Who we are
Redcar and Cleveland Voluntary Development Agency, also known as RCVDA, is a Company Limited by Guarantee, Registration Number 2720382, and a Registered Charity, Registration Number 1135959, both of which are registered in England and Wales.
Our registered address is: The Palace Hub, 28-29 Esplanade, Redcar, North Yorkshire, TS10 3AE.
Our website address is: https://www.rcvda.org.uk.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
We gather and use certain information about individuals who use this website, in order to: provide products and services; to enable certain website functions; to better understand how visitors use this website; and, to present timely and relevant information to visitors. This may include the following information:
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
If you submit an enquiry to our website using our contact form you are required to give us explicit consent prior to submitting that enquiry. This may include the following information:
- Your name
- Your contact information including email address
- Other written information related to your enquiry that you provide
- Information about how you heard about us
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics (Google LLC), a service which transmits website traffic data to Google servers in the United States under the terms of the EU Privacy Shield. Google does not identify individual users or associates your IP address with any other data held by Google. We use reports provided by Google Analytics to help us understand website traffic and webpage usage. To opt-out of Google Analytics you can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Plugin.
Who we share your data with
We will not share your personal information with or sell it to any other third-party unless we have your permission or the law requires us to. We do, however, use the following third-party service providers named below to process and where applicable and subject to the proper legal protections store your data:
Automattic
This website uses the opensource WordPress platform created by Automattic Inc and uses plugins designed by them, such as Jetpack. Their plugins place cookies on your computer on our behalf. The purpose and use of these cookies are described by Automattic in their Cookie Policy. You can also refer to their Privacy Policy and their EU Privacy Shield registration.
MailChimp
We use the MailChimp service provided by The Rocket Science Group, LLC to manage our opt-in email marketing subscriber lists and send emails to our subscribers. You can also refer to their Privacy Policy and their EU Privacy Shield Registration.
WPForms
If you submit an enquiry to our website using our contact forms then you are required to give us explicit consent prior to submitting that enquiry. Our contact form service is provided by WPForms (WPForms, LLC) who process your data on our behalf.
WordFence
Our website is protected by a firewall call WordFence provided by Defiant Inc. We have entered into a specific data processing agreement with Defiant Inc, as part of our GDPR compliance and you can read more about the cookies they use on our behalf here and their privacy policy here.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
Our Google Analytics profile stores user and event data that is associated with cookies, user identifiers, or advertiser identifiers for 26 months (as recommended by Google), after which it is automatically anonymised.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
We store data in the following locations, in order of preference: UK, EU or the United States with partners who are certified members of/and/or working towards certification of the EU Privacy Shield.
Your contact information
For more information please email [email protected].
Additional information
How we protect your data
Full details of how we protect your data are detailed in our Data Protection Policy. In accordance with best practice, our website uses SSL encryption provided by letsencrypt.org and uses a Firewall provided by WordFence.
What data breach procedures we have in place
We practice Near Miss Incident reporting to highlight and mitigate situations that might lead to a data breaches, this including having our domain registered with Have I Been Pwned which provides us with reporting when our emails and/or passwords have been disclosed in data breaches at other organisations.
Redcar and Cleveland Voluntary Development Agency are registered with the Office of the Information Commissioner (ICO) with the registration number is: Z8779915. Any data breaches that occur are notified to the ICO within 72 hours, as required by law.
What third parties we receive data from
Currently we do not received data from third parties.
What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data
This does not take place on the personal data held on this website, either on an individual or an aggregated level.
Industry regulatory disclosure requirements
Companies House
Redcar and Cleveland Voluntary Development is a Company Limited by Guarantee, registered in England and Wales, with the registration number is 02720382, as such we are regulated by Companies House.
Charity Commission
Redcar and Cleveland Voluntary Development Agency is a Registered Charity, with the registration number 1135959, as such we are regulated by the Charity Commission of England and Wales.
Office of the Information Commissioner
Redcar and Cleveland Voluntary Development Agency is registered as a Data Processor with the Office of the Information Commissioner with the registration number Z8779915.
