Cookies & Privacy Policy

At Project Ability, we’re committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

This Policy explains when and why we collect personal information about people who book a place on our workshops, buy products from us and visit our website, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others and how we keep it secure.

We may change this Policy from time to time so please check this page occasionally to ensure that you’re happy with any changes. By using our website, you’re agreeing to be bound by this Policy.

Any questions regarding this Policy and our privacy practices should be sent by email to info@project-ability.co.uk or by writing to Project Ability Ltd, 103 Trongate , Glasgow G1 5HD. Alternatively, you can telephone 01415522822.

Who are we?

We’re Project Ability Ltd; a Glasgow-based visual arts organisation which creates opportunities for people with disabilities and people with lived experience of mental ill health to express themselves and achieve artistic excellence. Project Ability Ltd is a registered charity (no. SC005226) and company limited by guarantee (no. 87782). The registered address is 103 Trongate Glasgow G1 5HD.

How do we collect information from you?

We obtain information about you when you:

  • use our website, for example, if you register to receive one of our newsletters.
  • request booking forms for one of our classes.
  • purchase artwork from our on line shop or from our gallery.
  • submit work for exhibition or sale.

What type of information is collected from you?

The personal information we collect might include your name, address, email address, IP address, and information regarding what pages are accessed on our website and when. If you make a donation online or purchase a product from us, your card information is not held by us, it is collected by our third party payment processors, who specialise in the secure online capture and processing of credit/debit card transactions, as explained below.

How is your information used?

We may use your information to:

  • process a donation that you have made.
  • process orders that you have submitted.
  • to carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into by you and us.
  • deal with submissions for exhibition.
  • process payments for sales of your artwork.
  • display your work on our website.
  • seek your views or comments on the services we provide;
  • notify you of changes to our services;
  • send you communications which you have requested and that may be of interest to you. These may include information about exhibitions, workshop programmes, campaigns, appeals, other fundraising activities and promotions.
  • process a job or volunteer application.

We review our retention periods for personal information on a regular basis. We are legally required to hold some types of information to fulfil our statutory obligations (for example the collection of Gift Aid). We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant activity, or as long as is set out in any relevant contract you hold with us.

Who has access to your information?

We will not share your information with third parties unless it is to comply with any legal obligation.

We will not sell or rent your information to third parties

When you are using our secure online donation pages or make an online purchase from us, your transaction is processed by a third party payment processor, who specialises in the secure online capture and processing of credit/debit card transactions. If you have any questions regarding secure transactions, please contact us.

Your choices

You have a choice about whether or not you wish to receive information from us. If you do not want to receive direct marketing communications from us about the vital work we do and our exciting products and services, then you can select your choices by ticking the relevant boxes situated on the form on which we collect your information.

We will not contact you for marketing purposes by email, phone or text message unless you have given your prior consent. We will not contact you for marketing purposes by post if you have indicated that you do not wish to be contacted. You can change your marketing preferences at any time by contacting us by email: info@project-ability.co.uk or telephone on 0141 552 2822.

How you can access and update your information

The accuracy of your information is important to us. We’re working on ways to make it easier for you to review and correct the information that we hold about you. In the meantime, if you change email address, or any of the other information we hold is inaccurate or out of date, please email us at: info@project-ability.co.uk or by writing to Project Ability Ltd, 103 Trongate , Glasgow G1 5HD. Alternatively, you can telephone 01415522822

You have the right to ask for a copy of the information Project Ability Ltd holds about you (we may charge £10 for information requests) to cover our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you.

Security precautions in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of your information

When you give us personal information, we take steps to ensure that it’s treated securely. Any sensitive information (such as credit or debit card details) is encrypted and protected.

Non-sensitive details (your email address etc.) are transmitted normally over the Internet, and this can never be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your information, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems.

Profiling

We may analyse your personal information to create a profile of your interests and preferences so that we can contact you with information relevant to you. We may make use of additional information about you when it is available from external sources to help us do this effectively. We may also use your personal information to detect and reduce fraud and credit risk.

Use of ‘cookies’

Like many other websites, the Project Ability website uses cookies. ‘Cookies’ are small pieces of information sent by an organisation to your computer and stored on your hard drive to allow that website to recognise you when you visit. They collect statistical data about your browsing actions and patterns and do not identify you as an individual. For example, we use cookies to store your country preference. This helps us to improve our website and deliver a better more personalised service.

Our shop keeps track of cart data, and makes use of 3 cookies. Two cookies contain information about the cart as a whole and helps the shop software know when the cart data changes. The final cookie contains a unique code for each customer so that it knows where to find the cart data in the database for each customer. No personal information is stored within these cookies.

It is possible to switch off cookies by setting your browser preferences. Turning cookies of may result in a loss of functionality when using our website.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites run by other organisations. This privacy policy applies only to our website‚ so we encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit. We cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other sites even if you access them using links from our website.

In addition, if you linked to our website from a third party site, we cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of the owners and operators of that third party site and recommend that you check the policy of that third party site.

16 or Under

We are concerned to protect the privacy of children aged 16 or under. If you are aged 16 or under‚ please get your parent/guardian’s permission beforehand whenever you provide us with personal information.

If you use our services while you are outside the EU, your information may be transferred outside the EU in order to provide you with those services.

Review of this Policy

We keep this Policy under regular review. This Policy was last updated in April 2018.

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