Privacy Policy

The Website is operated by Friends of Preston Tower.
For the purposes of UK data protection law, Friends of Preston Tower is responsible for personal information that we collect and process through the Website.
 

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal information, please email us here.

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Information we collect

​We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us, for example when you:

• Contact us through a form on the Website.

• Send us an email.

• Sign up to receive news or updates.

• Make an enquiry about Friends of Preston Tower.

• Volunteer or otherwise get involved with our activities.

• Provide information in connection with an event, membership, donation or other activity.

This information may include your:

• Name

• Email address

• Telephone number

• Postal address

• Message or other information you choose to provide

We may also automatically receive certain technical information when you visit the Website, such as your IP address, browser type, device type and information about how you interact with the Website.

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How we use your information
We may use your personal information to:

• Respond to enquiries and messages.

• Provide information that you have requested.

• Send news and updates where you have chosen to receive them.

• Administer memberships, volunteering, events, donations or other activities, where applicable.

• Maintain and improve the Website.

• Understand how visitors use the Website.

• Maintain the security of the Website.

• Comply with legal and regulatory obligations.

We will only use your personal information where we have a lawful basis for doing so under UK data protection law.

Lawful basis for processing:
Depending on the circumstances, we may process your personal information because:

• You have given consent, for example by signing up to receive email updates.

• It is necessary for our legitimate interests, such as responding to enquiries, administering the Website and maintaining its security.

• It is necessary to fulfil a request or agreement with you, where applicable.

• We are required to do so by law.​

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Where we rely on your consent, you can withdraw that consent at any time.

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Wix

The Website is created and hosted using Wix. This service-provided may process certain information about visitors to the Website as part of providing its website hosting, security, functionality, analytics and related services.

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This may include technical information such as IP addresses, browser and device information, usage information and information relating to cookies or similar technologies.

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Wix may also process information in accordance with its own privacy policies and terms.

For more information about how Wix processes personal information, please refer to Wix's privacy information on its website.

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Cookies
The Website may use cookies and similar technologies.

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Cookies are small files stored on your device that allow a website to recognise your device and remember certain information about your visit.

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Wix may use cookies that are necessary for the Website to function correctly, as well as cookies used for security, performance, preferences and analytics.

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Where required by law, we will obtain your consent before using non-essential cookies.

You can control cookies through the cookie settings provided on the Website and through your web browser settings. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of the Website.
 

Website analytics

We may use analytics tools to help us understand how visitors use the Website, such as which pages are visited and how visitors navigate the site.

Where analytics cookies or similar technologies are not essential to the operation of the Website, we will seek consent where required by applicable law.

Analytics information is used to help us improve the Website and make it more useful and accessible.

 

Contact forms

If you use a contact form on the Website, the information you provide will be used to respond to your enquiry and, where appropriate, to maintain a record of our correspondence.
 

Please do not submit sensitive or confidential information through a Website contact form unless we specifically ask you to do so.

 

Email communications

If you choose to receive news or updates from Friends of Preston Tower, we will use your email address to send those communications.

You can unsubscribe at any time by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in the relevant email or by contacting us.

We will not sell or rent our mailing list to third parties.

 

Third-party links and services

The Website may contain links to websites or services operated by other organisations, including social media platforms and other external websites.

 

If you follow a link to another website, that website will have its own privacy policy and terms. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of external websites.

 

The Website may also include embedded content or services provided by third parties. Depending on the service, interacting with such content may result in the third party collecting information about you.
 

Sharing your information

We do not sell your personal information. 

We may share personal information with service providers where this is necessary to operate the Website or provide a service to you. This may include website hosting, email, IT, analytics, payment or other service providers.

We may also disclose personal information where we are required to do so by law or where necessary to protect our rights, property or the safety of others.

How long we keep your information

We will only retain personal information for as long as it is reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including any legal, accounting or reporting requirements.

When personal information is no longer required, we will take reasonable steps to securely delete or anonymise it.
 

International transfers

Some of the service providers we use, including technology and website service providers, may process personal information outside the United Kingdom.

Where this occurs, we will take appropriate steps to ensure that any transfer of personal information is carried out in accordance with applicable UK data protection law.

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Keeping your information secure

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against accidental loss, misuse, unauthorised access, alteration or disclosure.

However, no transmission of information over the internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

 

Your rights

Under UK data protection law, you may have the right to:

• Ask for a copy of the personal information we hold about you.

• Ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information.

• Ask us to delete your personal information in certain circumstances.

• Ask us to restrict how we use your information in certain circumstances.

• Object to certain types of processing.

• Withdraw your consent where we rely on consent.

• Request the transfer of certain personal information to another organisation where applicable.

To exercise your rights, please contact us by email. We may need to ask for information to confirm your identity before responding to a request.

 

Complaints

If you have a concern about the way we have handled your personal information, please contact us first so that we can try to resolve the issue.

You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's independent data protection regulator.

Children's privacy

The Website is not specifically directed at children.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children where it is not appropriate or necessary to do so.

If you believe that a child has provided us with personal information through the Website, please contact us.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the Website, our activities, technology or applicable legal requirements.

The latest version will always be published on this page, with the date of the most recent update shown at the top.

 

Contact us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, would like to exercise your data protection rights, or have concerns about how we use your information, please contact the Friends of Preston Tower by email here.

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