (‘Personal Data’) that we collect and receive from and about users of our website. We ensure this data is managed securely and in accordance with this privacy policy, the General Data Protection Regulation 2018, and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003.
We collect the following personal data from you when you join our network:
Personal Data collected directly from you through our website contact form: your name and email address. The legal basis for collecting and processing this personal data is our legitimate interest in knowing more about our network to be able to respond fully.
Personal Data collected automatically from the use, by you, of the Speaking Citizens website. The data transmitted from your browser includes your IP address, the date and time of the visit the pages accessed, the access status/HTTP status code, your browser, your operating system and interface, as well as the language and version of the browser software. The legal basis for collecting and processing this personal data is our legitimate interest to be able to operate the website and provide you with access to the pages you wish to access.
We aim to be open and transparent when we collect your personal data and we will not do anything you would not reasonably expect.
With your permission, we will use your personal information to send you communications by email in order to inform you of our events, updates and all associated activities.
The personal data collected by Speaking Citizens is evaluated periodically to determine whether it is current and still needs to be held.
We mainly collect Personal Data electronically. We maintain technical and physical safeguards that are designed to protect the security and integrity of your Personal Data, and to guard it against accidental or unauthorised access, use, alteration or disclosure to unauthorised third parties. These measures include device encryption, firewalls and virus checking procedures.
This policy was updated on 15 May 2020.