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GDPR and Privacy Policy

National Solo Class Association GDPR Policy

The National Solo Class Association (NSCA) takes its responsibility to protect the personal data that we manage very seriously. The membership information is held on our behalf by Webcollect (www.webcollect.org.uk).

For the purposes of GDPR the NSCA are data Controllers (i.e. we collect and manage your data) and Webcollect are a data processor (they manage the database).

The Webcollect GDPR statement may be found here: https://webcollect.org.uk/help-topic/data-processing-agreement.

The following personal data is kept for members:

Required Type Why?

Yes Full name To identify you

No Address So that we can send out paper renewals and the Solo Specific Magazine

No Email To send communications such as renewal invitations, payment requests, notifications of events, AGM etc.

No Home Phone In case we need to contact you by phone

No Mobile Phone In case we need to contact you by phone

No Work Phone In case we need to contact you by phone

No Date of Birth For managing age based subscriptions

Yes Sail Number For event management purposes

Yes Sailing Club For event management purposes

No Fleet Captain For Communication purposes

No Overseas Member For administration purposes

Yes Notices For Communication purposes

Yes Promotional emails For Communication purposes

This data was provided by members when joining the NSCA and may be directly managed by members by logging on to their Webcollect account here: https://webcollect.org.uk, or by directly contacting the NSCA membership secretary: membership@solosailing.org.uk.

Members are able to select to receive emails that are based on the following criteria:

AGM / Other Important Notices
All
Nationals / Nations Cup
None
Training Events
Travelers Series / Open Meetings
Promotional Emails from the NSCA sponsors

Your contact details will NEVER be shared outside of the NSCA without your express permission. This includes other sailing associations and the RYA.

Promotional emails from sponsors will be sent via Webcollect and your email address will not be directly shared with companies.

Data Retention:

Members data will be kept for the current subscription year plus one year (to allow late renewals). After this period the data will be deleted. In this event a new membership number would be issued if the member re-joined the association after a years lapse.

Financial Information:

The NSCA does not require, or keep any financial data for members. This includes but is not limited to bank account numbers or credit card details. Direct Debit payments are handled by GoCardless on behalf of the NSCA. NO DD details are shared with the NSCA. The GoCardless GDPR statement may be found here: https://support.gocardless.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360000281005-GoCardless-and-GDPR

The National Solo Class Association (NSCA) have adopted a set of information management guidelines that serve as the basis for our member and advertiser relationships. These have been developed to comply with the Data Protection Act 1998. We take note of advice published from time to time by the Information Commissioner. Accordingly, guidelines are subject to change and any such changes to our privacy policy will be posted on this page without notification.

NSCA's remit covers online and digital activity in the UK and Europe. NSCA operations include the production of solosailing.org.uk. Questions regarding this statement should be directed to the NSCA Secretary. For information on the Data Protection Act 1998 / 2003 and the Information Commissioner please see the Government website - www.dataprotection.gov.uk

The solosailing.org.uk (the Publishers) do not provide or sell your details to third parties unless you have specifically requested that we do so, in order that these advertisers and/or third parties can offer you information, goods and services that may be of interest to you.

We reserve the right to disclose information about member usage and demographics to advertisers and partners, but in anonymous aggregate form only. The Publisher will not reveal your personal identity in connection with the disclosure of such information.

You decide whether to post publicly a personal email address when participating in online advertising/discussions/information pages.

Where personal data such as, credit card details, is collected this is done using a secure transmission method. We have implemented security policies, rules and technical measures to protect the personal data that we have under our control. All our employees and data processors, who have access to and are associated with the processing of personal data, are obliged to respect the confidentiality of members and visitors personal data.

What personally identifiable information do we collect about you? We log IP addresses, or the location of your computer on the internet, for systems administration and troubleshooting purposes. We occasionally use IP addresses to track a user's session, but do not link IP addresses to personally identifiable information.

What do we do with the information collected? We may perform statistical analyses of user behaviour in order to measure relative interest in the various areas of our site (for product development purposes) and to inform users/members/advertisers as to the interest shown in the site. In performing these statistical analyses, we will disclose information to third parties only in aggregate form. Personal information on individual subscribers will not be provided to any third party.

With whom do we share the information we collect? We will not sell, trade or rent your personal information to others. We may provide aggregate statistics on our users, sales, traffic patterns and related site information to reputable third-party vendors, but these statistics will include no personally identifying information.

The data provided may, where appropriate be, erased, rectified or amended. We reserve the right to provide our members and visitors with a copy of their personal data, but will give reasons for our refusal

We may employ external companies to act on our behalf as data processors for internal business purposes. Data processors will abide by the Privacy Policy detailed here and will not disclose personal details to any other organisations or use data other than for purposes required by us.

Disclaimer

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