PRIVACY POLICY

Our contact details

Name: ELSA United Kingdom

Address: Unit A, 82 James Carter Road, IP28 7DE, Mildenhall, Suffolk, United Kingdom.

E-mail: secgen@uk.elsa.org

European Law Students' Association United Kingdom is a registered charity operating in England and Wales. Registered Charity Number 1207019.

The type of personal information we collect

We currently collect and process the following information:

  • Personal identifiers, contacts and characteristics (for example, name and contact details)

 

How we get the personal information and why we have it

Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you for one of the following reasons:

  • Subscription to our newsletter

  • Signing up for the events advertised on the website

  • Contacting ELSA United Kingdom through the form available on the website

We use the information that you have given us in order to facilitate regular newsletters and to offer certification in the case of signing up for events advertised on the website.

We may share this information with project partners in the case of signing up for the events advertised on the website.

Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:

Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting marketing@uk.elsa.org


How we store your personal information

Your information is securely stored.

In the case of newsletters, we keep the first name, last name and email for 3 years. We will then dispose of your information by removing all data related to the individual from the website database and the servers of the hosting platform, Squarespace.


Your data protection rights

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.

Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.

Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

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, in certain circumstances.

You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

Please contact us at marketing@uk.elsa.org if you wish to make a request.


How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at marketing@uk.elsa.org.

You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.

The ICO’s address:           

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk