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At Chorlton Community Cooperative (part of the Innovation Cooperative), we’re committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
This Privacy Policy explains when and why we collect personal information about people who 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 Privacy Policy from time to time so please check this page occasionally to ensure that you’re happy with any changes.
Any questions regarding this Policy and our privacy practices should be sent by email to hello@chorlton.coop or by writing to:
The Innovation Cooperative, Holyoake House, Hanover Street, Manchester M60 OAS
Chorlton Community Cooperative (part of the Innovation Cooperative) is an independent, not-for profit cooperative.
We support independent projects by local people who want to make Chorlton a better place to live and work.
Chorlton Community Cooperative (part of the Innovation Cooperative) uses the following Third Party Service Providers:
We use Mailchimp to send email newsletters to our supporters and members. This means that personal details of supporters and members including name, email address and membership status are stored on Mailchimp’s servers in the USA. Mailchimp is a US company that specialises in the transmission of email to large mailing lists. Mailchimp has comprehensive systems to ensure that subscriber details are kept secure.
You have a choice about whether or not you wish to receive information from us. We give subscribers and supporters the option to opt in to receiving email newsletters from us about our campaigns and general activities.
We will not otherwise contact you for marketing purposes by phone or text message unless you have given your prior consent.
You can also opt out of receiving email newsletters at any time using the ‘unsubscribe’ button at the bottom of every email sent.
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. When you are on a secure page, a lock icon will appear on web browsers such as Firefox.
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. Where we have given (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our websites, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.
Like many other websites, chorlton.coop uses cookies. 'Cookies' are small pieces of information sent by the web server to your computer and stored to allow that website to recognise you when you visit.
The cookies we use are only those that are necessary for the functioning of the site. For example, we use cookies to remember the whether you have logged in. Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), these cookies are classed as 'necessary' and are not used for any marketing purposes. This is why there is no 'Accept cookies' function on the site.
Our website may contain links to 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.
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.
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and The Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) you have a number of rights with regard to your personal data. You have the right to:
Chorlton Community Cooperative (part of the Innovation Cooperative) is the controller and processor of data for the purposes of the DPA 18 and GDPR.
If you have any concerns as to how your data is processed you can contact: Shaun Fensom (Data Protection Contact) at shaun [at] saveourbank.coop or you can write to this individual using the address of:
Chorlton Community Cooperative (part of the Innovation Cooperative)
Holyoake House
Hanover Street
Manchester M60 0AS
United Kingdom
If you are unhappy with how we are using your information and are unable to resolve the issue with us, you can raise the matter with the Information Commissioners Office by calling 0303 123 1113 or visiting ico.org.uk/concerns
We keep this Policy under regular review. This Policy was last updated in August 2022.
