PRIVACY POLICY
This Policy was last updated on 22 May 2018.
This is the Privacy Policy for Merseyside Academy of Drama.
We’ve tried to be as clear as we can be and to avoid unnecessary jargon, while including all the relevant information – but please do email us to find out more.
We aim to offer a transparent view as to how we use and store personal data in line with the GDPR.
We respect the privacy of each user accessing the Website (“you,” “your”) and are committed to protecting your privacy. We have structured the Website so that, in general, you can visit and browse the Website without identifying yourself or revealing any personal information. We ensure that any personal information provided by you to us will be processed in accordance with the GDPR and our Privacy Policy set out below.
You may at any time request the personal information that we hold, you may also request for your personal details to be deleted from our database or to unsubscribe to our marketing emails.
We promise to keep your data safe. We do not pass on or sell any data we collect on our website or mobile application to any other businesses or persons.
We hereby reserves the right to transfer any data collected in the event of an acquisition, full or partial, of the company or its assets.
WHAT PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT AND WHAT WE DO WITH IT
We collect the following personal data from you:
• Your basic contact details: We collect your name, email address, postal address, telephone number and website address so that we can contact you about your course(s), training, shows and resident companies that you may be a member of and keep in touch with you from time to time.
• Your usage details: We collect your usage data which may include your IP address, searches you’ve made on our website, any enquiries you’ve made, etc. This data may be processed for the purposes of analysing the use of our website and services. The legal basis for this processing is for the purposes of our legitimate business interests, namely monitoring and improving our website and services.
• Your payment details: We require your payment card details so that we can collect payment for your course(s), training, shows and resident companies that you may be a member of. You can choose to store this on our website and it is securely managed by Stripe.
YOUR PERMISSIONS AND CHOICES
You can change your registration data and your email preferences at any time by contacting us.
You may choose at any time to change the information that you provided when you registered, including your email address and any stored payment cards.
HOW LONG IS YOUR DATA HELD?
Any personal data you give us, or that we collect when you use MAD, will be retained by us for as long as it’s needed to perform its function. Registration data is held permanently unless you notify us that you no longer wish for us to keep your details. There’s no one-size-fits-all time limit, but we regularly review the data we hold to ensure it is still necessary.
HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We use your personal data for the following purposes:
• provide you with an up to date, efficient and reliable service
• ensure we keep our website safe and secure
• ensure that we manage our website and services correctly, make enhancements, testing, research, data analysis and to introduce new services that we believe are of interest to you
• carry out our obligations in our terms and conditions and to provide you with the information, courses and services that you request from us
• provide you with information about other services, competitions or courses that you have already purchased or made enquiries about
• to provide you with information or services that we believe may be of interest to you
• provide you with an enhanced or more personalised experience when using our service
• provide customer support services to you
• notify you of any changes to the service, our terms and conditions, policies or your account
• measure and ensure that we are providing You with relevant courses, offers and advertising
• fulfil delivery of a course or service to you
You can unsubscribe from our direct marketing at any time by clicking the “Unsubscribe” link in any of our emails or by contacting us.
HOW WE STORE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
Your data is stored on our booking software, Bookeo, our CRM provider VTIGER, our server, TSO and our email service providers Mailchimp. Unless you have turned cookies off, some data technology and social media companies (such as Google and Facebook) store your cookies; they do not have access to any personal information about you beyond your browsing habits.
The way we store and process data is compliant with the UK 1998 Data Protection Act, the 2018 EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and other relevant pieces of legislation. We always aim to comply both with the spirit as well as the letter of the law and to be responsible with your data.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
To the extent that our website contains hyperlinks to websites owned and operated by third parties. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those other websites. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the privacy practices of such third party websites and your use of such websites is at your own risk. We urge you to read other sites privacy policy.
COOKIES
The Website uses cookies to differentiate you from other users and to help provide you with the best experience we can.
You can usually switch cookies off by adjusting your browser settings to stop it from accepting cookies. Doing so however will likely limit the functionality of our’s and a large proportion of the world’s websites as cookies are a standard part of most modern websites
SUBJECT ACCESS REQUESTS
If you’d like you can ask us to provide details of the personal information we hold about you, under the Data Protection Act 1998.
To request this information, please contact us.
Under GDPR, we have to provide you, as a “data subject”, with a readable copy of all personal data which we may hold about you, free of charge within a month of receiving your written request for us to provide it. Evidence or proof of your identity (for example, a copy of your passport, driver’s licence or current bills) may be required.
It is both in our interest and yours to store and process accurate personal data. If the data we hold about you is inaccurate in any way, where appropriate, you may have your personal data corrected by us on request by having it:
• Completed;
• Amended; and/or
• Erased.
Please contact us to update any of your personal data or to request access to your personal data.
QUESTIONS
If you have any feedback or questions about our use of your personal information or about this online Privacy Policy, please Contact Us.