Privacy and cookies policy

The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is a Public Authority, and we have a number of legal responsibilities to provide services to you.

The GMCA collect certain information or data about your when you visit www.togetherwearegm.co.uk.

Data we collect

When you visit this site we will collect the following data from you:

  • Information on how you use the site, this includes but is not limited to the resolution of your screen, the browser you use, which pages you are looking and the time you spend on the site.

This information is collected through Google Analytics. This is anonymised and IP addresses are not logged or stored to further protect your privacy.

We may also collect:

  • any information you provide to us via email or the enquiry form

This data can be viewed by authorised people in GMCA and shared with partner agencies, councils and contracted suppliers. We do this to:

  • gain analysis into the performance of our content and campaigns
  • ensure our site meets the technical needs of those accessing it
  • respond to your feedback
  • provide tools to present content from social media platforms

Cookies

Where your data is stored

Where your data is stored will depend on the service. Further information on this is available from the providers of the three systems and tools we use on this website. All of these services comply with the EU-US and Swiss-US Privacy Shield Frameworks.

Keeping your data secure

Sending information over the internet is generally not completely secure, and we can’t guarantee the security of your data while it’s in transit.

Any data you send is at your own risk

We have procedures and security features in place to keep your data secure once we receive it.

Disclosing your information

We may pass on your personal information if we have a legal obligation to do so.

We won’t share your information with any other organisations for marketing, market research or commercial purposes, and we don’t pass on your details to other websites.

Your rights

You can find out what information we hold about you (external website), and ask us not to use any of the information we collect. Email our Information and Data Governance team.