Do You Know Who Can See Your Data on the Alert System?

Wednesday, 10 February 2021 19:19

VISAV Limited want to keep you updated as part of their ongoing commitment under General Data Protection Guidance (GDPR) to ensure that you understand the basics regarding your membership of the Neighbourhood Alert system.

You may recall me writing to you at Christmas and I’d like to start by thanking the 210 members who took the time to thank me for my message and wish all of my team well. Your messages were joyous to read and I am sorry that I haven’t had the time to personally respond to them all.

As I mentioned in my Christmas message, we want to keep you updated as part of our ongoing commitment under General Data protection Guidance (GDPR) to ensure that you understand the basics regarding your membership of the Neighbourhood Alert system. And the first of these messages is key:
Do you know who can see your data on the Alert system?

VISAV Limited built and owns Neighbourhood Alert, the highly secure communication system that powers http://cheshirefireandrescue.neighbourhoodalert.co.uk.  The organisations listed below are licenced Information Providers from whom you have opted to receive messages.

Action Fraud (NFIB)

Fire & Rescue Service

Local Authority

Membership Messages

Neighbourhood Watch

Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner

The Police

Trading Standards

Click if you would like to update your Information Providers or find out how they are governed.

VISAV is a small British company based in the heart of Sherwood, Nottingham.  We built the original Alert system 11 years ago and it is now the largest police community messaging system in the UK, trusted by the 24 police forces and many other public bodies that send messages to our 920,000+ subscribers.

Our excellent customer service is important to us. Our support team respond to over 700 enquiries a month from members of the system with their questions.  We deliver up to 10 million messages a month on behalf of over 8,000 police and other administrators.

To find out more about VISAV, visit our website, www.visav.co.uk and If you have any questions or even wish to unsubscribe please click to take a look at our help centre for guidance. If you can’t find what you are looking for then contact our team. Our details are on our website.

Message Sent By:
Sue Sambells (VISAV Limited, Administrator, Global).

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