Privacy Policy

Definitions

SHARE THE VISION is a registered company limited by guarantee under company no. 03184753 with registered charity no. 1136948 (England and Wales) and with its registered office at c/o CILIP, 7 Ridgmount Street, London, WC1E 7AE.

Site means this website at readingsight.org.uk, which is owned by SHARE THE VISION.

Content means all material including, but not limited to, text, graphics, video, audio or other information published, contained or available on this Site.

Acceptance of this policy

SHARE THE VISION is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

This policy (together with SHARE THE VISION’s terms of use, cookie policy, and any other documents referred to in it sets out the basis on which any personal data SHARE THE VISION collects from you, or that you provide to it, will be used by SHARE THE VISION and how SHARE THE VISION protects your personal data and your rights.

By visiting this Site or by providing SHARE THE VISION with any personal data you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy.

For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the Act), SHARE THE VISION is the data controller.

Changes

SHARE THE VISION reviews this policy from time to time and may (but is not obliged to) revise it by updating this page. By continuing to use this Site after any amendments to this policy, you are agreeing to this policy as revised. Please visit this policy periodically for updates.

Information SHARE THE VISION collects from you

SHARE THE VISION will collect and process information about you:

  • If you contact or correspond with SHARE THE VISION; or
  • iI you report a problem with this Site and SHARE THE VISION asks you to provide information about you.

Each time you visit this Site, SHARE THE VISION automatically collects certain information. This includes data relating to your online session. This information is used to gather statistical information on SHARE THE VISION’s server’s usage and to help SHARE THE VISION better understand Site usage (for instance what Content users view). This information will include but is not limited to your browser type and version, your IP address and operating system. SHARE THE VISION may also use this information to make improvements to the Site and to the Content.

Cookies

This Site uses cookies. SHARE THE VISION will automatically collect information gathered from cookies in accordance with its cookie policy. For more information on cookies, including how to manage them, please see our cookie policy.

How SHARE THE VISION uses your information

SHARE THE VISION uses information held about you in the following ways:

  • To provide you with the Content;
  • To track Site usage to understand who is using the Site and what Content they are engaging with;
  • To notify you about changes or updates, if you have consented to receive notifications
  • To ensure that Content is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer;
  • To administer this Site and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical, security and survey purposes.

Disclosing your information

SHARE THE VISION will never sell your personal information, or let other organisations use it for their own purposes.

You agree that SHARE THE VISION may share or disclose your personal information:

  • Where it is under a duty to do so in order to comply with any legal obligation, rule or regulatory request or in order to enforce or apply SHARE THE VISION’s terms of use and other agreements;
  • To protect SHARE THE VISION or enforce its rights. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection;
  • To selected third parties including:
    • Agents and/or sub-contractors for the performance of any contract SHARE THE VISION enters into with them
    • Analytics and search engine providers that assist SHARE THE VISION in the improvement and optimisation of this Site
    • Email campaign providers that SHARE THE VISION may use to deliver email communications.

Website links

This Site may, from time to time, contain links to and from third party websites. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that SHARE THE VISION does not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

How does SHARE THE VISION protect your personal data?

SHARE THE VISION takes appropriate measures to ensure that it keeps your information secure. All information you provide is transferred and stored on secure servers. SHARE THE VISION only keeps your information as long as is reasonable and necessary.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although SHARE THE VISION will take every reasonable precaution to protect your personal data, SHARE THE VISION cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to this Site. Any information you transmit to SHARE THE VISION is at your own risk. Once SHARE THE VISION has received your information, SHARE THE VISION will use appropriate procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

Marketing and communications

Receiving marketing information from SHARE THE VISION will always be your choice, and you can choose how you would like to receive that information. You can also change your mind at any time.

SHARE THE VISION may contact you for marketing purposes by email if you have agreed to be contacted in this way. SHARE THE VISION may also email you to let you know about updates to the Site and Content. Every email will have a link to help you unsubscribe if you wish to stop this.

Your rights

If you do not want SHARE THE VISION to use your personal data as described in this policy then please contact [email protected]

You have the right to ask SHARE THE VISION not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. SHARE THE VISION will inform you (before collecting your data) if SHARE THE VISION intends to use your data for this purpose. You can exercise your right to prevent processing for marketing processes by checking certain boxes on the forms SHARE THE VISION uses to collect your data. You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting SHARE THE VISION at [email protected]

Access to information

You have a right to access and, if necessary, correct any information SHARE THE VISION holds about you. Any access request may be subject to a fee to meet SHARE THE VISION’s costs in providing you with details of the information it holds about you.

If you would like to make an access request then please contact [email protected]

More information

You can obtain further information about data protection laws by visiting the Information Commissioner’s website at www.ico.gov.uk

If you have any questions concerning your personal data and how SHARE THE VISION looks after it then please contact SHARE THE VISION at [email protected]