PRIVACY POLICY
Last updated: 1 October 2026
Great Park Gazette respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information of people who visit and interact with our website.
Great Park Gazette is a community information website brought to you by the Great Park Residents Group, providing local news, information, community updates and useful resources for residents of Great Park and the surrounding area.
This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect, how we use it and the rights you have in relation to your personal information.
1. WHO WE ARE
Great Park Gazette
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
For privacy enquiries or questions about how your personal information is handled, please contact:
2. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We may collect personal information when you voluntarily provide it to us.
This may include:
• Your first and last name
• Your email address
• Information contained within a message you send through our contact form
• Information you provide when contacting us directly by email
We may also receive limited technical information when you visit the website, such as:
• Your browser type
• Device information
• Pages visited
• Referring websites
• Approximate location information
• IP address
• Dates and times of visits
• How visitors interact with the website
Some of this information may be collected automatically by Squarespace, which hosts this website.
3. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
We use personal information only where there is a legitimate reason to do so.
Information submitted through the contact form or sent to us by email may be used to:
• Respond to your enquiry
• Communicate with you about a local issue or story
• Respond to information you have submitted to the Gazette
• Deal with questions, suggestions or feedback
• Administer and improve the Great Park Gazette website
• Protect the website from misuse, spam or security threats
We will not use information submitted through the contact form to send unsolicited marketing emails.
4. OUR LAWFUL BASIS FOR USING YOUR INFORMATION
Under UK data protection law, we need a lawful basis for processing personal information.
Where you contact us, we normally process your information on the basis of our legitimate interests in responding to enquiries, communicating with residents and operating Great Park Gazette as a community information service.
Where consent is specifically requested, for example for certain non-essential website cookies, we rely on your consent.
We may also process information where necessary to comply with a legal obligation.
5. CONTACT FORM AND EMAIL
When you submit the contact form on this website, the information you provide is processed through Squarespace and sent to our email address.
Our email service is provided by Fasthosts.
Please avoid sending highly sensitive or confidential personal information through the general contact form unless it is necessary for your enquiry.
6. WEBSITE HOSTING AND SQUARESPACE
This website is hosted by Squarespace.
Squarespace may process information about visitors in order to securely provide the website, operate website functionality, prevent fraud and abuse, and provide website analytics.
Squarespace may process information using infrastructure located outside the United Kingdom. Where personal information is transferred internationally, the relevant service provider is responsible for implementing appropriate safeguards in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
7. ANALYTICS
We may use Squarespace Analytics to help us understand how visitors use the website.
Analytics information can include details such as:
• Pages viewed
• Traffic sources
• Device and browser information
• General visitor activity
• Approximate geographic information
We use this information to understand which parts of the website are useful to residents and to improve the information and services we provide.
Where consent is required for non-essential analytics cookies, these should only be used after you have made your choice through the website's cookie banner.
8. COOKIES
This website uses cookies and similar technologies.
Some cookies are necessary for the website to function correctly and securely.
Other cookies, including certain analytics cookies, may be optional. Where required, visitors will be given the opportunity to accept or reject non-essential cookies through our cookie consent banner.
You can change your cookie preferences using the cookie controls provided on the website.
Further information about cookies may also be provided in our Cookie Policy.
9. SHARING YOUR INFORMATION
We do not sell or rent your personal information.
Personal information may be processed by organisations that provide services necessary to operate the website, including:
• Squarespace – website hosting, website functionality and analytics
• Fasthosts – email hosting
We may also disclose information where we are legally required to do so, or where disclosure is necessary to protect the rights, safety or security of individuals or the website.
10. HOW LONG WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION
We will not keep personal information for longer than reasonably necessary.
Routine enquiries and correspondence will normally be retained for no longer than 12 months after the matter has been concluded, unless there is a legitimate reason to retain the information for longer.
Information may be retained for a longer period where:
• An enquiry or issue remains ongoing
• The information forms part of an ongoing community matter
• We are required to retain it for legal or regulatory reasons
• It is necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal rights
Information that is no longer required will be deleted or securely disposed of where reasonably practicable.
11. YOUR DATA PROTECTION RIGHTS
Depending on the circumstances, UK data protection law may give you rights including the right to:
• Ask what personal information we hold about you
• Request a copy of your personal information
• Ask us to correct inaccurate information
• Ask us to delete your information
• Ask us to restrict how your information is used
• Object to certain uses of your information
• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
• Request the transfer of certain information where applicable
To exercise any of these rights, contact:
We may need to verify your identity before responding to certain requests.
12. COMPLAINTS
If you have concerns about how we have handled your personal information, please contact us first so that we can try to resolve the issue.
You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's independent data protection regulator.
Further information about your rights and how to make a complaint is available through the ICO website.
13. EXTERNAL LINKS AND SOCIAL MEDIA
Great Park Gazette may contain links to external websites and social media platforms, including Facebook and X.
When you follow an external link, you leave the Great Park Gazette website. The privacy practices of those websites are controlled by their respective operators and are not covered by this Privacy Policy.
The Great Park Residents Group on Facebook is also hosted on Meta's platform and use of Facebook is subject to Meta's own privacy policies and terms.
14. SECURITY
We take reasonable steps to protect personal information from unauthorised access, loss, misuse or disclosure.
However, no method of transmitting information over the internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
15. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the website, the services we use or applicable data protection requirements.
The latest version will always be published on this page and the date at the top of the policy will be updated.
16. CONTACT US
For questions about this Privacy Policy or how Great Park Gazette handles personal information, contact:
Great Park Gazette
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom