Privacy Policy

manchester jazz festival (mjf) takes the privacy of all its users very seriously. The festival strives to take great care with user information.

This Privacy Policy outlines how your personal information is collected, used and treated as part of the terms and conditions of this site.

mjf may at any time change this policy by publishing a new version on the website. You accept that by doing this, mjf has provided you with sufficient notice of the change.

Privacy

The festival may collect certain specific personal information from our website, telephone calls and written correspondence, to provide our users with an individually tailored range of services.

Data Protection

We operate and are registered as the manchester jazz festival in accordance with current data protection legislation.

The information we collect

What personal information is collected?

We may, for example, keep a record of your name, mailing address, home telephone number, mobile telephone number, e-mail address and preferences.

What do we do with your personal information?

We may use your personal information to inform you about forthcoming festival events, news and offers which may be of interest to you. You will receive information in the format(s) that you have requested, e.g. direct mail, e-newsletters and alerts, SMS alerts.

We may also use your personal information to communicate with you, for record keeping purposes, and in aggregate (and therefore anonymously) for market research purposes, to track activity on our website, to publish trends or to improve usefulness and content. If you have requested we may also contact you to participate in general market research activity regarding the festival via telephone, e-mail or face-to-face.

Use and disclosure of personal information

Your personal information will not be disclosed to third parties.

All reasonable steps are taken to ensure all information is accurate, complete and up to date.

Unless you have given us your express permission to do so, we will not sell, distribute or disclose your information to third parties, including sponsors.

Accessing and updating your personal information

A request for access to your personal information must be in writing addressed to the Head of Marketing at The Manchester International Festival Ltd. We will endeavour to grant access within 45 days.

Security of your personal information

We take reasonable steps to protect all of your personal information we hold from misuse and loss and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. This protection applies in relation to information stored in both electronic and hard copy form. You accept the inherent security risks of providing information over the internet.

Transfer of data

We may disclose anonymised data (which will obviously involve us processing your data to anonymise it) to trustworthy third parties.

Consent / Compliance

Your personal information will not be used for any unrelated purpose without your consent.

By disclosing your personal information to us using this website or by telephone or written correspondence, you consent to the collection, storage and processing of your personal information by mjf.

IP Addresses

Every time you connect to our website, we store web server logs which show your unique IP address. This identifies what you have looked at; whether the page request was successful or not; and which browser you used to view the pages. This data will only be used for statistical purposes and personalisation purposes only and helps to inform us about the usage of the site and how many hits we receive.

Third party links/sites

You are able to access third party sites through links on our website. Any link to a third party site is provided for your information and convenience only. mjf is not responsible for and makes no representations concerning the condition of and content of, or products offered at the third party site or their commitment to Privacy Laws. Any link from the mjf website does not indicate, expressly or impliedly, that the festival endorses the site or the products or services offered there.

If you access a third party site, it is at your own risk.

How to unsubscribe

You can unsubscribe from any or all of mjf’s services at any time, just email us with ‘Unsubscribe’ in the subject line.