Privacy Policy

Heart of England Website Privacy Policy

 

The heartofenglandgalleries.org.,uk is owned and operated by the Heart of England Galleries group, an independent group formed with member galleries. We are committed to safeguarding your privacy online and to this end have developed the following Privacy Policy to deal with issues which may concern you. Please read the Privacy Policy to understand how your personal information will be treated. We may update this policy from time to time so please check it periodically.

This Privacy Policy sets out the data processing practices carried out through the use of the Internet and any other electronic communications networks by the Heart of England Galleries group.

 

Information collected

We collect personal information from visitors to this website and then forward your details to the individual galleries through the use of on-line forms.

 

We collect the additional information automatically each time you visit our website:

 

• your top level domain name (for example, www.bbc.co.uk, .com, .gov, .org)

• your server address (for example, 199.203.456.789)

• the date and time of the visit to the site

• the pages accessed

• the previous site accessed

• the type of browser used

• your operating system (for example, Apple Macintosh, Windows)

• Use of personal information

We collect this information to help us diagnose problems and administer our systems and to audit the geographical make-up of website users and how they have arrived at our site.

We process personal information collected via this website exclusively for the following purposes:

• Providing, personalising and improving our services;

• dealing with your inquiries;

• carrying out market research

• providing you with information about activities and new products

 

Use of cookies

Cookies are pieces of information that a website can transfer to an individual's computer hard drive for record keeping.

Cookies can make websites easier to use by storing information about your preferences on a particular website, they make it possible for us to track visitor statistics, such as returning visitors.

The information remains on your computer after the Internet session finishes but you can delete them using some browsers, manually or using system utilities. Most Internet browsers are pre-set to accept cookies. If you prefer not to receive cookies, you can adjust your Internet browser to refuse cookies or to warn you when cookies are being used. This site will work more efficiently if receipt of cookies is enabled but it will still operate correctly if you disable cookies.

 

Other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites which are outside our control and are not covered by this Privacy Policy. If you access other sites using the links provided on this site, the operators of these sites may collect information from you which will be used by them in accordance with their privacy policy, which may differ from ours so please check individual Privacy Policies.

 

Access right

You have a right to access the personal data held about you. To obtain a copy of the personal information we hold about you, please contact us.

 

Personal Information

The details which you provide about yourself and any information which identifies you such as your name, address, email address, country of residence ("Personal Information") will only be retained by us if you provide this information when using one of the services available on our website, such as subscribing to our email lists. Personal Information will be held on our system and used for mailing list subscriptions.

 

The Personal Information you supply when you join one of our e-mail lists will be used by The Heart of England Galleries group to keep you up-to-date with exhibitions, events organised by the group. When joining our e-mail lists you are given the opportunity to opt in to receiving information from other arts organisations in the region. The Heart of England Galleries group will only pass on your Personal Information if the relevant box has been ticked. In these instances, we supply your Personal Information for use by the other arts organisations in the region.

 

Each e-mail individual galleries send out offer you the opportunity to update your preferences, or you can ask us to do this, by e-mailing The Heart of info@heartofenglandgalleries.org.uk

 

If you contact us we reserve the right to keep a record of that correspondence and incorporate the information it contains into our database

 

If we are requested by the police or a regulatory or government authority investigating illegal activities to provide information concerning your activities whilst using the network we shall do so. Similarly, we will disclose your Personal Information as part of a transaction whereby our company or business assets are transferred to a third party or if we are compelled to do so by law.

 

How we protect information

We take every precaution to protect your information. To this end all Personal Information stored by us is kept on a server in a secure environment. Only employees and approved contractors/developers we may appoint from time to time and who need the information to perform a specific job are granted access to personally identifiable information.

 

Regular security reviews are held by us to ensure that the site remains safe and secure for your protection and that information provided is protected.

 

Users Under 18

If you are under 18, please ensure that you obtain your parent/guardian's consent beforehand whenever you provide Personal Information to the website. Users without such consent are not allowed to provide us with Personal Information.