Privacy & Cookie policy

Restart a Heart Live is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy & Cookie Policy explains how we collect, use and protect personal information when you visit this website, register for Restart a Heart Live, complete our forms, access resources, watch our content or contact us.

For the purposes of this policy, “we”, “us” and “our” means Resuscitation Research Group.

Contact details:
Resuscitation Research Group
Usher Institute CPHS
The University of Edinburgh
5–7 Little France Road
Edinburgh BioQuarter
EH16 4UX

1. What information we collect

We only collect the minimum personal information we need to run the website and Restart a Heart Live activities.

Depending on how you use the website, we may collect:

  • your name;

  • your email address;

  • your organisation, school, group or role, if provided;

  • your postcode, town, region or country;

  • information about how many people are taking part;

  • your answers to feedback or evaluation questions;

  • any message you send us through a form or by email;

  • technical information about your visit, such as IP address, browser type, device type, pages visited and cookie preferences.

We do not intentionally collect special category data, such as health information, through this website. Please do not include sensitive personal information in free-text form fields unless it is necessary.

2. How we collect information

We may collect information when you:

  • visit this website;

  • register your interest in Restart a Heart Live;

  • complete a download, participation or feedback form;

  • request or download a certificate or resource;

  • contact us;

  • click links to external services, such as YouTube, social media platforms or partner websites.

3. How we use your information

We may use your personal information to:

  • provide information about Restart a Heart Live;

  • send joining links, updates or resources where you have requested them;

  • understand how many people, schools, groups or organisations are taking part;

  • evaluate the reach and impact of Restart a Heart Live;

  • improve future events and resources;

  • respond to your enquiries;

  • maintain the security and basic operation of the website;

  • comply with legal or regulatory obligations.

4. Our lawful basis for using your information

Under UK data protection law, we must have a lawful basis for using your personal information. Depending on the situation, we rely on:

Consent
Where you choose to sign up for updates, submit a form, agree to non-essential cookies, or otherwise clearly agree that we may use your information for a specific purpose.

Legitimate interests
Where we use limited information to run and improve Restart a Heart Live, understand participation, respond to enquiries, keep the website secure and evaluate the impact of the event. We only do this where our interests are not overridden by your rights and freedoms.

Public task / task in the public interest
Where applicable to activities carried out by or with public sector, NHS, university or public health partners.

Legal obligation
Where we need to keep or share information to comply with the law.

5. Who we share information with

We do not sell your personal information.

We may share information with:

  • Restart a Heart Live partners where needed to deliver, evaluate or support the event;

  • service providers who help us operate the website, forms, email communications, video content, analytics or file downloads;

  • professional advisers or regulators where legally required;

  • law enforcement or public authorities where required by law.

Where we use third-party service providers, they may only use personal information as instructed and for the purposes of providing their services to us.

6. Third-party websites and services

This website may link to external websites and platforms, including YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Resuscitation Council UK and partner websites. Those third parties have their own privacy and cookie policies.

This policy only applies to this website and our use of personal information. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites.

7. How long we keep your information

We keep personal information only for as long as necessary for the purpose it was collected.

As a guide:

  • enquiry information is usually kept only while we deal with your enquiry and for a reasonable period afterwards;

  • registration and participation information may be kept for evaluation, reporting and planning future Restart a Heart Live activity;

  • feedback information may be kept in anonymised or aggregated form for reporting and improvement;

  • cookie consent records are kept for the period set by the relevant cookie tool;

  • information required for legal, audit or safeguarding reasons may be kept for longer where necessary.

Where possible, we use anonymised or aggregated information for reporting, so individuals cannot be identified.

8. Children and young people

Restart a Heart Live is suitable for school-age children and adults. If you are under 16, please ask a parent, guardian, teacher or responsible adult before providing personal information through this website.

Schools, teachers, parents and group leaders should avoid submitting children’s personal information unless it is necessary.

9. International transfers

Some of our website, form, email, video, analytics or cloud service providers may process information outside the UK. Where this happens, we will take reasonable steps to ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as UK-approved contractual protections or adequacy arrangements.

10. Security

We take reasonable steps to protect personal information from loss, misuse, unauthorised access, disclosure or alteration.

However, no website or internet transmission is completely secure. Please take care when sending information online and avoid including unnecessary sensitive information in forms or emails.

11. 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 necessary 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 website, as described below, only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. This website uses analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.

Strictly necessary cookies

These are needed for the website to work properly, keep it secure, remember cookie choices or enable basic website functions. They cannot usually be switched off through our website.

Analytics cookies

If enabled, analytics cookies help us understand how people use the website, such as which pages are visited and how visitors find us. We use this information to improve the website and future events.

Analytics cookies should only be used where you have given consent, unless an exemption applies.

Third-party cookies

Some pages may include content or links from third parties, such as YouTube or social media platforms. These third parties may set their own cookies when you interact with their services.

We do not control third-party cookies. Please check the privacy and cookie policies of the relevant third-party platforms.

12. Managing cookies

When you first visit the website, you may be asked to accept or reject non-essential cookies.

You can also manage cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies. Blocking some cookies may affect how the website works.