Website Use and Privacy Policy

Privacy Statement

This Privacy Notice has been written to inform you about how [customer name] processes your personal data. This privacy statement discloses the privacy practices for northyorkshiremusichub.co.uk – the [customer name] website. It applies solely to this website. This notice only applies to how the organisation uses your data when you visit our website. For more information about how the organisation uses personal data in general please use our Contact Form.

North Yorkshire Music Hub is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

North Yorkshire Music Hub may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 04/05/2023.

Legal Information

North Yorkshire Music Hub is a ‘Data Controller’ as defined by Article 4 (7) of GDPR. This means that we determine the purposes for which, and the manner in which, your personal data is processed. We have a responsibility to you and your personal data and will only collect and use this in ways which are compliant with data protection legislation.

By using this site, you are agreeing to be bound by the following terms and conditions of the North Yorkshire Music Hub website. Below you can find legal information about our website, including copyright, disclaimer and privacy policies.

What are Analytics?

 Analytics collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns.  This is done to find out such things as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site, these are collected through the use of third party widgets (Google Analytics, Twitter, Facebook, Youtube). These will be referred to as cookies throughout this privacy notice

Copyright

Copyright of the content of the North Yorkshire Music Hub website – consisting of design, text, graphics, images, source code and other materials – remains at all times the copyright of North Yorkshire Music Hub or with associated third parties. North Yorkshire Music Hub grant permission to electronically copy, and print to hard copy, information from this website only for use within school premises.

Changes and Modification

No changes, modifications or alterations may be made to materials from this site without written consent from  North Yorkshire Music Hub. If information from this site is used for educational purposes then an acknowledgement of North Yorkshire Music Hub as the owner must accompany the material. Materials from this site cannot be re published or distributed in any format without written permission from  North Yorkshire Music Hub.

Disclaimer

North Yorkshire Music Hub makes every effort to ensure that the information on this website is accurate and up-to-date. However, we accept no liability for any loss or inconvenience caused by reliance on inaccurate material contained in this site.

External Web Links

This website contains links to other web sites. North Yorkshire Music Hub is not responsible for the privacy practices of those other web sites nor is it responsible for the content of those sites.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

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

Where personal data is requested through forms, such data is only used for the purpose stated on the form and will not be given or sold to any third parties.
You will not receive unsolicited paper or electronic mail as a result of using an electronic form unless we have explicitly requested and received your permission.

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.

Cookies : Information Collection and Use

Revoke cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences. Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.  For more information about how to this, and more information about Cookies in general, please see http://www.aboutcookies.org/

North Yorkshire Music Hub, as the data collector, may collect some information from visitors to this site. This information is used only to respond to enquiries and to monitor site usage. We will not pass on these details to third parties or use them for any other purposes unless instructed by you to do so.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

If any changes are made to our privacy policy, these changes will be posted on our homepage.
North Yorkshire Music Hub complies with the requirements of GDPR

 

What do we use cookies for?

We use cookies so that:

  • We can distinguish you from other users of our website and provide a good experience
  • We can remember the information you’ve provided us with while on our website, so you don’t have to keep re-entering the information whenever you visit a new page
  • We can look at how you use our website so that we can improve it for other users.

We do not use cookies to:

  • Monitor your usage of other websites (privacy intrusive cookies)
  • collect any personal information about you (without your express permission);
  • collect any sensitive information;
  • pass data to any advertising networks;
  • pass personal data to third parties.

 

What cookie types do we use?

Cookie types and expiry:

  • Session cookies – these are temporary and are erased when you close your browser at the end of your visit, or if you delete them earlier. The next time you visit our website we will not recognise you and will treat you as a completely new visitor.
  • Persistent cookies – these remain on your hard drive until you erase them or they expire, this is after 12 months.

We may use one or more of the following kinds of cookies:

Strictly Necessary Cookies.  These cookies are required for the operation of our website.  This can include cookies that will enable you to log into a secure area of our website, e.g staff, parent or pupil area.  Without these the website will not work as designed. These cookies do not require consent.

Functionality cookies.  These cookies require consent. They are used to recognise you when you return to our website.  The content is then personalised to you and can greet you by name (once in the secure area) or remember preferences that you may set.

Analytical/performance cookies.  These cookies require consent. They allow us to count and recognise the number of visitors to our site.  It also allows us to see when and how visitors navigate our website.  Using these cookies helps us improve our website and make popular searched items easier to find.  We also use the following widget(s) for this purpose:

How do we obtain consent for the use of cookies?

When you first visit our sites using a new browser, or if you visit in private browsing mode, we will provide you with a cookies permission banner seeking your consent to use of cookies as required by law.

How do I erase or opt out of the use of cookies?

You can change your cookie preferences at any time through our cookie banner, but please be aware that opting out of cookies may affect your user experience on our website.

Alternatively, most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:

To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer’s website.

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout 

You can also use specialist software that protects against malicious cookies. These applications can be customised to let you change the content of the cookies you want to receive or will allow to be stored on your device.

Purpose and lawful basis for processing

The lawful basis we rely on to process your personal data is either Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR, for example when we require your consent for the optional cookies we use, or Article 6(1)(f) which allows us to process personal data when it’s necessary for our legitimate interests. For example in order to maintain the integrity of our IT systems and the continuity of our business.

 

Accessibility

Please click here to view our Accessibility Statement

 

Questions or Comments

If you have questions or comments about this policy or if you feel that this site is not following its stated information policy please contact us at:

Music Service,
County Hall,
Northallerton
North Yorkshire.
DL7 8AE

Email Contact : Please use our Contact Form