This privacy policy is for the website www.techforgoodsw.org.uk.  It applies to all users of this website and members of the Tech for Good South West network.  This website is managed by Annie Legge.

In this notice we explain how we processes, store and protects user data.

Section 1 - What information do we collect from you?

Newsletter subscribe form

If you subscribe via our newsletter sign up form, we collect your email address only. This information is captured via squarespace.com. Squarespace.com host our website and manage our email campaigns.

Information about website visitors

We collect information from our website visitors through our Squarespace analytics which is anonymous, meaning you cannot be personally identified from this data.

This information includes:

• The type of web browser you use

• Your language preference

• Referral information - this means information about which site you came from when you visited our site.

• The date of your visit

• How long you spent on the site

• Which pages you visited

We may aggregate some of the information we collect on our website visitors and event attendees to track and understand how people are interacting with us.  This enables us to focus on content which our users find engaging and make necessary updates if we find parts of our approach are difficult or challenging for users.

We use this aggregated data internally and we may share it with third parties (ie. other people or organisations supporting the network) to inform our branding, marketing or website approach.  This information does not include any personal or sensitive data.

Information about event attendees

We run both in person and online events.  For each event we will have a sign up process managed via out TechSoup Connect Events platform.  We may use different online sign up platforms depending on the type of event, for each event we will make it clear what personal data we need to collect and how it will be stored.

Who might we share your information with?

We will not share your name or email address with anyone unless we have asked for your permission to do so.  For example you may contact us with a question which leads us to suggest we connect you with a person or organisation in our network, in this circumstance we would ask your permission first before sharing your information.

How long do we keep hold of your information?

As Tech for Good South West is a network of active participants once you have shared your data we will keep it for the duration of the Tech for Good South West initiative.  If you would like us to remove your data you can request that we do so by contacting: [email protected].

How can I access the information you hold about me?

To access the information we hold about you please get in touch: [email protected]

Section 2 - Cookies

2.1 What are cookies?

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores about a website visitors computer.  When a user visits our website if the cookies are enabled their computer browser provides information to the website www.techforgoodsw.org.uk.    

2.2 Why do we collect information from cookies?

We use cookies to track how visitors use our website and what their preferences our to improve how our users engage with our site.

Our website is built using Squarespace platform. We use Squarespace analytics feature to track visitor usage. This does not store, save or collect personal information.

2.3 How can you disable cookies?

If you do not want to share information via cookies you can change the use of cookies on your computer or device.  You will need to access your web browser security settings to block cookies.

3. Links to other websites and resources 

We endeavour to use external website links which are safe and secure however we advise you access these links with caution as we are not responsible for the quality of external links.  Therefore you access these links at your own risk. These links may be to other websites or online resources which are relevant to our content.

4. Social media platforms 

We will never ask for personal or sensitive information via our social media channels.  We recommend that if you wish to discuss a matter which is personal or sensitive you communicate via email or phone.

We may retweet interesting or relevant tweets from your Twitter feed but we will not intentionally retweet offensive tweets or tweets containing sensitive or personal data.  

Sometimes we may tweet links to other websites and resources via our twitter feed.  Often we use shortened links which start like this: loom.ly/…  We advise you access these links with caution as we are not responsible for the quality of external links.  Therefore you access these links at your own risk. These links may be to other websites or online resources which are relevant to our content.

5. Changes to our Privacy Policy

We keep our privacy policy under regular review and we will place any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 9th March 2023.