Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 2026

This policy explains how Kingstanding Together, an unincorporated community and civic association, collects and uses personal data through this website (kingstanding.org). If you have any questions, contact us at our contact form.

Signing a petition

When you sign a petition we collect your name, email address and postcode, and we record your IP address and the time you signed. We use this to check your signature is genuine, to email you a link to confirm it, and to keep you updated about the campaign. Our lawful basis is your consent, which you give by ticking the box when you sign.

Your name and postcode are never shown publicly on the website. The “recent signatures” list shows only a broad area (for example “Kingstanding”) and a rough time — never your name, email or full postcode.

Who we share it with

Confirmed signatures — name and postcode only — are submitted to Birmingham City Council as part of formally delivering the petition; that is the point of signing. We send confirmation and campaign emails through Brevo (Sendinblue), which processes your email address on our behalf. We do not sell your data or share it for marketing.

How long we keep it

Signatures are kept for the life of the campaign as part of the petition’s record — including signatures that were never confirmed by email (these still show in the public total, but are not submitted to the Council). We do not delete signatures automatically. You can ask us to remove your details at any time using the contact details below.

Membership and the members’ area

When you apply to join, we record your application on our register of members — your name, postal address, email address, and (only where you choose to declare it) whether you are registered to vote at that address — as our constitution requires. Our Management Committee reviews each application; if it is approved we record your date of admission and email you your sign-in details, and if it is declined we delete your details and tell you. The members’ area uses real names: your name — plus your board position and profile photo if you have one (adding a photo is optional and entirely your choice) — is visible to other signed-in members in the member directory, but never your email or address, and never to the public. There is no anonymous membership. We keep this data while you are a member; if you leave, or ask us at the contact below, we remove your account.

Sharing a memory (Voices)

If you send us a memory through our Voices project, we receive what you send us by email. We publish contributions only with your consent, credited as you ask, and you can ask for a contribution to be amended or removed at any time.

Cookies

We use only the minimal storage needed to run the site (for example, to remember your display preferences and to help prevent duplicate signing). We do not use advertising cookies.

Your rights and contact

You can ask us what personal data we hold about you and ask us to correct or delete it, or raise any concern about how your data is handled, by emailing our contact form. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ico.org.uk).