We are Bridge the Gap (Isle of Man Registered Charity No. 1167) of:
The Old School House, Vane’s Lane, The Eairy, Isle of Man IM4 3HY. Telephone no: 01624 801349,
Email address contact@bridgethegap.im
For the purposes of processing Member’s data, we are the controller. We take the protection of personal data very seriously and are your first point of contact regarding your personal data that we process.
THE PERSONAL DATA WE PROCESS AND WHAT WE DO WITH IT
We record and use the following categories of personal data for our Members: name, address, telephone numbers, email address. Our lawful basis of processing this data is one of consent. We may use your personal data to communicate with you regarding your membership of the Charity and any commitments that you may have regarding your volunteering with us, but you can opt-out of this at any time.
RETAINING YOUR PERSONAL DATA
Whilst you are member of Bridge the Gap, we will keep your data on file. You will be asked in writing or by email prior to the AGM each year to confirm that you wish to remain a member for the following 12 months and to re-confirm that your details are correct. Any member failing to respond to this request within 8 weeks will automatically cease to be a member and their details deleted from the Register of Members
YOUR RIGHTS
As we process your personal data, you have certain rights. These are a right of access, a right of rectification, a right of erasure and a right to restrict processing.
You may request a copy of your data at any time. Please make such a request in writing or by email to the Charity. Please provide the following information: your name, address, telephone number, email address and details of the information you require. We will need to verify your identity, so we may ask for a copy of your passport, driving license and/or recent utility bill.
If you believe any of the personal data we hold on you is inaccurate or incomplete, please contact us and any necessary corrections to your data will be made promptly.
If you believe we should erase your data, please contact us and if you wish us to stop using your data, please contact us.
DATA BREACHES
Should your personal data that we control be lost, stolen or otherwise breached, where this constitutes a high risk to your rights and freedoms, we will contact you without delay. We will explain to you the nature of the breach and the steps we are taking to deal with it.
SHOULD YOU WISH TO COMPLAIN
You can contact the Isle of Man Information Commissioner via their website: www.inforights.im should you wish to make a complaint about the way we are processing your personal data.
AUTOMATED DECISION MAKING AND PROFILING
We do not use any system which uses automated decision making or profiling in respect of your personal data.
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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.
Some of our pages may also contain images called ‘web beacons’ (also known as ‘clear gifs’), which allow us to count visitors. Web beacons only collect limited information, including a cookie number, a timestamp, and a record of the page on which they are placed. We may also carry web beacons placed by third party advertisers. These beacons do not carry any personally identifiable information and are only used to track the effectiveness of a particular campaign.
Information collected by cookies and web beacons is not personally identifiable.
What types of cookie are there?
Broadly speaking, there are four types of cookie: strictly necessary cookies, performance cookies, functionality cookies and targeting or advertising cookies.
- Strictly necessary cookies are essential to navigate around a website and use its features. Without them, you wouldn’t be able to use basic services like shopping baskets and e-billing.
- Performance cookies collect anonymous data on how visitors use a website; they can’t track users, and are only used to improve how a website works.
- Functionality cookies allow users to customise how a website looks for them: they can remember usernames, language preferences and regions, and can be used to provide more personal services like local weather reports and traffic news.
- Advertising and targeting cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you, but can also limit the number of times you see an advertisement, and be used to chart the effectiveness of an ad campaign by tracking users’ clicks. They can also provide security in transactions. They are usually placed by third-party advertising networks with a website operator’s permission, but can be placed by the operator themselves. They can remember that you have visited a website, and this information can be shared with other organisations, including other advertisers.
Additionally, these cookies break down into two further sub-types.
- Persistent cookies remain on a user’s device for a set period of time specified in the cookie. They are activated each time that the user visits the website that created that particular cookie.
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What’s the law?
Recently, the law on cookies has changed. Now sites that try to place performance, functionality, and targeting and advertising cookies need your permission for before they can place them onto your computer. To find out more about the law, click here.
How do I turn cookies off?
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