Members and Stakeholders

This privacy policy relates to personal data collected by Early Years Wales. It describes how we collect, use and look after information that members and stakeholders give us and what your rights have.

Early Years Wales is a registered charity (no.1056381) and company limited by guarantee (no. 3164233).

Our registered office is at Unit 1 Coopers Yard, Curran Road, Cardiff, CF10 5NB.

What information we collect, use, and why

We collect or use the following personal information for Cookies and analytics

We use Google analytics cookies on the website for tracking purposes. The cookies allow us to understand general traffic to our website for example number of visitors and length of time on site. This process does collect data, but in an anonymous form, to help us make improvements, develop the website and enhance the user experience.

Lawful bases and data protection rights

Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO's website.

Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are in brief set out below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO's website:

Your right of access

You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. You can request other information such as details about where we get personal information from and who we share personal information with. There are some exemptions which means you may not receive all the information you ask for.

Your right to rectification

You have the right to ask us to correct or delete personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete.

Your right to erasure

You have the right to ask us to delete your personal information.

Your right to restriction of processing

You have the right to ask us to limit how we can use your personal information.

Your right to object to processing

You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data.

Your right to data portability

You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you.

Your right to withdraw consent

When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.

To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for Cookies and analytics are:

Legitimate interests

we're collecting or using your information because it benefits you, our organisation or someone else, without causing an undue risk of harm to anyone. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to portability. Our legitimate interests are:

Cookies, also known as browsers or tracking cookies, are small text files that are added to your computer when you visit a website. They help websites to perform certain functions e.g. to know who you are if you log into a restricted part of a website, for shopping carts, and for tracking purposes.

How to complain

Early Years Wales has appointed the Chief Executive Officer to be the data protection controller and can be contacted at davidg@earlyyears.wales or on 029 2045 1242 or by writing to Chief Executive Officer, Unit 1 Coopers Yard, Curran Road, Cardiff, CF10 5BN.

If you have concerns or a complaint about the use of your personal data, you can contact our data protection controller or The Information Commissioner's Office https://ico.org.uk/concerns/

Last updated

18 November 2024