Privacy Policy

Transition Tynedale Privacy Policy

Transition Tynedale aims to be clear and transparent about how we use personal data.

Note: This website is hosted on WordPress.com and as such is subject to their terms of use and privacy policy. Find out more about the WordPress.com privacy policy.

What information do we collect about you?

Transition Tynedale collects personal data when an individual voluntarily signs up to our newsletters and or mailing lists (Google groups). Website usage information is collected using cookies. If you attend our meetings, your name may be recorded on minutes of the meetings.

Additional data is collected if you choose to become a Member of Transition Tynedale.
The information we collect about members includes:

• Full name
• Postal address
• Email address
• When membership first started
• When subscription was paid

How will we use the information about you?

We use personal contact information to communicate with you about our news and events, and local community events, via the main Transition Tynedale newsletter, and via any specific project mailing lists or newsletters.

We use your information collected from the website and social media to track the demographic of people interacting with us. This data will not be identifiable.

We use names in minutes to keep track of who said what about issues we are tackling.

We are required to collect additional information about Members of Transition Tynedale in order to comply with legal requirements and regulations, and to manage ongoing subscriptions to membership.

Will we share your personal data?

We will never share the personal data we hold with anyone outside of Transition Tynedale, except when required to do so legally e.g. to law enforcement agencies.

Your personal data will not be shared between separate Transition Tynedale projects: If you are on a mailing list for one project you will not be added to any other Transition Tynedale mailing lists without you requesting this.

How can you access, delete, or amend your personal data?

Under UK and EU data protection regulations (GDPR) individuals have specific rights regarding their personal data:

• The right to be informed about how personal data is being used
• The right to access one’s personal data
• The right to prevent use of personal data
• The right to correct or erase personal information

You can ask us what personal data we hold about you, and we will let you know within 30 days. You can also ask us to correct or erase your personal information.

To do so please email info@transitiontynedale.org

Cookies

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information. This information is used to track visitor use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity.

For further information about cookies visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

You can set your browser not to accept cookies and the above websites tell you how to remove cookies from your browser. However in a few cases some of our website features may not function as a result.

Our website is hosted on WordPress.com, which controls the cookies we use on our website. Find more about the WordPress.com cookie policy.

Other Websites

The Transition Tynedale website occasionally contains links to other websites. This privacy policy only applies to this website so when you follow link to other websites you should read their own privacy policies.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We keep our privacy policy under regular review and we will place any updates on our web page. This privacy policy was last reviewed on 14th January 2021

How to Contact Us

Please contact us if you have any questions regarding our privacy policy, or would like to access, amend, or delete your personal data:

Email us at info@transitiontynedale.org