Data Privacy Notice
YGA – Young Global ImpAct (“We”, “us”, or “our”), registered at the address of Somerset House New Wing, Exchange Studios, Anylab, West Service Yard Goods Entrance, Victoria Embankment London WC2R 1LA is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
This privacy notice sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.
1. Information We May Collect from You
We may collect and process the following data about you:
– Personal Information: This includes your name, surname, occupation, company name, phone number, and email address, which you provide by filling in forms on our website (our site) for the purpose of registering to attend our seminar.
– Correspondence: If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
– Usage Data: We may collect information about your visit to our site including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, and the resources that you access.
– For students we also collect personal details required for seminar registration and for assessing your suitability for our paid volunteer program, including:
• Personal identification and contact details
• Educational background
• Preferences for volunteering opportunities
2. How We Use Your Information
The data that we collect from you is used to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
To ensure that content from our site / seminar is presented in the most effective manner for you.
Manage and communicate with you regarding seminar registration and attendance.
Organize and administer our volunteer initiatives
Evaluate the effectiveness of our programs and make improvements
To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us.
To allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, events and/or projects when you choose to do so.
To notify you about changes to our service, events and/or projects.
3. Data Security Measures
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. These measures are continually reviewed and updated in line with technological advancements.
4. Data Transfer to Third Parties
We may share your personal information with selected third parties including:
Business partners, suppliers, and subcontractors for the performance of any contract we enter into with you.
Analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimization of our site.
If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of YGA (Young Global ImpAct) our volunteers, or others.
5. Data Retention
We will retain your personal information 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. Your Rights
You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will inform you (before collecting your data) and seek your consent if we intend to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by checking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data.
Under the Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK GDPR, you also have the right to:
– Access information held about you.
– Request the correction of the personal data that we hold about you.
– Request the deletion of your personal data.
– Object to processing of your personal data.
– Request the restriction of processing of your personal data.
– Request the transfer of your personal data to another party.
7. Changes to Our Privacy Notice
Any changes we may make to our privacy notice in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail.
8. Contact
Questions, comments, and requests regarding this privacy notice are welcomed and should be addressed to zeynep@yga.org.uk.