Privacy Policy

  1. Introduction
    1. We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors.
    2. This policy applies where we are acting as a data controller with respect to the personal data of our website visitors and service users; in other words, where we determine the purposes and means of the processing of that personal data. “personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (“data subject“); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
    3. By using our website and agreeing to this policy, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of our cookie policy. Our cookie policy can be found here.
    4. In this policy, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Dying to Work. For more information about us, see Section 7.
    5. This policy was last updated on 24th May 2018
  2. How we use your personal data
    1. In this Section 2 we have set out:
      1. the general categories of personal data that we may process;
      2. in the case of personal data that we did not obtain directly from you, the source and specific categories of that data;
      3. the purposes for which we may process personal data; and
      4. the legal bases of the processing.
    2. We may process data about your use of our website and services (“usage data“). The usage data may include:
      1. your IP address
      2. geographical location
      3. browser type and version
      4. operating system
      5. referral source
      6. length of visit
      7. page views
      8. website navigation paths, as well as information about the timing, frequency and pattern of your service use.

      The source of the usage data is Google Analytics analytic tracking system. This usage data may be processed for the purposes of analysing the use of the website and services. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely monitoring and improving our website and services. Details of this service and their processing policies can be obtained by clicking on the following links: Google Analytics.

    3. We may process your personal account data (“personal account data“). The personal account data may include your name and email address. The source of the personal account data is you or your employer. The personal account data may be processed for the purposes of operating our website, providing our services, ensuring the security of our website and services, maintaining back-ups of our databases and communicating with you. The legal basis for this processing is the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract.
    4. We may process your information included in your personal profile on our website (“profile data“). The profile data may include your name, address, telephone number, email address and employment details. The profile data may be processed for the purposes of enabling and monitoring your use of our website and services. The legal basis for this processing is the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at you request, to enter into such a contract.
    5. We may process your personal data that is provided in the course of the use of our services (“service data“). The service data may include your name, company, address, email address and/or phone number. The source of the service data is you or your employer. The service data may be processed for the purposes of operating our website, providing our services, ensuring the security of our website and services, maintaining back-ups of our databases and communicating with you. The legal basis for this processing is the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract.
    6. We may process information contained in any enquiry you submit to us regarding goods and/or services (“enquiry data“). The enquiry data may be processed for the purposes of offering, marketing and selling relevant goods and/or services to you. The legal basis for this processing is the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at you request, to enter into such a contract.
    7. We may process information relating to transactions, including purchases of goods and services, that you enter into with us and/or through our website (“transaction data“). The transaction data may include your contact details and the transaction details. The transaction data may be processed for the purpose of supplying the purchased goods and services and keeping proper records of those transactions. The legal basis for this processing is the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract and our legitimate interests, namely our interest in the proper administration of our website and business.
    8. We may process information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our email notifications and/or newsletters (“notification data“). The notification data may be processed for the purposes of sending you the relevant notifications and/or newsletters. The legal basis for this processing is the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract.
    9. We may process information contained in or relating to any communication that you send to us (“correspondence data“). The correspondence data may include the communication content and metadata associated with the communication. Our website will generate the metadata associated with communications made using the website contact forms. The correspondence data may be processed for the purposes of communicating with you and record-keeping. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper administration of our website and business and communications with users.
    10. We may process any of your personal data identified in this policy where necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the protection and assertion of our legal rights, your legal rights and the legal rights of others.
    11. We may process any of your personal data identified in this policy where necessary for the purposes of obtaining or maintaining insurance coverage, managing risks, or obtaining professional advice. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper protection of our business against risks.
    12. In addition to the specific purposes for which we may process your personal data set out in this Section 2, we may also process any of your personal data where such processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.
  3. Providing your personal data to others
    1. We may disclose your personal data to any of our member unions insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes, and on the legal bases, set out in this policy.
    2. We may disclose your personal data to any of our member unions insofar as reasonably necessary in order to provide you with help or support.
    3. We may disclose your personal data to our suppliers or subcontractors insofar as reasonably necessary for fulfilment of your order or quotation.
    4. In addition to the specific disclosures of personal data set out in this Section 3, we may disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.
  4. Retaining and deleting personal data
    1. This Section 4 sets out our data retention policies and procedure, which are designed to help ensure that we comply with our legal obligations in relation to the retention and deletion of personal data.
    2. We will only retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
    3. Information collected includes, but is not limited to: Contact Names, Contact Email Addresses, Contact Telephone Numbers, Contact Office Address.
    4. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements. Details of retention periods for different aspects of your personal information can be seen below in section 4.7.
    5. In some circumstances we may anonymise your personal information so that it can no longer be associated with you, in which case we may use such information without further notice to you.
    6. The following retention periods apply at the TUC (unless otherwise stated in the Tolpuddle Martyrs, TUC Education, TUC Education Trust and unionlearn privacy notices):

      Type of data

      Retention period

      Case studies

      Case study contact information is deleted 2 years after the individual first gave consent to use the case study

      Committee / working group membership

      Personal data deleted within 3 months of individual leaving the committee. Please note: name of members and period of office on committee/working group are retained indefinitely within the minutes of meetings.

      Conference / event registration data

      Registration data deleted 1 year after event has taken place.  Please note for TUC statutory conferences names of attendees/union are recorded in the report of the conference for that year and kept indefinitely.

      Emails / website account

      We want to ensure you only hear from us if you still want to do so. You can unsubscribe from any email that we send, and we will remind you of your subscriptions every 2 years and how you may unsubscribe.

      We aim to delete inactive accounts after five years if you haven’t logged in or taken activity with us in that time.

      Invoices / payment data processed by TUC staff

      Retained for a maximum of 10 years

      General enquiries to the TUC (phone, email, letter)

      Deleted/ destroyed 6 months after the TUC has

      Trades Council Directory information

      Kept for 1 year then destroyed when directory updated for next year
    7. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section, we may retain your personal data where such retention is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.
  5. Amendments to this Policy
    1. We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes to this policy.
    2. We may notify you of changes to this policy by email or post.
  6. Your rights
    1. In this Section, we have summarised the rights that you have under data protection law. Some of the rights are complex, and not all of the details have been included in our summaries. Accordingly, you should read the relevant laws and guidance from the regulatory authorities for a full explanation of these rights.
    2. Your principal rights under data protection law are:
      1. the right to access;
      2. the right to rectification;
      3. the right to erasure;
      4. the right to restrict processing;
      5. the right to object to processing;
      6. the right to data portability;
      7. the right to complain to a supervisory authority; and
      8. the right to withdraw consent.
    3. You have the right to request access to your personal data, together with certain additional information. That additional information includes details of the purposes of the processing, the categories of personal data concerned and the recipients of the personal data. Providing the rights and freedoms of others are not affected, we will supply to you a copy of your personal data. The first copy will be provided free of charge, but additional copies may be subject to a reasonable fee.
    4. You have the right to have any inaccurate personal data about you rectified and, taking into account the purposes of the processing, to have any incomplete personal data about you completed.
    5. In some circumstances you have the right to the erasure of your personal data without undue delay. Those circumstances include: the personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed; you withdraw consent to consent-based processing; you object to the processing under certain rules of applicable data protection law; the processing is for direct marketing purposes; and the personal data have been unlawfully processed. However, there are exclusions of the right to erasure. The general exclusions include: for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information; for compliance with a legal obligation; or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
    6. In some circumstances you have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data. Those circumstances are: you contest the accuracy of the personal data; processing is unlawful but you oppose erasure; we no longer need the personal data for the purposes of our processing, but you require personal data for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; and you have objected to processing, pending the verification of that objection. Where processing has been restricted on this basis, we may continue to store your personal data. However, we will only otherwise process it: with your consent; for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person; or for reasons of important public interest.
    7. You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data on grounds relating to your particular situation, but only to the extent that the legal basis for the processing is that the processing is necessary for: the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of any official authority vested in us; or the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party. If you make such an objection, we will cease to process the personal information unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing is for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
    8. You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes (including profiling for direct marketing purposes). If you make such an objection, we will cease to process your personal data for this purpose.
    9. You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data for scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes on grounds relating to your particular situation, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest.
    10. To the extent that the legal basis for our processing of your personal data is:
      1. consent; or
      2. that the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are party or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract,
        and such processing is carried out by automated means, you have the right to receive your personal data from us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. However, this right does not apply where it would adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.
    11. If you consider that our processing of your personal information infringes data protection laws, you have a legal right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority responsible for data protection. In the UK this will be the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
    12. To the extent that the legal basis for our processing of your personal information is consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of processing before the withdrawal.
    13. You may exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal data in writing to us at our registered office address.
  7. Children’s Data
    1. We do not knowingly process data of any person under the age of 16. If we come to discover, or have reason to believe, that you are 15 and under and we are holding your personal information, we will delete that information within a reasonable period and withhold our services accordingly.
  8. Our Company Details
    1. Our website is owned and operated by The Trades Union Congress (TUC).
    2. Our principal place of business is at Trade Union Congress, 47 Summer Lane, Birmingham, B19 3TH, United Kingdom.
    3. You can contact us:
      1. by post, to the address given above;
      2. Using our website contact form;
      3. by telephone, on 0121 262 6380 or
      4. by email, at
  9. Data controller
    1. Any personal data you provide to us is controlled by the TUC. We are registered as a data controller with the Information Commissioner’s Office under reference Z8053646.
    2. If you have any queries about how we gather, and use your personal data then you can get in touch with our Data Protection Officer by post at:
      Data Protection Officer
      Trades Union Congress (TUC)
      Congress House
      Great Russell Street
      London
      WC1B 3LS
      Or via email: info@tuc.org.uk – please put ‘For the attention of the Data Protection Officer’ in the subject line of your email.
  10. Third party websites
    1. All this only applies to websites and online services operated by the TUC. If you follow a link from one of our websites to one that’s operated by somebody else, you’ll no longer be covered by this policy. We are not responsible for the collection of your personal data by those websites, so please make sure you check the privacy policy of any other site before you submit any personal data to them.