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Privacy policy

General

Data Protection Policy for Voice4Change England (V4CE), a policy, lobbying and capacity-building body for the BME Third sector. This policy was written by Nandini Das, Networks & Communications Officer. This policy is for V4CE staff, its partners and members. The policy was last reviewed in October 2009. 

Your rights according to  the Data Protection Act 1991
From Directgov website

The Data Protection Act's rules are quite complex, but at the heart of it are eight common sense rules known as the 'data protection principles'.These principles require any organisation, corporation or governmental body that collects personal information to handle it safely. Anyone collecting personal information must:

  • fairly and lawfully process it
  • process it only for limited, specifically stated purposes
  • use the information in a way that is adequate, relevant and not excessive
  • use the information accurately
  • keep the information on file no longer than absolutely necessary
  • process the information in accordance with your legal rights
  • keep the information secure
  • never transfer the information outside the UK without adequate protection

All organisations collecting and using personal information are legally required to comply with these principles.The law provides stronger protection for more sensitive information - such as your ethnic background, political opinions, religious beliefs, health, sexual life or any criminal history. It is enforced by an independent information commissioner, who can take action against any company or governmental body that fails to protect your information, or that abuses its right to collect and hold that information. 

Policy Statement
Voice4Change England is committed to -

  • Good practice and respect of the law
  • Respect for the rights of individuals
  • Openness about data held and honesty with people on whom we hold data
  • Appropriate training to people handling data

How we use the information
Voice4Change England will use your contact details to send you updates about their work occasionally. We will not pass your details on to a third party organisation. We may contact you to ask if you would like to participate in Voice4Change England’s research or participatory work.

Consent
Members of the public are entitled to choose whether or not they wish to receive information from Voice4Change England. All unsolicited mailings will display an ‘unsubscribe’ option and all electronic communications will only be sent to consenting members of the public. 

You can choose to withdraw your consent at any point in time.

Data Accuracy and Storage
Voice4Change England has a single database to hold and process all its information, including personal details collected through the website, events forms and subscriber applications. The Project Support Officer handles the data and runs reports periodically to check its veracity.

If a member of the public chooses not to receive any communication from us, we record their request on their record. The record remains on the database to ensure that the person is not mailed inadvertently. Files are stored on site and are accessible to all V4CE staff who are aware of data protection law and our policy.

Access to Records
V4CE are happy to provide supervised access to any member of the public who requests to view the data we hold on them. Please write to us or email info@voice4change-england.co.uk with your request.

Further Information on Data Protection
Please contact the Voice4Change England Networks and Communications Officer if you have any questions or comments on our Data Protection Policy.