Our privacy policy outlines how we process your data, and your rights to data we hold about you.
Who we are
NARSCA is the Newbridge and Ratho Station Community Association, a voluntary group located within Newbridge and Ratho Station.
Our website address is https://www.narsca.com.
Cookies
When accessing the website for the first time or on a new device, you will be asked whether you consent to cookies being stored on your computer. These cookies enable the website to function as intended.
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.
For users with an account who visit the login page, the website sets 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.
Making comments on posts and pages
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 anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. If you are, your Gravatar will be displayed. Read the Gravatar service privacy policy for more information. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Uploading media
If you upload images to our 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.
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
We will not share your data with anyone without your consent.
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.
For users that register on our website, we will store the information you provide in your user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time. Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
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.
Our newsletter
If you have subscribed to our newsletter or if you are a member of our website (you can log in) or if you have purchased on our website, you are likely to receive emails from us. We will only send you emails which you have signed up to receive, or which pertain to the services we provided to you.
To send you emails, we use the name and email address you provide us. Our site also logs the IP address you used when you signed up for the service to prevent abuse of the system.
This website can send emails through the MailPoet Sending Service. This service allows us to track opens and clicks on our emails. We use this information to improve the content of our newsletters. No identifiable information is otherwise tracked outside this website except for the email address.
Third Party Services
In order to fight spam and prevent malicious use of our website, we use:
- Google reCAPTCHA. Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.
- Cloudflare Turnstile. Privacy Policy: https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/turnstile-privacy-policy/
- Akismet Spam. Privacy Policy: https://automattic.com/privacy/
To manage our newsletter we use MailChimp. Privacy Policy: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/
What rights you have over your data
You have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Right to Access: You may request access to the personal data we hold about you.
- Right to Rectification: You can request correction of any inaccurate or incomplete data we hold about you.
- Right to Erasure: You can request the deletion of your data under certain circumstances.
- Right to Restriction of Processing: You can ask us to restrict how your data is processed in certain situations.
- Right to Data Portability: You can request that your data be transferred to another service or provided to you in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
- Right to Object: You have the right to object to our processing of your data in certain scenarios.
- Right to Withdraw Consent: If we process your data based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw this consent at any time.
Data Retention
We will retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this form or as required by law.
Contact Us
If you have any concerns or wish to exercise any of your rights under the GDPR or the Data Protection Act, please contact us via our form. If you believe we have not addressed your concerns satisfactorily, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at www.ico.org.uk.