Privacy Policy

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Effective Date: 2 September 2025
Last Updated: 2 September 2025

Grindon Young Peoples Centre (“we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you use our website www.gypc.org.uk.

We may collect and process the following information about you:

• Personal Data: such as your name, email address, telephone number, and any other details you provide when contacting us, registering for activities, or subscribing to updates.
   
• Technical Data: including your IP address, browser type, device information, and details about how you use our website, collected through cookies and analytics tools.
   

We use your personal data to:

• Provide and manage our services, events, and activities.
   
• Respond to enquiries, requests, or complaints.
   
• Improve our website, programmes, and user experience.
   
• Send you updates or marketing communications where you have given consent.
   
• Comply with legal or regulatory obligations.
   

Under the UK GDPR, we rely on the following lawful bases to process your data:

• Consent – where you have actively given permission.
   
• Contract – where processing is necessary for us to provide a service you have requested.
   
• Legal Obligation – where we must comply with the law.
   
• Legitimate Interests – where processing is necessary for our operations and does not override your rights.
   

Our website may use cookies to improve functionality and analyse usage. You can adjust your browser settings to refuse cookies, though some parts of the site may not work correctly.

We will never sell your data. We may share your information with:

• Service providers who support our operations (e.g. website hosting, email services).
   
• Regulatory bodies or legal authorities where required by law.
   

We will only keep your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

Under the UK GDPR, you have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you.
   
• Request correction or deletion of your data.
   
• Object to or restrict how we process your data.
   
• Withdraw consent at any time (where applicable).
   
• Lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) if you believe your rights have been breached.
   

To exercise your rights, please contact us at grindonypc@gmail.com.

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to safeguard your personal information. However, no method of internet transmission is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

As a youth and community centre, we may collect limited personal data about children and young people, but only with the consent of a parent/guardian where required.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal data, please contact us:

Grindon Young Peoples Centre
Grindon Lane
Sunderland
SR4 8HW
Email: grindonypc@gmail.com