BSL South Central Privacy Policy
This privacy policy has been created in line with the EU General Data Protection Regulations in force from May 25, 2018.
IN BRIEF: BSL South Central is a collective of British Sign Language Interpreters and Lipspeakers (Language Service Professionals). This website has not been established to collect your personal and non-personal information other than as follows: the website is provided as a means for you to seek to engage the services of a Language Service Professional. Details that you provide are to allow a response from one or more Language Service Professionals and, where services are engaged, to assist in allowing an invoice to be raised for work undertaken. As required under UK tax law, the contract and / or invoice data are kept for a minimum of 6 years after which time it will be destroyed. We do not sell, trade, rent or otherwise share your Personal Information with third parties outside the Collective without your consent.
IN BRIEF: BSL South Central is a collective of British Sign Language Interpreters and Lipspeakers (Language Service Professionals). This website has not been established to collect your personal and non-personal information other than as follows: the website is provided as a means for you to seek to engage the services of a Language Service Professional. Details that you provide are to allow a response from one or more Language Service Professionals and, where services are engaged, to assist in allowing an invoice to be raised for work undertaken. As required under UK tax law, the contract and / or invoice data are kept for a minimum of 6 years after which time it will be destroyed. We do not sell, trade, rent or otherwise share your Personal Information with third parties outside the Collective without your consent.
BSL South Central is a collective of British Sign Language Interpreters and Lipspeakers (Language Service Professionals) who list their details to allow contact from prospective clients seeking their services. The site is not an agency and does not take a fee for passing requests to Language Service Professionals. The site is funded by those listed Language Service Professionals.
BSL South Central (the “Collective”) is committed to protecting the privacy of its users. This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) is designed to help you understand what information we gather, how we use it, what we do to protect it, and to assist you in making informed decisions when using our Service.
For purposes of this Agreement, “Service” refers to the Collectives' service which can be accessed via our website at www.bslsouthcentral.com The terms “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to the Collective. “You” refers to you, as a user of Service.
I. CONSENT
By accessing our Service, you accept our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, and you consent to our collection, storage, use and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. Each time you visit our website, or use the Service, and any time you voluntarily provide us with information, you agree that you are consenting to our collection, use and disclosure of the information that you provide, and you are consenting to receive emails or otherwise be contacted, as described in this Privacy Policy. Whether or not you register or create any kind of account with us, this Privacy Policy applies to all users of the website and the Service.
II. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We do not actively collect your “Non-Personal Information” nor do we track information from you or actively use Cookies but our Service is hosted by Weebly, Inc. (“Weebly”). Please see the reference to their Service at VI. below.
III. HOW WE USE AND SHARE INFORMATION
Personal Information:
We do not sell, trade, rent or otherwise share your Personal Information with third parties outside the Collective without your consent. We only collect personal data needed for the purpose of providing interpreting services in line with the overall contract. This may include client(s) name, employer name, contact details, venue location and specifics about the type of appointment or event for which you require the service. Any personal data received is securely kept and processed through the website; your information is shared with the Language Service Professionals on this list when you submit details for contact from interpreters or Lipspeakers you wish to engage for language services. If you submit a request to a specific Language Service Professional, the information will only be passed to that Language Service Professional. If you submit an interpreting request using the ‘Email All Interpreters’ option, your information will be passed to all qualified interpreters listed on the Qualified Interpreter page.
The Language Service Professionals listed by us should only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services when engaged by you. For example, when you provide us with personal information to seek to identify a Language Service Professional available for an assignment, you consent to our collecting and using such personal information for that specific purpose, including by transmitting such information to our listed Language Service Professionals providing these services.
Language Service Professionals listed may have their own privacy policies in respect of the information that we are required to provide to them in order to use their services. For these service providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so that you can understand the manner in which your Personal Information will be handled by them.
In addition, we may disclose your Personal Information if required to do so by law or if you violate our Terms of Use.
Non-Personal Information:
In general, we do not use Non-Personal Information but Weebly may do so to help them improve the Service and customise the user experience. We do not aggregate Non-Personal Information in order to track trends and analyse use patterns of the Service.
IV. HOW WE PROTECT INFORMATION
We implement reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices in order to protect your Personal Information and ensure that such Personal Information is not accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed. However, these measures do not guarantee that your information will not be accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed by breach of such precautions. By using our Service, you acknowledge that you understand and agree to assume these risks. We do not seek your personal information and only require sufficient information to allow interpreters to respond to requests for service.
V. YOUR RIGHTS REGARDING THE USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Your personal details are only used to respond to your requests for service. We do not use your details for marketing purposes. If we should change that in the future, you will have the right at any time to prevent us from contacting you for marketing purposes. If we send a promotional communication to a user via Weebly, the user can opt out of further promotional communications by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in each promotional e-mail. Please note that notwithstanding the promotional preferences you indicate by either unsubscribing or opting out in the Settings section of the Site, we may continue to send you administrative emails including, for example, periodic updates to our Privacy Policy.
VI. WEEBLY
Our Service is hosted by Weebly, Inc. (“Weebly”). Weebly provides us with the online e-commerce platform that allows us to provide the Service to you. Your information, including Personal Information, may be stored through Weebly’s servers. By using the Service, you consent to Weebly’s collection, disclosure, storage, and use of your Personal Information in accordance with Weebly’s privacy policy available at https://www.weebly.com/privacy.
VII. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
As part of the Service, we may provide links to other websites. However, we are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by those websites or the information or content they contain. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by us through the Service. Therefore, this Privacy Policy does not apply to your use of a third-party website accessed by selecting a link via our Service. To the extent that you access or use the Service through or on another website or application, then the privacy policy of that other website or application will apply to your access or use of that site or application. We encourage our users to read the privacy statements of other websites before proceeding to use them.
VIII. AGE OF CONSENT
By using the Service, you represent that you are at least 18 years of age.
IX. CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
The Collective reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use at any time. If we decide to change this Privacy Policy, we will post these changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it. Any such modifications become effective upon your continued access to and/or use of the Service five (5) days after we first post the changes on the website or otherwise provide you with notice of such modifications. It is your sole responsibility to check this website from time to time to view any such changes to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to any changes, if and when such changes may be made to this Privacy Policy, you must cease access to this website. If you have provided your email address to us, you give us permission to email you for the purpose of notification as described in this Privacy Policy.
X. MERGER OR ACQUISITION
We do not anticipate that the Collective will be involved in any merger or acquisition but this clause is included for completeness.
In the event we (or Weebly) undergo a business transaction such as a merger, acquisition by another collective or company, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your Personal Information may be among the assets transferred. You acknowledge and consent that such transfers may occur and are permitted by this Privacy Policy, and that any acquirer of our (or Weebly’s) assets may continue to process your Personal Information as set forth in this Privacy Policy. If our information practices change at any time in the future, we will post the policy changes here so that you may opt out of the new information practices. We suggest that you check this Privacy Policy periodically if you are concerned about how your information is used.
XI. EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS & OPTING OUT
We do not send service related announcements to casual users of this service. We do, however, send such announcements to Language Service Professionals listed on this site. All Language Service Professionals have opted in to be listed on the website. In that case, the following relates to those listed Language Service Professionals.
We will send Service-related announcements on occasions when it is necessary to do so. For instance, if our Service is temporarily suspended for maintenance, or a new enhancement is released, which will affect the way you use our Service, we might send you an email. Generally, you may not opt-out of these communications, which are not promotional in nature. We may also use your Personal Information to send you updates and other promotional communications. If you no longer wish to receive those email updates, you may opt-out of receiving them by following the instructions included in each update or communication.
For Language Service Professionals and users of the site: Based upon the Personal Information that you provide us, we may communicate with you in response to your inquiries to provide the services you request. We will communicate with you by email, SMS text messaging or telephone, in accordance with your wishes.
XII. CONTACT US & WITHDRAWING CONSENT
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the practices of this Site, or wish to withdraw your consent for the continued collection, use or disclosure of your Personal Information, please contact us by sending an email on the contact form to: The Webmaster.
Last Updated: This Privacy Policy was last updated on Wednesday 1st January 2020.
BSL South Central (the “Collective”) is committed to protecting the privacy of its users. This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) is designed to help you understand what information we gather, how we use it, what we do to protect it, and to assist you in making informed decisions when using our Service.
For purposes of this Agreement, “Service” refers to the Collectives' service which can be accessed via our website at www.bslsouthcentral.com The terms “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to the Collective. “You” refers to you, as a user of Service.
I. CONSENT
By accessing our Service, you accept our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, and you consent to our collection, storage, use and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. Each time you visit our website, or use the Service, and any time you voluntarily provide us with information, you agree that you are consenting to our collection, use and disclosure of the information that you provide, and you are consenting to receive emails or otherwise be contacted, as described in this Privacy Policy. Whether or not you register or create any kind of account with us, this Privacy Policy applies to all users of the website and the Service.
II. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We do not actively collect your “Non-Personal Information” nor do we track information from you or actively use Cookies but our Service is hosted by Weebly, Inc. (“Weebly”). Please see the reference to their Service at VI. below.
III. HOW WE USE AND SHARE INFORMATION
Personal Information:
We do not sell, trade, rent or otherwise share your Personal Information with third parties outside the Collective without your consent. We only collect personal data needed for the purpose of providing interpreting services in line with the overall contract. This may include client(s) name, employer name, contact details, venue location and specifics about the type of appointment or event for which you require the service. Any personal data received is securely kept and processed through the website; your information is shared with the Language Service Professionals on this list when you submit details for contact from interpreters or Lipspeakers you wish to engage for language services. If you submit a request to a specific Language Service Professional, the information will only be passed to that Language Service Professional. If you submit an interpreting request using the ‘Email All Interpreters’ option, your information will be passed to all qualified interpreters listed on the Qualified Interpreter page.
The Language Service Professionals listed by us should only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services when engaged by you. For example, when you provide us with personal information to seek to identify a Language Service Professional available for an assignment, you consent to our collecting and using such personal information for that specific purpose, including by transmitting such information to our listed Language Service Professionals providing these services.
Language Service Professionals listed may have their own privacy policies in respect of the information that we are required to provide to them in order to use their services. For these service providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so that you can understand the manner in which your Personal Information will be handled by them.
In addition, we may disclose your Personal Information if required to do so by law or if you violate our Terms of Use.
Non-Personal Information:
In general, we do not use Non-Personal Information but Weebly may do so to help them improve the Service and customise the user experience. We do not aggregate Non-Personal Information in order to track trends and analyse use patterns of the Service.
IV. HOW WE PROTECT INFORMATION
We implement reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices in order to protect your Personal Information and ensure that such Personal Information is not accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed. However, these measures do not guarantee that your information will not be accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed by breach of such precautions. By using our Service, you acknowledge that you understand and agree to assume these risks. We do not seek your personal information and only require sufficient information to allow interpreters to respond to requests for service.
V. YOUR RIGHTS REGARDING THE USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Your personal details are only used to respond to your requests for service. We do not use your details for marketing purposes. If we should change that in the future, you will have the right at any time to prevent us from contacting you for marketing purposes. If we send a promotional communication to a user via Weebly, the user can opt out of further promotional communications by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in each promotional e-mail. Please note that notwithstanding the promotional preferences you indicate by either unsubscribing or opting out in the Settings section of the Site, we may continue to send you administrative emails including, for example, periodic updates to our Privacy Policy.
VI. WEEBLY
Our Service is hosted by Weebly, Inc. (“Weebly”). Weebly provides us with the online e-commerce platform that allows us to provide the Service to you. Your information, including Personal Information, may be stored through Weebly’s servers. By using the Service, you consent to Weebly’s collection, disclosure, storage, and use of your Personal Information in accordance with Weebly’s privacy policy available at https://www.weebly.com/privacy.
VII. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
As part of the Service, we may provide links to other websites. However, we are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by those websites or the information or content they contain. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by us through the Service. Therefore, this Privacy Policy does not apply to your use of a third-party website accessed by selecting a link via our Service. To the extent that you access or use the Service through or on another website or application, then the privacy policy of that other website or application will apply to your access or use of that site or application. We encourage our users to read the privacy statements of other websites before proceeding to use them.
VIII. AGE OF CONSENT
By using the Service, you represent that you are at least 18 years of age.
IX. CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
The Collective reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use at any time. If we decide to change this Privacy Policy, we will post these changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it. Any such modifications become effective upon your continued access to and/or use of the Service five (5) days after we first post the changes on the website or otherwise provide you with notice of such modifications. It is your sole responsibility to check this website from time to time to view any such changes to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to any changes, if and when such changes may be made to this Privacy Policy, you must cease access to this website. If you have provided your email address to us, you give us permission to email you for the purpose of notification as described in this Privacy Policy.
X. MERGER OR ACQUISITION
We do not anticipate that the Collective will be involved in any merger or acquisition but this clause is included for completeness.
In the event we (or Weebly) undergo a business transaction such as a merger, acquisition by another collective or company, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your Personal Information may be among the assets transferred. You acknowledge and consent that such transfers may occur and are permitted by this Privacy Policy, and that any acquirer of our (or Weebly’s) assets may continue to process your Personal Information as set forth in this Privacy Policy. If our information practices change at any time in the future, we will post the policy changes here so that you may opt out of the new information practices. We suggest that you check this Privacy Policy periodically if you are concerned about how your information is used.
XI. EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS & OPTING OUT
We do not send service related announcements to casual users of this service. We do, however, send such announcements to Language Service Professionals listed on this site. All Language Service Professionals have opted in to be listed on the website. In that case, the following relates to those listed Language Service Professionals.
We will send Service-related announcements on occasions when it is necessary to do so. For instance, if our Service is temporarily suspended for maintenance, or a new enhancement is released, which will affect the way you use our Service, we might send you an email. Generally, you may not opt-out of these communications, which are not promotional in nature. We may also use your Personal Information to send you updates and other promotional communications. If you no longer wish to receive those email updates, you may opt-out of receiving them by following the instructions included in each update or communication.
For Language Service Professionals and users of the site: Based upon the Personal Information that you provide us, we may communicate with you in response to your inquiries to provide the services you request. We will communicate with you by email, SMS text messaging or telephone, in accordance with your wishes.
XII. CONTACT US & WITHDRAWING CONSENT
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the practices of this Site, or wish to withdraw your consent for the continued collection, use or disclosure of your Personal Information, please contact us by sending an email on the contact form to: The Webmaster.
Last Updated: This Privacy Policy was last updated on Wednesday 1st January 2020.
