This policy explains how For Generations To Come (FGTC) collects, uses and protects personal data through forgenerationstocome.org, our social channels and our events. FGTC is a community initiative for Rochdale. The FGTC website and related activity are operated by Our Future, a UK-registered charity.
1. Who we are
The data controller for personal data collected through this website is:
Our Future
1st Floor, 88 Baker Street, London W1U 6TQ
Company number: 14831946
Charity number: 1206886
ICO registration: ZC140900
Contact for any privacy question or request: hello@our-future.io
2. What personal data we collect
We may collect:
- Contact form submissions: name, email address, organisation, and your message.
- Newsletter sign-ups: email address, and your consent to receive updates.
- Event registrations and in-person sign-ups: name, email, and optional postcode.
- Feedback and engagement: comments, survey responses, or other input you give us through “Round Here” or similar engagement activity.
- Photography and video: images or recordings taken at public events, which are signposted at the event.
- Technical data: IP address, browser/device information, and cookies (see Section 4).
3. How we use your data and our legal basis
| Purpose | Legal basis |
|---|---|
| Responding to enquiries made through the contact form | Legitimate interests |
| Sending newsletters and updates about FGTC | Consent |
| Inviting you to or organising events | Consent / legitimate interests |
| Understanding community views (e.g. through Round Here) and reporting on programme impact, using anonymised or aggregated data where possible | Legitimate interests |
| Using event photography/video for promotional and reporting purposes | Consent (signposted at the event) |
| Keeping statutory accounting and audit records | Legal obligation |
| Processing special category data (e.g. demographic information given voluntarily) | Explicit consent |
You can withdraw consent at any time (see Section 9). This does not affect the lawfulness of anything we did before you withdrew it.
4. Cookies
Essential cookies that keep the site running are used without consent. Any analytics or non-essential cookies are only set with your consent, which you can manage through the site’s cookie settings.
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the site. This sets the following cookies, which require your consent and last up to 2 years: _ga, _gali, _gat, _gid.
You can also block cookies through your browser settings, though some parts of the site may then stop working.
5. Who we share data with
We may share personal data with:
- Our Future staff and volunteers who need it to deliver FGTC activity.
- Service providers who help us run the website, send emails, or manage events: Mailchimp and HubSpot (newsletters and CRM), Eventbrite, Airtable and Zapier (events and data organisation), and our IT/hosting providers.
- Public authorities or courts, where we are legally required to.
We do not sell personal data.
6. International transfers
Where a service provider processes data outside the UK, we rely on an approved safeguard, such as UK-approved Standard Contractual Clauses, the UK International Data Transfer Agreement, or the UK extension to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.
7. Security
We use appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data, including access controls, restricting access to sensitive data to those who need it, and staff obligations to handle data responsibly.
8. How long we keep data
- Mailing list data: until you unsubscribe, or 24 months after your last interaction with us, whichever is sooner.
- Event photography and video: 2 years after capture, unless still in active use or you ask us to remove it sooner.
- Anonymised survey/feedback data: up to 3 years.
- Financial and legal records: 6 years, in line with statutory requirements.
After these periods, data is deleted or irreversibly anonymised.
9. Your rights
Under UK data protection law, you have the right to:
- Access the personal data we hold about you
- Ask us to correct inaccurate data
- Ask us to delete your data in certain circumstances
- Object to or ask us to restrict certain processing
- Withdraw consent at any time
- Request data portability, where applicable
- Complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ico.org.uk, 0303 123 1113) if you’re unhappy with how we’ve handled your data
To exercise any of these rights, contact hello@our-future.io. We aim to respond within one month.
10. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. Updates will be posted on this page with a new “last updated” date. Where a change is significant, we will email anyone on our mailing list to let them know.
11. Contact us
If you have any questions about this policy or how we handle your data, contact us at hello@our-future.io.
