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Privacy Policy

Friends of Battersea Riverside is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. We will always ensure your data is kept securely and not disclosed to an unauthorised person. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using our website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement and in compliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Data Protection Act 1988, and the Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003.

What kind of information will we collect from you?

In order to run our community campaigns and engage with you, we may collect and process the following information:

  • Your name, company or organisation name, and job title.
  • Your contact information including any postal addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and social media profile you provide to us.
  • Demographic information such as postcode, preferences, and interests you choose to share with us.

Legal basis for processing personal data

We will process personal data based on the individual’s consent. When individuals submit their personal data via our website, they will be asked to provide their explicit consent to the processing of their personal data for the relevant purposes.

Cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes, and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used on our website. This helps us analyse data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to our customers’ needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

How will we use your personal data?

If you sign up to support us or join one of our campaigns, then we may use your personal data to contact you about that campaign or other activities we think you might be interested in.

If you are engaging with market research or any consultation programmes, we may share your personal information with our suppliers to manage research programmes or feedback effectively.

From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you, by email, about events, campaigns, or research purposes.

We will only retain personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected. Personal data will be securely deleted or anonymized when it is no longer needed.

Will we share your personal data with others?

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission for the campaigns or events you have asked to be involved in, or we are required by law to do so.

We may share your data with our suppliers for the purposes of managing events, market research or any consultation programmes that you have chosen to participate in and where you have consented for us to do so.

What are your rights as a data subject?

It is in our best interest to safeguard your rights as a local resident or stakeholder so we would like you to have a clear understanding of what happens to your personal data once we have collected it. The following list explains your rights as an individual under the EU General Data Protection Regulation:

  • You have the right to be informed of what we do with your data and to know what the purpose of collecting and processing is.
  • You have the right to access your personal data and supplementary information so that you are aware of, and can verify, the lawfulness of the processing. You can obtain the following information: a) confirmation that your data is being processed and b) access to your personal data. We will provide this information within one month of the request and free of charge.
  • You have the right to request us to rectify your personal data if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
  • You have the right to request the deletion or removal of your personal data where there is no compelling reason for its continued processing, although this can only be done under specific circumstances.
  • You have the right to restrict the data processing, however, this can only be done under specific circumstances.
  • You have the right to move, copy or transfer personal data easily from one IT environment to another in a safe and secure way, without hindrance to usability. This is commonly known as “data portability”. We will provide this in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable form, free of charge, and we will deliver it to you within one month following the request.

Changes to this privacy notice

Any changes we may make to our Privacy Notice in the future will be posted on our website. It is your responsibility to ensure that you are aware of the latest version of this Privacy Notice and by continuing to use our websites, request services from Smart Group or our subsidiary companies, or otherwise engage with us, you will be deemed to have accepted any revised terms.

Our details

Friends of Battersea Riverside is a group of local residents who care deeply about our Thames riverside community. We are here to protect and enhance the unique character of our area — its rich heritage, diverse communities, and cherished open spaces. We work to ensure that our community’s voice is at the heart of decisions about our future. By coming together, we represent local interests and campaign on the issues that matter most to us all.

We represent the area around Battersea Bridge Road, including residents in Thames Walk, Albion Riverside, Cheyne Walk, the Peabody Estate, the Ethelburga Estate and Morgan’s Walk.

We welcome your thoughts, concerns, and suggestions. Get in touch with us via email at: info@friendsofbatterseariverside.org

Updated: 2 September 2024