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Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://vibrantshropshire.co.uk.

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 anonymized 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.

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 visit our login page, 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.

Who we share your data with

Your information will be accessed by the Vibrant Shropshire Cultural Compact Officer and
internal members of the Compact board (those that work for Shropshire Council).

Email information will be stored within GovDelivery, this may be accessed by relevant
council departments.

Arts Council England – in order to monitor and evaluate our network growth and evidence meeting our funding agreement. You can read the ACE privacy notice here.

Vibrant Shropshire Cultural Compact Board – by completing a funding application, you agree that your information may also be shared with members the Vibrant Shropshire Cultural Compact Board in order for the Cultural Compact to review and make decisions on funding applications.

All members of the Vibrant Shropshire Board are required to sign a Data Sharing Agreement in order to access your information. This outlines that information may only be shared and used for the purpose of reviewing applications and may not be shared with third parties. All information must be deleted after the process has finished.

UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) – in order to administer the funding, it may be necessary for us to share
your information with relevant Council departments as well as our funders, the UKSPF. You can read the UKSPF privacy notice here.

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

Keeping Your Data Up to Date

We want to ensure that any information we hold is accurate. You can help us by promptly informing us of any changes to the information we hold about you.

Partners have the option to have their details updated or removed from the database at any time. This will be done manually.

Any partners that enter into a funding contract with us are agreeing to the retention of their information for set amount of years in line with the retention period. Those that wish for their information to be removed before this point risk voiding their contract.

How long we retain your data

Partnership information will be held by us for a period of 2 years

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize 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.

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 your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

 

This privacy policy should be read in conjunction with our Privacy Notice

Our funders
Supported using public funding by Arts Council England
Funded by UK Government
Invest in Shropshire: Shropshire Council
developed in partnership by Shropshire council