This privacy policy sets out how Articulate Speech, Drama & Casting uses and protects any information that you give us when you use our website and online services.
Articulate Speech, Drama & Casting is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
Articulate Speech, Drama & Casting may change this policy from occasionally by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 22nd May 2018.

What we collect

We may collect the following information, including but not limited to:

Full Name, Date of Birth, Address, Email Address, Telephone number, Medical Details, Measurements, Skills, and Accents.

This information is essential for communicating details relating to admission into the drama school and agency, general enquiries and booking onto photo/video sessions and workshops or holiday clubs, as well as submitting your child for work in the industry.. We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service and in particular for the following reasons:

Internal record keeping – including but not limited to applications for assessment and processing, to inform newsletter subscribers about products and services supplied by Articulate Speech, Drama & Casting and for the organisation of photo/video sessions and workshops, as well as gaining work for your child in the industry.

The information we receive from you, as outlined above, may be shared with other organisations for the purposes of gaining your child work within the industry (for example, sending your email address and contact number to a production team for them to be able to contact you regarding a costume fitting). We will always ask your consent before we process any information.

Email Newsletter / Updates

This website, and the Articulate Speech, Drama & Casting email system operates an email newsletter program, used to inform subscribers about products and services supplied by this website. Users can subscribe through an online automated process should they wish to do so. Some subscribers may be manually processed through prior agreement with the user.

All personal details relating to subscriptions are held securely and in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2018. Subscribers are given the opportunity to unsubscribe at any time by emailing info@articulatesdc.com. This process is detailed at the footer of each email.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online, and in our registration forms.

Social Media Platforms

Communication, engagement and actions taken through external social media platforms that this website and its owners participate on are custom to the terms and conditions as well as the privacy policies held with each social media platform respectively.

Users are advised to use social media platforms wisely and communicate / engage upon them with due care and caution in regard to their own privacy and personal details. This website nor its owners will ever ask for personal or sensitive information through social media platforms and encourage users wishing to discuss sensitive details to contact them through primary communication channels such as by telephone or email.

This website may use social sharing buttons which help share web content directly from web pages to the social media platform in question. Users are advised before using such social sharing buttons that they do so at their own discretion and note that the social media platform may track and save your request to share a web page respectively through your social media platform account.

Controlling your personal information

You can contact us at any time to:

-Request access to information that Articulate Speech, Drama & Casting has about you.

-Correct any information that Articulate Speech, Drama & Casting has about you.

-Delete any information that Articulate Speech, Drama & Casting has about you.

This can be done by emailing info@articulatesdc.com

We will make sure to provide you with a copy of the data we store and process about you.

In order to comply with a request, we may ask you to verify your identity.

We will fulfil this request by sending you a copy electronically unless you expressly specify a different method.

If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to:

Articulate Speech, Drama & Casting, 127 Main Street, Burley in Wharfedale, Ilkley, LS29 7JN.

Data Protection Officer (DPO)

Articulate Speech, Drama & Casting, has a Data Protection Officer (DPO) who is responsible for matters relating to privacy and data protection. They can be contacted at the following address:

Data Protection Officer – stace157@hotmail.co.uk

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so.