This privacy policy sets out how Words of Colour Productions Ltd and its internal projects (Digital Women UK and The Black Love Project) uses and protects any personal information that you give us.
The purpose of this policy is to give you a clear explanation about how we collect and process your personal information. We may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Any information we collect by which you can be identified will only be used in accordance with this privacy policy.
With the changes to General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), we’re required to clarify what personal information you have provided to us, why we store it and how we store it. All data captured will be used and held in accordance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 (as amended by the Data Protection Bill) and The EU General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation EU 2016/679), (‘GDPR’) which becomes effective from 25 May 2018
Words of Colour is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This policy sets out what personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, and how it will be used. Please read it through carefully and if you have any queries please contact [email protected].
When you give data to us directly:
When you give data to us indirectly:
When you give permission to other organisations to share your data, or it is publicly available such as:
What we collect and how it is used
Personal Data
Personal data includes your contact details, your contact preferences, details of communications with you, images of you taken at participatory and public events, details of your transactions and your access requirements. This enables us to conduct business with you and provide you with the best service for your needs, and to keep you informed about Words of Colour Productions.
Online
Depending on your device’s privacy settings, and those on other websites and apps you use, we may aggregate information you give us directly or indirectly to target online advertising and social media posts.
How a website tracks you depends on the privacy settings on the device you are using and any privacy settings you have set up with individual sites and apps.
Reporting and analysis
We use the data you give us directly and indirectly to report on participation at Words of Colour Productions and to improve your experience. This reporting is created from aggregated data and is not attributable to individuals.
Our website
When you visit our website, we may automatically collect technical information about your session including the Internet Protocol (IP) address that connects your device to the internet, the type of device you use, your browser, operating system and from where you have arrived at our site. We do not link this information to anything that identifies individuals. This information enables us to analyse how the website is used, where improvements can be made and to report to funding and public bodies, if relevant.
We use non-essential cookies on our website. A cookie is a small text file of letters and numbers that gets put onto your computer when you visit a website. This allows the site to distinguish you from other users. Non-essential cookies are used to track how you use and interact with our website and for analytical purposes and to monitor the efficacy of digital advertising. Cookies are not normally linked to information that allows us to identify individuals.
Surveys and promotions
We carry out promotions and surveys; as part of these we may ask you to disclose personal information. Participation is entirely voluntary and you have a choice whether to disclose Personal or Sensitive Personal Data. The data you supply is aggregated for reporting purposes and not attributed to individuals.
HR
If you apply for a job, work experience or volunteer opportunity at Words of Colour, we collect Personal Data and Sensitive Personal Data as part of your application. Your Equal Opportunities form is separated and immediately destroyed once the data has been logged.
How we keep your data safe and who has access
Paper files with Personal and Sensitive Personal Data are kept to a minimum and are stored securely when not in use.
If legally required, we may disclose your information to the police, regulatory bodies or legal advisors. We will only share your data in other circumstances with your consent.
If there is a breach of data that is likely to have a detrimental effect on individuals, for example, result in discrimination, damage to reputation, financial loss, loss of confidentiality or any other significant economic or social disadvantage, Words of Colour will notify the Information Commissioners Office (ico.org.uk) within 72 hours of becoming aware of the breach. Any individuals affected will also be notified within this timeframe.
Disclosure of your personal data
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we are required by law to do so.
Change of purpose
We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it.
Links to external websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have control over the following website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy policy. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy policy applicable to the website in question.
Keeping your information up to date
Please let us know when your details change so we can make sure that our information is current. However, we do have other processes in place to ensure that we keep our records up to date:
How to contact us
If you have any questions about our privacy policy, or information we hold about you, you can reach us:
By email: [email protected]
By phone: 020 3176 5646
By mail: Words of Colour Productions, Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London E1 5JL
You can update your contact preferences at any time by contacting [email protected].
Your rights
If you wish to amend your data, ask us to stop using your Personal and Sensitive Personal Data for reasons other than processing your application, or erase your Personal and/or Sensitive Personal Data please contact us at [email protected].
You have a right to ask for a copy of the information we hold about you. To request this please send an email to [email protected]. We do not make a charge for this. We endeavour to respond to requests within 30 days.
This privacy policy was updated on 24 May 2018.