Privacy policy.

This privacy policy explains how personal information is collected and used by the UK Black Comms Network (“UKBCN”). This policy applies to visitors and users of Uk Black Comms Network website, and subscribers to our mailing list.

About us

  • Our site address is www.blackcommsnetwork.co.uk

  • Our company name is UK Black Comms Network Ltd

  • Our registered address is 71-75 Shelton Street Covent Garden London WC2H 9JQ

  • Our nominated representative is our Memberships and Commercial Director who can be reached at weare@blackcommsnetwork.co.uk

Our website host

This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal data when you visit this website, including:

  • Information about your browser, network and device

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • Your IP address

Squarespace needs the data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. Squarespace analyses the data in a de-personalized form.

Visitors to our website

This website collects personal data to power our site analytics, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, and device

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • Your IP address

  • This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:

  • Clicks

  • Internal links

  • Pages visited

  • Scrolling

  • Searches

  • Timestamps

We share this information with Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity. In addition www.blackcommsnetwork.co.uk uses a third party service, Google Analytics, to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. 

We do this to find out various information such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. This information is only processed in a way which does not identify anyone. We do not make, and do not allow Google to make, any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website. You can find more information on how cookies are used on this website in the Use of Cookies Policy below.

If we do want to collect personally identifiable information through our website, i.e. subscribing to our mailing list, we will be up front about this. We will make it clear when we collect personal information and will explain what we intend to do with it.

Cookies

This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses. These functional and required cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.

These analytics and performance cookies are used on this site, as described below, only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. We use analytics cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.

Subscribing to our mailing list

As part of the subscription process for our mailing list, we collect the following personal information: 

  • Your name

  • Your ethnicity

  • Your email address

This is the only information we require to keep you updated about UKBCN news and events.

By subscribing to the UKBCN mailing list you will receive monthly newsletters featuring news and information about our network and events. From time to time we will also send separate emails about the events we organise to help support, empower and enable Black PR and communications professionals to level up  in the communications industry.

Donating to the UKBCN Give Black Fund

As part of the requirements to make a donation, we collect the following personal information: 

  • Your name

  • Your address

  • Your email address and your phone number.

This information is kept on the Squarespace website and on a secure drive.

Other websites

This privacy notice does not cover the links within this site linking to other websites. Those sites are not governed by this Privacy Policy, and if you have questions about how a site uses your information, you’ll need to check that site’s privacy statement.

Access to your personal information

You are entitled to access the personal information that we hold. Email your request to weare@blackcommsnetwork.co.uk

Changes to this privacy notice

We keep our privacy notice under regular review. This privacy notice was last updated on 11th August 2020.