Privacy Policy

May 3, 2021 9:16 am

GMI Partnership is committed to protecting your privacy. The three partner agencies of GMI partnership, i.e. METRO CharityPositive East and Spectra, are the joint controllers (referred to in this policy as “we”, “us” or “our”) for GMI data. The following statement sets out how we use and protect your personal data that you provide to us.

GMI partnership undertakes a number of activities including:

  • Social Support inc information and advice
  • HIV prevention and testing
  • Staff and volunteer recruitment
  • Training

In order to provide the range of activities, we need to collect personal data from you either for service provision or correspondence.

We may need to pass on personal information to other service providers to provide a service,  and this will only be done with your agreement and consent, unless we are legally required to release information.  Legal requirements include court orders or where there is a clear safety risk to you or to other parties. In these cases, we will always inform you of this action.

Information collected and stored is used to help provide you with a service or to help us improve our services to you.  Where we may need to share your information with a third party to provide a service, this will be done with your consent. Please be aware that if you refuse, then this may affect the service that we may be able to offer to you.  There may be a legal requirement to override your consent as identified above. We may also use the information to produce reports for our funders. All reports will be anonymised and will not identify any individual.

Information may also be used to keep you up to date with GMI or provide information on our services. No information is sold to third parties.

The GMI website may contain links to other websites. These websites should have their own privacy policy and we do not accept any responsibility or liability for those websites or their policies.

Security

We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data is treated securely and in agreement with this privacy notice and our Data Protection Policy.

Everyone who has access to personal data is bound by our confidentiality agreement and access is by only those who are authorised to view it whilst carrying out their duties as a member of staff or volunteer.

We will endeavour to keep your information as accurate and up to date as possible and will not keep it for longer than is necessary.  Certain records may need to be kept for a period of time for legal or insurance purposes and will then be destroyed.

The Data Protection Act 1998 and GDPR regulations give you the right to access the information we may hold about you.  Should you wish to access the information we hold on you, please contact the Data Controller on the contact details below. We will respond with 30 days and no fee will be charged

If you would like further information or would like to request access to the information we hold on you please email: dataprotection@gmipartnership.org.uk

If you are not happy about the way that we have handled your request or if you would like further information about the use of personal information please contact:

Information Commissioners Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmstow
SK9 5AF
Tel: 0303123 1113
www.ico.gov.uk

                                    

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