Thank you for visiting the Harrow Apollo Male Choir Website. Your privacy is very important to us. This Privacy Policy Notice relates specifically to the use of our website. If you wish to know more about our general data protection and privacy practices, please email: cristopherdrew220@btinternet.com
1. Who we are
Our website address is: https://harrow-apollo-male-choir.org. The website is hosted by FastHosts and our domain name is hosted by Cue Media Solutions Ltd.
The Harrow Apollo Male Choir (HAMC) is a small not for profit organisation and charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (Registered Charity No 1117134).
HAMC has two core objectives:
- The study and practice of Choral music in order to foster public knowledge and appreciation of such music by means of public performance.
- To assist and support such charitable institutions or purposes as the Committee shall from time to time determine.
HAMC benefits a range of other charitable organisations by performing fundraising concerts and other fundraising activities.
2. What personal data we collect and why we collect it
HAMC does not collect personal information that it does not need. This website does not ask people to login, register or provide their personal details.
When you visit most websites, the web browsers and servers that you use will typically make some information available, such as browser type, language preference referring site and the date and time of each visitor request. You cannot be personally identified from this information. HAMC’s purpose in collecting this non-personally identifying information is to lead to better understanding of how our visitors use HAMC’s website. HAMC may publish this type of information as cumulative data for example by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
HAMC’s website also collects information that could potentially identify you, like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. This is so that, for example, members can browse the members’ pages without needing to input a password every time they visit.
Personally-identifying information, such as your name, email address etc. will only be collected if/when you choose to contact us directly by emailing, telephoning or by any other direct means.
The amount and type of personal information that HAMC collects depends on how you interact with us. See specific details below.
2.1 Email
The email address listed on HAMC’s website Contact Us page will put you directly in touch with the choir officer. Your personal information will be treated securely by this officer. Only information that is necessary to fulfil your request or respond to your enquiry will be requested.
The email address listed is not an “official” HAMC choir address. Any Choir Officer responding from a personal address makes the choice to share that email address with the recipient(s) but are still expected to follow HAMC data protection policies and protocols when sending any email on the organisation’s behalf.
2.2 Telephone
The contact number listed on the website is the personal number of the officer concerned, who has given their permission for this personal information to be published. Currently, HAMC does not have an official telephone number to publish.
Any Choir Officer, who makes or receives phone call on behalf of HAMC, must abide by its privacy and data protection policies when doing so, ensuring that any personal information shared during these calls is treated in the same careful manner as that received in any written format, ensuring that only personal information that is absolutely necessary is requested.
3. Cookies
Information that we collect about you by way of cookies: this includes your IP address, browser type, operating system and activity on our websites. We use these cookies to improve your experience of using our websites and to allow us to assess how visitors use our websites so we can improve these.
A cookie is a small data file that certain websites write to your hard drive when you visit them. The only personal information a cookie can obtain is information a user supplies him or herself. A cookie cannot read data from your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites.
How to block cookies
You can restrict or block cookies which are set during your use of the website by changing your browser’s settings. Some pages may not work if you completely disable cookies, but many third-party cookies can be safely blocked.
Check information in your browser’s help section for specific instructions on how to manage cookies. Alternatively, websites such as “All About Cookies” provide comprehensive guidance.
4. Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
5. Analytics
HAMC may collect statistics about the behaviour of visitors to its website. HAMC may make this information public or share it with specific interested parties. However, in doing this HAMC does not include or share any personal information.
6. Who we share your data with
HAMC discloses personally-identifying or potentially personally-identifying information only to specific Choir Officers, its service providers/contractors and affiliated organisations that:
i) need to know that information to process it on HAMC’s behalf or to provide services available on HAMC’s website and
ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those office holders, service providers/contractors or affiliated organisations may be located outside your home country, by using HAMC’s website, you consent to the transfer of such information to them.
HAMC will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying or personally identifying information to anyone.
Other than sharing this information with choir officers, service providers/contractor and affiliated organisation as described above, HAMC only shares this information if legally required to do so.
HAMC’s website does not publish online adverts. It does promote its own events and those of other local choirs, music associations or other relevant individuals/groups through blogs and other information provided on its webpages.
Biographical details of individual members of the Music team are published on the public area of the site and are provided by the individual concerned for this purpose in the full knowledge that this will be available to any member of the public visiting the website.
Names of Choir Officers and those with specific responsibilities are published on the website. Those concerned have given written permission and have been informed that this information will be available to any member of the public visiting the website.
7. How long we retain your data
If you contact us directly by email, telephone, text etc. we may ask you for personal information so that we can fulfil your request. In these cases, we will keep your information for as long as we need, to deal with your request, or for longer with your permission.
8. What rights you have over your data
You can request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Our contact information
If you wish to know more about our general data protection and privacy practices, please email: cristopherdrew220@btinternet.com
HAMC Website Privacy Policy Updated 16/03/2024