Birmingham Music Network is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This policy and notice applies to all data subjects whose personal data we collect, in line with the requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation.

The address for Birmingham Music Network is:

UNIT 8A, Western Industrial Complex, Western Road, Birmingham, B18 7QD, England.

Telephone: (+44) 07974 746810

Website: https://birminghammusicnetwork.com

For Data Protection enquiries email mark@birminghammusicnetwork.com or write to the address above.

Responsibilities
We are responsible for ensuring that this notice is made available to data subjects prior to Birmingham Music Network collecting/processing their personal data.

Privacy Notice
The personal data we would like to collect from you is as follows:

Email address

First and last name (where applicable)

Name of company (where applicable)

Address (where applicable)

The personal data we collect will be used for the following purposes:

Sending communications, including but not limited to newsletters, information on artists, events, projects, services and other information about, or relating to the work of Birmingham Music Network.

Transferring information between our IT systems to allow us to send communications.

Processing any complaints that we receive.

Allowing secure access (where applicable) to certain documents on our website.

Legal Basis
Our legal basis for processing your personal data is your consent. By submitting your details, you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this privacy policy. We will not collect any special data types for the purpose of sending communications about Birmingham Music Network.

Consent
By consenting to this privacy notice you are giving us permission to process your personal data specifically for the purposes identified above. Consent is required for Birmingham Music Network to process normal or special categories of personal data, but it must be explicitly given. Where we are asking you for personal data we will always tell you why and how the information will be used. Where you have consented, we will contact you with marketing materials as described above. You may withdraw consent at any time by unsubscribing or if can’t work out how to do that by contacting mark@birminghammusicnetwork.com

Disclosure
Birmingham Music Network will not pass on your personal data to third parties without first obtaining your consent to do so.

Retention Period
Birmingham Music Network will process and store personal data until you remove your consent for us to contact you. We will erase the data held by us within 30 days of the removal of consent.

Safeguards
Birmingham Music Network has implemented technical and organisational measures to ensure personal data processed remains secure, however, absolute security cannot be guaranteed.

Your rights as a data subject
At any point while we are in possession of or processing your personal data, you, the data subject, have the following rights:

Right to be informed – you have the right to be aware of how we use your information, as set out within this policy.

Right of access – you have the right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you.

Right of rectification – you have a right to correct data that we hold about you that is inaccurate or incomplete.

Right to be forgotten – in certain circumstances you can ask for the data we hold about you to be erased from our records.

Right to restriction of processing – where certain conditions apply to have a right to restrict the processing.

Right of portability – you have the right to have the data we hold about you transferred to another organisation.

Right to object – you have the right to object to certain types of processing such as direct marketing.

Right to object to automated processing, including profiling – you also have the right to be subject to the legal effects of automated processing or profiling.

All of the above requests will be forwarded on should there be a third party involved (as stated above) in the processing of your personal data.

Third Countries
We do not transfer your data to third countries. Any data held is stored within the EU at all times.

Complaints
In the event that you wish to make a complaint about how your personal data is being processed by  Birmingham Music Network (or by any third parties as described above), or how your complaint has been handled, you have the right to lodge a complaint directly with Birmingham Music Network.

Changes to this policy
We may change this Privacy Policy & Notice at any time by updating this page, please make sure you frequently visit this page. We will endeavour to provide you with a notice of change of this page if any amendments occur.

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Changes to data protection laws mean we will not be able contact you without your consent. So, if you want  Birmingham Music Network to keep in touch, please confirm that you are happy to receive emails – opt in now, it only takes a minute.

Don’t worry – you can opt out of receiving communication from us at any time and can rest assured that your information is kept secure.

We value your privacy and use a variety of security measures to protect your personal information. Your information will not be passed onto any third parties.