Privacy

The Nuclear Education Trust (NET) is committed to protecting your privacy. This policy explains how we use any personal information we collect about you.

What information do we collect about you?

We collect information you give to us by email, various forms on the website, over the telephone, face to face or by postal mail. We collect information about you when you make a donation, become a supporter or register an interest at one of our events. Website usage information may be collected using cookies. 

How will we use the information about you?

We collect information about you to manage our relationship with you, and, if you consent, we will send you information by email or SMS, we think may be of interest to you. We will send you information by post where we have assessed there is a legitimate interest for us to do so. We may use your information collected from the website to personalise your repeat visits to our website. We may disclose your data to any service providers who render services to us or you on our behalf such as delivering postal mail, sending emails and processing payments (all of which are contractually obliged to act only on our instructions and in accordance with applicable laws, including GDPR). We will not use your data for any profiling of any sort.

Legal Basis 

NET has reviewed its legal basis for processing personal information regarding post and will use legitimate interest to process donations and keep supporters updated on our latest news and opportunities to get involved further with NET. This means that supporters will need to contact us on the details below if they would like to opt-out of postal and telephone communications.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect

Access to your information and amending your information

If you would like a copy of some or all of the personal information we hold about you, please contact us on the details below. We may make a reasonable charge for this service. (eg, for repeated requests). We want to make sure that your personal information is accurate and up to date. You may ask us to correct or remove information you think is inaccurate. Your data will be stored until you notify us of your right of erasure (“the right to be forgotten”). Following this request all of your data will be removed from all NET systems and any financial agreements, such a Direct Debit, will be ended.

Cookies

Cookies are text files, used by your computer’s browser, that store visitor session data. Cookies, by themselves, do not identify the individual user. Cookies are commonly used on the Internet and do not harm your system. If you want to know more about cookies please go to www.allaboutcookies.org which explains how cookies work and how you can manage their use. We may use cookies to collate general management data which is used to plan enhancements to our services. Some cookies are external managed e.g. GoogleAnalytics, and are covered by their own privacy policies. NET never stores any personal information in cookies (on any computer that you may use) that can be used to identify you, such as your name or account numbers. If you do not want us to use cookies you may be able to configure your browser not to accept them. Please refer to your browser help facility for further information. However, in a few cases some of our website features may not function as a result.

Other websites

Our website – www.nucleareducationtrust.org – contains links to other websites. This privacy policy only applies to our website so when you link to other websites you should read their own privacy policies.

Transfer of your data internationally

The DPA and GDPR restrict the transfer of data outside of the EU and EEA. Our primary web server is located in the UK, however some of the suppliers and systems that we use can be based in other countries which are outside of the EU and EEA. This may occur, for example, by using online services with servers based in other countries or which route data via such systems. NET will ensure that information which you provide is only transferred to other countries (which do not have data protection laws equal to the DPA and GDPR) provided that the organisations involved have certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield (for organisations based in the USA) or similar stringent certification to ensure that adequate safeguards are in place to protect your rights and your data.

Changes to our privacy policy

We keep our privacy policy under regular review and will place any updates on this webpage [www.nucleareducationtrust.org/privacy-policy]. This privacy policy was reviewed and updated May 2018.

How to contact us

Please contact us if you have any questions about our privacy policy or information we hold about you.

By email:info@nucleareducation.org

By post: NET, 162 Holloway Road, London, N7 8DQ.

 

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at the details above.

You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.

The ICO’s address: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk