Gosforth Amateur Dramatic Society

As a “small club”, Gosforth Amateur Dramatic Society is not required to register under the Data Protection Act. It is, nevertheless expected to comply with the principles underlying the Act. To this end, the Society undertakes to hold on its computers only that data necessary for normal day-to-day administration of the Society - ie, the names, contact information and membership grades of our members and patrons.

Under the 1998 revision to the Act, photographs of people whose identities are clearly recognisable are regarded as containing personal data and therefore fall under the provisions of the Act. The Society undertakes that, as from June 2002, when it became aware of the 1998 revision, no recognisable photograph of any member or patron of the Society will be published on the internet or in any of the Society’s printed publications without the permission of the member or patron concerned. It further undertakes not to publish the photograph of any child under the age of 16 without the written permission of his/her parent or guardian. Where a photograph of a child under 16 is published, the Society undertakes not to publish his/her name or to otherwise identify him/her.

The Society undertakes to remove from its web site(s) any specific photograph displayed thereon, at the request of any member or patron appearing therein, or of the parent or guardian of any child under 16 years of age appearing therein. We will do this even if the subject of the photograph is not, in our opinion, recognisable and even if permission has previously been obtained.