Privacy Policy

This website is operated by Westmarsh Village Hall.  We take your privacy very seriously therefore we urge you to read this policy very carefully because it contains important information on:

  • Who we are,
  • How and why we collect, store, use and share personal information
  • Your rights in relation to your personal information, and 
  • How to contact us and supervisory authorities in the event that you have a complaint.


Who we are

Westmarsh Village Hall (‘we’ or ‘us’) collect, use and are responsible for certain personal information about you.  When we do so we are regulated under the General Data Protection Regulations which apply across the European Union (including the United Kingdom) and we are responsible as ‘controller’ of that personal information for the purposes of those laws.


The personal information we collect and use

a) Personal information you provide to us

We collect the following personal information that you provide to us: Name, email address, telephone number

We collect this information when you make a reservation for use of the hall, or events taking place in the hall.

b) Personal information about third parties

If you give us information about another person, you confirm that the other person has appointed you to act on their behalf and agreed that you:

  • Shall consent on their behalf to the processing of their personal data; and
  • Shall receive any data protection notices on their behalf.


How we use your personal information

We collect information about our users for the following purposes: reservations, bookings and confirmations.


Who your information may be shared with

We may share your information with: law enforcement agencies in connection with any investigation to help prevent unlawful activity.

We will not share your personal information with any third parties.


Whether personal information has to be provided by you, and if so why

No personal information has to be provided by you to us at any time.


How long your personal information will be kept.

We will hold your personal information for the following periods:

Only as required for reservations, bookings, and administrative tasks e.g. refunds as required.

Reasons we can collect and use personal information

We rely on the following lawful basis on which we collect and use your personal information: legitimate interests

The legitimate interests relied upon are to ensure that insurers of the hall are aware of booking contacts.


Keeping your information secure

We have appropriate security measures in place to prevent personal information from being accidentally lost, or used or accessed in an unauthorised way.  We limit access to your personal information to those who have a genuine business need to know it. Those processing your information will do so only in an authorised manner and are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

We will also use technological and organisation measures to keep your information secure.

We also have procedures in place to deal with any suspected data security breach.  We will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected data security breach where we are legally required to do so.

Indeed, while we will use all reasonable efforts to secure your personal data, in using the site you acknowledge that the use of the internet is not entirely secure and for this reason we cannot guarantee the security or integrity of any personal data that are transferred from you or to you via the internet.  If you have any particular concerns about your information, please contact us using the details below.


Transfers of your information out of the EEA

We will not transfer your personal information outside of the EEA at any time.


What rights do you have?

Under the General Data Protection Regulations, you have a number of important rights free of charge. In summary those include the rights to:

  • Fair processing of information and transparency over how we use personal information
  • Access to your personal information and to certain other supplementary information that this Privacy Notice is designed to address
  • Require us to correct any mistakes in your information which we hold
  • Require the erasure of personal information concerning you in certain situations
  • Receive the personal information concerning you which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit those data to a third party in certain situations
  • Object at any time to processing of personal information concerning you for direct marketing
  • Object to decisions being taken by automated means which produce legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affecting you
  • Object in certain other situations to our continued processing of your personal information
  • Otherwise restrict our processing of your personal information in certain circumstances
  • Claim compensation for damages cause by our breach of any data protection laws

For further information on each of those rights, include the circumstances in which they apply, see the guidance from the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on individual’s rights under the General Data Protection Regulations (http://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/individual-rights/)


If you would like to exercise these rights please:

  • Email or call us
  • Let us have enough information to identify you
  • Let us have proof of your identity (a copy of your driving license, passport or a recent credit card/utility bill)
  • Let us know the information to which your request relates


Change to the privacy policy

This privacy policy was published on 22/09/2018 and last updated on 22/09/2018.

We may change this privacy policy from time to time.  You should check this policy occasionally to ensure you are aware of the most recent version that will apply each time you access this website.  


Contacting us

If you have any questions about this policy or the information we hold about you, please contact us by:

Email:  bookings@westmarshvillagehall.org.uk

Telephone: 07740 185327

Westmarsh Village Hall

Westmarsh Village Hall