Shetland Maritime Heritage Society (SMHS) is committed to respecting your privacy. The information we collect about you will be used to fulfil the required services we provide and enable us to improve how, as an organisation, we communicate with you.
The information that we collect about you will only be used lawfully (in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and the General Data Protection Regulation 2018).
What type of information do we collect?
We receive, collect and store any information you enter on our website or provide us in any other way. In addition, we collect the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet; login; e-mail address; computer and connection information. We may use software tools to measure and collect session information, including page response times, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information, and methods used to browse away from the page.
We also collect personally identifiable information (including name and email) if you join SMHS, and/or sign up for our newsletter. This is so we can send you emails with the information you have provided. We may, in further dealings with you, extend this information to include your address, phone number, services used, events attended, dietary requirements and agreements and payment transactions. We use the following digital media channels. Please refer to their privacy policies to determine how data is processed and note all comply with EU law.
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
Mailchimp
Survey Monkey
The information we collect will not be disclosed to anyone outside SMHS or its associated partners. We will only ever use the data you give us to contact you with relevant information about our projects, workshops and events.
We expect the information we hold to be accurate and up to date. You have the right as an individual to find out what information we hold about you and make changes if necessary; you also have the right to ask us to stop using the information. To have your information removed or rectified, please contact shetlandmhs@gmail.org
How do we collect information?
When you become a member of our society and/or subscribe to our newsletter we collect personal information you give us such as your name and email address. Occasionally we will collect this information via paper sign-in forms used for specific events. Your personal information will be used for the specific reasons stated above only.
Why do we collect such personal information?
We collect such non-personal and personal Information for the following purposes:
How do we store, use, share and disclose your site visitors’ personal information?
SMHS takes precautions, including administrative, technical, and physical measures, to safeguard your data against loss, theft, and misuse, as well as against unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction.
We never share your personal information with third-party services and/or with legal enforcement agencies, according to relevant local regulations.
Personal information is stored on a company laptop fully secured with firewall and malware software and is locked when not in use and password protected.
How do you communicate with your site visitors?
We may contact you to send updates about our company, or as otherwise necessary to contact you to enforce our User Agreement, applicable national laws, and any agreement we may have with you. For these purposes we may contact you via email.
How do we use cookies and other tracking tools?
This site uses cookies – these are small text files that are placed on your device to help this website to provide a better user experience. In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences, store information for things like shopping carts, and provide anonymised tracking data to third party applications like Google Analytics. As a rule, cookies will make your browsing experience better. However, you may prefer to disable cookies on this site and on others. The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser. We suggest consulting the Help section of your browser or taking a look at the About Cookies website which offers guidance for all modern browsers.
Our website sets “first party” cookies through its use of Google Analytics. We use Google Analytics to provide us with non-personal site analytics, which in turn help us improve this website. Google Analytics tracking uses cookies in order to provide meaningful reports about web site visitors’ but they do not collect personal data about you. Google Analytics sets or updates cookies only to collect data required for the reports. Additionally, Google Analytics only uses first-party cookies. This means that all cookies set by Google Analytics cannot be altered or retrieved by any service on any domain other than www.shetlandmhs.org Further detailed information on Google Analytics cookies can be found here.
Privacy policy updates.
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website.
If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.
Questions and your contact information
Should you have a question about the data we store, or would link to amend, withdraw your date please contact: Shetlandmhs@gmail.org
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