Privacy & Cookie Policy

We take your privacy very seriously and we’re committed to protecting your personal information.

You trust us with the information you give to us. This Privacy Policy explains what information we, St Annes Cricket Club (SACC), may collect about you, how we may use it, and the steps we take to ensure that it is kept secure. We also explain your rights in respect of your personal data.  It applies whenever we collect your personal data (including when you use our website or other digital platforms), so please read it carefully.

Please note that this privacy policy forms part of our website terms and conditions, which you can read here.

About This Privacy Policy

Please note that our website and other digital platforms may contain links to third party websites and/or digital platforms which are provided for your convenience. We are only responsible for the privacy practices and security of our own digital platforms. We recommend that you check the privacy and security policies and procedures of each and every other website and/or digital platform that you visit.

How To Contact us about your personal data or this privacy policy

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or about your personal data, please email us at info@stannescricketclub.org or write to us at the following address:

ST ANNES CRICKET CLUB
Vernon Road
St Annes-on-Sea
Lancs FY8 2RQ

Information we collect and what we use it for

All personal information that we collect about you will be recorded, used, and protected by us in accordance with applicable data protection legislation and this Privacy Policy. We may supplement the information that you provide with other information (both personal and non-personal) that we obtain from our dealings with you or which we receive from other organisations, for example, our sponsors and partners.

In broad terms, we use your data for the following purposes:

• to administer and provide products and services you request or have expressed an interest in;
• to enable us to administer any competitions or other offers/promotions which you enter into;
• to communicate with you in the event that any products or services you have requested are unavailable;
• for fraud screening and prevention purposes;
• for record keeping purposes;
• to carry out market research so that we can improve the products and services we offer
• to track your activity on our digital platforms;
• to create an individual profile for you so that we can understand and respect your preferences;
• to personalise and improve your experience on our digital platforms;
• to personalise and/ tailor any communications that we may send you;
• for profiling purposes to enable us to personalise and/or tailor any marketing communications that you may consent to receive from us.

When we provide you with products or services we may collect and store any personal information that you provide to us. We may, for example, keep a record of your name, address, postal address, email address, telephone number and payment card details. We may also record details of any disability or health needs you may have at the time of booking an event or service which will take place at our ground to ensure your comfort and safety.

When you register to receive marketing communications from us, enter one of our competitions, fill in one of our forms (whether online or offline) or otherwise expressly provide us with your personal information, we may collect and store any personal information that you provide to us and may use it to personalise and improve your experience on our digital platforms, provide products and services you request from us, and carry out profiling and market research.

When you interact with our digital platforms, we may also automatically collect the following information about your visit. This is primarily to help us better understand how our fans use our digital platforms to enable us create better content and more relevant communications:

In relation to some/all of the above, we may need to appoint other organisations to carry out some of the data processing activities on our behalf. These may include, for example, payment processing organisations, delivery organisations, fraud prevention and screening and credit risk management companies, and mailing houses.

The legal basis for collecting and using your personal information

Most of the time the information you provide us with will be used by us to provide you with our products and services, such as:

• Processing and/or assessing an application for a product or service;
• Administering and managing products and services relating to that;
• Updating your records;
• Sharing your personal information with payment services providers when that is required in order to process your payment for a product or service;
• All stages and activities relevant to managing the product or service including enquiry, application and administration

On other occasions we will use your personal information because it is in our legitimate interests to do so:

• To perform and/or test the performance of our products, services and internal processes;
• To adhere to guidance and best practice under the regimes of governmental and regulatory bodies;
• For management and audit of our business operations including accounting;
• To monitor and keep records of our communications with you and our staff (see below);
• To administer our good governance requirements, such as internal reporting and compliance obligations or administration required for AGM processes;
• For market research and analysis and developing statistics;
• For direct marketing communications and profiling to help offer you relevant products and service;
• Subject to the appropriate controls, to provide insight and analysis of our customers helping us improve products or services, or assess or improve the operating of our businesses;
• For some of our profiling and other automated decision making;
• When we share your personal information with these other people or organisations other than for providing products and services to you, as necessary for running our business or to comply with legal or regulatory obligations.

Finally we may also use your personal information where we have your explicit consent to use it for a particular purpose:

• For some direct marketing communications;
• For some of our profiling and other automated decision making;
• For some of our processing of special categories of personal data such as about your health.

News, offers and opportunities from us & our sponsors & partners (which we provide only with your consent)

We want you to be the first to know about new signings, competitions, club news, events and occasional offers from official sponsors and partners. For a full list of current partners and sponsors, please click here. If you haven’t already signed up to receive these exciting benefits please click here to sign up to our eNewsletter.

You can unsubscribe at any time, or by writing to us at the address above. Please note, if you don’t choose to receive this information, we will be unable to keep you informed of new services, products, events or special offers that may interest you and our ability to inform you of opportunities may be affected.  If you express an interest in an offer from one of our sponsors or partners, they may let us know.

Disclosure of your information

We may share your data with advertising networks and/or social media platforms for the purposes of selecting and serving relevant adverts to you via those networks/platforms, and to search engine and analytics providers.

As well as sharing your data with third parties that we use to assist us with our operations (as described in Information we collect and what we use it for above) we may also share your data with third parties if:

• we are under a legal or regulatory duty to do so;
• to lawfully assist the police or security services with the prevention and detection of crime or terrorist activity;
• where such disclosure is necessary to protect the safety or security of any persons, and/or

otherwise as permitted under applicable law.

In all instances where we disclose your information to third parties, we will ensure that your information is appropriately protected.

Cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site and they are used to record how you navigate this website on each visit.

Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not.

A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Further guidance on how to control cookies in your browser can be found on the Information Commissioner’s Office website.

Security of information

We take the security of your personal information seriously. When you submit your credit card details to us, we use industry standard Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption technology to guard your information. In addition, we have security procedures in place to protect our paper based systems and computerised databases from loss and misuse, and only allow access to them when it is absolutely necessary to do so, and what use may be made of the personal information contained within them.

Where a password is required to access certain areas of our digital platforms, you are responsible for keeping your password secure and confidential. Please do not share or disclose your password to any other person.

Monitoring

Please note that for your safety and security, CCTV is in operation inside the pavilion and around our premises.

For how long is your personal information retained by us?

Unless we explain otherwise to you, we will hold your personal information for the following periods:

• For as long as our business needs;
• For as long as we have an obligation to provide goods and/or services to you and/or retention in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements.

If you would like further information about our data retention practices, contact us.

More about your information – your rights

Here is a list of the rights that all individuals have under data protection laws.  They do not apply in all circumstances.  If you wish to exercise any of them we will explain at that time if they are engaged or not:

• The right to be informed about your processing of your personal information;
• The right to have your personal information corrected if it is inaccurate and to have incomplete personal information completed;
• The right to object to processing of your personal information;
• The right to restrict processing of your personal information;
• The right to have your personal information erased (the “right to be forgotten”);
• The right to request access to your personal information and to obtain information about how we process it;
• The right to move, copy or transfer your personal information (“data portability”);
• Rights in relation to automated decision making which has a legal effect or otherwise significantly affects you.

Changes to this privacy policy

We aim to meet high standards and so our policies and procedures are constantly under review. From time to time we may change this Privacy Policy.  Accordingly we recommend that you check this page periodically in order to review the latest version.

Where to make a complaint

If you have a complaint regarding any aspect of your personal data or this privacy policy, please write to us at the above address. If you are still not satisfied with the outcome of your complaint, you may write to the Information Commissioner’s Office at the following address:

Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF

You can also contact the Information Commissioner’s Office using their online form: ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/email

THIS PRIVACY POLICY WAS LAST UPDATED ON 15 FEBRUARY 2019