This is available as PDF file. Privacy Policy
ST ALBANS SUB-AQUA CLUB LTD
PRIVACY POLICY
CONTENTS
We are committed to respecting your privacy. This policy sets out how we may use personal information we collect before, during and after your membership with us. This policy applies to you if you have registered to become or are a member of our club, or if you have subscribed to our announcements newsletter (CyberCrud). It explains how we comply with the law on data protection, and what your rights are. For the purposes of data protection, we will be the controller of any of your personal information.
References to SASAC, The Club, we, our or us in this privacy notice are to St Albans Sub-Aqua Club Ltd registered in England No 1569822, a company limited by guarantee.
We have not appointed a Data Protection Officer to oversee our compliance with data protection laws as we are not required to do so, but the directors have overall responsibility for data protection compliance in our organisation.
You may initially provide us with or we may obtain, the following personal information about you. The table below describes the main purposes for which we process this personal information.
Personal Information | Use |
personal contact details such as name, title, email addresses and telephone numbers; | to enable us to contact you directly. This is necessary to enable us to properly manage and administer your membership contract with us. |
email address (only) | for CyberCrud (the club’s newsletter), unless unsubscribed |
date of birth; | to ascertain voting entitlements, concessionary rates and eligibility for certain courses |
gender; | for statistical purposes only |
membership start and end date; | for membership administration |
names and ages of members’ children | to enable us to properly manage family memberships |
records of your diving, snorkelling, swimming, or associated qualifications. | to ascertain eligibility or suitability for certain courses or activities, and as a service to members who may have lost their own qualification records. |
information obtained through electronic means such as key fob records; | to administer and control the club’s electronic access control system |
images in video and/or photographic form and voice recordings; | for publicity and general entertainment purposes, although consent will be requested if practicable |
details of next of kin, family members, coaches and emergency contacts, but please obtain their consent first. | for emergency use only |
any disciplinary and grievance information; | for disciplinary or grievance purposes only |
Where you have given us your consent to use your personal information in a particular manner, you have the right to withdraw this consent at any time.
However, some of your personal information we ask you for will be necessary in order to administer your membership. If you do not provide us with the requested personal information, or if you withdraw your consent to use your information, we may not be able to admit you as a member or we may have to terminate your membership.
We typically collect personal information about our members via our membership application form completed by members at the point of joining the club, or when you subscribe to our newsletter (CyberCrud).
If you are providing us with details of next of kin, family members and emergency contacts they have a right to know and to be aware of what personal information we hold about them, how we collect it and how we use and may share that information. Please share this privacy notice with those of them whom you feel are sufficiently mature to understand it. They also have the same rights as set out in the “Your rights in relation to personal information” section below.
If you are unhappy with the application form please contact us using the details below.
From time to time, but only when necessary, we may contact you by email, post or SMS with formal notices, changes to rules and regulations, health and safety information, renewal advice, or any other information that we consider necessary to send to all club members. This is a condition of membership, and it is not possible to opt out.
We share personal information with the following parties:
The personal information we collect is not transferred to or stored in countries outside of the UK and the European Union. However, data may be stored on “cloud” based systems that are GDPR compliant.
Generally, where there is no legal requirement we retain all physical and electronic records for a period of three years after your last contact with us or the end of your membership, whichever is the longer. Exceptions to this rule are:
You have the following rights in relation to your personal information:
You have the following obligations in relation to your personal information:
The club takes the following steps to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.
The club may keep records of members who hold DBS certificates. Possession of up-to-date DBS certificates is necessary for instructors to teach children or vulnerable adults.
SASAC operates its own website at www.sasac.co.uk
If you are unhappy with the website’s practices please contact the webmaster, using the contact details below.
The website records the internet protocol address of members’ computers for the purpose of analytics. This is done using Google analytics.
The website uses ‘cookies’, which are files placed on your computer’s hard drive. They are placed on your hard drive each time you log in and used to improve the usability of the website. Unless they have been corrupted, all cookies will be deleted when you log out. You can set your computer’s browser to automatically block cookies, but this may affect the smooth running of the site.
Where sasac.co.uk contains links to other websites, we are not responsible for the privacy policies of these sites.
As a member, you will automatically be subscribed to the club’s newsletter (CyberCrud). We will continue to hold your email address (only) in the newsletter’s mailing list, even if you cease to be a member.
Non-members may also subscribe to the club’s newsletter (CyberCrud).by sending a request to cybercrud@sasac.co.uk.
Any person who no longer wishes to receive the club’s newsletter can unsubscribe using the link at the bottom of the newsletter.
The newsletter mailing list contains email addresses only. These are not linked to individuals’ names, nor do they contain any other personal information. This information is deleted when a person unsubscribes.
Personal data is data that relates to a living individual who can be identified from that data, so subscribers may wish to use an email address that does not contain their name.
We may update this privacy notice from time to time. When we change this notice in a material way, we will update the version date at the bottom of this page. For significant changes to this notice we will try to give you reasonable notice unless we are prevented from doing so. Where required by law we will seek your consent to changes in the way we use your personal information.
In the event of any query or complaint in connection with the information we hold about you, please email membership@sasac.co.uk or write to The Membership Secretary, St Albans Sub-Aqua Club Ltd, Cottonmill Swimming Pool, Cottonmill Lane, St Albans, Herts, AL1 1HJ.
Any questions regarding the website at www.sasac.co.uk should be emailed to the webmaster at webmaster@sasac.co.uk.
Questions about the newsletter (CyberCrud), or requests to subscribe or unsubscribe can be emailed to cybercrud@sasac.co.uk.
If you have any queries about the Privacy Policy itself, please contact the Secretary at companysecretary@sasac.co.uk
Version 1.1 dated 25 October 2018