1.1 We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of visitors to guardiansofthegut.org and our customers.
1.2 This policy applies where we are acting as a data controller with respect to the personal data of our website visitors; in other words, where we determine the purposes and means of the processing of that personal data. Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, location data or an online identifier such as IP address.
1.3 We will ask you to consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy when you first visit our website.By using our website and agreeing to this policy, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy.
1.4 In this policy, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Guardians of the Gut. For more information about us, see Section 11.
2.1 In this Section 2 we have set out:
(a) the general categories of
personal data that we may process.
(b) the purposes for which we may process
personal
data; and
(c) the legal bases of the processing.
2.2 When someone visits our website we use a third party service, Google Analytics, to collect standard internet information and details of visitor behaviour patterns (“usage data“) which may include your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths, as well as information about the timing, frequency and pattern of your service use. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely monitoring and improving our website.
2.3 We may process your personal data (name, email address, telephone number, school address) to setup and administer your account. This will also be used to setup and deliver quizzes enrolled, reports and associated functionality of the application. The legal basis for this processing is performance of contract. Please refer to our terms and conditions for further details.
2.4 We may process information contained in any enquiry you submit to us regarding your account or enquires in general. The legal basis for this processing is consent.
2.5 We may process information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our email notifications and/or newsletters. This is optional. The legal basis for this processing is consent. You can unsubscribe from receiving these notifications at any point by emailing info@guardiansofthegut.org or by clicking to unsubscribe on any emails we send to you.
2.6 We may process information contained in or relating to any communication that you send to us. The correspondence data may include emails you have sent to us, telephone calls or communication by other means (including but not limited to social media contact, messenger feeds etc.). The correspondence data may be processed for the purposes of communicating with you. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper administration of our website and business and communications with users.
2.7 We may process any of your personal data identified in this policy where necessary for the purposes of obtaining or maintaining insurance coverage, managing risks, or obtaining professional advice. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper protection of our business against risks.
2.8 In addition to the specific purposes for which we may process your personal data set out in this Section 2, we may also process any of your personal data] where such processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.
3.1 We may disclose your personal data to members of our group where are genuine need and legal bases, set out in this policy exists.
3.2 In addition to the specific disclosures of personal data set out in this Section 3, we may disclose anonymized and/or pseudo anonymized data to our research partners involved with this project and provision of service.
4.1 This Section 4 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 data.
4.2 Personal data that we process for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.
4.3 We will retain your personal data as follows:
(a) Your account
data
(name, email address, telephone number, address) will be retained for a minimum period of one year from
point
of initial setup until a deletion request is received. Anonymized data may then be retained for
reporting and
analytical purposes.
4.4 Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 4, we may retain your personal data where such retention is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.
5.1 We will take appropriate technical and organisational precautions to secure your personal data and to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal data.
5.2 We will store all your personal data on secure servers, personal computers and mobile devices many of which have minimum requirements to be encrypted stores.
5.3 We will never store card payment details.
5.4 Data relating to your enquiries that is sent from your web browser to our web server, or from our web server to your web browser, will be protected using encryption technology.
5.5 You acknowledge that the transmission of unencrypted (or inadequately encrypted) data over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.
6.1 We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website.
6.2 You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes to this policy.
6.3 We may notify you of changes to this policy by email.
7.1 In this Section 7, we have summarised the rights that you have under data protection law. Some of the rights are complex, and not all of the details have been included in our summaries. Accordingly, you should read the relevant laws and guidance from the regulatory authorities for a full explanation of these rights.
7.2 Your principal rights under data protection law are:
(a) the right to
access;
(b) the right to rectification;
(c) the right to erasure;
(d) the
right to
restrict processing;
(e) the right to object to processing;
(f) the right to data
portability;
(g) the right to complain to a supervisory authority; and
(h) the right
to
withdraw consent.
7.3 You have the right to confirmation as to whether or not we process your personal data and, where we do, access to the personal data, together with certain additional information. That additional information includes details of the purposes of the processing and the categories of personal data concerned. Providing the rights and freedoms of others are not affected, we will supply to you a copy of your personal data.
7.4 You have the right to have any inaccurate personal data about you rectified and, taking into account the purposes of the processing, to have any incomplete personal data about you completed.
7.5 In some circumstances you have the right to the erasure of your personal data without undue delay. Those circumstances include: the personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed; you withdraw consent to consent-based processing; or the processing is for direct marketing purposes. However, there are exclusions of the right to erasure. The general exclusions include where processing is necessary: for compliance with a legal obligation; or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
7.6 In some circumstances you have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data. Those circumstances are: we no longer need the personal data for the purposes of our processing, but you require personal data for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; and you have objected to processing, pending the verification of that objection. Where processing has been restricted on this basis, we may continue to store your personal data. However, we will only otherwise process it: with your consent; for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person; or for reasons of important public interest.
7.7 You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data on grounds relating to your particular situation, but only to the extent that the legal basis for the processing is that the processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us. If you make such an objection, we will cease to process the personal information unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing is for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
7.8 You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes (including profiling for direct marketing purposes). If you make such an objection, we will cease to process your personal data for this purpose.
7.9 To the extent that the legal basis for our processing of your personal data
is:
(a)
consent; or
(b) that the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to
which you
are party or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract, and such
processing is
carried out by automated means, you have the right to receive your personal data from us in a
structured,
commonly used and machine-readable format. However, this right does not apply where it would adversely
affect
the rights and freedoms of others.
7.10 If you consider that our processing of your personal information infringes data protection laws, you have a legal right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority responsible for data protection.
7.11 To the extent that the legal basis for our processing of your personal information is consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of processing before the withdrawal.
7.12 You may exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal data by written notice to us to Data Protection Advisor, Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UQ or by email to dpa@nbi.ac.uk
8.1 Our website includes hyperlinks to, and details of, third party websites.
8.2 We have no control over, and are not responsible for, the privacy policies and practices of third parties.
9.1 A key function of this website is to enable pupils to have a fun learning experience. Quizzes prepared by teachers of each class only record the year and month of a pupils birthday to work out which age group they fall under. The age group is the only information stored and no other personal data associated with pupils is collected or stored.
10.1 Please let us know if the personal information that we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.
11.1 You can contact us:
(a) by post, to Data Protection Advisor, Quadram
Institute
Bioscience, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UQ.
(b) by email, using dpa@nbi.ac.uk
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For almost any modern website to work properly, it needs to
collect
certain basic information on its users. To do this, a site will create files known as cookies – which
are
small text files – on its users’ computers. These cookies are designed to allow the website to recognise
its
users on subsequent visits, or to authorise other designated websites to recognise these users for a
particular purpose.Cookies do a lot of different jobs which make your experience of the Internet much
smoother
and more interactive. For instance, they are used to remember your preferences on sites you visit often,
to
remember your user ID and the contents of your shopping baskets, and to help you navigate between pages
more
efficiently. They also help ensure that the advertisements that you see online are more relevant to you
and
your interests. Much, though not all, of the data that they collect is anonymous, though some of it is
designed to detect browsing patterns and approximate geographical location to improve user
experience.Information collected by cookies and web beacons is not personally identifiable.
How do we use cookies?
We collect a number of cookies from our users for various
reasons, not least to track our own performance – but also to let us serve you content tailored to your
own
specifications, hopefully improving your overall experience of the site. Amongst other things, the
cookies we
use allow us to calculate how many visitors we have – anonymously, of course – and how long they stay on
our
site.We do our utmost to respect users’ privacy. We believe that your experience of the site would be
adversely affected if you opted out of the cookies we use.
What types of cookie are there and which ones do we use?
There are two types of
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link the
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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
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Managing cookies
Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete
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(e) https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411 (Safari);
and
(f)
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