Privacy policy

Introduction

This policy sets out how we will use and share the information that you give us.

Teifi Valley Against Pylons is a community group in Wales (collectively referred to as “we” or “us” in this policy).

Who are we and how to contact us

You can get in touch with us by email: teifivalleyagainstpylons@gmail.com

About this privacy policy

This policy sets out how we will use and share the information that you give us.

This privacy policy relates to personal data collected by us via:

  • Our website(s)
  • Email correspondence
  • Telephone calls
  • Paper communications and forms
  • Social media
  • Visiting us
  • Enquiring about Teifi Valley Against Pylons
  • Providing products or services to us
  • From publicly available sources either on or offline

What data we process about you.

Teifi Valley Against Pylons may collect and process the following categories of personal data about you:

  • Your Name
  • Contact details (usually telephone/email/postal address)
  • Information generated by visiting our website or engaging with us on social media:

How we collect information about you and how we will use it.

We may collect and process information that you provide during your correspondence with us, this could be, but not limited to, one of the following ways:

  • Giving information directly to us by methods including filling in forms either on our website(s) or via other media
  • Subscribing to our newsletter
  • Communicating with us through methods including but not limited to, social media, e-mail, telephone and written correspondence.

We will only use your personal information when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal information in the following circumstances:

  • Where you have given consent for us to process your information.
  • Where we need to perform the contractual obligations we have entered into with you, or the business you are working for, or with.
  • Where we need to comply with a legal obligation.
  • Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests

The purpose(s) for which we will collect and process your data are shown below:

  • To manage our relationship and keep you up to date with information from Teifi Valley Against Pylons
  • To execute a contract or request
  • Where we have a legitimate interest to keep you informed by appropriate communication methods unless you’ve objected to us doing so.
  • Undertaking legal obligations or regulatory requirements

Data sharing

Other than for the uses detailed above we will never share your information with any third parties.

We will share your personal information with third parties where required by law.

Your choices in relation to personal information.

It is important that the personal information we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal information changes during your relationship with us.

You also have the rights and choices which you can exercise on the data we hold on you. You have the right to:

  • Obtain access to your personal information
  • Withdraw consent
  • Object to direct marketing
  • Ask us to correct any errors or delete the information we hold
  • Object or restrict our processing of your information
  • Request that we port your personal information

For more information or to action these rights, please contact using us on: teifivalleyagainstpylons@gmail.com

Retention and destruction of personal information

We will take reasonable steps to ensure the accuracy of the information we hold about you. We will not use your personal information unless it is (to the best of our knowledge) accurate and up to date.

We will only retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting or reporting requirements.

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

In some circumstances, we may anonymise your personal information so that it can no longer be associated with you, in which case we may use such information without further notice to you. When the purposes for which we have collected the data for have ended we will retain and securely destroy your personal information in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

For more information or to action these rights, please contact using us on: teifivalleyagainstpylons@gmail.com

You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioners Office if you believe we have not acted within the law or have infringed your rights. https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/

Security

Unfortunately, the transmission of data over the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its security. Once we have received your data we will use security measures to try to protect it against loss, misuse, or unauthorised alterations.

Changes

We may change the terms of this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page.

This policy was last updated in February 2024