Privacy Statement
We will take measures to ensure that the Personal Information that you submit to us remains private and is used only for the purpose for which it was collected. To ensure further protection of your Personal Information, we have adopted a set of guidelines (outlined below) to describe the Personal Information we collect about you, why we collect it, and how we use it.
By visiting our website farfieldmill.org or participating in a membership or subscription or gift-aiding money paid to The Society you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy.
We are committed to safeguarding privacy and to complying with the UK Data Protection Act 1998, the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2011. For the purpose of the General Data Protection Regulations (the GDPR), the data controller is Farfield Mill Ltd, Garsdale Road, Sedbergh LA10 5AW.
You can contact us by;
Email: marketing@farfieldmill.org
Telephone: 015396 21958
Website: www.farfieldmill.org
Your Information
Collecting your information
We collect personal information provided by you when you subscribe to receive our regular newsletters by completing the form on our website, when you provide your contact details in writing at one of our events, when you visit Farfield Mill, place an order online or by telephone or whilst on our premises, submit enquiries, attend events, and other similar activities.
Subscribers, Friends and Members
If you subscribe to our website, marketing emails and/or activity updates we will collect your personal information to send the requested information to you.
If you are a Friend of Farfield Mill we will collect personal information to send you information about your subscription and you are welcome to sign up to our mailing list to receive; newsletters, events, invitations, fundraising and announcements.
If you are a Shareholder Member we will collect personal information to send you information about Society’s activities, ask for your opinion and notices of meetings.
How we use your personal information
We may process your personal information for our legitimate business interests.
We may use the personal information we collect to supply information and communicate with you. We may contact you by email, post, or telephone. You can decide which form of communication we use to contact you. We may use your personal information to send you news about forthcoming exhibitions or workshops, and other similar information. We may use the information we collect for direct marketing, network and information systems security, data analytics, enhancing, modifying or improving our services, identifying usage trends and determining the effectiveness of promotional campaigns, marketing and advertising.
You have the right to object to this processing if you wish and can contact by email or in writing (contact details above) and we will work with you to resolve the issue. If you still think there is a problem with the way we handle your data, you can complain to the Information Commissioners Office
Disclosure of your information
All information we have about you is kept for the Society to use as described in this policy. This may from time to time be passed to other companies, organisations or individuals who will also be in full accordance with this policy.
Opting Out
When the Society first collects information about you, we will offer you the opportunity to “opt-in” to having your Personal Information used by the Society for Marketing purposes. If at any time after that you decide that you no longer want us to use your information for that purpose, you can have your personal information removed from our records.
You can do this by sending an email or writing to us (contact details above).
Website
Cookies
There is a technology called “cookies” which can be used to provide you with tailored information from a website. A cookie is an element of data that a website can send to your browser, which may then be stored on your computer system. This element of data is a piece of text, not a program. The Society’s website can only access the information from a cookie sent by our website. We cannot access other cookies sent by other websites or the information contained within them. Additionally, we cannot learn your email address or any other information about you using a cookie. The only way we would learn that information is if you specifically give us that information.
The Society uses cookies to track usage of the website and further customize your experience when you are visiting the Society’s website. By tracking usage, we can best determine what features of the website serve you.
You may decline to accept cookies sent by the Society’s website by selecting an option on your browser to reject cookies. Other sites linked to our website may also send cookies; however, we do not control such activities. If you decline a cookie, you may not be viewing our website in the best way for you.
Overall, the use of cookies helps to give you a customized experience on the Society’s website. Using cookies, we will know what’s working and what’s not. That information is then used to keep our website fresh and relevant to you the user. Cookies also allow the personalization of any online services we may provide to you.
Other Privacy Details
Other web sites
Where we provide links to third party websites which are not affiliated with The Society such sites are out of our control and are not covered by this Privacy Policy. If you access these sites by using the links provided, the operators of these sites may collect information from you which will be used by them in accordance with their own privacy policy.
IP Addresses
An IP address is a number automatically assigned to your computer whenever you access the Internet. All computer identification on the Internet is conducted with IP addresses, which allow computers and servers to recognize and communicate with each other. The Trust may log IP addresses, or the location of your computer on the Internet, for systems administration and troubleshooting purposes. However, we do not use IP address logs to track your session or your behaviour on the website.
Use of Personal Information
We do not provide specific Personal Information to unaffiliated third parties.
Third Party Hosting
The Society contracts with a third party to maintain and host the website. Therefore, any information you submit, including Personal Information, may be placed and stored on a computer server maintained by this third party. Your use of the website and any provision of Personal Information you submit to the website constitutes your acknowledgement that the information or content could pass through and may be stored in servers outside the control of the Society. You agree that the Society has no liability or responsibility for any such pass through or storage of same.
This Privacy Policy is effective as of 23 May 2018. The Society reserves the right to modify the terms of this policy at any time and in our sole discretion, by posting a change notice to this page. Your continued use of the website following our posting of a change notice will constitute binding acceptance of those changes.