Privacy Policy

Important Information

This is the Privacy Policy of The Actors’ Temple, the purpose of which is to inform you on how we process and care for your personal data, including information collected over the phone, through our website, through our newsletter, social media, email, in person, or on Punchpass.

Personal data includes any information which can identify an individual

This website and our marketing is not directed at minors and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children.

You must read this privacy policy together with any other privacy notice we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal data about you so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data. This privacy policy supplements the other notices or policies and is not intended to override them.

The Actors’ Temple is the controller and responsible for your personal data. Our contact details are:

The Actors’ Temple Studio, 13-14 Warren Street (Basement), London, W1T 5LJ. 020 3004 4537. For all data matters please contact info@actorstemple.com

This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements.

When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy policy/privacy notice of every website you visit.

Personal Data, how we collect it and how we process it

Personal data, or personal information, means any information which can identify an individual. You can find out more about personal data from the Information Commissioners Office.

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together follows:

  • Identity Data includes first name, last name, title, photographed image, filmed image, voice recording, IP address.
  • Contact Data includes billing address, delivery address, email address, telephone numbers
  • Financial Data includes bank account and payment card details
  • Transaction Data includes details about payments to and from you and other details of products and services you have purchased from us
  • Technical Data includes IP address(es), your login data, browser type and version, location, operating system and platform, other technology on the devices you use to access our website and booking software
  • Profile Data includes your username and password, purchases or orders made by you, your interests, preferences, feedback
  • Usage Data includes information about how you use our website, products and services including how you interact with our marketing communication
  • Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences
  • Special Categories of Personal Data: this includes details about an individual’s race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership and information about their health
  • We collect information that you provide for direct correspondence about our courses and services, as well as the purpose of email notifications, weekly newsletters and marketing/advertising information.

We will only ever ask you for the necessary information needed to process your data. We may process data including the following personal information about you, where supplied: Name, Gender, Date of birth, Address(es) or location data*, Email, Telephone number(s), Information pertaining to disability and ethnicity*, Physical details such as height, Training and skills, Information/ documents to enable us to vet an application, Information/ documents you may provide to prove age, identity or other requirement where the law requires this to confirm discount eligibility, IP address, Information gathered by the use of cookies*, Photographs, video and audio clips, Career history, URLs and links to social media, Bank and payment data, For security, an encrypted record of your login password.

We may receive some information that you submit to any third-party website that you access from a link contained on the Site. Both us and the operator of that third-party site will be the data controller in respect of any such information and you should check the privacy policy of that website to find out how they use your data. We will only use that information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

If you fail to provide personal data

Where we need to collect your personal data by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with you and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you (for example, to provide you with goods or services). In this case, we may have to cancel a product or service you have with us but we will notify you if this is the case at the time.

How we collect your data

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

In person: You may give us your identity, contact and financial data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you:

  • Third party websites for booking or campaigns
  • Subscribing to our newsletter
  • Through email or website

You may give us your Special Category Data such as health information when you discuss our training with us or access requirements (either in class or individually). You may also give us this information when corresponding with us by post, phone, email or otherwise.

How we use your data

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

Performance of Contract this means processing your data where it is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or to take steps at your request before entering into such a contract

Legitimate Interest this means the interest of our business in conducting and managing our business to enable us to give you the best service/product and the most secure experience. We make sure we consider and balance any potential impact on you (both positive and negative) and your rights before we process your personal data for our legitimate interests. We do not use your personal data for activities where our interests are overridden by the impact on you (unless we have your consent or are otherwise required or permitted to by law). You can obtain further information about how we assess our legitimate interests against any potential impact on you in respect of specific activities by contacting us at info@actorstemple.com

Comply with a legal or regulatory obligation this means processing your personal data where it is necessary for compliance with a legal or regulatory obligation that we are subject to.

Generally we do not rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data other than in relation to sending third party direct marketing communications to you via email or text message. You have the right to withdraw consent to marketing at any time by unsubscribing via the link in any direct marketing email or by contacting our data representative at info@actorstemple.com

Ways in which we will use your personal data

  • To register you as a new customer.
  • To process and deliver your registration, i.e manage payments, fees and charges, collect and recover money owed, and correspond to you regarding our service.
  • To manage our relationship with you through correspondence.
  • To inform you on new and upcoming project and courses to better serve your interest.

Note that we may process your personal data for more than one lawful ground depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your data. Please contact us if you need details about the specific legal ground we are relying on to process your personal data where more than one ground has been set out in the table below.

Marketing

We strive toprovide you with choices regarding certain personal data uses, particularly around marketing and advertising. We have established the following personal data control mechanisms:

Promotional offers from us

You will receive marketing communications from us if you have requested information from us or purchased goods or services from us and, in each case, you have not opted out of receiving that marketing.

Third-party marketing

We will get your express opt-in consent before we share your personal data with any company outside the The Actors’ Temple.

Opting out

You can ask us or third parties to stop sending you marketing messages at any time by following the opt-out links on any marketing message sent to you. Where you opt out of receiving these marketing messages, this will not apply to personal data provided to us as a result of a product/service purchase or other transactions.

Change of purpose

We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to get an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact us using the email address above.

If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so. Please note that we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.

Who we share your personal data with

We may have to share your personal data with the parties set out below for the purposes set out in the table in paragraph 4 above:

Internal Third Parties such as members of the Limited Liability Partnership (owners of the company)

External Third Parties Service:

Providers acting as processors, based outside the EU who provide IT and system administration services.

Professional advisers acting as processors including lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers based in the UK who provide consultancy, banking, legal, insurance and accounting services.

HM Revenue & Customs, regulators and other authorities acting as processors or joint controllers based in the United Kingdom who require reporting of processing activities in certain circumstances.

Providers acting as processors including workshop artists, designers, directors and acting coaches administrators and marketing agencies based both inside and outside the UK who provide actor training and other creative services.

Third parties to whom we may choose to sell, transfer, or merge parts of our business or our assets. Alternatively, we may seek to acquire other businesses or merge with them. If a change happens to our business, then the new owners may use your personal data in the same way as set out in this privacy notice.

We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.

**DATA SECURITY

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality. We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.

Data Retention

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

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

By law we have to keep basic information about our customers including Contact, Identity, Financial and Transaction Data) for seven years after they cease being customers for tax purposes.

In some circumstances you can ask us to delete your data: see Your legal rights below for further information.In some circumstances we may anonymise your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.

Your legal rights

Unless subject to an exemption under the data protection laws, you have the following rights with respect to your personal data:

The right to request a copy of the personal data which we hold about you;

The right to request that we correct any personal data if it is found to be inaccurate or out of date;

The right to request your personal data is erased where it is no longer necessary to retain such data;

The right to withdraw your consent to the processing at any time, where consent was the lawful basis for processing your data;

The right to request that we provide you with your personal data and where possible, to transmit that data directly to another data controller, (known as the right to data portability), where applicable 9i.e. where our processing is based on consent or is necessary for the performance of our contract with you or where we process your data by automated means);

The right, where there is a dispute in relation to the accuracy or processing of your personal data, to request a restriction is placed on further processing;

The right to object to our processing of personal data, where applicable i.e. where processing is based on our legitimate interests (or in performance of a task in the public interest/exercise of official authority); direct marketing or processing for the purposes of scientific/historical research and statistics).

If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact our data representative (email above).

No fee required

You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable admin fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.

What we may need from you

We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further

information in relation to your request to speed up our response.

Time limit to respond

We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it may take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.

***DATE NOTICE

Changes to this Privacy Policy and your duty to inform us of changes

This version was last updated on 8th June 2018. Historic versions can be obtained by contacting us.

Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us. It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current.

Queries, requests or concerns

To exercise all relevant rights, queries or complaints in relation to this policy or any other data protection matter between you and us, please in the first instance contact our Data Representative at

If this does not resolve your complaint to your satisfaction, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioners Office on 03031231113 or via email:  or at the Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, England, UK.

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