Information we hold

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Mailchimp

We collect email addresses from Members – people who offer them via a subscription form. No other details are collected. These addresses are stored in a MailChimp database which we do not administer and are used only to transmit occasional newsletters to those interested parties. Each of those messages carries an opt-out link for deletion of the email address.

Volunteers

For our Museum Volunteers we keep contact details (name, address, telephone and email details) plus the list of interests and skills provided by the volunteer. We record their starting date as volunteers as well. Volunteers registration forms have no expiry date, so their paper forms and database entries are kept for the term of their volunteer service. Volunteers may become Members of Sheringham Museum Trust and if they do, that status is recorded in our database.

Pre-digital records

No paper records now exist for our few remaining Life Friends but they have supplied statements authorising the museum to contact them via email or their postal addresses. These statements do not contain any contact information – that is held in our database. The statements are held in the Manager’s office, which is always locked in the Manager’s absence.