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Netley Marsh South Neighbourhood Watch Privacy & Cookie Policy

 

The Neighbourhood Watch for the Netley Marsh South Community is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

 

This policy explains when and why we collect personal information about you, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others, how we keep it safe and secure and your rights and choices in relation to your information. Any questions regarding this policy and our privacy practices should be sent by email to netleymarshnhw@gmail.com.

 

In this policy ‘Netley Marsh Neighbourhood Watch, ‘we’, ‘us’ or ‘our’ means: Neighbourhood Watch Netley Marsh South. In this policy our website refers to www.netleymarshnhw.co.uk.

 

The information you provide when joining Neighbourhood Watch Netley Marsh South through our website is registered onto our database.

 

How do we collect information from you?

  • We obtain information about you in the following ways:

    • Information you give us directly i.e. through our website or local Neighbourhood Watch meetings

    • Information you give us when joining us as a member

    • Social media

    • When you tender for a contract with us

 

What type of information is collected from you?

  • The personal information we collect, store and use might include:

    • your name and contact details (including postal address, email address and telephone numbers)

    • your information provider preferences when you sign up to email alerts

    • any other personal information you have shared with us.

 

How and why is your information used?

We may use your information for different purposes, which may include:

  • Sending you communications which you have requested or that may be of interest to you. These may include information or surveys about crime prevention, campaigns and activities

  • Keep a record of Neighbourhood Watch schemes, coordinators, supporters and members

  • Gather feedback to improve our services, for example our email alerts

  • Respond to any feedback you send us

 

How long is your information kept for?

We keep your information for no longer than is necessary for the purposes it was collected for. The length of time we retain your personal information for is determined by operational and legal considerations. When records are no longer required they are deleted or disposed of securely and confidentially. All paper documents containing any personal details are shredded. For example, we are legally required to hold some types of information to fulfil our statutory and regulatory obligations (e.g. health/safety and tax/accounting purposes).

We review our retention periods on a regular basis.

 

Who has access to your information?

We keep your data secure and may be shared with Neighbourhood Watch Netley Marsh South volunteers who help us to keep your personal data up to date and accurate.

We do not sell or rent your information to third parties.

We do not share your information with third parties for marketing purposes.

 

Lawful Processing

Data protection law requires us to rely on one or more lawful grounds to process your personal information. We consider the following grounds to be relevant:

  • Specific consent

  • Legal obligation

  • Vital and Legitimate interests

 

Communications

We may use your contact details to provide you with information about the work we do, crime prevention advice and opportunities to support us, if we think it may be of interest to you only to registered members and other people who have agreed to receive information from Neighbourhood Watch Netley Marsh South.

 

Your choices

We are committed to putting you in control of your data so you are asked when you register your details on our website to give your explicit consent to receive communications from us. If you do not want to continue to receive communications from us about the work we do and any activities, you are free to change your preferences at any time. You can do this by logging into your account on our website or by emailing us to: netleymarshnhw@gmail.com

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Your Rights

Under UK data protection law, you have certain rights over the personal information that we hold about you. Here is a summary of the rights that we think apply:

  • Right of access to personal data held about you

  • Right to have your inaccurate personal information corrected

  • Right to restrict use of your personal data

  • Right of erasure of your personal data

  • Right for your personal information to be portable

  • Right to object to the processing of your personal data.

 

If you want to exercise any of the above rights, please email us. We may require to ask for further information and/or evidence of identity. We will endeavour to respond fully to all requests within one month of receipt of your request, however if we are unable to do so we will contact you with reasons for the delay.

 

Keeping your information safe and up-to-date

When you give us personal information, we take steps to ensure that appropriate technical and organisational controls are in place to protect it through compliance with our internal Data Protection policies and practices.

We also make sure that any third parties that we deal with keep all personal data they process on our behalf secure.

Non-sensitive details (your email address etc.) are transmitted normally over the internet, and this can never be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your information, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems.

 

Where you have chosen a password which enables you to access certain parts of our website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.

We take reasonable steps to ensure your information is accurate and up to date.

 

Cookie Policy

This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used.

 

Use of 'cookies'

Like many other websites, our website uses cookies. 'Cookies' are small pieces of information sent by an organisation to your computer and stored on your hard drive to allow that website to recognise you when you visit. For example, we use cookies to store your preferences. This helps us to deliver a more personalised service when you browse our website and improves our services.

 

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites run by other organisations. This policy applies only to our website so we encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit. We cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other websites even if you access those using links from our website.

In addition, if you linked to our website from a third party site, we cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of the owners and operators of that third party site and recommend that you check the privacy policy of that third party site.

 

16 or Under

We are concerned to protect the privacy of children aged 16 or under. If you are aged 16 or under‚ please get your parent/guardian's permission beforehand whenever you provide us with personal information.

 

Vulnerable circumstances

We are committed to protecting vulnerable supporters and members and appreciate that additional care may be needed when we use their personal information. In recognition of this, we observe good practice guidelines in our interactions with people we know to be vulnerable.

 

Contact us or make a complaint

  • If you have any questions about anything in this document

  • If you think that your personal data has been misused or mishandled.

 

Please email: netleymarshnhw@gmail.com

 

We reserve the right to modify this privacy and cookie policy at any time, so please review it frequently.

Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.

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