WOMEN’S BUSINESS STATION PRIVACY POLICY
Women’s Business Station C.I.C. (WBS) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you as to how we look after your personal data when you visit our website or join us as a member and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.
This Privacy Policy describes how WBS collects, uses, shares, and retains personally identifiable information provided by users of this website and members of WBS. It is important that you read this privacy policy so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data.
This website is not intended for children and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children.
CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
We keep our privacy policy under regular review. This version was last updated on 24 February 2020 and will be continuously assessed against new technologies, business practices, regulatory changes and the evolving needs of WBS.
It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.
DATA CONTROLLER and contacting us
WBS is the controller and responsible for your personal data. WBS is a Community Interest Company (Company Number SC610346) with its registered office at 4 Balfour Place, Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland, DD7 7AH.
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us in the following ways:
You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO so please contact us in the first instance.
DATA COLLECTION
Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data).
WBS collects and maintains a variety of personal data about you including:
We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health, and genetic and biometric data). Nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offences.
We collect data from you in different ways including:
PURPOSE OF PROCESSING
We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:
Generally, we do not rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data although we will get your consent before sending third party direct marketing communications to you via email or text message.
You have the right to withdraw consent to marketing at any time by contacting us. You will receive marketing communications from us if you have requested information from us or purchased services from us and you have not opted out of receiving that marketing. You can ask us to stop sending you marketing messages at any time by following the opt-out links on any marketing message sent to you or by contacting us at any time. Where you opt out of receiving these marketing messages, this will not apply to personal data provided to us as a result of a service we provide to you or other transactions. We may still contact you to administer our services or for our other legitimate purposes.
HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We plan to use your data in the ways set out in the list below. We have tried to identify our legitimate interests where appropriate. We may process your personal data for more than one lawful ground depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your data. Please contact us if you need details about the specific legal ground we are relying on to process your personal data where more than one ground has been set out in the list below.
We also collect, use and share Aggregated Data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated Data could be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data will not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. WBS may perform statistical analyses of user behaviour and characteristics to measure interest in and the use of various sections of the website using this Aggregated Data. We may share this Aggregated Data with other relevant organisations and companies to promote other programs that may be of interest to members and the wider business community.
CHANGE OF PURPOSE
We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to get an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact us.
If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.
Please note that we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.
DATA RETENTION
We will only retain your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or reporting requirements. We may retain your personal data for a longer period in the event of a complaint or if we reasonably believe there is a prospect of litigation in respect to our relationship with you.
To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or other requirements.
PROTECTING YOUR DATA
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.
SHARING YOUR DATA
We may share your personal data with the parties set out below:
We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.
We do not transfer your personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA).
LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY SITES
WBS may provide links to third-party web sites, or advertisements which contain links to third-party sites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.
your rights in relation to your personal data
Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data. You have the right to:
EXERCISING YOUR RIGHTS
If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact us by email to info@businessstation.co.uk or in writing to WBS, Unit 37, City Quay, Camperdown Street, Dundee, DD1 3JA.
You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we could refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.
We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.
We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it could take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.