We are committed to protecting your personal data and respecting your privacy. This notice explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you interact with us, in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
We collect, use and are responsible for certain personal data about you. When we do so we are subject to the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. We may collect the following types of personal data:
We collect most of this personal data directly from you: in person, by email and/or via our website. However, in limited circumstances we may also collect information from third parties who you have given your consent to.
We use your data to:
We process your personal data based on:
For some business activities we may share your data with:
Use of AI Tools
We may use AI assistants such as Claude (Anthropic), Gemini (Google) and ChatGPT (OpenAI) to help committee members and club member volunteers with club administration, for example summarising event sign-ups or membership trends. We only use these tools under business agreements that include data protection terms, so the providers act as our processors and do not use club data to train their models. Some of these providers are based outside the UK, and any transfer is covered by the safeguards described below. We do not use AI tools to process health information or to make decisions about members without human review. If you have questions, or want to object to this use of your data, please contact the Chairperson.
The Club only transfers personal data outside the UK/EEA where one of the following applies:
Where data is transferred outside the UK or EEA, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place.
We retain your personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes outlined in this notice or as required by law. Once no longer needed, your data will be securely deleted or anonymized.
We implement a range of technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data, including:
While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your data, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.
You have certain rights in relation to the processing of your personal data, including to:
How to exercise your rights
You will not usually need to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request for access is clearly unfounded or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with the request in such circumstances. If you wish to exercise your rights, please contact us.
For any queries about your personal data or to exercise your rights, please contact our Chairperson.
If you are not satisfied with our response, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
For further information on how we protect your personal data, and to learn more about your rights under GDPR, please refer to our full Data Protection Policy available on our website here.
Last updated: October 2026
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