This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.
- Contact details
- What information we collect, use, and why
- Lawful bases and data protection rights
- Where we get personal information from
- Sharing information outside the UK
- How to complain
Contact details
Post
The Palaeontological Association, Alport House, 35 Old Elvet, DURHAM, DH1 3HN, GB
Telephone
+44(0)191 386 1482
executive@palass.org | foi_request@palass.org
What information we collect, use, and why
We collect or use the following information to provide services and goods, including delivery and third party referrals:
- Names and contact details
- Gender
- Pronoun preferences
- Addresses
- Date of birth
- Photographs or video recordings
- Service use history
- Dietary information (including allergies and health conditions)
- Payment details (including card or bank information for transfers and direct debits)
- Website user information (including user journeys and cookie tracking)
- Information relating to compliments or complaints
We collect or use the following information to receive donations or funding and organise fundraising activities:
- Names and contact details
- Addresses
- Payment or banking details
- Donation history
- Tax payer information (for Gift Aid purposes)
We collect or use the following personal information for service updates or marketing purposes:
- Names and contact details
- Addresses
- Marketing preferences
- Recorded images, such as photos or videos
- Purchase history
- IP addresses
- Records of consent, where appropriate
We collect or use the following personal information for research or archiving purposes:
- Names and contact details
- Addresses
- Recorded images, such as photos or videos
- Records of consent, where appropriate
We collect or use the following personal information to comply with legal requirements:
- Name
- Contact information
We collect or use the following personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims:
- Names and contact details
- Address
- Payment details
- Account information
- Information relating to health and safety (including incident investigation details and reports and accident book records)
- Correspondence
We also collect or use the following information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims:
Lawful bases and data protection rights
Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website.
Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are in brief set out below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website:
- Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. You can request other information such as details about where we get personal information from and who we share personal information with. There are some exemptions which means you may not receive all the information you ask for. You can read more about this right here.
- Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to correct or delete personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete. You can read more about this right here.
- Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to delete your personal information. You can read more about this right here.
- Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to limit how we can use your personal information. You can read more about this right here.
- Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data. You can read more about this right here.
- Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you. You can read more about this right here.
- Your right to withdraw consent – When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can read more about this right here.
If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.
To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.
Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to provide services and goods, including delivery and third party referrals are:
- Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
- Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to receive donations or funding and organise fundraising activities are:
- Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for service updates or marketing purposes are:
- Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
- Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for research or archiving purposes are:
- Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to comply with legal requirements are:
- Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
- Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims are:
- Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
- Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
Where we get personal information from
- Directly from you
Sharing information outside the UK
Where necessary, we may transfer personal information outside of the UK. When doing so, we comply with the UK GDPR, making sure appropriate safeguards are in place.
For further information or to obtain a copy of the appropriate safeguard for any of the transfers below, please contact us using the contact information provided above.
Organisation name: Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Category of recipient: Storage provider
Country the personal information is sent to: Irland
How the transfer complies with UK data protection law: The country or sector has a UK data bridge (also known as Adequacy Regulations)
Organisation name: Google
Category of recipient: Storage provider
Country the personal information is sent to: Ireland
How the transfer complies with UK data protection law: The country or sector has a UK data bridge (also known as Adequacy Regulations)
How to complain
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.
If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.
The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
Last updated
19/05/2023