Stage Two Downham

Privacy Policy

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This notice explains how Stage Two Downham will handle your information when you visit our website, sign up for our newsletter, or purchase event tickets.

1. The Data We Collect

We may collect, use, and store different kinds of personal data about you, including:

  • Identity Data: First name and last name.
  • Contact Data: Email address and phone number.
  • Transaction Data: Details about tickets you have purchased via TicketSource.
  • Technical Data: IP address and browser type (processed by Cloudflare to prevent spam).

2. How Your Data is Collected

We use different methods to collect data from and about you:

  • Direct Interaction: You give us your name and email by filling in forms on our website.
  • Third-Party Synchronization: When you purchase a ticket via TicketSource and opt-in to marketing, your data is automatically synchronized with our mailing list via secure API.
  • Automated Technologies: We use Cloudflare Turnstile to protect our site from malicious “bot” activity.

3. How We Use Your Data

We only use your data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we use it in the following circumstances:

  • Consent: Where you have explicitly opted-in to receive our newsletter (via our website’s Double Opt-In process or the TicketSource marketing checkbox).
  • Contractual Necessity: To process your ticket booking and send you essential event updates (e.g., venue changes).
  • Legitimate Interest: To respond to inquiries sent via our “Contact Us” form.

4. Data Sharing & Third-Party Service Providers

We do not sell your data. However, we share data with trusted service providers to run our society:

  • Brevo: Our email marketing platform. Your data is stored here to send you newsletters.
  • TicketSource: Our ticketing partner. They process your payments and share attendee lists with us to manage event entry.
  • Cloudflare: Used to secure our website and verify that you are a human user.

5. Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way. We limit access to your personal data to society committee members who have a genuine “need to know.”

6. Your Legal Rights

Under UK GDPR, you have rights including:

  • The right to unsubscribe: You can click the “Unsubscribe” link in any of our marketing emails at any time.
  • The right to access: You can ask us for copies of your personal data.
  • The right to erasure: You can ask us to delete your personal data from our records.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy notice or our data practices, please contact us at:

Stage Two Downham, Downham Village Hall, Downham, Lancashire BB7 4BP