Policies

We're aiming to have the most inclusive events possible. These policies will help us ensure this happens.

Drugs and Alochol

Tameside Pride has a zero tolerance policy for drugs and legal highs. Should you be found with either a controlled substance or herbal or legal high when entering the event you will be denied entry.

If you are found within the Pride area with a controlled substance/ herbal/legal high you will be asked to leave the area.

For information on the risk of taking illicit drugs or new psychoactive substances should refer to the FRANK website here: www.talktofrank.com or the confidential helpline on 0800 77 66 00.

No external alcohol will be allowed on the site. There will be a bar onsite selling alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. You must be over 18 years of age to purchase alcohol. We will be operating a challenge 21 policy. Should you look under 21 we will be asking you for ID, please do not be offended.

Privacy

At Tameside Pride ("Tameside Pride", "us", "we", "our") we take the privacy of your information and how we handle it very seriously. We believe that any data we hold on you is totally safe and in line with the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in 2018, we have implemented a strong data privacy policy and this will safeguard you ensuring that you're protected to the best extent we can.

Our policy outlines what we collect; how we use it and the safeguards we put in place to protect it. We have implemented a number of securities.

This Privacy Policy applies to Tameside Pride website and communication and will be reviewed on a regular basis and was last reviewed in February 2019, we post any updates on our website and can email it on request.

We have minimised the personal data we hold on you therefore we only ask for your email and name when registering to receive our newsletter or when you fill out our contact us form. Payments are processed by a third party and no payment or credit/debit card information is stored on our server.

How your information will be used

We may email you regarding updates in our newsletter or when corresponding with you. We will never sell, exchange or transfer your email address to a third party (with the exception of our payment processor for reasons of payment receipt confirmations) for any reason whatsoever. The email address we hold is stored on a secure system.

Marketing

Occasionally we would like to send you information about our own products and services by email. You have a right at any time to stop us from contacting you for marketing purposes by contacting us (see: 'How to contact us' at the end of this policy) or by unsubscribing from receiving future emails by using the unsubscribe button at the bottom of each email.

Your rights

As a consumer you have rights over the data we hold on you and these are:

  • Right to object to processing at any time
  • Right to opt out of marketing at any time
  • Right to have an incorrect email address corrected
  • Right to have your email address erased from our mailing list
  • Right to export of personal data

Access to your information and correction

You have a right to request a copy of the information that we hold on you. If you would like some or all of your personal information, please see the section at the end of this policy entitled 'How to contact us'.

We want to make sure that your personal information is accurate and up to date. You may ask us to correct or remove information you think is inaccurate. We recognise that this is your personal data and therefore have an open and transparent process and will respond to any SAR requests promptly.

Other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites. This privacy policy only applies to this website ran by Tameside Pride so when you visit other websites you should read their own privacy policies.

Below is a list of external data providers that we use and links to their privacy policies. The majority of providers cannot and do not collect personal data on you, we deal with them directly and 'cache' information for multiple users' visits to save resources.

We cannot be held responsible for content of external sites, but we will strive to ensure the websites we link to are not malicious but cannot guarantee that they become infected. All the sections of our website that deal with payments are 100% secure (as demonstrated by the padlock in your browser and use of HTTPS protocols), but whilst we aim to serve all our content over HTTPS, it may not be possible for all content.

The privacy policies that cover our pages/feeds on social media networking websites are available directly on the relevant network's platform. We have listed the policies of networks/platforms we use most, but is not exhaustive, and does not cover 'new' services that we may use.

  • Facebook - covers use of Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and any other Facebook products/features
  • Twitter

Websites operated by Tameside Pride are as follows (correct as of Feburary 2019). This policy also covers any sub-domains and mini-sites which may not be listed below and ANY content that is provided DIRECTLY by our network and servers:

  • TamesidePride.co.uk

Cookies

Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the sites or service provider's systems to recognise your browser and capture and remember certain information. We use cookies to help us understand and save your preferences for future visits and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. Please note that you can change your browser settings to disable cookies if you have privacy concerns. Disabling cookies for all sites is not recommended as it may interfere with your use of some sites. The best option is to disable or enable cookies on a per-site basis. Consult your browser documentation for instructions on how to block cookies and other tracking mechanisms. This list of web browser privacy management links may also be useful. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org to find out more. Google also has an explanatory video on how they use cookies, you can watch here.

Changes to our privacy policy

We keep our privacy policy under regular review and we place any updates on this page. This privacy policy was last updated on 19th of February 2019.

How to contact us

Please contact us if you have any questions about our privacy policy or the information we hold about you:

  • Email: [email protected]
  • Post: Tameside Pride, 1B Market Avenue, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 6AR