Privacy Policy Introduction The Royal Court Theatre is committed to protecting the privacy of those who use our services, to being transparent about what data we hold about you and giving you control on how we use it. The purpose of this policy is to give you a clear understanding of how we collect your personal information from you directly and from third parties, how we use it, and how we keep it secure. We are the data controller for your personal information, and we will ensure that it is used and stored in accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998) and Electronic Communications Regulations (2003) and, as of 25th May 2018, the EU General Data protection Regulation (EU 2016/679). It’s your information, we respect that and will do everything we can to maintain your trust and confidence in us. Who We Are The Royal Court Theatre (trading as The English Stage Company Limited) is the writers’ theatre. We are a leading force in world theatre for energetically cultivating writers – undiscovered, emerging and established. We want to maintain the trust and confidence of every one of our audience members, participants and supporters, as well as each visitor who uses our website. If you have an account with the Royal Court Theatre and would like to make any changes to your contact information, or how you’d like to hear from us, you can amend your account at any time by logging in here. We can also be contacted directly: On email: Data@royalcourttheatre.com By Post: Royal Court Theatre, Sloane Square, London SW1W 8AS Show more details Your rights to your personal information At any time you have the right to ask The English Stage Company to amend or to stop how it uses your personal information including for marketing purposes. Show more details How do we protect your data? We’re committed to protecting your personal information. We adopt robust and appropriate technologies and policies to protect it from unauthorized access and improper use. Show more details How we collect personal information? We collect your information when you interact with us. This includes signing up for news updates, setting up an account, booking tickets, buying a membership, making a donation, ordering an item from our online shop, booking a table for our Bar & Kitchen, taking part in a workshop, submit a script. These interactions may occur online, in person or over the phone. We also monitor how audiences use the website to help us understand how it could be improved. We only collect the information that’s necessary to carry out our business, provide the particular service you’ve requested and to keep you informed. There are occasions where you can choose to not provide us with the information we require, but this will then impact the service we are able to provide. Show more details What information do we collect directly from you? When you create an account with us, register on our website, purchase tickets online, by post or phone, book into a workshop, submit a script, we need to collect information from you in order to provide the service you are requesting. There are occasions where you can choose to not provide us with the information we require, but this will then impact the service we are able to provide. Show more details Information we obtain from third parties We may also obtain your data from third parties, such as organisations with which we enter into a co-production, service providers, social media and publically avaialble information Show more details Why do we collect this information, and what do we do with it? The main reasons we collect information are to provide a service you’ve requested, to keep you up to date with news and events, to personalise your communications, or to contact you if we need to obtain or provide additional information (e.g. cast changes, travel disruption). The information we collect about our audiences also helps us understand how we can best meet their needs. Show more details Who do we share your information with? The English Stage Company will never share, sell, rent or trade your personal information to any third parties for marketing purposes without your prior consent. We will ask for your consent to share personal information with organisations we have co-produced work with that you may have seen in our theatre or in collaboration with The English Stage Company at another venue. These requests will be specific to the individual organisation so that your consent decision is informed. We use a number of data processors in order to help us provide the services you request. These organisations are obligated to act on our instruction in relation to their use of your personal data and do not have any control over your data in their own right. We make sure anyone who provides a service for The English Stage Company enters into an agreement with us and meets our standards for data security. They will not use your data for anything other than the clearly defined purpose relating to the service that they are providing. Show more details How long do we keep your data? We will keep your information only for as long as is reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy notice and to fulfil our legal obligations. We will not keep more information than we need. Show more details Updates or Changes to the Privacy Policy and Further Information This notice was updated on 16 June 2018. It may be updated to take into account changes at the Royal Court Theatre or for example to reflect changes to regulation or legislation. Updates to this policy will be posted on this page – please check back from time to time. We may also inform you of any changes where we hold an appropriate email address for you. Show more details ROYAL COURT THEATRE Sloane Square London SW1W 8AS Registered charity number 231242 Box office: 020 7565 5000 Directions Contact FAQ Join our mailing list Jobs Privacy Policy Cookies Policy Website by substrakt Sign up to be kept up to date with news and announcements from the Royal Court. Read our Privacy Policy to learn more about how we process your data. Sign up Dismiss this notification We use cookies to offer you the best possible service. Continue browsing if that’s OK, or find out more about our policy and how to manage your cookies here. I understand