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To better protect your privacy, in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018\u00a0and General Data Protection Regulations, we provide this notice explaining our general information practices and the way your information is collected and used.\u00a0 To make this notice easy to find and access it is available on all of our website pages, located at the bottom right hand corner of each page.<\/p>\n

Links<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our website also contains links to other third party sites. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party\u2019s site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to read their privacy statements.<\/p>\n

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The PDA Society does not capture or store any personal information, other than that you submit using our online forms, your emails, your posts in our forum, your eLearning record in our training hub and cookies. The data captured is only used for the purposes for which it is submitted and is not shared with any third party (other than the Data Processors we use to help us manage our records\/training and process orders\/payments) without your permission. For information about how we use cookies please see our cookies policy.<\/p>\n

For more detailed information about your data rights, our lawful bases for processing, data retention, and international transfers, please see our Data Protection and GDPR policy which forms part of this notice.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The PDA Society Commit to:<\/p>\n

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  1. Only process information necessary to establish or maintain registration or support.<\/li>\n
  2. Only process information necessary to provide or administer activities for people who are registered users of the organisation, have regular contact with it or who contact us for support.<\/li>\n
  3. Only share this information with people and organisations outside of the PDA Society when this is necessary to carry out the organisation\u2019s activities or when there is a legal reason to do so, for example, relating to the protection or safeguarding of you or another person\u2019s safety.<\/li>\n
  4. Only keep the information while the individual is a registered user, supporter or requires our support or for as long as necessary for the purposes of our support administration, and remove your personal information at your request.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The PDA Society (registered charity number 1165038) is the data controller for the purposes of data protection law in the UK.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    When you use our Support Service, including online support groups,<\/strong> we may use the information you share and\/or post and the responses to compile aggregate statistics (e.g. number of registered users, numbers of individuals addressing specific issues, etc.), to assist us in research and development to supply to our partners. In these cases, all information will be completely anonymous.<\/p>\n

    We publish newsletters and occasionally operate online surveys, which you can select to receive from the PDA Society at the point of registration. We will never sell our members e-mail addresses.<\/p>\n

    If you use our training hub:<\/p>\n

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    1. When you enrol as a student or subscriber (\u201clearner\u201d) on our training hub or related courses, as part of the enrolling process, we collect the personal information you give us such as your name and email address.<\/li>\n
    2. When you provide us with personal information to become a learner on our training hub, make a purchase, or participate in the course, you imply that you consent to our collecting it and using it for that specific reason only.<\/li>\n
    3. If we ask for your personal information for a secondary reason, like marketing, we will either ask you directly for your expressed consent, or provide you with an opportunity to say no.<\/li>\n
    4. We will only send you emails about your registration, your course content, your course progress or other updates relevant to your account. We may also use your email to inform you about changes to the course, survey you about your usage, or collect your opinion. By agreeing to our privacy policy you consent to the above.<\/li>\n
    5. We may disclose your personal information if we are required by law to do so or if you violate our\u00a0Terms and Conditions<\/a>.<\/li>\n
    6. Until January 2025 we used Thinkific Labs Inc, a third-party platform, for delivering our online training. Personal information such as name, email address and purchase records\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>processed through this service. Although\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Thinkific<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>is no longer active, we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>retain<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>related purchase and participation records in line with our legal obligations and will\u00a0<\/span><\/span>delete<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>or anonymise this data once legal retention periods have expired.<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Payments<\/strong><\/p>\n

      If you make a purchase or donation on our website or shop site, we use a third-party payment processor. Courses and event tickets purchased through our training hub and Eventbrite are also processed by a third-party. Payments are encrypted. For more insight, you may also want to read:<\/p>\n