Website Privacy Policy
North Meols Library Association
Registered charity number 1162565
Registered in England and Wales
Website: cornerstonelibrary.org
About this policy
This Privacy Policy explains how North Meols Library Association (“we”, “us”) handles personal information collected through the Cornerstone Library website.
It covers this website only and should be read alongside the Cookie Policy also available on this site.
North Meols Library Association also has a wider Data Protection Policy, which explains how the charity handles personal information in relation to library members, volunteers, fundraising records, data handling procedures and retention. This website Privacy Policy is narrower in scope and deals specifically with personal information collected through this website.
We are the data controller for personal information collected through this website. This policy reflects our obligations under the UK General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018.
What information we collect and why
Contact enquiries
When you use the contact form on this website, or send an email directly to one of our published email addresses, we receive the information you choose to provide. This will typically include your name, email address, and the content of your message.
We use this information solely to respond to your enquiry.
We do not store contact form submissions in our website database. Emails are held in our inbox for as long as needed to handle your enquiry and are not shared with third parties unless this is necessary to respond properly, required by law, or you have asked us to do so.
We do not use contact details submitted through website enquiries to send newsletters, event invitations, fundraising messages or other marketing communications unless you have separately agreed to receive them, or another lawful basis clearly applies under relevant UK rules.
The legal basis for processing this information is legitimate interests, specifically our interest in being able to respond to people who contact us, balanced against the reasonable expectation that a message sent to us will be read and replied to.
Website analytics
We use Plausible Analytics to understand general patterns of website use, such as which pages are visited and how visitors find the site.
Plausible does not use cookies, does not track individuals across websites, and does not collect personal data in the way conventional analytics tools do. The information is aggregated and used solely to help us understand and improve this website. It is not shared with any third party for their own purposes.
If you would prefer not to be included in Plausible’s aggregate data, you can opt out by enabling the Do Not Track setting in your browser. We will honour that preference.
Third-party services on this website
Some pages on this site include content served by third parties. Where this applies, those third parties may collect information about your visit in accordance with their own privacy policies. We do not control how they handle that information.
Our Cookie Policy explains how consent is managed for embedded services that may use cookies or similar technologies.
Google Maps
The Finding Us page includes embedded Google Maps content.
This map is blocked by our cookie consent controls unless you choose to enable the relevant category. If enabled, the map loads from Google’s servers, and Google may collect your IP address and other technical information as part of delivering the service. Google’s own privacy practices apply.
If you do not consent, the embedded map will not be available directly on the page.
YouTube
Some pages include embedded YouTube videos hosted by Google.
These videos are blocked by our cookie consent controls unless you choose to enable the relevant category. If enabled, the video content loads from YouTube’s servers, and YouTube or Google may collect your IP address and other technical information as part of delivering the service. Their own privacy practices apply.
If you do not consent, embedded videos will not be available directly on the page.
Easyfundraising
The Donations page links to Easyfundraising, an external fundraising platform.
Clicking that link takes you to their website, which is governed by their own privacy policy. We do not receive personal data from Easyfundraising simply because a visitor follows that link.
Social media
Links to our Facebook and Instagram pages appear on the website. These are outbound links only.
Clicking them takes you to those platforms, which are governed by their own privacy policies. We do not operate social media tracking or share data with those platforms through this website.
How long we keep information
Emails and enquiries are kept for as long as necessary to handle the matter they relate to.
We do not retain contact details collected through website enquiries for unrelated purposes.
Your rights
Under UK data protection law, you have rights in relation to your personal information. These may include the right to:
- ask what personal information we hold about you;
- request correction of information you believe is inaccurate;
- ask us to delete information where there is no longer a reason to keep it;
- ask us to restrict how information is used in certain circumstances;
- object to how we use your information.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us via the website.
If you have a concern about how we handle your personal information that we are unable to resolve, you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at ico.org.uk.
Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be published on this page.
Last updated: 16 May 2026
Contact us
For questions about this Privacy Policy or to exercise your data rights, please contact us via the website:
North Meols Library Association
Website: cornerstonelibrary.org