Privacy Policy

This is the privacy notice for www.goodbusinessmatters.org (“Site”). The Site and its services are operated by Corporate Justice Coalition (“we”, “us” and “our”).

The protection and security of your personal data are important to Corporate Justice Coalition. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to describe how we deal with any personal data that you to provide to us while visiting this Site or via other means, for example, submitting a contact form.   

1.     Who we are

Corporate Justice Coalition is a Charitable Company registered with the Charities Commission of England and Wales, with registration number 1179102. The charity is managed by the charity trustees. Details of the charity and its trustees can be found on the Charity Commission website at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/charity-commission.

Our registered office is at Unit G.6, The Foundry, 17-19 Oval Way, London, SE11 5RR.

2.     Legal basis for collecting your data

The legal basis for Corporate Justice Coalition to process your personal information process depends upon the circumstances in which we collect and use this data. In most cases our processing of your personal information will fall into one of the following categories:

  • Legitimate interests: in relying on this exemption we will determine how to process your data in a way that fits with Corporate Justice Coalition’s legitimate interests and yet is proportionate in relation to any privacy issues

  • Consent: where you have agreed that your personal data may be used for a particular purpose or purposes such a filling out a contact form or cookies.

The Site may, from time to time, contain links to external sites.  We are not responsible for the privacy policies or the content of such sites.

3.    Collection of your personal information

When you fill in the contact form or sign the pledge, you may need to give us your name and email address. You may additionally provide us with personal information in your message or provide us with your position. You are under no obligation to provide any such information.  However, if you choose to withhold requested information, we may not be able to provide you with certain services, e.g., answering your queries.

When you visit the Site, we may automatically collect additional information about you, such as the type of internet browser you use, any website from which you have come to the Site and your IP address (the unique address which identifies your computer on the internet) which is automatically recognised by our web server. This information is only used to assist us in providing an effective service on the Site and to collect broad demographic information for aggregate use. You can object to the usage of non-essential cookies. You will find more information about our cookie policy below.

4.     Usage of your information

We will use the information you provide to:

  • correspond with you, where you have provided us with your email address and consent

  • keep a record of our relationship by recording, for example, any events you have attended, emails we have sent you and any forms you have filled out on our Site. We may also keep a record of your interests, so that we contact you with information about the most relevant campaigns

  • analyse users’ demographics and Site usage on an aggregate level

  • improve the layout and/or content of the pages of the Site and customise them for users

  • audit the downloading of data from the Site

We may use other publicly available information to ensure that we hold relevant information about you.

We may also collect and process any personal information you provide to us in order to comply with laws or regulations. 

5.     Disclosure of information

We do not sell your details to anyone.

We may disclose whether you have signed the pledge on our website to the public.

We may disclose aggregate statistics about visitors to the Site in order to describe our services to prospective partners and other reputable third parties and for other lawful purposes.

We may disclose your personal information to our service providers that we engage to provide services for use. Where we provide your personal data to third party services providers, they are required to keep your personal data confidential and secure, and must only use your personal data as instructed by us. 

We may also disclose your personal data where required to respond to authorised requests from government authorities or where required by law. 

6.     Security and storage of information

The security and storage of your personal data is important to us. We will take all reasonable steps (including appropriate technical and organisational measures) to ensure your personal data is processed securely to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of your personal data in accordance with this Data Usage Policy.  

The nature of the internet is such that we cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us via the internet, and any transmission is at your own risk.  

7.     Transfers outside of the European Economic Area  

We do not intend to transfer your personal data outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). However, your personal data may be processed by service providers (e.g. email processing systems) operating outside the EEA. Where your personal data is transferred outside the EEA, we will ensure that all transfers are compliant with applicable data protection laws. 

Please contact us at info@goodbusinessmatters.org if you would like further information on the specific mechanism used by us when transferring your personal data out of the EEA. 

8.     Cookies

Our Site, like almost all websites, uses cookies to help provide you with the best experience.

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.  

We use cookies to compile statistical data on the use of our Site and its functioning; to make it easier for users to navigate through the website and to allow you to share our web pages through social media platforms.

(a)  Cookie settings

When you first visit our website you will see a banner asking you to either accept or decline cookies. Once you accept or decline, you won’t see the banner again for 30 days, unless you clear your cookies. By declining the usage of cookies, you decline the usage of non-essential cookies. You cannot decline the usage of essential cookies on our Site but you can do so through your browser settings.

Functional/Essential cookies: These cookies are needed to ensure the correct functioning of the Site. You can choose to block these via your browser settings, but this may negatively impact your use of the site. Useful information about cookies and how to control them on a wide variety of browsers can be found at www.aboutcookies.org

Non-essential cookies: We use non-essential cookies to analyse visitor data on an aggregated level and improve the effectiveness of our Site.

(b)  Functional/Essential cookies used

  • algoliasearch-client-js: Adds auto-populated suggestions to address fields in Scheduling to help clients complete forms faster; provided by Squarespace; expiry: Persistent

  • squarespace-announcement-bar: Prevents the announcement bar from displaying if a visitor dismisses it; provided by Squarespace; expiry: Persistent

  • squarespace-announcement-bar: Prevents the promotional pop-up from displaying if a visitor dismises it; provided by Squarespace; expiry: Persistent

  • squarespace-video-player-options: Remembers video player selected preferences ( volume, playback speed, and quality) for videos uploaded directly to the Site; provided by Squarespace; expiry: Persistent

  • ss_cookieAllowed: Remembers if a visitor agreed to placing analytics cookies on their browser if a site is restricting the placement of cookies; provided by Squarespace; expiry: 30 days

  • Test: Investigates if the browser supports cookies and prevents errors; provided by Squarespace; expiry: Session

  • TZ: Enables an event appointment to display correctly based on time zone preferences; provided by Squarespace; expiry: Persistent

(c)   Non-essential cookies used

  • Ss_cid: Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site; provided by Squarespace; expiry: 2 years

  • ss_cpvisit: Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site; provided by Squarespace; expiry: 2 years

  • ss_cvisit: Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site; provided by Squarespace; expiry: 30 minutes

  • ss_cvr: Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site; provided by Squarespace; expiry: 2 years

  • ss_cvt: Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site; provided by Squarespace; expiry: 30 minutes

(d)  Third-party cookies

Facebook and Twitter cookies are examples of ‘third party’ cookies on our site. If you click a function on our website that is associated with these parties (e.g. to share or tweet a piece of information), they will place cookies on your computer.

We may embed videos on our site using Vimeo and YouTube, which set cookies on your computer once you click on the video or audio player.

Corporate Justice Coalition does not govern the publication of third-party cookies. Please visit the relevant third parties’ website if you want to understand more about these cookies, such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Vimeo or Soundcloud.

9.  Data retention

We will retain information about you for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for. This includes the purposes of meeting 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.  

10.  Your rights

You may have the right to request access to your personal data, to have it rectified or erased, to object to its processing or to have access to it restricted. You may also have the right to receive a copy of your personal data in a machine-readable format, the right to not to be subject to any decision that significantly affects you being taken solely by automated processing, including profiling. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office.  

If you wish to exercise your rights under applicable laws, please contact us directly using the contact details below. We will process any request in line with applicable laws and our policies and procedures.  

11. Contact us

If you have any questions about the processing of your personal data by Corporate Justice Coalition, please contact us at info@goodbusinessmatters.org. If you contact us, we will do our utmost best to address any concerns you may have about our processing of your personal data.  

12. Changes to this Privacy Policy 

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We encourage visitors to check back frequently to see any updates or changes to this Privacy Policy.  

This policy was last updated on: 6. March 2023