Who we are

Our website address is: https://www.abtt.org.uk

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Our data controller is our administrator, Amy Bodman. 

Any information provided will be held securely and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). 
 
• We collect and store the data that our users submit to us when they apply to join the ABTT, our events or training courses. 
• We store data regarding invoicing and payments for compliance with HMRC accounting regulations, membership management and the compilation of usage statistics.
• With a user’s explicit voluntary consent, we allow users names and email addresses to be shared with our corporate members or exhibitors to communicate directly to individual members. If member’s do not wish to have their data shared with relevant third party organisations they can opt out by emailing our administrator Amy Bodman.
• We share member names and addresses with such affiliate organisations who provide third-party benefits to ABTT members, such as the ABTT Benefits scheme, discounts on external training, and other services.
• We share attendee information (such as those attending the ABTT Theatre Show) with third party organisations when this is required for the event or course applied to run.
• We collect data on member’s gender and ethnicity, with individual member’s voluntary consent, for the purpose of monitoring equality of opportunities. 
 
Data is kept for while a member holds active membership, and  after membership lapses, to aid them re-joining if their membership accidentally lapses. A member has the right to have their data deleted and can contact our data controller to put this into effect.
 
All data is stored securely.
 
Members have right of access to their data, most of which can be found by logging in to their user profile or contacting the data controller.
 
Members have the right to have personal data deleted at any time, the right for their data not to be processed, and the right to withdraw consent for their data to be used at any time. However, with the exception of the voluntary aspects mentioned above, we cannot simultaneously do this and provide access to the services that member’s sign up to the ABTT for. Consequently all members are required to consent to this privacy policy, when joining up, or renewing their membership, with the exception of the voluntary aspects, in order for us to provide the services that members have joined the ABTT for.
 
Any information that we pass to a third party will be held securely by that party, in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998, and used only to provide the services or information requested. There is a right to request a copy of personal details at any time to check the accuracy of the information held.
 

Theatre Show Privacy Policy:

Details provided in relation to attending or exhibiting at the ABTT Theatre Show will be used to deliver and keep you updated with the ABTT Theatre Show. We will only share your data with third-party providers who are essential to the delivery of the event or offering relevant benefits.

The ABTT may also choose to inform you about similar ABTT events based on legitimate interest, you can easily unsubscribe at any time. If you would like your information to be deleted or excluded from third party providers not essential to the delivery of the event please contact our data controller.

ABTT Website Comments:

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Photography and videography at our events

We may take photographs and video recordings at ABTT events, meetings, conferences, training courses and other activities. Where individuals can be identified, these images and recordings constitute personal data. We use photographs and video to promote ABTT’s membership activities, events, services, charitable activities and other work through our website, social media channels, publications, promotional materials and other marketing communications.

We process this information on the basis of our legitimate interests in promoting and raising the profile of ABTT and its activities. As it is not always practical to obtain express consent from every attendee, we will provide advance notice where photography or filming will take place and offer attendees a reasonable opportunity to opt out of having their image used for these promotional purposes. We will take reasonable steps to respect any opt-out requests and, where appropriate, make arrangements to avoid or remove the use of identifiable images.

If you have any questions about our use of photographs or video recordings, or wish to object to the use of your image, please contact us using the details set out in this Privacy Policy.

Cookies

Like most online services, our website uses both first-party and third-party cookies for various purposes. First-party cookies are primarily necessary for the website to function properly and do not collect any personally identifiable data.

The third-party cookies used on our website primarily help us understand how the website performs, track how you interact with it, keep our services secure, deliver relevant advertisements, and enhance your overall user experience while improving the speed of your future interactions with our website.

Necessary cookies don’t need your consent because the site can’t run properly without them. Every other type on this page, functional, analytics and advertisement, is only set once you choose to allow it in the cookie banner. You can select ‘Reject All’ the first time you visit, and it takes the same one click as ‘Accept All’.

Types of cookies we use

Necessary

Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.

Necessary cookies don’t need your consent because the site can’t run properly without them. Every other type on this page, functional, analytics and advertisement, is only set once you choose to allow it in the cookie banner. You can select ‘Reject All’ the first time you visit, and it takes the same one click as ‘Accept All’.

Functional

Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.

Analytics

Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

Advertisement

Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customised advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyse the effectiveness of the ad campaigns. This includes the Meta Pixel and a Google Ads tag, both used for retargeting and conversion tracking.

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Visit our Cookie Policy to find out more about the use of Cookies on the ABTT website.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.