This policy sets out how People's Voice Media uses and protects any information that you give People's Voice Media when you use the Community Reporter Network website.

 

People's Voice Media is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with our Data Management and Information Governance Policy. 

 

This page is a summary of how People's Voice Media uses and protects any information that you give People's Voice Media as part of the Community Reporter website. Our full Data Management and Information Governance Policy is available on the website too. 

 

What we collect

We collect information that meets the organisation's data protection standards and to comply with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that applies in the UK.

 

We will collect the following information from the website, or consent forms:

  • name
  • contact information including email address, telephone number
  • demographic information such as postcode and address
  • your biographies

 

How do we collect the information?

Reporters will be asked to give consent to the processing of their personal data for one or more specific purposes when they sign into the communityreporter.net website. When a reporter adds a story they will be asked to click to confirm that they have explicit consent from the person(s) in this story to share it on communityreporter.net All Community Reporters must sign consent form agreeing to join the Communityreporter.net web site. 

 

What we do with the information we gather

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

  • Internal record keeping.
  • We may use the information to improve our products and services and/or link you up with other reporters.
  • We may periodically send emails about other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided
  • Other Community Reporters will be able to contact you via the communityreporter.net web site only. Only your username, how long you have been a member and your location will be shown to other Community Reporters and made public.
  • If you have uploaded an image of yourself this will be shared on the active reporter section on the web site.
  • Your information will be retained for as long as you have an account on the communityreporter.net web site

 

What Happens to your stories 

The Community Reporter stories are recorded text, photo, audio or video files and then shared on www.communityreporter.net. The vision is that people’s stories about their experiences will be used more widely in decision making processes and that people from across the world can learn from one another’s experiences. Sometimes we use the stories to create pieces of curated content such as short films, feature articles or reports and share them both on and offline. When doing this we strive to ensure that the storyteller’s authentic voice is preserved. You will always have the right to request your story to be removed from your site.

 

All stories that appear on the web site our available to be seen by people accessing the site and stories can be downloaded and/or copied by anyone accessing the site unless they are password protected. However, we do not actively encourage the redistribution of our stories without express permission from People's Voice Media. Where stories are password protected only the person who has posted the story, those with the password or those with admin privileges can access or see the story. 

 

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. This includes information from consent forms which are scanned and kept online in a password protected google drive which meets the UK’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Paper copies are shredded. Information on hard disk drives, PC or mobile devices is deleted after courses or activity.

 

How we use 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. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer 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.

 

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this Information Governance Policy. You should exercise caution and look at the Information Governance Policy applicable to the website in question.

 

Controlling your personal information

You will always be asked to explicitly ‘opt in’ to share your data and how you are enabling it to be used. We promise never to share or sell your information to other organisations or businesses.

 

If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us on the following details: People’s Voice Media, The Fort Offices, Artillery Business Park, Park Hall, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 4AD or enquiries@peoplesvoicemedia.co.uk 

 

You can use these same details to request any of our policies, access to your data, transferring of your data or changes to your data.