Privacy Policy

Who we are

We are a collective in Sheffield working to build links of friendship between our city and the people of Palestine.

Our website address is: www.palfestsheffield.co.uk

You can email us on: [email protected]

PalFest Sheffield will only collect, process and store information about you that you have willingly provided. We aim to be open about collecting this information and clear about what we will use it for. You do not need to give us any information to use our website, although as a result of your use of the website we may collect cookies and other related information.

This privacy notice tells you what to expect when PalFest Sheffield collects personal information. We will process your personal data on the basis of receiving your consent to do so (or, rarely, through a “legitimate interest” if one applies – such as being compelled to by law).

Email Updates

PalFest Sheffield offers an email update service to the public. We collect personal data in order to provide this service. We have to hold the details of people who have requested this service in order to provide it. However, we only use these details to provide the service the person has requested and for other closely related purposes (for example, to carry out a survey to find out if people are happy with the service they received).

We use a third party provider (MailChimp) to deliver our email updates. We will gather statistics around email opening to help us monitor and improve our e-newsletter. In compliance with UK Law, subscribers will be given the opportunity to unsubscribe at any time through an automated system. This process will be detailed at the footer of each e-newsletter. If an automated unsubscription system is unavailable, clear instructions on how to unsubscribe will be detailed instead.

Your Data

We may use, retain or reply to emails you send us. Any saved messages are stored in our secure email system.

If you send us a private message via social media it will not be shared with any other organisations.

When someone visits www.palfestsheffield.co.uk we use a third party service, Google Analytics, to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. This information is only processed in a way that does not identify anyone. We do not make any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website. If we do want to collect personally identifiable information through our website, we will be up-front about this. We will make it clear when we collect personal information and will explain what we intend to do with it.

When you visit our website, we collect information to help us to understand how supporters use our site, and to make improvements. This information consists of your IP address, your browser (eg. Internet Explorer), when you visited and which pages you visited or downloaded during your visit. We cannot use this information to find out further personal information about you, and will not share any individual information unless required to do so by law.

You also have a right to ask us to correct, delete, or restrict your personal data. You may ask us to send your information to someone else, or to give you information in a way that makes it easy for you to pass on. You can also object to or withdraw your permission for us to process your information.

To request this please email us at [email protected]

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.

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.

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.

How long we retain your data

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.

Where we send your data

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

We strive to ensure your data is properly protected through encryption, firewalls and monitoring. Your data is only seen by people who need to view it for their work. Your personal data will be kept until the closure of the project.