In the UK, Safeguarding means protecting peoples’ health, wellbeing and human rights, enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation or ethnic origin. You have the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect and exploitation.
We-Together recognises that many victims of sex crime are still suffering the effects of traumatic experience. In reporting their experience they will be providing highly sensitive information which will never be shared with anyone other than the police, and then only in the event that a cluster of possible sex crimes has been identified. Nobody else can access your information.
If you need advice, or if you need to report a Safeguarding concern, Safeguarding services are linked to all National Health Services (NHS) including GPs. You can also contact your local council, any educational facility or the police. You can also seek advice and help from any of the organisations listed in the WHERE CAN I FIND HELP? Section on this website.
No matter how strong you think you are, and no matter how long ago your abuse or assault happened, visiting your site and filling in your information can be distressing.
If you need help there are many organisations which may be able to offer the support you need. Details of some of these are below:
Victim Support (www.victimsupport.org.uk)
Victim Support operates a free and confidential 24/7 SupportLine and live chat service, every day of the year for victims of any type of crime.
They can be contacted on 0808 16 89 111 and by Live Chat on victimsupport.org.uk/live-chat
There are also interactive self-support guides available on mysupportspace.org.uk/MoJ
Rape Crisis (www.rapecrisis.org.uk)
The Rape Crisis National Helpline offers confidential emotional support, information and referral details on 0808 802 9999. It is available for 24 hours, every day of the year.
The website provides a live chat service as well as useful information.
The Survivors Trust (www.thesurvivorstrust.org)
The Survivors Trust provides confidential information, advice and support for women, men, young people, their parents/carers or partners. There is a chat line (limited operational hours) or you can telephone on: 08088 010818
You can also email on: info@thesurvivorstrust.org
National Male Survivor Helpline and Online Service (https://www.safeline.org.uk/contact-us)
The National Male Survivor Helpline is a confidential helpline for male victims of sexual violence and abuse. They also provide emotional support via telephone, SMS (text), live chat and email.
Telephone: 0808 800 5005 Email: support@safeline.org.uk Text: 07860 065187
The website has a live chat service and details on specific opening hours.
Galop – for members of the LGBT+ community (Galop).
If you are a member of the LGBT+ community and experienced sexual assault, abuse, or violence, Galop runs a specialist helpline.
Telephone: 0800 999 5428
Email: help@galop.org.uk
More information including opening hours can be found on the website.
NAPAC (National Association for People Abused in Childhood)( NPAC website)
NAPAC supports adult survivors of any type of childhood abuse, including sexual abuse. Information including opening hours can and resources for survivors can be found on NAPAC’s website which offers a large range of resources for survivors.
There is also a support email service (support@napac.org.uk) and a private and confidential helpline on 0808 801 0331
Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs)
Sexual assault referral centres – or SARCs – provide a safe space and dedicated care, through the NHS, for people who have been raped, sexually assaulted or abused and are here for everyone, regardless of when the incident happened. They are located across the country and offer specialist practical, medical and emotional support 24/7.
SARCs offer a range of services, including crisis care, medical and forensic examinations, emergency contraception and testing for sexually transmitted infections. They can also arrange access to an independent sexual violence advisor, as well as referrals to mental health support and voluntary sector sexual violence support services.
To find a SARC near you please visit the NHS website.
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WE-TOGETHER – EU & UK Privacy Notice
PRIVACY NOTICE
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Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at (“We-Together”, “we”, “us”, or “our”). We are committed to protecting personal data that concerns you, and your right to privacy.
Personal data is any information about you or relating to you from which we are able to identify you, or where you can be identified by other means available to us.
This Privacy Notice sets out the types of personal data we process, the purposes for which it is processed, and other information including your rights under the EU General Data Protection regulation (GDPR), the Data Protection Act 2018, and other applicable laws (“Data Protection Laws”). It applies to all personal data concerning individuals located in the UK or EU and processed in relation to:
In this Privacy Notice, when we say “the Services“, we mean all or any of the above.
We hope you take some time to read this Privacy Notice carefully, or at least the summary information below. It is important and will help you make an informed decision about sharing your personal data with us.
Summary Information
The following is a very short summary of the information contained in this Privacy Notice. It is provided for your ease of reference but is not intended to replace the full information which follows.
This can include your name, address and other identification details, location, IP address, data relating to your use of the Services.
Please note that it is not our custom to collect personal data of those entering details on the database. We-Together works by assembling anonymous information to establish patterns within reported events. We actively seek to avoid collecting personal data other than contact details unless strictly required.
We obtain personal data either directly from you, from you through your use of the Services, or from third parties where you provide them with personal data in connection with your use of the Services.
Where we process your information as a controller, it is for the purposes necessary for providing the Services, which consist of preparing patterns of past sexual abuse. We do not collect any personal data which we can connect to any perpetrator of sexual about or any other criminal offence.
We only share information with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with the Services, to protect your rights, or to fulfil compliance or official best-practice obligations.
Our websites use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect and store your information with your consent.
None of your personal data will be transferred outside the UK. Your information will be kept secure and your rights and freedoms protected.
We only keep your personal data as long as you give your consent, or for as long as we have another lawful reason to process your personal data.
We protect your personal data through the application of various organisational and technical security measures.
You have a number of rights under the Data Protection Laws, including the right to access your personal data, to withdraw your consent, or to object to further processing.
Major updates to this Privacy Notice will be provided to you by email, through the mobile app, or by notice on the website. Minor updates will be made by updating this Privacy Notice online.
If you have any questions or concerns about our notice, or our practices with regards to your personal data, please contact us at
We may process data about your use of the Services (“Usage Data“). The Usage Data may include your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths, as well as information about the timing, frequency and pattern of your service use and inferences gained from analysing your data as far as they related to the Services. The source of the Usage Data is our analytics tracking system. This Usage Data may be processed for the purposes of analysing your use of the Services.
We may process your account data (“Account Data“). The Account Data may include your name and email address. The Account Data may be processed for the purposes of operating our website, providing the Services, ensuring the security of our website and services, maintaining back-ups of our databases and communicating with you. [Delete above as appropriate – SR]
We may process your information included in your personal profile on the Services (“Profile Data“). The Profile Data may include your name, address, telephone number, email address, profile pictures, gender, date of birth, relationship status, interests and hobbies, educational details and employment details. We may capture your visual image, likeness and voice recording (e.g., via photographs and/or video) if you visit our studios and/or showrooms, participate in live or web-based studio classes and/or call our member support or inside sales teams. We record and store member support and sales calls to train support and sales agents to help resolve member questions, for quality purposes and as required by law.
We may process your personal data that is provided during the use of the Services (“Service Data“). The Service Data may be processed for the purposes of operating our website, providing the Services, ensuring the security of our website and services, maintaining back-ups of our databases and communicating with you.
We may process personal data that you post for publication on or through the Services (“Publication Data“). The Publication Data may be processed for the purposes of enabling such publication and administering the Services.
We may process information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our email notifications and/or newsletters (“Notification Data“). The Notification Data may be processed for the purposes of sending you the relevant notifications and/or newsletters.
We may process information contained in or relating to any communication that you send to us (“Correspondence Data“). The Correspondence Data may include the communication content and metadata associated with the communication. The Services will generate the metadata associated with communications made using the Services’ contact forms. The Correspondence Data may be processed for the purposes of communicating with you and record-keeping.
We will only process Sensitive Data with your explicit consent, and never for purposes to which you have not consented.
We also process data gathered through the use of cookies (see paragraph 5.)
We may combine any of these categories of data in order to develop the Services.
Most of the personal data we process is provided to us directly by you through use of the website, and some we obtain through your use of the Services. We also may obtain personal data concerning you from third parties including:
We use personal data for a variety of “Purposes” set out in this paragraph 9. We process your personal data for these purposes in reliance on our legitimate business interests, in order to enter into or perform a contract with you, with your consent (for Sensitive Data), and/or for compliance with our legal obligations.
In each case, the lawful basis for this processing is the fulfilment of a contract with you or the pursuance of our legitimate business interest and in some cases both apply. Where another specific lawful basis applies to a type of processing or class of personal data, for instance your consent, this is indicated below.
We use the information we collect or receive:
We may need to share your personal data with third parties in the following situations:
Where your data is shared with third party providers, we will ensure that suitable legal measures are in place to ensure confidentiality and security of personal data.
We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information. Third parties may also gather data on you when using our Services (for instance through a browser). Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Notice.
No. We keep all personal data within the UK. If we need to share data with overseas crime agencies, we will obtain your consent first
We will only keep your personal data for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting or other legal requirements). In general, we will not keep your personal data for longer than 2 years after the termination of your account or stopping your use of the .
When we have no ongoing legitimate need to process your personal data, we will either delete or anonymize it, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal data has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal data and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.
We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal data we process. However, please also remember that we cannot guarantee that the internet itself is 100% secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, transmission of personal data to and from the Services is at your own risk. You should only access the services within a secure environment.
If we are relying on your consent to process your personal data, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Please note however that this will not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.
Under the Data Protection Laws you have certain specific rights relating to your personal data which are set out below.
Please note that not all these rights are absolute, and they do not apply in all circumstances. However, you are always welcome to contact us with any request relating to processing of your personal data and, even if we are not obliged by law to comply with your request, we will do everything reasonable to accommodate your wishes.
If you think we have not complied with the requirements of the law as it applies to your personal data, you have a right to lodge a complaint with any data protection supervisory authority. The Supervisory Authority in the UK is the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO): casework@ico.org.uk or 0303 123 1113 / +44 1625 545 700; www.ico.org.uk.[1]
You can find details EU Supervisory Authorities here: https://ec.europa.eu/justice/article-29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index_en.htm.
If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may email us at info@we-together.co.uk
We may update this privacy notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Revised” date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes on the website or by sending you a notification through the mobile app. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently to be informed of how we are processing and protecting your personal data.
If you have questions or comments about this policy, you may email us info@we-together.co.uk or by post to:
[Inset WeTog Postal address – SR]United Kingdom
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[1] Please note these details are subject to change outside our control, so please check online for up-to-date contact information.
