Last updated 5 July 2023
Who we are
Our website address is: https://budeu3a.co.uk.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
When you express an interest in becoming a member of Bude & District U3A you will be
asked to provide certain information. This includes:
• your name
• home address
• email address
• telephone numbers
How do we use your personal information?
We use your personal information:
• To provide our U3A activities and services to you
• For administration, planning and management of our U3A
• To communicate with you about your group activities
• To monitor, develop and improve the provision of our U3A activity
Who do we share your personal information with?
We may disclose information about you, including your personal information
• Internally – to committee members, group leaders and group members – as required to facilitate your participation in our U3A activities
• Externally – with your consent, for products or services such as direct mailing for the Trust magazines – Third Age Matters and Sources
• If we have a statutory duty to disclose it for other legal and regulatory reasons.
How do we store your personal information?
Your membership information is held on a secure database and is accessed by Committee Members and Group Leaders – as appropriate.
It will be deleted if you do not renew your membership.
When you use our website, other information may be captured and used as described below.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
We use google analytics to track what pages our users are looking at. This helps us create better pages. We do not disclose any information to third parties
How long we retain your data
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Your contact information
Please contact leerbrtsn@gmail.com for any privacy enquiries about website privacy and contact budeu3a@gmail.com for membership privacy enquiries.
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