Echoes and Origins: A new project exploring Bluecoat's colonial legacies.
posted 15 Feb 2021
Liverpool's centre for the contemporary arts
At Bluecoat we respect your privacy and we are committed to protecting your personal information and being transparent about what we do with it. In this policy we explain the basis upon which information is collected about you, the personal information we hold and how we use the personal information you provide to us. Bluecoat is registered as a Data Controller under the Data Protection Act 1998. We are committed to using your personal information in accordance with all applicable laws concerning the protection of personal information and not to do anything with your information you wouldn’t reasonably expect.
This Privacy Policy explains:
This policy is written in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. If you have any questions about it this Privacy Policy, please contact our Head of Development at Bluecoat, School Lane, Liverpool, L1 3BX, email development@thebluecoat.org.uk, or telephone 0151 702 7776.
Policies and Procedures
1. How do we obtain your personal information?
We collect information in the following ways:
When you give it to us directly - in person or online, via email, phone, in writing or other correspondence.
When you give permission to other parties to share it with us
When your information is available publicly or from other external sources.
2. What information do we collect?
Personal information is any information that can be used to identify you. For example, it can include information such as your name, date of birth, email address, postal address, telephone number, fax number and credit/debit card details.
Data protection law recognises that certain categories of personal information are more sensitive. This is known as sensitive personal information and covers health information, racial or ethnic origin, religious beliefs or other beliefs or a similar nature, political opinion and trade union membership. We do not collect any of this sensitive personal information about you (*except for staff, board, volunteers and participants). If we need to collect this in the future then we will make it clear to you what information we are collecting and the purposes for collecting such.
*Staff, board, volunteers and participants
We collect personal information on our staff, board, volunteers, artists and participants on externally funded projects. In line with our Data Protection Policy, we only allow people on a need to know basis, as defined by the Data Protection Policy, to access these records as some of this data is sensitive personal data.
When you register on our website or sign up for our mailing list, you are voluntarily giving us information that we collect. That information may include either your name, physical address, email address, IP address, phone number, credit card information for an event booking or donation, as well as other demographic information. By giving us this information, you consent to this information being collected.
3. How do we use your information?
How we use your information would largely depend on why you are providing it. We may use your information in the ways set out below.
Direct marketing
Building profiles and targeting communications
Retention
4. Who do we share your information with?
We will not sell your details to any third parties.
We are obliged by our funders to share aggregate data with them. We are obliged by Arts Council England (ACE) to share data with other ACE National Portfolio Organisations that use our venue or work in partnership with Bluecoat. We will only share demographic and statistical data not personal or sensitive data.
When we collect your personal information we use strict procedures and security features to prevent unauthorised access. However, no data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. As a result, while we try to protect your personal information, Bluecoat cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk.
5. How do we use cookies?
Bluecoat uses cookies to give you a more personalised web service. To see how we use cookies, what they are, and which ones we use please go to our 'How we use cookies' page. This page also includes instructions on how to disable cookies if you don’t want them to be used.
6. Links
The Bluecoat website may include links to other sites, not owned or managed by us. We cannot be held responsible for the privacy of information collected by websites not managed by us.
7. If you're 16 or under
If you're aged 16 or under, you must get your parent/guardian’s permission before you provide any personal information on our websites.
8. Accessing and updating your personal information
You can request access to any information we hold about you by contacting our Head of Development at Bluecoat, School Lane, Liverpool, L1 3BX, by email marketing@thebluecoat.org.uk, or telephone 0151 702 5324. Equally, please let us know of any changes to your personal information.
You can also let us know if you would no longer like to receive communications from us by emailing marketing@thebluecoat.org.uk, or telephone 0151 702 5324 or writing to our Head of Development at the address above.
9. Changes to this policy
We may change our privacy policy from time to time so please check back periodically. This Privacy Policy was last updated May 2018.
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Echoes and Origins: A new project exploring Bluecoat's colonial legacies.
posted 15 Feb 2021
Echoes and Origins: A new project exploring Bluecoat's colonial legacies.
published by The Bluecoat