South West Wales Connected Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

This website is operated by South West Wales Connected Community Rail Partnership, a stand-alone project established by Transport for Wales and hosted by 4theRegion CIC.

South West Wales Connected is committed to respecting and protecting your privacy. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use and protect personal information provided through this website, including when you contact us, sign up to our newsletter, take part in our activities, or engage with our projects.

As South West Wales Connected is hosted by 4theRegion CIC, personal data may be managed in accordance with 4theRegion CIC’s wider privacy and data protection policies.

You can view 4theRegion’s Privacy Policy here: https://www.4theregion.org.uk/privacy-policy/

What information we collect

We may collect personal information when you:

sign up to receive the South West Wales Connected newsletter;
contact us through the website or by email;
register interest in an event, project, activity or opportunity;
take part in South West Wales Connected projects, consultations or community activities.

This information may include:

your name;
your email address;
your organisation or role, where relevant;
your location or area of interest, where relevant;
any information you choose to provide in a message or form.

How we use your information

We will only use your personal information for purposes connected to South West Wales Connected and your relationship with us. This may include:

sending you newsletter updates;
sharing news, events, opportunities and project updates;
responding to enquiries;
managing participation in events, projects or activities;
keeping records of engagement with communities, partners and stakeholders;
improving our communications and understanding how people engage with our work.

We will not sell your personal data. We will not share your personal data with third parties for their own marketing purposes.

Newsletter sign-ups

If you sign up to receive the South West Wales Connected newsletter, we will use the information you provide to send you updates about our work, projects, events, opportunities and relevant news from across the South West Wales rail network and the communities we serve.

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the footer of our emails, or by contacting us directly.

We may use an email marketing platform, such as Mailchimp, to manage newsletter subscriptions and send email updates. By subscribing, you acknowledge that the information you provide may be transferred to our email marketing provider for processing in accordance with their privacy practices.

Lawful basis for processing

Where you sign up to our newsletter, we will normally rely on your consent to send you email updates.

Where you contact us or take part in our activities, we may process your information because it is necessary for our legitimate interests in managing our work, responding to enquiries, delivering projects, and communicating with partners and communities.

You can withdraw your consent to receive marketing or newsletter emails at any time.

How long we keep your information

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is needed for the purpose it was collected.

If you unsubscribe from our newsletter, your details will be removed from the active mailing list. We may retain limited information where necessary to ensure your preferences are respected or where we are required to keep records for legal, administrative or reporting purposes.

Your rights

Under UK data protection law, you have rights over your personal information. These may include the right to:

access the personal data we hold about you;
ask for inaccurate information to be corrected;
ask for your personal data to be deleted;
object to or restrict certain types of processing;
withdraw consent where we rely on consent;
raise a concern about how your data is being used.

To exercise your rights, please contact 4theRegion CIC using the contact details below.

Contact details

For questions about this privacy policy or how your personal data is handled, please contact:

4theRegion CIC
Swansea Train Station
Swansea
SA1 1NU

Email: mail@4theregion.org.uk
Phone: 01792 722108

If you are unhappy with how your personal data is handled, you also have the right to raise a concern with the Information Commissioner’s Office:
https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/