Privacy Policy

Last updated: 27/8/2026

1. Important Information and Who We Are Warrington & District Society For Deaf People (“we”, “us”, or “our”) is the data controller responsible for your personal data collected through www.wdsdp.co.uk (the “Site”).

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our data protection practices, please contact us:

• Full name of legal entity: Warrington & District Society For Deaf People
• Email address: admin@wdsdp.co.uk
• Postal address: 11-13 Wilson Patten St, Warrington WA1 1PG

You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK regulator for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO, so please contact us first.

2. The Data We Collect About You Personal data means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. We may collect, use, store, and transfer different kinds of personal data about you, which we have grouped together as follows:

• Identity Data: includes first name, last name, username, or similar identifier.
• Contact Data: includes email address, telephone number, and billing/delivery address.
• Technical Data: includes internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting, operating system, and platform.
• Usage Data: includes information about how you use our website, products, and services.
• Marketing and Communications Data: includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and your communication preferences.

3. How We Collect Your Personal Data We use different methods to collect data from and about you, including:

• Direct Interactions: You may give us your Identity and Contact Data by filling in forms on our site, subscribing to our services, or corresponding with us by email or post.
• Automated Technologies or Interactions: As you interact with our website, we automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns using cookies and similar technologies.

4. Lawful Basis for Processing Your Personal Data We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data under the following legal bases:

• Performance of a Contract: Where we need to perform a contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you.
• Legitimate Interests: Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
• Compliance with a Legal Obligation: Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.
• Consent: Generally, we do not rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data, except in relation to sending third-party direct marketing communications to you via email or text message. You have the right to withdraw consent to marketing at any time.

5. Data Retention We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

6. International Transfers We ensure your personal data is protected by requiring all our group companies and service providers to follow the same rules when processing your personal data. Whenever we transfer your personal data out of the UK, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring appropriate legal safeguards are implemented (such as International Data Transfer Agreements or Adequacy Regulations).

7. Data Security We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered, or disclosed. Access to your personal data is limited to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know.

8. Your Legal Rights Under UK data protection laws, you have rights in relation to your personal data, including the right to:

• Request access to your personal data.
• Request correction of your personal data.
• Request erasure of your personal data.
• Object to processing of your personal data.
• Request restriction of processing your personal data.
• Request the transfer of your personal data.
• Right to withdraw consent.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [Insert Email Address].

9. Third-Party Links This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins, and applications. Clicking on those links may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy We keep our privacy policy under regular review. Any updates will be posted on this page.