- Thu, 14 August 2025
Last Updated: 8 August 2025
The Great Ayton History Society (“we”, “us”, “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect your personal data when you visit greataytonhistory.co.uk.
We are the Great Ayton History Society, a UK-based non-profit organisation dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of Great Ayton and the surrounding area.
We may collect the following types of personal data when you interact with our website:
Identity Data – Name, title.
Contact Data – Email address, postal address, telephone number.
Technical Data – IP address, browser type, device type, and operating system.
Usage Data – Information about how you use our site, such as pages visited and links clicked.
Communication Data – Any messages, enquiries, or feedback you send to us.
We do not intentionally collect personal data from children under 13 years of age.
We collect personal data in the following ways:
Directly from you when you complete a contact form, send an email, or register for an event.
Automatically through cookies and similar technologies when you use our site.
We use your personal data to:
Respond to your enquiries and requests.
Provide updates, newsletters, or event information (only with your consent).
Improve our website and services.
Maintain records for historical and administrative purposes.
Comply with legal obligations.
Under UK GDPR, we process personal data only when we have a lawful basis to do so. These include:
Consent – You have given clear consent for us to process your personal data.
Legitimate Interests – Processing is necessary for our legitimate interests in running the Society, provided it does not override your rights.
Legal Obligation – Processing is necessary to comply with the law.
We will never sell or rent your personal data. We may share it with:
Service providers who help us operate the website (e.g., hosting providers).
Authorities or regulators when required by law.
Any third parties who process data on our behalf are bound by confidentiality and data protection obligations.
We store personal data within the UK and European Economic Area (EEA) wherever possible. If data is transferred outside the UK/EEA, we ensure it is protected to UK GDPR standards.
We keep personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by law.
Under UK GDPR, you have the right to:
Access the personal data we hold about you.
Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
Request erasure of your data (the “right to be forgotten”).
Object to or restrict our processing of your data.
Withdraw consent at any time, where consent is our lawful basis.
Request a copy of your data in a portable format.
You can exercise your rights by contacting us using the details above.
We use cookies to improve your browsing experience and to collect website usage statistics. For more details, please see our Cookie Policy.
We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data from loss, misuse, or unauthorised access.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The latest version will always be posted on this page, with the “Last Updated” date shown at the top.
If you are unhappy with how we have handled your personal data, please contact us first so we can resolve the issue.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at www.ico.org.uk.
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