Privacy Policy

The Festival and the Competition respect your right to privacy and collect data only in accordance with Data Protection legislation and regulations. We will collect your personal data only when there is a legitimate and legal basis for doing so. Below you can read how we hold your data, why we hold it and for how long.

Who we are

Our website address is: mcoty.org and is part of the Lichfield Festival. The Lichfield Festival is a long-running and award-winning annual multi-arts Festival, established in 1982 and is a registered charity (Charity no: 512201).

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

We hold the following data for any Choirs/Groups competing in the Competition:

Contact details of main and secondary choir/group contact (email address and telephone)

Choir/Group address/main rehearsal venue

https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

We understand that looking after your data is important and we are committed to taking this responsibility seriously. If at any time you request us to alter or modify erase or access your data that is held in our system or object to our processing of your data, we will give proper consideration to your requests. If you would like to raise any issues relating to such data, please send a formal request to the Festival via our email: info@mcoty.org

In compliance with Data Protection legislation and regulations, we will respond within one month. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office – https://ico.org.uk

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. We also share anonomised data with our Analytics Provider Google Analytics.

Your contact information

We will use your data to communicate with you on all matters relating to Competition, including repertoire, programming, travel, schedule, filming/recording and publicity (pre- and post-Competition).