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Privacy Policy

Trans Matters Worldwide Privacy Policy

We hold personal data about our employees, clients, suppliers, sales prospects and other individuals for a variety of business purposes.

This policy sets out how we seek to protect personal data and ensure that staff understand the rules governing their use of personal data to which they have access in the course of their work. In particular, this policy requires staff to ensure that the Data Protection Officer (DPO) be consulted before any significant new data processing activity is initiated to ensure that relevant compliance steps are addressed.

Definitions

Business purposes

The purposes for which personal data may be used by us:

Personnel, administrative, financial, regulatory, payroll, research and business development purposes.

Business purposes include the following:

– Compliance with our legal, regulatory and corporate governance obligations and good practice

– Gathering information as part of investigations by regulatory bodies or in connection with legal proceedings or requests

– Ensuring business policies are adhered to (such as policies covering email and internet use)

– Operational reasons, such as recording transactions, training and quality control, ensuring the confidentiality of commercially sensitive information, security vetting, credit scoring and checking

– Investigating complaints

– Checking references, ensuring safe working practices, monitoring and managing staff access to systems and facilities and staff absences, administration and assessments

– Monitoring staff conduct, disciplinary matters

– Marketing or business development activities of our business

– Improving services

Personal data

Information relating to identifiable individuals, such as job applicants, current and former employees, agency, contract and other staff, clients, suppliers and, business development and marketing contacts.

Personal data we gather may include: individuals’ contact details, address, email, telephone numbers, address and postcode, educational background, financial and pay details, details of certificates and diplomas, education and skills, marital status, nationality, job title, and CV.

Sensitive personal data

Personal data about an individual’s racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or similar beliefs, trade union membership (or non-membership), physical or mental health or condition, criminal offences, or related proceedings—any use of sensitive personal data should be strictly controlled in accordance with this policy.

Scope

This policy applies to all staff, customers and website visitors of Trans Matters Worldwide and all of its related brands. The London Transgender Meetup Group. You must be familiar with this policy and comply with its terms.

This policy supplements our other policies relating to internet and email use. We may supplement or amend this policy by additional policies and guidelines from time to time. Any new or modified policy will be circulated to staff before being adopted.

Who is responsible for this policy?

As our Data Protection Officer, [Ray Lavery] has overall responsibility for the day-to-day implementation of this policy.

Our procedures

Fair and lawful processing

We must process personal data fairly and lawfully in accordance with individuals’ rights. This generally means that we should not process personal data unless the individual whose details we are processing has consented to this happening.

The Data Protection Officer’s responsibilities:

Keeping the board updated about data protection responsibilities, risks and issues
Reviewing all data protection procedures and policies on a regular basis
Arranging data protection training and advice for all staff members and those included in this policy
Answering questions on data protection from staff, board members and other stakeholders
Responding to individuals such as clients and employees who wish to know which data is being held on them by Trans Matters Worldwide.
Checking and approving with third parties that handle the company’s data any contracts or agreement regarding data processing

Responsibilities of the IT Manager

Ensure all systems, services, software and equipment meet acceptable security standards
Checking and scanning security hardware and software regularly to ensure it is functioning properly
Researching third-party services, such as cloud services the company is considering using to store or process data

Responsibilities of the Marketing Manager

Approving data protection statements attached to emails and other marketing copy
Addressing data protection queries from clients, target audiences or media outlets
Coordinating with the DPO to ensure all marketing initiatives adhere to data protection laws and the company’s Data Protection Policy

The processing of all data must be:

Necessary to deliver our services
In our legitimate interests and not unduly prejudice the individual’s privacy
In most cases this provision will apply to routine business data processing activities.

Our Terms of Business contains a Privacy Notice to clients on data protection.

The notice:

Sets out the purposes for which we hold personal data on customers and employees
Highlights that our work may require us to give information to third parties such as expert witnesses and other professional advisers
Provides that customers have a right of access to the personal data that we hold about them

Sensitive personal data

In most cases where we process sensitive personal data we will require the data subject’s explicit consent to do this unless exceptional circumstances apply, or we are required to do this by law (e.g. to comply with legal obligations to ensure health and safety at work). Any such consent will need to clearly identify what the relevant data is, why it is being processed and to whom it will be disclosed.

Accuracy and relevance

We will ensure that any personal data we process is accurate, adequate, relevant and not excessive, given the purpose for which it was obtained. We will not process personal data obtained for one purpose for any unconnected purpose unless the individual concerned has agreed to this or would otherwise reasonably expect this.

Individuals may ask that we correct inaccurate personal data relating to them. If you believe that information is inaccurate you should record the fact that the accuracy of the information is disputed and inform the DPO, Ray Lavery.

Your personal data

You must take reasonable steps to ensure that personal data we hold about you is accurate and updated as required. For example, if your personal circumstances change, please inform the Data Protection Officer so that they can update your records.

Data security

You must keep personal data secure against loss or misuse. Where other organisations process personal data as a service on our behalf, the DPO will establish what, if any, additional specific data security arrangements need to be implemented in contracts with those third party organisations.

Storing data securely

In cases when data is stored on printed paper, it should be kept in a secure place where unauthorised personnel cannot access it
Printed data should be shredded when it is no longer needed
Data stored on a computer should be protected by strong passwords that are changed regularly. We encourage all staff to use a password manager to create and store their passwords.
Data stored on CDs or memory sticks must be locked away securely when they are not being used
The DPO must approve any cloud used to store data
Servers containing personal data must be kept in a secure location, away from general office space
Data should be regularly backed up in line with the company’s backup procedures
Data should never be saved directly to mobile devices such as laptops, tablets or smartphones
All servers containing sensitive data must be approved and protected by security software and strong firewall.

Data retention

We must retain personal data for no longer than is necessary. What is necessary will depend on the circumstances of each case, taking into account the reasons that the personal data was obtained, but should be determined in a manner consistent with our data retention guidelines.

Transferring data internationally

There are restrictions on international transfers of personal data. You must not transfer personal data anywhere outside the UK without first consulting the Data Protection Officer.

Subject access requests

Please note that under the Data Protection Act 1998, individuals are entitled, subject to certain exceptions, to request access to information held about them.

If you receive a subject access request, you should refer that request immediately to the DPO. We may ask you to help us comply with those requests.

Please contact the Data Protection Officer if you would like to correct or request information that we hold about you. There are also restrictions on the information to which you are entitled under applicable law.

Processing data in accordance with the individual’s rights

You should abide by any request from an individual not to use their personal data for direct marketing purposes and notify the DPO about any such request.

Do not send direct marketing material to someone electronically (e.g. via email) unless you have an existing business relationship with them in relation to the services being marketed.

Please contact the DPO for advice on direct marketing before starting any new direct marketing activity.

Training

All staff will receive training on this policy. New joiners will receive training as part of the induction process. Further training will be provided at least every two years or whenever there is a substantial change in the law or our policy and procedure.

Training is provided through an in-house seminar on a regular basis.

It will cover:

The law relating to data protection
Our data protection and related policies and procedures.

Completion of training is compulsory.

GDPR provisions

Where not specified previously in this policy, the following provisions will be in effect on or before 25 May 2018.

Privacy Notice – transparency of data protection

Being transparent and providing accessible information to individuals about how we will use their personal data is important for our organisation. The following are details on how we collect data and what we will do with it:

What information is being collected?
Who is collecting it?	The data is collected by staff members of TRANS MATTERS WORLDWIDE, partners, third party associates and co-organisers. It is also collected by other online platforms that we use such as (but not limited to) Office 365, Eventbrite, Facebook and LinkedIn and other social media platforms.
How is it collected?	The data is collected via our websites, 3^rd party event registration platforms, Eventbrite. LinkedIn, Meetup.com, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Office365, Stripe, PayPal (This is an example of our platforms and is not an exhaustive list). It is further collected in person through personal connection by any of our staff, partners, associates and 3^rd party co-organiser. We also collect data through our email, messaging services, via telephone and through other similar communication systems. We also place cookies on all our websites and further details can be found in our Cookies Policy.
Why is it being collected?	The data is being collected in order to serve our customers better. We analyse the data to better understand our customers, their demographics and understand how we can help them. It assists us in product development and training of staff. We further collect the data in order to contact individuals and organisations in order to market our services, events, offers and ensure that the data we hold is up to date.
How will it be used?	The data will be used as described above and also in accordance with our data protection and privacy policy.
Who will it be shared with?	The data will be shared with other partners and third party organisations that we are working with. We will never sell any data and only share data with partners who are working with us on a specific project. Those partners are not given access to any data for any project they are not party to.
Identity and contact details of any data controllers	IT Manager, TRANS MATTERS WORLDWIDE, contact hello@transmatters.co
Details of transfers to third country and safeguards	TRANS MATTERS WORLDWIDE is a cloud based office and all data is kept securely on platforms that fully comply with all GDPR regulations.
Retention period	The data is stored for 7 years. Any data we hold is subject to the right to forget clause and should a person opt to be removed from our database, they are removed within 48 hours (business days). Some data may be retained in the more recent back-ups.

Conditions for processing

We will ensure any use of personal data is justified using at least one of the conditions for processing and this will be specifically documented. All staff who are responsible for processing personal data will be aware of the conditions for processing. The conditions for processing will be available to data subjects in the form of a privacy notice.

Justification for personal data

We will process personal data in compliance with all six data protection principles.

We will document the additional justification for the processing of sensitive data, and will ensure any biometric and genetic data is considered sensitive.

Consent

The data that we collect is subject to active consent by the data subject. This consent can be revoked at any time.

Data Sharing.

TRANS MATTERS WORLDWIDE works with and for Government funded organisations such as Local Councils, The GLA, central government and specially chosen 3rd party partners etc. When TRANS MATTERS WORLDWIDE is contracted to provide a programme of support the data of participants of the programme are shared with the relevant council. This includes, participants’ name, email, company details, such as address and industry, personal details and sensitive data such as gender, ethnicity etc. It also includes the activity of the programme participants on the website and at our programme events. When a person signs up for the programme they are made aware that their personal details will be shared with the relevant council or 3rd party partner. They are also told that they will be registered for the mailing list of TRANS MATTERS WORLDWIDE and The London Transgender Meetup Group and that of the relevant council/partner as well. In accordance with GRDP the participant can unsubscribe from any of these listings and newsletters at any time.

Criminal record checks

Any criminal record checks are justified by law. Criminal record checks cannot be undertaken based solely on the consent of the subject.

Data portability

Upon request, a data subject should have the right to receive a copy of their data in a structured format. These requests should be processed within one month, provided there is no undue burden and it does not compromise the privacy of other individuals. A data subject may also request that their data is transferred directly to another system. This must be done for free.

Right to be forgotten

A data subject may request that any information held on them is deleted or removed, and any third parties who process or use that data must also comply with the request. An erasure request can only

be refused if an exemption applies.

Privacy by design and default

Privacy by design is an approach to projects that promote privacy and data protection compliance from the start. The DPO will be responsible for conducting Privacy Impact Assessments and ensuring that all IT projects commence with a privacy plan.

When relevant, and when it does not have a negative impact on the data subject, privacy settings will be set to the most private by default.

International data transfers

No data may be transferred outside of the EEA without first discussing it with the data protection officer. Specific consent from the data subject must be obtained prior to transferring their data outside the EEA.

Data audit and register

Regular data audits to manage and mitigate risks will inform the data register. This contains information on what data is held, where it is stored, how it is used, who is responsible and any further regulations or retention timescales that may be relevant.

Reporting breaches

All members of staff have an obligation to report actual or potential data protection compliance failures. This allows us to:

Investigate the failure and take remedial steps if necessary
Maintain a register of compliance failures
Notify the Supervisory Authority (SA) of any compliance failures that are material either in their own right or as part of a pattern of failure

Please refer to our Compliance Failure Policy for our reporting procedure.

Monitoring

Everyone must observe this policy. The DPO has overall responsibility for this policy. They will monitor it regularly to make sure it is being adhered to.

Consequences of failing to comply

We take compliance with this policy very seriously. Failure to comply puts both you and the organisation at risk.

The importance of this policy means that failure to comply with any requirement may lead to disciplinary action under our procedures which may result in dismissal. A solicitor in breach of Data Protection responsibility under the law or the Code of Conduct may be struck off.

If you have any questions or concerns about anything in this policy, do not hesitate to contact the DPO at hello@transmatters.co

Last revision May 2025

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