Privacy PolicY
We are the Tract and Touch Trust. We’re an unincorporated charitable trust. In this privacy notice we will refer to ourselves as ‘we’, ‘us’ or ‘our’.
You can get hold of us in any of the following ways:
- by e-mailing us at trust@tractandtouch.com
We take the privacy, including the security, of personal information we hold about you seriously. This privacy notice is designed to inform you about how we collect personal information about you and how we use that personal information. You should read this privacy notice carefully so that you know and can understand why and how we use the personal information we collect and hold about you.
We do not have a Data Protection Officer, but if you have any questions about this privacy notice or issues arising from it then you should contact trust@tractandtouch.com.
We may issue you with other privacy notices from time to time, including when we collect personal information from you. This privacy notice is intended to supplement these and does not override them.
We may update this privacy notice from time to time. This version was last updated on 5 Oct 2022.
1. Key Definitions
The key terms that we use throughout this privacy notice are defined below, for ease:
Data Controller: under UK data protection law, this is the organisation or person responsible for deciding how personal information is collected and stored and how it is used.
Data Processor: a Data Controller may appoint another organisation or person to carry out certain tasks in relation to the personal information on behalf of, and on the written instructions of, the Data Controller. (This might be the hosting of a site containing personal data, for example, or providing an email marketing service that facilitates mass distribution of marketing material to a Data Controller’s customer-base.)
Personal Information: in this privacy notice we refer to your personal data as ‘personal information’. ‘Personal information’ means any information from which a living individual can be identified. It does not apply to information which has been anonymised.
Special Information – certain very sensitive personal information requires extra protection under data protection law. Sensitive data includes information relating to health, racial and ethnic origin, political opinions, religious and similar beliefs, trade union membership, sex life and sexual orientation and also includes genetic information and biometric information.
2. Details of personal information which we collect and hold about you
2.1 Set out below are the general categories [and details of retention periods in relation to those categories (see section 8 below for more details about retention) and in each case the types of personal information which we collect, use and hold about you:
General Category Types of Personal Data in that category & Retention Periods
Identity Information: This is information relating to your identity such as your name (including any previous names and any titles which you use), gender, marital status and date of birth Emails to the trust are retained 3 years unless otherwise required by our funders or law.
Contact Information: This is information relating to your contact details such as e-mail address, addresses, telephone numbers These are retained 3 years unless otherwise required by our funders, law or legitimate interest.
Website, Device and Technical Information: We retain none of this information, however, our internet host Squarespace may do so. Please see their privacy policy, here.
ANY OTHER INFORMATION:
Tract and Touch Trust holds the allowable and required records of Tract and Touch, Ltd. which ceased operations in Oct, 2022. Under 4.1 b, c & d below, we are required to hold Tract and Touch’s data, including some personal data for the reasons described to the right. Legal obligation reasons, legitimate interest reasons, and in some rare cases, consent reasons are the basis on which we hold this information. See 4.1 below.
2.2 [The types of personal data we collect or hold about you may differ from person to person, depending on who you are and the relationship between us.]
3. Details of special information which we collect and hold about you
3.1 Special information is explained in section 1 above. We do not collect or hold any special information about you.
4. Details of how and why we use personal information
4.1 We are only able to use your personal information for certain legal reasons set out in data protection law. There are legal reasons under data protection law other than those listed below, but in most cases, we will use your personal information for the following legal reasons:
(a) Contract Reason: this is in order to perform our obligations to you under a contract we have entered into with you;
(b) Legitimate Interests Reason: this is where the use of your personal information is necessary for our (or a third party’s) legitimate interests, so long as that legitimate interest does not override your fundamental rights, freedoms or interests.
(c) Legal Obligation Reason: this is where we have to use your personal information in order to perform a legal obligation by which we are bound; and
(d) Consent Reason: this is where you have given us your consent to use your personal information for a specific reason or specific reasons.
4.2 Where we rely on consent for a specific purpose as the legal reason for processing your personal information, you have the right under data protection law to withdraw your consent at any time. If you do wish to withdraw your consent, please contact us using the details set out at the beginning of this notice. If we receive a request from you withdrawing your consent to a specific purpose, we will stop processing your personal information for that purpose, unless we have another legal reason for processing your personal information, in which case, we will confirm that reason to you.
4.3 We have explained below the different purposes for which we use your personal information and, in each case, the legal reason(s) allowing us to use your personal information. Please also note the following:
(a) if we use the Legitimate Interests Reason as the legal reason for which we can use your personal information, we have also explained what that legitimate interest is; and
(b) for some of the purposes we may have listed more than one legal reason on which we can use your personal information, because the legal reason may be different in different circumstances. If you need confirmation of the specific legal reason that we are relying on to use your personal data for that purpose, please contact us using the contact details set out at the start of this privacy notice.
Purpose and Legal Reason(s) for using the personal information
To comply with audit, and/or accounting matters: Legal Obligation Reason
For record keeping: Legal Obligation Reason, Legitimate interest reason (in the case of holding IP).
To ensure the smooth running and correct operation of our website:=Legitimate Interests Reason (to ensure our website runs correctly)]
To understand how customers and visitors to our website use the website and interact with it via data analysis: Legitimate Interests Reason (to improve and grow our business, including our website, and to understand our customer’s needs, desires and requirements)]
To preserve the intellectual property and artistic concepts of Tract and Touch for as long as law, including chartitable law, legal obligation, and/or contractual obligations with funders or others require: Legal Obligation and Legitimate Interest reasons. We are obliged as a charitable body to hold concepts for use by other charities; we are obliged to keep insurance and contractual records by contract; we are obliged to keep project records for fixed periods by certain funders, both for Tract and Touch Ltd. and for the Trust.
4.4 Sometimes we may anonymise personal information so that you can no longer be identified from it and use this for our own purposes. In addition, sometimes we may use some of your personal information together with other people’s personal information to give us statistical information for our own purposes. Because this is grouped together wither other personal information and you are not identifiable from that combined data we are able to use this.
4.5 Under data protection laws we can only use your personal information for the purposes we have told you about, unless we consider that the new purpose is compatible with the purpose(s) which we told you about. If we want to use your personal information for a different purpose which we do not think is compatible with the purpose(s) which we told you about then we will contact you to explain this and what legal reason is in place to allow us to do this.
5. Details of how we collect personal information and special information
5.1 New personal information is only collected through holding email addresses or through holding email or other correspondence, where allowed.
5.2 We may receive some of your personal information from third parties or publicly available sources. This includes:
(a) [Website, Device and Technical Information from third parties such as analytics providers (like Google).
6. Details about who personal Information may be shared with
6.1 We may need to share your personal information with other organisations or people. These organisations include:
(a) Third parties who are not part of our group. These may include:
(i) [Suppliers: such as IT support services, payment providers, administration providers.
(ii) Government bodies and regulatory bodies: such as HMRC, fraud prevention agencies[, insurance providers, who are based in the United Kingdom
(iii) Our advisors: such as lawyers, accountants, auditors, insurance companies who are based in the United Kingdom or Ireland.
(iv) Our bankers based in the United Kingdom.
(v) [E-mail platforms who are based in the United Kingdom, the EU or Canada
(vi) Website hosting providers who are based in the UK, the EU or the United States.
(b) any organisations which propose to purchase our business and assets in which case we may disclose your personal information to the potential purchaser.
6.2 Depending on the circumstances, the organisations or people who we share your personal information with will be acting as either Data Processors or Data Controllers. Where we share your personal information with a Data Processor we will ensure that we have in place contracts, which set out the responsibilities and obligations of us and them, including in respect of security of personal information.
6.3 We do not sell or trade any of the personal information which you have provided to us.
7. Details about transfers to countries outside of the EEA
7.1 If any transfer of personal information by us will mean that your personal information is transferred outside of the EEA then we will ensure that safeguards are in place to ensure that a similar degree of protection is given to your personal information, as is given to it within the EEA and that the transfer is made in compliance with data protection laws (including where relevant any exceptions to the general rules on transferring personal information outside of the EEA which are available to us – these are known as ‘derogations’ under data protection laws).
7.2 The safeguards set out in data protection laws for transferring personal information outside of the EEA include:
(a) where the transfer is to a country or territory which the EU Commission has approved as ensuring an adequate level of protection;
(b) where personal information is transferred to another organisation within our group, under an agreement covering this situation which is known as “binding corporate rules”;
(c) having in place a standard set of clauses which have been approved by the EU Commission;
(d) compliance with an approved code of conduct by a relevant data protection supervisory authority (in the UK, this is the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO);
(e) certification with an approved certification mechanism;
(f) where the EU Commission has approved specific arrangements in respect of certain countries, such as the US Privacy Shield, in relation to organisations which have signed up to it in the USA.]
8. Details about how long we will hold your personal information
8.1 We will only hold your personal data for as long as is necessary. How long is necessary will depend upon the purposes for which we collected the personal information (see section 4 above) and whether we are under any legal obligation to keep the personal information (such as in relation to accounting or auditing records or for tax reasons). We may also need to keep personal information in case of any legal claims[, including in relation to any guarantees or warranties which we have provided.
8.2 You can contact us (using the details at the beginning of this notice) to request a copy of our retention policy which sets out how long different types of personal data will be kept for.
9. YOUR RIGHTS UNDER DATA PROTECTION LAW
9.1 Under data protection laws you have certain rights in relation to your personal information, as follows:
(a) Right to request access: (this is often called ‘subject access’). This is the right to obtain from us a copy of the personal information which we hold about you. We must also provide you with certain other information in response to these requests to help you understand how your personal information is being used.
(b) Right to correction: this is the right to request that any incorrect personal data is corrected and that any incomplete personal data is completed.
(c) Right to erasure: (this is often called the “right to be forgotten”). This right only applies in certain circumstances. Where it does apply, you have the right to request us to erase all of your personal information.
(d) Right to restrict processing: this right only applies in certain circumstances. Where it does apply, you have the right to request us to restrict the processing of your personal information.
(e) Right to data portability: this right allows you to request us to transfer your personal information to someone else.
(f) Right to object: you have the right to object to us processing your personal information for direct marketing purposes. You also have the right to object to us processing personal information where our legal reason for doing so is the Legitimate Interests Reason (see section 4 above) and there is something about your particular situation which means that you want to object to us processing your personal information. In certain circumstances you have the right to object to processing where such processing consists of profiling (including profiling for direct marketing).
9.2 In addition to the rights set out in section 10.1, where we rely on consent as the legal reason for using your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent. Further details about this are set out in section 4.5.
9.3 If you want to exercise any of the above rights in relation to your personal information, please contact us using the details set out at the beginning of this notice. If you do make a request then please note:
(a) we may need certain information from you so that we can verify your identity;
(b) we do not charge a fee for exercising your rights unless your request is unfounded or excessive; and
(c) if your request is unfounded or excessive then we may refuse to deal with your request.
10. Marketing
10.1 You may receive marketing from us about similar goods and services, where either you have consented to this, or we have another legal reason by which we can contact you for marketing purposes.
10.2 However, we will give you the opportunity to manage how or if we market to you. In any e-mail which we send to you, we provide a link to either unsubscribe or opt-out, or to change your marketing preferences. To change your marketing preferences, and/or to request that we stop processing your personal information for marketing purposes , you can always contact us on the details set out at the beginning of this notice.
10.3 If you do request that we stop marketing to you, this will not prevent us from sending communications to you which are not to do with marketing.
10.4 We do not pass your personal information on to any third parties for marketing purposes.
11. Complaints
If you are unhappy about the way that we have handled or used your personal information, you have the right to complain to the UK supervisory authority for data protection, which is the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). Please do contact us in the first instance if you wish to raise any queries or make a complaint in respect of our handling or use of your personal information, so that we have the opportunity to discuss this with you and to take steps to resolve the position. You can contact us using the details set out at the beginning of this privacy notice.
12. Third Party Websites
Our website may contain links to third party websites. If you click and follow those links then these will take you to the third party website. Those third party websites may collect personal information from you and you will need to check their privacy notices to understand how your personal information is collected and used by them.
