If you are considering signing up for the ROYS mailing list, you can find our privacy policy below:
Privacy Policy (Updated 03/10/2022)
1.
Introduction
The Ridings of Yorkshire Society
(‘ROYS’ or ‘we/us/our’) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices
regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. If you have any queries
about this policy or how we use your personal information, please contact us
using the details provided below.
This policy sets out the basis on
which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be
processed by us. By visiting www.ridingsofyorkshire@blogspot.com,
or signing up to the mailing list via email or direct message (ridingsofyorkshire@gmail.com)
you are consenting to the practices described in this policy.
For the purpose of the Data
Protection Act 1998 and the General Data Protection Regulation, whichever may
be in force in England and Wales from time to time (the Act), the data
controller is ROYS (ridingsofyorkshire@gmail.com).
2.
Your consent
We require your consent to use
your information for certain purposes. By positively accepting this privacy policy,
you consent to our processing such information in accordance with the purposes
and provisions of this Privacy Policy. In particular:
·
you consent to us contacting you to share
information with you about the ROYS and its activities and about other subjects
we think are of interest to ROYS mailing list members;
·
where necessary to do so for the legitimate
interests of the Society, you consent to us transferring and storing your data
outside of the European Economic Area (EEA).
3.
How we collect information
We obtain personal information
from you when you use our website, enquire about our activities, register your
details, send or receive an email, ask a question, or otherwise provide us with
personal information.
4.
What information we collect
We collect personal data as
defined by the Act. The personal information we collect may include: name,
email address, postal address, and telephone number. We record your requests
for information and any feedback we receive from you. We may also collect
technical site usage information, including your browser type or the Internet
Protocol address used to connect your computer to the internet.
We want to ensure that your
personal information is accurate and up to date. If any of the information that
you have provided us changes, or if you wish to cancel your subscription (e.g.
to the mailing list), please contact us at ridingsofyorkshire@gmail.com.
We also gather general
information about the use of our website, such as which pages users visit most
often and which services, events or facilities are of most interest. We may also
track which pages users visit when they click on links in emails. We may use
this information to personalise the way our website is presented when users
visit, to make improvements to our website and to ensure we provide the best
service for users. Wherever possible we use aggregated or anonymous information
which does not identify individual visitors to our website.
5.
How do we use your information
We will use your personal
information:
·
To promote the aims of ROYS;
·
To provide you with the services or information
you have requested or subscribed to;
·
To provide you with information about future
events and services we think may be of interest to you, including third party
events and services;
·
For administration purposes including to create an
email contact profile for you if you register with our mailing list, to notify
you about changes to our services; as part of our efforts to keep our site safe
and secure; and to ensure that content from our site is presented in the most
effective manner for you and your computer.
6.
Instances in which we may share
your information
We may also need to disclose
your information if required to do so by law or as expressly permitted under
the Act. Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the
websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a
link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own
privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for
these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data
to these websites.
7.
How do we protect your personal
information?
Access to mailing list details,
and any other personal details is restricted to the committee members of ROYS
and will only be accessed if relevant to
an event, mailing list, or task. However, you should be aware that the use of
the internet is not entirely secure and although we will do our best to protect
your personal data we cannot guarantee the security or integrity of any
personal information which is transferred from you or to you via the Internet.
Any transmission is at your own risk.
8.
Your rights
If you have signed up to our
mailing list, you have the right to ask for a copy of the information we hold
about you and t o have any inaccuracies in this information corrected. You also
have the right to have this information deleted or erased. You may wish to
exercise this right for any reason, for example to withdraw your consent to
remain on the mailing list. You should note that we are entitled to and reserve
the right to retain your data for statistical purposes. You can make any of
these requests by emailing ridingsofyorkshire@gmail.com.
9.
Cookies
Our website uses cookies to
distinguish you from other users of the website. This helps us to provide you
with a good experience when you browser our website and also allows us to
improve our site.
10.
Changes to this policy
Any changes we may make to our
privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where
appropriate, notified to you by e-mail. Please check back frequently to see any
updates or changes to our privacy policy. By continuing to use our website you
will be deemed to have accepted such changes.
11.
Contact
If you have any questions about
this policy or how we use your personal information please contact us by email
to ridingsofyorkshire@gmail.com
Ridings of Yorkshire Society
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