The Choir Ethos & Its Privacy Policy and How We Respect YOUR Data
Formed in 1896 as Northampton Musical Society (NMS) the choir has always tried to respect its members and our valued supporters. We are very serious about the Privacy rights of both our Members and our Website Visitors alike
We value your input and promise to respect your data and honour your wishes. We aim to deal with any request as soon as we are aware. While we aim to check email regularly, we have also included a contact number so you can speak immediately to a real human if you have any concerns.
Northampton Philharmonic Choir Privacy Policy
Please do not hesitate to contact us with any concerns regarding your personal data
Our contact details;
Name: Frances Forbear (Our Data Lead) Address: 2 Yew Tree Lane,SprattonNorthants · NN6 8HLPhone Number: 01604 820421 E-mail: fran4bear@me.com
The type of personal information we collect
We currently collect and process the following information:
- • Personal identifiers, contacts and characteristics (for example, name and contact details)
- • Comments you may leave on our website
- • Membership Information if you Join including, postal address, phone number and email
- • Pictures taken at our concerts and events
How we get the personal information and why we have it
Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you for one of the following reasons:
- • You wish to leave a public comment
- • You wish to become a member
We also receive personal information indirectly, from the following sources in the following scenarios:
- • Choir Members are photographed at events and practices
Northampton Philharmonic Choir Use of Data
We use the information that you have given us in order to promote the choir, get new members, list testimonials and nice comments people have made and show visual recors of our events. We do not share this information with anyone.
Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:
- (a) Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting Fran Forbear Frances Forbear (contact details as above) or use the 'fast-track' button below
- (b) We have a contractual obligation.
- (c) We have a legal obligation.
- (d) We have a vital interest.
- (e) We need it to perform a public task.
- (f) We have a legitimate interest.
How we store your personal information
Your information is securely stored on our Web Server. We keep Membership information for 3 years. We will then dispose your information by secure deletion from our servers.
Your data protection rights
Under data protection law, you have rights including:
- Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
- Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.
- Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
- Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
- Your right to object to processing - You have the the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
- Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.
- You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. Please contact Frances Forbear (contact details as above) if you wish to make a request.
How to complain
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to Frances Forbear (contact details as above) and we will do our best to respond immediately. We ask you to bear with us though as we are a small organisation. However you can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.
The ICO’s address: Information Commissioner’s Office Wycliffe House Water Lane Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 5AF Helpline number: 0303 123 1113 ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk
Once again, we do stress that we are a small organisation and we do intend to treat people's personal data with respect. Our intention is primarily to boost our organisation's presence on the web and helps us get new members. The support of our members helps keep the choir going and enables us to put on future concerts. Showing what real people have said about us and having website visitors see the real people involved and serviced by Northampton Philharmonic Choir massively increases our internet visibility and helps us achieve our goals. If you still feel you would rather we remove any data we hold on you, we want this to be as easy as possible for you so please just hit the button below and we have pre-written an email for you addressed to our data-lead with the subject heading [URGENT DATA REQUEST] so that it stands out in our inbox and we can act on your request before anything else. Just hit the button below and feel free to follow with a call so that we can be sure we satisfy your request as soon as possible.
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Fran Forbear
A Member of The NPCFran Forbear is a member of the Northampton Philharmonic Choir and also enjoys attending musical performances in the Northamptonshire area. They love meeting new members, making new friends and singing. Why not contact us and get involved, either by coming along to one of our Come and Sing events, you can book tickets to one of our next concerts or why not become a member and join in the fun.
