Privacy notice for https://aldesd.org/

In accordance with Data Protection Legislation and the Privacy Electronic Communications Regulations, this privacy notice will:

  • inform you as to how we look after your personal data when you visit our website;
  • tell you about your privacy rights;
  • tell you how the law protects you.

This is a general web privacy policy which applies to the https://aldesd.org/ we manage.

What do we collect?

Whilst you do not require an account to access our website, there may be occasions where data is requested / collected as part of an action / activity, for example;

  • to register for an event
  • to request information such as the Learning Design and ESD Bootcamp
  • to subscribe to a mailing list
  • to communicate with us
  • to understand how you use our websites, and how our websites perform when you use them.

Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data).

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:

  • Identity data – includes first name, maiden name, last name, username or similar identifier, marital status, title, date of birth, gender and your Internet Protocol (IP) address.
  • Contact data -includes billing address, postal address, email address and telephone numbers.
  • Technical data – includes your Internet Protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.
  • Usage data – information on how you use the site, using cookies and page tagging techniques
  • Email data – your email address and subscription preferences when you download our materials or sign up to any email alerts, newsletters and other mailing lists.

This data can be viewed by authorised people from the Learning Design and ESD Bootcamp, and trusted partners to:

  • Improve functionality, security and accessibility
  • improve the site by monitoring how you use it e.g. pages you visit on the site and browser versions used
  • gather feedback to improve our services
  • help us respond to your feedback, if you’ve asked us to
  • send email alerts or newsletters to users who request them

How we use your personal data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

  • Where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you.
  • When you request us to do something for you or because of you
  • Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
  • Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.
  • To understand the behaviour of visitors to the site. This would include:
    • The number of visitors to different areas
    • The types of information being searched for via the sites search engine
    • To identify any anomalies in site usage
    • To evaluate the popularity of news articles

Where we store your data

We store your data primarily on secure servers in the UK and European Economic Area (EEA). 

Although we make every effort to keep your data in the UK / EEA, we occasionally work with third parties in the United States. In these cases, we ensure they will abide by the same level of assurances as the UK / EEA respectively

How we keep your data secure

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

How long will you use my personal data for?

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

Disclosing your information

We may pass on your personal information if we have a legal obligation to do so, or if we have to enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements. We may also share your information with other organisations who carry out marketing, market research for the Learning Design and ESD Bootcamp.

We do not pass on your details to other websites for their own marketing or commercial purposes.

Your rights

You have the right to have data erased if it is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was originally collected/processed, or if there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing. This is sometimes known as ‘the right to be forgotten’.

Direct marketing

You can ask us or third parties to stop sending you marketing messages at any time. If you’ve signed up for email alerts, you can unsubscribe or change your settings at any time by selecting the ‘unsubscribe’ link that appears in every email.

Links to other websites

The Learning Design and ESD Bootcamp website contains links to other websites.

This privacy policy only applies to https://aldesd.org/ (including any sub-domain) and doesn’t cover other websites that we link to. These services, have their own terms and conditions and privacy policies. If you do go to another website from this one, read the privacy policy on that website to find out what it does with your information.

Following a link to the Learning Design and ESD website from another website

If you come to the Learning Design and ESD websites from another website, we may receive information from the other website. You should read the privacy policy of the website you came from to find out more about this.

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