Privacy Notice

 

Purpose of this notice

This notice tells you how PCAN will collect and process your personal data when you access this website. Throughout this Notice, “PCAN”, “we”, “our” and “us” refers to the Place-Based Climate Action Network.

Where we got your personal data from

  • From external sources: we use Eventbrite to market our events. Read the Eventbrite Privacy Policy
  • From internal sources, specifically the PCAN Fund application form

Data storage

Any information that you provide to PCAN will be stored securely and access will be restricted to members of the project core team.  Only data essential for contacting you about news, events and activities will be held, and for as short a time as possible. We will not hold data for any longer than six years.

Third parties

PCAN will not share your personal data with third parties (without your explicit agreement).

Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.

The PCAN website uses first-party cookies which are set by our website. They are categorised as strictly necessary, which are essential to the operation of the website, and performance cookies which collect anonymous information about the usage of our website. By using our website you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device.

We do not use cookies to collect personal information about you. Should you wish to restrict or block cookies which are set by our website you can do this through your browser settings. The ‘help’ function within your browser or the manual that comes with your device should tell you how. You may also wish to visit http://www.aboutcookies.org/ which contains comprehensive information on how you can do this on a wide variety of browsers. Please be aware that restricting cookies may impact on the functionality of our website.

The description below explains the cookies we use and why:

Name: has_js             

Purpose: This helps the website understand browser javascript functionality

Typical content: An on/off flag that denotes whether or not the browser supports Javascript

Expires: On site exit

Cookies set by third parties:

Provider: Google Analytics

Name: _utma; _utmb; _utmc; _utmz

Purpose: These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.

University Code of Practice

PCAN website  is operated by staff at the London School of Economics (LSE) and the University of Leeds. The University’s Data Protection Code of Practice therefore also applies to the use of personal data under this website. The Code can be accessed at: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/secretariat/data_protection_code_of_practice.html.

Changes to this statement

This statement and therefore the ways in which your data may be processed can be changed from time to time. Any changes will only be notified via this web page.

Further information and contact

If you have any queries relating to this privacy notice or the way your data is being processed through this website then please contact pcan@lse.ac.uk.