Privacy Policy
Govan Community Project ("we", "our", or "us") is committed to protecting your personal data and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal information when you visit our website.
By using our website, you consent to the practices described in this policy.
1. Who We Are
Govan Community Project is a registered Scottish charity (Charity No: SC042012) and a company limited by guarantee (Company No: SC390721), with its registered office at 31 Garmouth Street, Govan, Glasgow, G51 3PR.
We are the data controller for the purposes of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and related data protection legislation.
2. What Information We Collect
We may collect and process the following data about you:
a. Information You Provide Directly
● Your name and contact details (e.g., when you fill out a contact form).
● Any other information you provide voluntarily.
b. Information We Collect Automatically
● Your IP address.
● Information about your device, browser type, and operating system.
● Pages visited, time spent on the website, and navigation paths.
● Cookies (see Section 7 below).
3. How We Use Your Information
We use your personal data for the following purposes:
● To respond to your queries or requests.
● To provide you with information about our work, services, or events (where you have consented).
● To improve our website and user experience.
● To comply with legal or regulatory obligations.
We do not sell or rent your personal data to third parties.
4. Lawful Bases for Processing
Under the UK GDPR, we rely on the following lawful bases to process your personal data:
● Consent – when you have given clear consent for us to process your personal data for a specific purpose.
● Legitimate interests – where it is necessary for our charitable aims and your rights do not override those interests.
● Legal obligation – when we are required to process data to comply with the law.
5. How We Share Your Information
We may share your data with trusted third parties for the purposes set out above, including:
● Service providers (e.g., email newsletter platforms, website hosting).
● Regulatory or legal authorities where required by law.
All third-party service providers are required to take appropriate security measures and only process your data as instructed by us.
6. Data Retention
We only keep your personal data for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including legal and reporting requirements.
When we no longer need your data, we will securely delete or anonymise it.
7. Cookies
Our website uses cookies to enhance your experience and gather usage data.
Cookies are small text files stored on your device. You can control and delete cookies through your browser settings.
For more information, please see our Cookies Policy.
8. Your Rights
Under data protection laws, you have the following rights:
● Access – you can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
● Correction – you can ask us to correct any incomplete or inaccurate data.
● Erasure – you can request we delete your personal data, in certain circumstances.
● Objection – you can object to our processing of your data based on legitimate interests.
● Data portability – you can request that we transfer your data to another organisation.
● Withdraw consent – where we rely on your consent, you can withdraw it at any time.
To exercise these rights, please contact us using the details below.
If you have concerns about how we handle your data, you can contact the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at www.ico.org.uk.
9. Security of Your Data
We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your data from unauthorised access, use, or disclosure.
However, the transmission of information over the internet is never completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data transmitted to our site.
10. Third-Party Websites
Our website may contain links to other websites. This Privacy Policy only applies to our website, and we are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites.
11. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any changes on this page, and if significant, we will notify you by other means if appropriate.
Please check back frequently to stay informed.
12. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal data, please contact:
Govan Community Project
31 Garmouth Street, Govan, Glasgow, G51 3PR
0141 440 0649
admin@voiceoverglasgow.org.uk