The Philosophers’ Yard Privacy Policy

Our contact details 

Name: The Philosophers’ Yard

E-mail: thephilosophersyard@gmail.com

Date uploaded: Tuesday 28 March 2023

The Type of Personal Information We Collect.

We currently collect and process the following information:

  • Personal identifiers and contacts (for example name and email address)

  • Demographic information (for example age, gender identity or race)

How We Get 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:

  • When you sign up for the mailing list (Identification and contacts)

  • When you register for an event (Identification and contacts)

  • During an event through feedback forms (Demographic Information)

We use the information you have given us in order to manage and communicate with event attendees, monitor engagement, and evaluate the impact of events on attendees.

We may share aggregated demographic information with partners and potential funders.

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 thephilosophersyard@gmail.com

  • We need it to perform a public task.

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at thephilosophersyard@gmail.com.

You can also make a complaint with the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

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

How we store your personal information 

Your information is securely stored. We keep the information submitted via registration, mailing lists or evaluation exercises in perpetuity.

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 thephilosophersyard@gmail.com if you wish to make a request.

The ICO’s address: 

Information Commissioner’s Office,
Wycliffe House,
Water Lane,
Wilmslow,
Cheshire,
SK9 5AF

Approved: January 2025

Last reviewed/updated: January 2025