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Privacy & Data Protection

Kyleakin, Isle of Skye IV41 8PL

We understand that your personal information and privacy is important to you. We make every effort to ensure that the information you share with us is recorded accurately, retained securely and used only per your wishes. We protect your personal information and adhere to all current data protection act legislation with respect to protecting privacy. We do not give out, sell or trade our membership data with external organisations. We comply with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) 2018.

The Kyleakin Local History Society collects personal data that you may volunteer by joining as a member or via a donation form. Personal information we collect may include:

  • your full name and title.

  • postal address, postcode, email address.

 
We will also collect and hold information about any contact you have with us as visitor, donor or supporter of the Kyleakin Local History Society, and may include details of:

  • membership and donor status, including payment details where applicable

  • Gift Aid status

  • details of correspondence sent to you, or received from you

  • any other information provided by yourself at the request of the Kyleakin Local History

    Society.

 
When we ask you to provide your personal information we will let you know why we are asking, and how we will use your data, by directing you towards this notice.

Depending on your relationship with the Kyleakin Local History Society, and the preferences you have indicated, data we hold may be used to send you promotional, marketing, membership or fundraising information by post, telephone or electronic means. These types of communications can include:

  • Informing you of other products, services or events related to the Kyleakin Local History Society, such as exhibitions, films, events or retail offers.

  • News and updates about the Kyleakin Local History Society and marketing or supporter e- newsletters.

  • Information on our fundraising operations, including occasional targeted requests to consider supporting us in various ways.

  • Other relevant communications based upon your relationship with the Kyleakin Local History Society.

     

We want to make sure that your personal information is accurate and up to date. You may ask us to correct or remove information you think is inaccurate. If you wish to exercise any of your rights, as listed below please contact us at the Kyleakin Local History Society enquiries@kyleakinlocalhistorysociety.co.uk.

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  1. Access to your personal information

  2. Objection to processing of your personal information

  3. Objection to automated decision-making and profiling

  4. Restriction of processing of your personal information

  5. Your personal data portability

  6. Rectification of your personal information

  7. Erasure of your personal information

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If you make a request relating to any of the rights listed above, we will consider each request in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulations. No administration fee will be charged for considering and/or complying with such a request and a response will be provided within 30 days. Upon successful verification of your identity you are entitled to obtain the following information about how your personal information is processed:

  1. The purposes of the collection, processing, use and storage of your personal data

  2. The source(s) of the personal information, if it was not obtained from you

  3. The categories of personal data stored about you.

  4. The recipients or categories of recipients to whom your personal data has been or

    may be transmitted along with the location of those recipients

  5. The envisaged period of storage for your personal data

  6. The use of any automated decision-making and/or profiling

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You can make the above request by emailing enquiries@kyleakinlocalhistorysociety.co.uk or by writing to:
The Kyleakin Local History Society, Kyleakin, Isle of Skye, IV41 8PL

Security

The transmission of information via the Internet or email is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of data while you are transmitting it to our site; any such transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your personal data, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access. We will process, disclose or share your personal data only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with legal requirements or legal process served on us or the Website.

Third party links

You might find links to third parties (e.g. external creative organisations and suppliers) on our Website. These websites should have their own privacy policies, which you should check. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for their policies whatsoever as we have no control over them. In cases when we use external websites provided by other organisations such as Twitter, YouTube or Facebook, then we would ask you to consult their privacy policies.

Google Analytics

When someone visits kyleakinlocalhistorysociety.co.uk, we use Google Analytics to collect statistical data and details of visitor patterns which tell us which parts of our website visitors use most often. None of this information uses, or requires the use, of personal information and is processed in a way that does not identify individuals. We do not make any attempts to find out the identities of individuals visiting our website.

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) if you believe your data has been processed in a way that does not comply with data protection. You can do so by calling the ICO helpline on 0303 123 1113 or via their website.

This Privacy notice was last updated: December 2018

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