Privacy Policy We take your individual privacy very seriously. Any personal information collected via the website will be store securely and processed exclusively for the purposes of the John Stuart Mill Institute (JSMI). The inclusion of a link to an organisation’s or individual’s website does not constitute an endorsement by the JSMI of any product, service, policy or opinion or the organisation or individual. The JSMI is not responsible for the content of external websites. If you have questions regarding this website, or its use of data, that is not answered by the Privacy Policy below, please contact: admin@jsmi.org.uk. Depending on how and why you provide us with your personal data it may be shared with companies that provide services to the JMSI (“service providers”). In addition, we may share your personal data with third parties when we are required to do so by law (for example, with the Police where they ask us to assist them with their investigations). However, save for the limited circumstances noted above, we will never pass your personal data to any unrelated third parties unless you have given us your permission to do so. For example, where you have signed a petition and are clearly informed that this petition will be presented to a third party. The circumstances under which we may share your personal data or disclose it to others The JSMI will not sell your personal data to third parties. We may use service providers to undertake processing operations on our behalf to provide us with a variety of administrative, statistical, advertising and technical services. We will only supply service providers with the minimum amount of personal data they need to fulfil the services we request. We oblige all of our data processors to sign contracts with us that clearly set out their commitment to respecting individual rights, protecting your personal data – including not using it for any purpose other than providing us with an agreed service or fulfilling their legal obligations – and their commitments to assisting us to help you exercise your rights as a data subject. With your consent, service providers may hold personal data about you in order to facilitate the provision of future services or financial transactions to which you have agreed, such as a payment processor retaining your payment details in order to process agreed future payments from you. Please note that some of our service providers are based outside of the European Economic Area (the “EEA”). Where we transfer your data to a service provider that is outside of the EEA we seek to ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to make sure that your personal data is held securely and that your rights as a data subject are upheld – in almost all cases we do this by ensuring that the agreements between us and our chosen service providers contain what are called the ‘model clauses’ that oblige them to treat your personal data as they themselves were based in the EEA. In addition, we may share your personal data with third parties when we are required to do so by law (for example, with the Police where they ask us to assist them with their investigations). In some cases, this may result in your personal data becoming public. However, save for the limited circumstances noted above, we will never pass your personal data to any unrelated third parties unless you have given us your permission to do so. Additional details about cookies and technical information A cookie is a small text file placed on your device when you visit a website. You can accept or decline cookies through your browser settings or other software. For more information about cookies, see Information Commissioner’s Office’s Cookies Information. When you visit our website, we may place one or more cookies on your device. These are for purposes which include: 1.Improving your experience of visiting the site, including providing personalised content 2.Gathering information you have submitted via the site 3.Processing requests for information or action that you have made through the site 4.Processing login requests 5.Enabling your activity in one place to be used to decide on what information, if any, to present to you in other places 6.Gathered statistical information about the usage of the site 7.Ensuring the smooth operation of online services 8.Remembering whether or not you have been shown a cookie notification message on an earlier visit to the site 9.To make sure online adverts you may receive from us are relevant to your interests By using the site, you are consenting to our use of cookies in accordance with this Notice. If you do not agree to our use of cookies, then you should set your browser or other software settings accordingly. We may provide links to third party organisations with whom we have affinity arrangements, such as an online retailer. In such cases, additional cookies may be placed to facilitate this arrangement and the third parties may also gather personal data about you in line with their own privacy policies. If a third party shares any personal data gathered in this way with the JSMI, it will be made clear in its own privacy policy. We also provide options to share content on social media which may result in your being directed to the social media network’s own systems If you proceed with this, those networks may gather personal data about you in line with their own privacy policies. On our websites or in other digital communications we may also use technologies variously described as web beacons, pixel tags, clear gifs or tracking pixels to provide us with information about how people have navigated through the site or responded to the communication. JSMI Privacy and Cookie Notice This policy was last updated on 30 January 2023 Introduction The John Stuart Mill Institute (JSMI) respects individuals’ rights over their personal data. We are committed to ensuing that people are treated fairly in everything we do. This Privacy and Cookie Notice (“Notice”) outlines: •How we may collect personal data about you •How we may use your personal data •Additional details about cookies and technical information •Data retention policies •Your rights over personal data •How to contact us Where this Notice refers to ‘personal data’ it is referring to data about you (or other living people) from which you (or they) could be identified – such as name, date of birth or contact details. This Notice applies to all personal data processed by the JSMI about its members and members of the public. This includes data gathered via third parties, such as social media sites, and which is therefore also covered by their own Privacy Policies. This policy was last updated on 30 January 2023. Any updates will be posted to this version of the policy. If you wish to see a previous version of the policy or have any other questions, please get in touch . The JSMI may collect personal data from you via means such as: •In person, when you speak to one of our representatives or volunteers •Through a telephone call, either where you call us or we call you •On paper, such as if you return a printed survey or a reply slip on a sign up form •Digitally, such as if you fill in a form on our website or interact with the JSMI online •When you offer or ask about volunteering, or take part in JSMI activities •When you enter into a transaction with the JSMI, such as donating, joining, purchasing a product or paying for an event We may collect personal data about you such as: •Name •Contact details (e.g. email address, address, telephone/mobile number) •Date of birth •Future communication preferences We may also collect information when you interact with the JSMI digitally, such as by visiting our website or communicating with one of our social media channels. This may include additional data to that above, such as: •Your IP address •Your device, browser or operating system •Details of the links that you click and the content that you view •Your username or social media handle •Any other information you share when using third party sites (e.g. sending a tweet or using the Like function on FaceBook). We may also place one or more cookies on your device. For further details on this, see below. How we may use your personal data We may use your personal data to further our objectives and/or to contact you in future. Examples of the way we may use your data include to: •Tell you about events, campaigns or publications that may be of interest to you •Respond to queries that you raise with us •Administer offers or applications to volunteer for the JSMI or to become, remain or cease being a member of the JSMI •Conduct fundraising activities •Manage our sites and services If you have provided us with your email, mobile phone number or landline phone number and we have a legal right to use them for such purposes, we may use that information to contact you to promote causes and campaigns that we support, such as by sending you an email, online advert, or a text message. We will respect any registration you hold with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) except where you have opted in to received phone calls on that number from us. You may opt out of communications from us at any time . The JSMI takes the protection of your information very seriously. We use encryption (SSL) to protect your personal data when appropriate, and all the information provided to the JSMI is stored securely once we receive it. The JSMI may store your personal data on secure servers either on our premises or in third party data centres. Data retention policies We only keep your personal data for as long as required to meet the purposes set out in this Notice, unless a longer retention period is required by law. For example, this may include holding your data after you have ceased to engage with the JSMI (such as resigning or ceasing to be a member) where we have a legitimate interest in doing so, such as to enable us to respond effectively to grievances that may arise after you cease to engage with us. Your information is securely stored in password-protected files at all time, except when we print a list for the purposes of recording attendance at an event. Then only the minimum data required for that purposes is printed. We dispose of any such paper record securely, and ensure digital records are fully deleted once they are no longer required. Where permitted by law, we may also safe personal data for archiving purposes in the public interest, including historical research. This may involve passing such data to third parties who run historical archives. All the above is subject to your legal right, such as to have data in certain cases deleted or corrected, as set out below. The Lawful Basis for Holding This Data Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UKGDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are: 1.Your consent – you are able to remove your consent at any time, and can do this by contacting the Secretary of the JSMI 2.We have a contractual obligation to do so 3.We have a legal obligation to do so 4.We need it to perform a public task 5.We have a legitimate interest Your rights over personal data You have legal rights over any of your personal data that we hold. Right of access You may, at any time, request access to the personal data that we hold which relates to you (sometimes called a subject access request). This right entitles you to receive a copy of the personal data that we hold about you. It is not a right that allows you to request personal data about other people, or a right to request specific documents from us that do not relate to your personal data. Right to Rectification and Erasure You may, at any time, request that we correct personal data that we hold about you which you believe is incorrect of inaccurate. You may also ask us to erase personal data if you do not believe that we need to continue retaining it (sometimes called the right to be forgotten). Please note that we may ask you to verify any new data that you provide to us and may take our own steps to check that the new data you have supplier us with is accurate. Further, we are not always obliged to erase personal data when asked to do so; if for any reason we believe that we have a good legal reason to continue processing personal data that you ask us to erase we will tell you what that reason is at the time we respond to your request. Right to restrict processing Where we process your personal data on the legal basis of us having a legitimate interest to do so, you are entitled to ask us to stop processing it in that way if you feel that our continuing to do so impacts on your fundamental rights and freedoms or if you feel that those legitimate interests are not valid. You may also ask us to stop processing your personal data (a) if you dispute the accuracy of that personal data and want us to verify its accuracy; (b) where it has been established that our use of the data is unlawful but you do not want us to erase it; (c) where we no longer need to process your personal data (and would otherwise dispose of it) but you wish for us to continue storing it in order to enable you to establish, exercise or defend legal claims. If for any reason we believe that we have a good legal reason to continue processing personal data that you ask us to stop processing, we will tell you what that reason is, either at the time we first respond to your request or after we he had the opportunity to consider and investigate it. Right to portability Where you wish to transfer certain personal data that we hold about you, which is processed by automated means, to a third party you may write to us and ask us to provide it to you in a commonly used machine-readable format. Right to stop receiving communications Wherever possible, we will provide you with a choice about how we can contact you to share information about the JSMI. You can opt out of communications at any time by visiting jsmi.org.uk/unsubscribe. It may take several days for requests submitted this way to become effective on our system, or by the methods described below. Email If you provide us with your mail address and indicate that we may do so (e.g. by subscribing to an email distribution list or by ‘opting in’ through the membership page) we may send you further information about the JSMI in the future. These communications will take the form of emails promoting us and our work. You can request that you cease to receive these kin d of communications from us at any time. The easiest way to do so it to use the unsubscribe link provided at the bottom of any email messages that we sent to you. You can also do so at any time by visiting jsmi.org.uk/unsubscribe. It may take several days for requests submitted this way to become effective on our systems. SMS messages If you provide your mobile phone number, we may call or send you text messages if you have given us permission to do so. You may request to stop receiving SMS messages at any point. You can stop receiving SMS text messages by following the instructions to opt out provided within that text message. You can also do so at any time by visiting jsmi.org.uk/unsubscribe. It may take several days for requests submitted this way to become effective on our systems. Post and telephone We may contact you by post or telephone using information you have provided to us for the purposes of notifying you of our activities. Online advertising If you provide us with your email address or telephone number we may use it to ensure online adverts you receive from us are relevant to you. These communications will take the form of online adverts promoting us and our work. You can opt out of online advertising at any time by visiting jsmi.org.uk/unsubscribe. It may take several days for requests submitted this way to become effective on our systems. We will have to share your data with relevant service providers. You may still receive online advertising from time to time where providers are unable to remove you from lists or their systems do not permit exclusion lists. General While all of our direct marketing communications contain details of how you can stop receiving them in future you can either follow those instructions (such as using the unsubscribe link in an email or telling a telephone caller), visit jsmi.org.uk/unsubscribe, or ask us directly using the contact details below. If you do the latter , please provide us with full details of the telephone numbers, postal addresses, email addresses and so on to which you wish us to stop sending communications to in order to help us detail with your request quickly and accurately. Email: admin@jsmi.org.uk. We will process any requests to stop receiving communications as quickly and comprehensively as is practical although there may in some cases be further communications already on their way to you which cannot be stopped. If you ask us to stop sending you information (e.g. by email, post, phone or SMS text), we may keep a record of your information to make sure we do not contact you again, up until the normal retention period for that type of data. See our retention policy above for details. Please note that this right to stop communications does not apply to emails that we send to you that are a necessary part of us providing a service to you (such as messaging you about your status as a member or a volunteer) or us notifying you about how your personal data is being used. 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 by email and/or by post if you wish to make a request. Exercising your rights You may exercise any of these rights by contacting us using the details below and providing the necessary details for us to be able to identify the relevant data and to act on your request accurately. When you contact us making a request to exercise your rights we are entitled to ask you to prove that you are who you say you are. We may ask you to provide copies of relevant ID documents to help verify your identity. It will help us to process your request if you clearly state which right you wish to exercise and, where relevant, why it is that you are exercising it. The clearer and more specific you can be the faster and more efficiently we can process the request. If you do not provide us with sufficient information then we may delay actioning your request until you have provided us with additional information (and where this is the case we will tell you). How to contact us If you have any queries regarding the information set out here, if you wish to exercise any of your rights set out above or if you think that it has not been followed, please contact: admin@jsmi.org.uk and/or write to: The Secretary, John Stuart Mill Institute, 1 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HE. How to complain If you have any concerns about your use of personal information, you can make a complaint to us at admin@jsmi.org.uk or by writing to The Secretary of the JSMI at the postal address above. You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data. The ICO’s address is: Information Commissioner’s Office Wycliffe House Water Lane Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 5AF Helpline number: 0303 123 1113 ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk