Privacy policy
We know that protecting personal information is important. To make our Privacy Policy easy to find, we make it available in the footer of every page of our website. If you have questions or concerns regarding our site’s privacy statement, your personal information, or how it will be used, or would like to review or correct your personal information, contact us.
1. Who we are
The Degrees Initiative (“Degrees”, “we”, “us”) is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (Company No. 13290405) and a charity registered in England and Wales (Charity No. 1196532).
We are the data controller for personal data processed through this website and our related communications and events.
Registered address: The Degrees Initiative, c/o Sedulo London Office 605, Albert House, 256–260 Old Street, London, EC1V 9DD, United Kingdom.
Contact: info@degrees.ngo
If you have questions about this notice or wish to exercise your rights, please contact us using the details above.
2. Who this notice applies to
This notice applies to individuals who:
- Visit our website
- Contact us via email or website forms
- Register for events, workshops or briefings
- Subscribe to our updates
Our website is not intended for children under 18 and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children.
3. Personal data we collect
We collect personal data directly from you (when you contact us, register for one of our events, or subscribe to marketing) and automatically (via cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website).
| Category of personal data | How we may use it | Legal basis |
|---|---|---|
| Contact details, which may include your name, email address, and country. | We use this information for the purpose of responding to enquiries and correspondence. | The processing is necessary for our legitimate interests namely responding to enquiries and correspondence submitted to us. |
| We use this information for the purpose of administering event and workshop registration. | The processing is necessary for our legitimate interests namely facilitating the organisation (including registration) of events and workshops. | |
| Business information, which may include your organisation, job title, and other recruitment related information required in any of our online forms. | We use this information for the purpose of administering event and workshop registration. | The processing is necessary for our legitimate interests namely facilitating the organisation (including registration) of events and workshops. |
| Comments and messages submitted to us via email or through our online forms. | We use this information for the purpose of responding to enquiries and correspondence. | The processing is necessary for our legitimate interests namely responding to enquiries and correspondence submitted to us. |
| Device information collected automatically, which may include IP address, device name, device model, device identifier, screen size and resolution, operating system, device region, time zone, country code, battery level/state, browser type, size and window version. | We use this information for the following purposes: • To display our website correctly on your device; • To protect our website from fraud or misuse; and • To monitor performance and fix errors. | The processing is necessary for our legitimate interests namely providing a functioning website for users and identifying and mitigating the risk of unlawful use of the website. |
| Usage information collected automatically, which may include date and time of access, how long the website was access, actions taken on the website including pages accessed and length of time on each page. | We use this information for the following purposes: • To display our website correctly on your device; • To protect our website from fraud or misuse; and • To monitor performance and fix errors. | The processing is necessary for our legitimate interests namely providing a functioning website for users and identifying and mitigating the risk of unlawful use of the website |
4. Who we share data with
We may share personal data with third party service providers who process data on our instructions to help us run our operations. The list of third parties we uses changes from time-to-time but may include Mailchimp, Microsoft, Zoom, and WordPress, who we work with to deliver communications, organise events and ensure website functionality. We share only what is necessary and require appropriate confidentiality and security from suppliers.
5. International transfers
Your personal data may be processed outside the UK by third party service providers. If this is the case, transfers are protected by appropriate safeguards. To request a copy of the appropriate safeguards please contact us using the contact details included at Section 1 above.
6. How long we keep your data
We keep personal data only as long as is needed to provide you with the services that you have requested, plus five years. Marketing data is kept while you continue to consent to receive marketing.
7. Your rights
You have rights under UK data protection law, including:
- The right to be informed about the collection of your data
- The right to access and receive a copy of your personal data stored on our systems
- Right to rectification of your personal data
- Right to erasure
- Right to restrict processing
- Right to data portability
- Right to object to processing based on legitimate interests
If you wish to exercise your rights, or have any questions in this respect, please contact us using the contact details included at Section 1 above. Requests are responded to free of charge unless manifestly unfounded or excessive.
You can also lodge a complaint against the processing of your personal information or any decision of Degrees in relation to one of your rights you have exercised, to us (using the contact details included at Section 1 above) or to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) here. We encourage you to first reach out to us to find a solution regarding any concern that you may have.
8. Cookies
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website which store or read information from the device.
We use strictly necessary cookies and functionality cookies to provide certain functionalities of the Degrees website and to monitor and improve the Degrees website.
If you do not want to receive cookies beyond those strictly required for the operation of the website, you may wish to block third party cookies or change your cookie preferences, you can do this through your browser or mobile device settings. These settings will typically be found in the “options” or “preferences” menu of your browser.
You can block cookies in most popular browsers as follows:
- In Microsoft Edge: Select the three dots icon in the upper-right corner and select “Settings”, then “Cookies and site permissions” then “Manage and delete cookies and site data”. (delete cookies in Microsoft Edge)
- In Mozilla Firefox: Click on the three bars icon in the upper-right corner, and select “Settings” then “Privacy & Security”. You can block all third party cookies by selecting “Custom” then “All third-party cookies” in the Cookies drop-down menu. You can also prohibit or allow specific websites to store cookies and site data under “Settings” / “Privacy & Security” / “Cookies and Site Data” and “Manage Exceptions”. (delete cookies in Firefox)
- In Chrome: Click the three dots icon in the upper-right corner, select Settings and go to “Privacy and security”. You can customise websites’ ability to use third party cookies or any cookies in “Site Settings”, block third-party cookies in “Third-party cookies” and customise tracking for online advertising in “Ad privacy”. (delete cookies in Chrome)
- In Safari: Go to the Safari menu and select “Preferences” then “Privacy”. Enable “Prevent cross-site tracking” or, for more precise settings, under “Privacy” select “Manage Website Data”. (delete cookies in Safari web)
- In Safari iOS: tap “Settings” then “Safari” then turn on “Block All Cookies”. (delete cookies in iOS)
- In Chrome for Android: in Chrome, in the top right tap “More” and “Settings”. Tap “Site Settings” and “Cookies”. (delete cookies in Chrome for Android)
9. Changes to this notice
We may update this notice from time to time. The latest version will always be published on this page with the updated date.