Privacy Policy

Who we are

This website is operated by the Staffordshire Figure Association whose registered address is:

Alan Sturrock, President
Staffordshire Figure Association
Swallows Barn
Kermincham
Cheshire, CW12 2LP

We are committed to protecting and preserving the privacy of our visitors when visiting our site or communicating electronically with us.

This policy sets out how we process any personal data we collect from you or that you provide to us through our website. We confirm that we will keep your information secure and that we will comply fully with all applicable UK Data Protection legislation and regulations. Please read the following carefully to understand what happens to personal data that you choose to provide to us, or that we collect from you when you visit this site. By visiting www.staffordshirefigureassociation.com (our website) you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy.

Types of information we may collect from you

We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal information about individuals who visit and use our website:

Information you supply to us. We do not have any forms on our website so you are not supplying us with any information about yourself in this way. Examples of forms on other websites include contact/enquiry forms, which may typically include your name, address, email address and phone number.

Information our website automatically collects about you. With regard to each of your visits to our website we may automatically collect information including the following:

  • technical information, including a truncated and anonymised version of your Internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, operating system and platform;
  • information about your visit, including what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got to the site (including date and time); page response times, length of visit, what you click on, documents downloaded and download errors.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. The cookies provide no personal data.

How we may use the information we collect

We use the information in the following ways:

Information you supply to us by email. We will use this information:

  • to provide you with information and/or services that you request from us, including membership set-up or details, quarterly membership newsletter, advice or information on Staffordshire figures, invitations to Staffordshire Figure Association events and opportunities, Staffordshire Figure Association news.

Information we automatically collect about you. We will use this information:

  • to administer our site including troubleshooting and statistical purposes
  • to improve our site to ensure that content is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer
  • security and debugging as part of our efforts to keep our site safe and secure

This information is collected anonymously and is not linked to information that identifies you as an individual. We use Google Analytics to track this information. Find out how Google uses your data at https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245.

Disclosure of your information

Any information you provide to us will be emailed directly to us. We use a trusted third party website and hosting provider (Weebly) to facilitate the running and management of this website. Weebly meet high data protection and security standards and are bound by contract to keep any information they process on our behalf confidential. Any data that may be collected through this website that Weebly process, is kept secure and only processed in the manner we instruct them to. Weebly cannot access, provide, rectify or delete any data that they store on our behalf without permission.

We do not rent, sell or share personal information about you with other people or non-affiliated companies.

We will use all reasonable efforts to ensure that your personal data is not disclosed to regional/national institutions and authorities, unless required by law or other regulations.

Third party links

Our site may contain links to and from the third party websites. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

Embedded content from other websites

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.

Your rights – access to your personal data

You have the right to ensure that your personal data is being processed lawfully (“Subject Access Right”). Your subject access right can be exercised in accordance with data protection laws and regulations. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. Any subject access request must be made in writing to Alan Sturrock, President of the Staffordshire Figure Association. We will provide your personal data to you within the statutory time frames. To enable us to trace any of your personal data that we may be holding, we may need to request further information from you. If you have a complaint about how we have used your information, you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

Changes to our privacy policy

Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by email. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.

Contact

Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to Alan Sturrock, President of the Staffordshire Figure Association.