Privacy Policy

6.
Retaining personal information
6.1
This Section 6 sets out our data retention policies and procedure, which are designed to help ensure that we comply with our legal obligations in relation to the retention and deletion of personal information.
6.2
Personal information that we process for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.
6.3
Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 6, we will retain documents (including electronic documents) containing personal data:
  1. to the extent that we are required to do so by law;
  2. if we believe that the documents may be relevant to any ongoing or prospective legal proceedings; and
  3. in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk).
8.
Amendments
8.1
We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website.
8.2
You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes to this policy.
8.3
We may notify you of changes to this policy by email or through the private messaging system on our website.
9.
Your rights
9.1
You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you; provision of such information will be subject to:
  1. the payment of a fee (currently fixed at GBP 10); and
  2. the supply of appropriate evidence of your identity (for this purpose, we will usually accept a photocopy of your passport certified by a solicitor or bank plus an original copy of a utility bill showing your current address).
9.2
We may withhold personal information that you request to the extent permitted by law.
9.3
You may instruct us at any time not to process your personal information for marketing purposes.
9.4
In practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal information for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt out of the use of your personal information for marketing purposes.
10.
Third party websites
10.1
Our website includes hyperlinks to, and details of, third party websites.
10.2
We have no control over, and are not responsible for, the privacy policies and practices of third parties.
11.
Updating information
11.1
Please let us know if the personal information that we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.
12.
Cookies
12.1
Our website uses cookies.
12.2
A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
12.3
Cookies may be either "persistent" cookies or "session" cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.
12.4
Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
12.5
We use both session and persistent cookies on our website.
12.6
The names of the cookies that we use on our website, and the purposes for which they are used, are set out below:
  1. we use .AspNetCore.Antiforgery to prevent fraud and improve the security of the website
  2. we use Google Analytics to analyse the use of this website. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users' computers. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. Google will store this information. Google's privacy policy is available at: http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html / https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/partners/
  3. Cookies used by Google Analytics include: _ga, _gat, NID, _utma, _utmb, _utmc, _utmz. For more information please visit https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage
  4. Block Tracking Cookies: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/181881?hl=en&ref_topic=2919631
  5. Cookies and Personal Information: Cookies do not contain any information that personally identifies you, but personal information that we store about you may be linked, by us, to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
12.7
Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies; for example:
  1. in Internet Explorer (version 11) you can block cookies using the cookie handling override settings available by clicking "Tools", "Internet Options", "Privacy" and then "Advanced";
  2. in Firefox (version 47) you can block all cookies by clicking "Tools", "Options", "Privacy", selecting "Use custom settings for history" from the drop-down menu, and unticking "Accept cookies from sites"; and
  3. in Chrome (version 52), you can block all cookies by accessing the "Customise and control" menu, and clicking "Settings", "Show advanced settings" and "Content settings", and then selecting "Block sites from setting any data" under the "Cookies" heading.
12.8
Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.
12.9
If you block cookies, you may not be able to use all the features on our website.
12.10
You can delete cookies already stored on your computer; for example:
  1. in Internet Explorer (version 11), you must manually delete cookie files (you can find instructions for doing so at http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/internet-explorer/delete-manage-cookies#ie=ie-11);
  2. in Firefox (version 47), you can delete cookies by clicking "Tools", "Options" and "Privacy", then selecting "Use custom settings for history" from the drop-down menu, clicking "Show Cookies", and then clicking "Remove All Cookies"; and
  3. in Chrome (version 52), you can delete all cookies by accessing the "Customise and control" menu, and clicking "Settings", "Show advanced settings" and "Clear browsing data", and then selecting "Cookies and other site and plug-in data" before clicking "Clear browsing data".
12.11
Deleting cookies will have a negative impact on the usability of many websites.
13.
Our details
13.1
This website is owned and operated by Uplift Performing Arts.
13.2
Our principal place of business is at 26 North Street
Carrickfergus
Co. Antrim
BT38 7AQ
.
13.3
You can contact us:
  1. by post, using the postal address given above;
  2. using our website contact form;
  3. by telephone, on the contact number published on our website from time to time; or
  4. by email, using the email address published on our website from time to time.