Scottish Museums Federation Privacy Notice
Who We Are
The Scottish Museums Federation is a volunteer run membership organisation. Our aim is to share sector knowledge and encourage networking between museums, galleries, libraries and archives in Scotland.
What Data We Collect
We collect personal data through our membership forms and events sign-ups.
Personal data we collect includes:
Your name
Your email address
Your current organisation and job title (where applicable)
What method you use to pay your membership fee (where applicable)
What Scottish Museums Federation activities you are interested in
What areas of museum/heritage work you are interested in
What We Do With Your Data
We use your data in the following ways:
To inform you of our events and conference programme
To send you updates about sector news, including training, funding, and job opportunities
To inform you when your membership is due to expire
To send you surveys for research purposes
Data screening to check that memberships are up to date and fees have been paid
Data screening to target certain events to certain audiences
Email tracking to allow us to monitor when emails from us are opened and how many links in the message are clicked
Cookies
Our website uses cookies. This allows us to monitor what traffic the website receives and how visitors engage with our website. The data gathered through the use of cookies is anonymous.
Data Storage and Security
The Scottish Museums Federation uses Microsoft OneDrive to store all of its data. This account is password protected, and passwords are not shared. Access to the OneDrive account is restricted to Committee members who require it in order to fulfil their roles. Passwords are updated when an individual leaves the Committee.
Personal data held on our membership database is held for no longer than 24 months from the date it was collected.
Member data is transferred to MailChimp, our bulk email distributor. This account is password protected, and passwords are not shared. Access to the MailChimp account is restricted to Committee members who require it in order to fulfil their roles. Passwords are updated when an individual leaves the Committee. Our mail list is updated every two months in order to ensure that it is up-to-date.
We use Eventbrite for our event sign-ups. This account is password protected, and passwords are not shared. Access to the Eventbrite account is restricted to Committee members who require it in order to fulfil their roles. Passwords are updated when an individual leaves the Committee. Personal data gathered for the purpose of the event-sign up is deleted within two months of the event having taken place.
We will not pass your data on to any third parties.
Access to Your Data
You have the right to ask us what personal data we hold about you. This is known as a ‘Subject Access Request’.
To submit a Subject Access Request, please contact us at scottishmuseumsfederation@gmail.com
Your request will be responded to within 40 days.
You also have the right to ask us to update or delete the information that we hold about you at any time. To do this, please contact us on scottishmuseumsfederation@gmail.com
Updates to Our Privacy Notice
We regularly review our privacy notice and may make changes from time to time. Any changes made will be posted to our website and will apply from that point forward. This privacy notice was last changed on 24th May 2018.
How to Contact Us
If you need to contact us regarding our privacy notice or about any data we may hold on you please get in touch at scottishmuseumsfederation@gmail.com