Privacy Policy

The Groove Chorus is committed to protecting and respecting the privacy of our members and visitors to our website.  This policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. 

What we do with the information we gather:

We use this information in order to administer your membership, correspond with you, to keep you up to date with The Groove Chorus, our services, member opportunities, event details, and other information to enhance your membership experience, and to keep you informed.  If you do not sign up with us as a member, or cease to be a member, we may use your information to remind you of our services, concerts and to keep you informed about The Groove Chorus.

The Groove Chorus may process your Personal Data because:

• We need to perform a contract with you
• You have given us permission to do so
• The processing is in our legitimate interests and it's not overridden by your rights
• For payment processing purposes
• To comply with the law

You can unsubscribe from our emails at any time using by contacting us at hello@thegroovechorus.com and requesting that we remove you from our lists.

Information that we collect 

When you visit our site we may automatically collect technical information including the IP address used to connect your computer to the Internet, browser type and version, operating system and platform.

How we use this information 

We use this information to administer our site and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis and testing; to improve our site and ensure content is presented in the best way for your computer; to allow you to participate in interactive features on our site when you wish to do so, and to keep our site safe and secure.

Who is operating this website and looking after my data?

This website has been built and is currently maintained on GoDaddy on behalf of The Groove Chorus

The Groove Chorus does not share, pass on or sell your personal information to any third party, except in the following circumstances:​

• We have your explicit consent for us to pass data to a named third party
• We are required by law to share your data

Financial Information

We do not hold or keep any financial information about The Groove Chorus members either on our site or on our computers.  

Financial transactions for membership

If you pay for our services via direct debit, your data will be processed by GoCardless. Learn more about their privacy policy here.

Cookie Policy

Like many websites, we use cookies. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. All information gathered is anonymous.  A cookie does not give us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can normally change your browser setting to decline cookies if you wish to.

Children's Privacy

‍Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 ("Children") without the accompanying support of parents.

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18.

If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children have provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Data Security

All personal information collected on our site is stored within a secure database and protected from unauthorised access. Our website is held on a secure server.

Analytics

‍We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyse the use of our Website Service

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualise and personalise the ads of its own advertising network. You can opt out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/

Links to Other Sites

‍Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Who has access to your data

Access to your information is limited to administrative staff employed by The Groove Chorus and our website management company with whom we have a Data Privacy contract in place.

Removal and/or revision of data

The Groove Chorus will remove or amend any outdated or inaccurate personal data on request. The Groove Chorus may also, by our own volition, remove any data on our site known to be inaccurate or out of date.

Your Rights

You have rights over your data which include the following:

Where data processing is based on consent, you may withdraw this consent at any time.  You can do this by using the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any of our marketing emails or newsletters, or you can write to us via post or email.

• You have the right to ask for corrections and/or deletion of your information
• You have the right of access to your information
• You have the right to ask us for a written copy of the information we hold about you 
• You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner if you feel your rights have been infringed

Changes to our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to make changes to our privacy policy at any time.  Changes will be found on this page.  Privacy Policy last updated October 14th 2022

Contact

The Groove Chorus can be contacted by email at: hello@thegroovechorus.com