Our privacy policy

Our contact details

1.              Address: 21 Woodfield Road, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2LG. Telephone: 01732 354161. Email: highwealdswifts@gmail.com.

The type of personal information we collect

2.              We currently collect and process the following information:

•                Names

•                Telephone numbers

•                Addresses

•                Email addresses

How we get your personal information and why we have it

3.              The personal information we process is provided to us directly by you to allow us to communicate with you, advise you about how we can best conserve and promote swifts and notify you of events and activities.

4.              We use the information that you have given us in order to communicate with you.

5.              Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the lawful basis we rely on for processing this information is your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting us at the address, phone number or email address shown above.

How we store your personal information

6.              Your information is securely stored.

7.              We will keep your contact details for 5 years. After 5 years we will email you to ask whether you would like to remain on our supporters’ database. If you reply that you would, we will keep your contact details for a further 5 years. If you do not reply, or you reply to say that you would not like to remain on our supporters’ database, we will then dispose of your information by deleting it from our supporter database.

Your data protection rights

8.              Under data protection law, you have rights including:

•                Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.

•                Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.

•                Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.

•                Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

•                Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

•                Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.

9.              You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

10.           Please contact us at the address, phone number or email address shown above if you wish to make a request. 

How to complain

11.           If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at our address as shown above.

12.           You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data. The ICO can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk