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Privacy Policy

GDPR

National Youth Theatre GDPR Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 31/10/2025

At National Youth Theatre (NYT), we are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, store, and protect your personal data in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

1. Who We Are

National Youth Theatre of Great Britain is a registered charity (No. 306075/SCO43665) and a company registered in England (No. 00699114). Our registered address is:

National Youth Theatre

443-445 Holloway Road

London, N7 6LW

Email: info@nyt.org.uk

Phone: 020 3696 7066

We are registered as a Data Controller with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

2. What Data We Collect

We may collect and process the following types of personal data:

  • Contact Information: Name, address, email address, phone number.

  • Demographic Information: Date of birth, gender, ethnicity, and other relevant details.

  • Communication Data: Records of correspondence, including emails and messages.

  • Usage Data: Information about how you use our website and services, including IP address, browser type, and device information.

  • Special Category Data: Where necessary and with your explicit consent, we may collect health information or other sensitive data to support your participation in our programmes.

3. How We Use Your Data

We process your personal data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and manage our services, programmes, and activities.

  • To communicate with you about events, workshops, and opportunities.

  • To comply with legal and regulatory obligations.

  • To improve our services and tailor our offerings.

  • To send you marketing communications (with your consent).

Our lawful bases for processing your data include:

  • Your consent.

  • Performance of a contract.

  • Compliance with legal obligations.

  • Legitimate interests (e.g., improving our services).

4. Data Sharing and Transfers

We do not sell, rent, or lease your personal data. We may share your data with trusted third parties, such as:

  • Service providers who support our operations.

  • Legal or regulatory authorities when required.

  • Partners involved in delivering our services.

Where data is transferred outside the UK or European Economic Area (EEA), we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as Standard Contractual Clauses.

5. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your data, including:

  • Secure servers and encrypted communications.

  • Access controls and staff training.

  • Regular reviews of our data protection practices.

6. Data Retention

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected or as required by law. When no longer needed, data is securely deleted or anonymised.

7. Your Rights

Under UK GDPR, you have the right to:

  • Access your personal data.

  • Rectify inaccurate or incomplete data.

  • Erase your data (subject to legal obligations).

  • Restrict processing in certain circumstances.

  • Object to processing, including for direct marketing.

  • Data Portability: receive your data in a structured, commonly used format.

To exercise your rights, contact us at info@nyt.org.uk. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the ICO: https://ico\.org\.uk/concerns

8. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies to enhance your experience on our website. These help us:

  • Recognise your device.

  • Remember your preferences.

  • Analyse site usage to improve performance.

9. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on our website, and where appropriate, notified to you by email.

We encourage you to review this page regularly to stay informed about how we protect your data.

If you have any questions or concerns about this policy or how we handle your personal data, please contact us at info@nyt.org.uk.

1. This Privacy Policy sets out how we will treat the personal information which you provide to us while using the website located at https://www.nyt.org.uk/ (“Site”) and/or the services provided from the Site (“Services”). You are deemed to accept the terms of this Privacy Policy on your first use of the Site. We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time and such changes shall be effective from the date and time the revised Privacy Policy is posted on the Site. The Site, together with all content on the Site, is owned or controlled by the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, registered in England with company number 00699114, and having its registered address 443-445 Holloway Road, London, N7 6LW. We are registered as a Data Controller with the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”)

2. To provide or offer to you our Services, it is sometimes necessary for us to collect and process certain personal information (“Data”), including some or all of the following: name, address, date of birth, gender, email addresses and/or phone numbers, IP addresses, web-browser details, operating system details, your activities on the Site, your personal preferences relating to the Services and/or other relevant information. The Data will be stored together with any additional information you may provide to us, and will be used to provide you with, and to improve, the Services. Also from time to time we and/or our trusted partners may contact you with offers that may interest you and/or to inform you of other products and services. All Data is processed by us in accordance with applicable data protection legislation and we will keep your personal information only for as long as is necessary.

3. The Data is stored on our servers or those of third-party storage service providers. We may, from time to time, expand or reduce our business which may involve the transfer of certain divisions or assets of our company to other parties, and Data, where relevant, may be transferred to such third parties. Additionally, from time to time we may transfer Data to locations outside the European Economic Area, some of which may have different data protection laws to the UK or the EU, or no data protection laws. In all such cases, we transmit such information only to entities that comply with this policy and applicable law.

4. We may use ‘cookies’ while you access the Site to avoid the need to re-enter details on different occasions. Cookies are also used to collect general usage and volume statistical information. We may use local “shared objects”, also known as “Flash” cookies. Examples of other reasons include:

- enabling us to recognise your device so that you don't have to give the same information to us several times;
- recognising that you may already have given a username and/or password; and/or,
- measuring how you are using the Site, to make the Site easier to use and to ensure sufficient capacity for quick delivery.
A “cookie” is a small amount of data sent from the server and stored on your computer's hard drive. Most web browsers are automatically set up to accept cookies, but you can set your browser to refuse cookies or ask your browser to show you where a cookie has been set up. These settings will typically be found in the 'options' or 'preferences' menu of your browser. Please note that we do not recommend turning cookies off when using the Site as this may prevent you from using certain aspects of the Site.

5. Please note you have the right to request access to and rectification or erasure of Data or to object to or request the restriction of processing of your Data. Information about concerns or complaints may be made to the Information Commissioners Office in the UK via https://ico.org.uk/concerns. If you have any questions or if you do not want us to retain or use your personal information, you may withdraw your consent (i.e. “opt out”), by contacting us at info@nyt.org.uk