Privacy Statement
What do we use your personal information for?
We will process the information that you provide to us in the following ways:
What personal information do we collect?
The information we collect from you will depend on the service you have requested from us. This information may include your full name, business email address, business telephone number, business name, physical business address and website address.
- keeping information up to date, primarily through regular contact with you
- to contact you about events we and relevant partners are organising
- to provide you with updates on topics relevant to the services we are providing
How do we protect your personal information?
We aim to protect your personal information in the following ways:
Who we are
How long do we keep your personal information?
Your data is held by Step Up Somerset or organisations delivering Step Up Somerset business on its behalf. We will not sell or share your information to third parties for marketing purposes. In conducting Step Up Somerset business:
- We may share your information with our third-party service providers, subcontractors, and other associated parties to complete tasks on our behalf.
- when we use third-party providers, we disclose only the information that is necessary to deliver the service, and we have a contract in place that requires them to keep your information secure and not to use it for their direct marketing purposes
- we employ the services of other trusted parties for dealing with specific processes necessary for our operations for collating e-newsletter responses and for BACS payments
Accessing your personal information
With regard to your stored data your rights include the following; please contact us on employmentandskills@somerset.gov.uk with regard to handling your data under any of these rights and we will provide a response within 3 working days:
- The right to request access to your data
- The right to request rectification to your data
- The right to request erasure of your data
- The right to request restricted processing of your data, e.g. the choice to unsubscribe to any direct marketing that we send you
- The right to request data portability
- The right to object to how your data is used, including if relevant the right to refer your objection to the Information Commissioner’s Office
- Where your data is being collected, e.g. by completing a form on our website, you will be given the option to choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information.
Security precautions
Data security is of great importance to Step Up Somerset and to protect your data we have put in place suitable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure data collected via this website.
If password access is required for certain parts of the website, Step Up Somerset are responsible for keeping passwords secure and confidential.
Whilst Step Up Somerset has policies to protect your data please note that transmission of information over the internet is not entirely secure and is done at your own risk. We cannot ensure the security of your data transmitted to the website.
We will inform you if a breach occurs and that we consider your data exposure to be a risk to you and your rights.
IP addresses and server logs
This site records IP addresses and produces server logs. This information is used solely for monitoring the volume of traffic the site receives and measuring the number of visitors.
Use of cookies by this website
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to the owners of the site. Any cookies that may be used by this website are used either solely on a per session basis or to maintain user preferences. Cookies are not shared with any third parties.
Links to other websites
We may provide links to other websites from our own website. We have no control over such websites and are not responsible for the content of these websites. This Privacy Policy does not extend to your use of such websites. You are advised to read the privacy policy or statement of other websites prior to using them.
General
You may not transfer any of your rights under this Privacy Policy to any other person. We may transfer our rights under this Privacy Policy where we reasonably believe your rights will not be affected. We may transfer your personal information to a third party as part of a sale of some or all of our business and assets. We would take steps to ensure your privacy rights continue to be protected.
If any competent authority finds that any provision of this privacy policy is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that provision or part-provision will, be deemed to be deleted and the validity of the other provisions of this Privacy Policy will not be affected.
Unless otherwise agreed, no delay, act, or omission by a party in exercising any right or remedy will be deemed a waiver of that, or any other, right or remedy.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
Step Up Somerset reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy as we may deem necessary from time to time or as may be required by law. Any changes will be immediately posted on the website and you are deemed to have accepted the terms of the Privacy Policy on your first use of the website following the alterations.
You may contact Step Up Somerset by email at employmentandskills@somerset.gov.uk with regard to any part of this policy.
Applicable law
This website and the use of it is governed by English law and English courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any related disputes.
employmentandskills@somerset.gov.uk
- keeping information up to date, primarily through regular contact with you
- storing information in secure locations, including information stored electronically
- destroying information which is no longer relevant, unless we have a legitimate reason or statutory obligation to retain it
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Media
Suggested text: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
Suggested text: If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Suggested text: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
Suggested text: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
Suggested text: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
Suggested text: If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Suggested text: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.