Policies – Loch Earn Sailing Club

WhatsApp Policy

With WhatsApp becoming commonplace for coordination of club activities and groups (including but not limited to: General Discussion, Keelboat Fleet, Dinghy Fleet, communication about access problems, etc. ). It is felt necessary to have a policy outlining best practice for their use and safeguarding of our members.

The LESC WhatsApp Community is for LESC members only. Each request to join should be verified with the Secretary.

Only adults should be members of WhatsApp groups used for coordinating club activities:

Under 16s should not be contacted via WhatsApp or be part of any club WhatsApp groups.
Parent(s)/guardian(s) should be considered the sole contact for any members under 16 years old.

WhatsApp groups should be used solely for the purpose for which they have been established:

If content is posted that is not relevant to the groups purpose or which is considered inappropriate for the group the moderator should report the post to the Club Welfare Officer and Club Chairman who will determine what action should be taken. (This may include reiterating the purpose behind this policy with the offending member, and for repeated misuse, suspension from the group)

Each group will be administered by a volunteer member who will confirm membership status of joining requests and act as moderator for the group as needed.

Data Privacy Policy

About this Policy

1.1 This policy explains when and why we collect personal information about our members and instructors, how we use it and how we keep it secure and your rights in relation to it.

1.2 We may collect, use, and store your personal data, as described in this Data Privacy Policy, and as described when we collect data from you.

1.3 We reserve the right to amend this Data Privacy Policy from time to time without prior notice. You are advised to check the Club website or our Club noticeboard regularly for any amendments (but amendments will not be made retrospectively).

1.4 We will always comply with the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) when dealing with your personal data. Further details on the GDPR can be found at the website for the Information Commissioner (www.ico.gov.uk). For the purposes of the Act, we will be the “controller” of all personal data we hold about you.

What information we collect and why

Type of information	Purposes	Legal basis of processing
Member’s name, address, telephone numbers, email address(es).	Managing the Member’s membership of the Club. Keeping in touch with the Member (including by newsletter). Managing the duty roster.	Performing the Club’s contract with the Member. For the purposes of our legitimate interests in operating the Club. For the purposes of our legitimate interests in operating the Club.
Names and ages of the Member’s dependants	Managing the Member’s and their dependants’ membership of the Club.	Performing the Club’s contract with the Member.
Emergency contact details	Contacting next of kin in the event of emergency.	Protecting the Member’s vital interests and those of their dependants.
Date of birth / age related information	Managing membership categories which are age related.	Performing the Club’s contract with the Member.
Gender	Provision of adequate facilities and services for members. Reporting aggregated information to the RYA.	For the purposes of meeting our legal obligations (e.g. under the Equality Act 2010). For the purposes of our legitimate interests in maintaining equality data and reporting this to the RYA and Sports Councils as required.
Disability	Provision of adequate facilities and services for members. Reporting aggregated information to the RYA.	For the purposes of meeting our legal obligations (e.g. under the Equality Act 2010). For the purposes of our legitimate interests in maintaining disability data and reporting this to the RYA and Sports Councils as required.
The Member’s name, boat name and sail number	Managing race entries and race results. Publishing race results at the Club and with other clubs, class associations, and the RYA, and providing race results to local and national media. Allocating moorings and compound spaces.	For the purposes of our legitimate interests in holding races for the benefit of members of the Club. For the purposes of our legitimate interests in promoting the Club. For the purposes of our legitimate interests in operating the Club.
Photos and videos of Members and their boats	Putting on the Club’s website, social media pages, newsletter and using in press releases.	Consent. We will seek the Member’s consent on their membership application form and each membership renewal form, and the Member may withdraw their consent at any time by contacting us by email or letter.
Radio call signs	Collected for a rally and shared between those participating in the rally.	For the purposes of our legitimate interests in ensuring that boats on a rally can maintain contact with each other.
Member’s name and email address	Creating and managing the Club’s online Membership Directory.	Consent. We will seek the Member’s consent on their membership application form and each membership renewal form. The Member may withdraw their consent at any time by contacting us by email or letter to tell us that they no longer wish their details to appear in the Membership Directory.
Bank account details of the member or other person making payment to the Club	Managing the Member’s and their dependants’ membership of the Club, the provision of services and events.	Performing the Club’s contract with the Member.
Member’s name and email address whilst a current member of the Club	Passing to the RYA for the RYA to conduct surveys of Members of the Club. See paragraph 5.3 below.	For the purposes of our legitimate interests in operating the Club and / or the legitimate interests of the RYA in its capacity as the national body for all forms of boating.
Instructor’s name, address, email address(es), phone numbers and relevant qualifications and/or experience	Managing instruction at the Club.	For the purposes of our legitimate interests in ensuring that we can contact those offering instruction and provide details of instructors to members.
Name, email address and telephone number of each Club Officer	Information published on Club’s website, in Club’s newsletter and other publications, in the Club’s marketing materials and made available to the RYA, in each case as a point of contact at the Club.	For the purposes of our legitimate interests in operating and promoting the Club.
Name, email address and telephone number of each Club committee member	Information published on Club’s website.	For the purposes of our legitimate interests in operating and promoting the Club.
Employees and representatives of suppliers to the Club	Entering into and managing arrangements with suppliers.	Entering into and performing contracts with suppliers.

How we protect your personal data

4.1 In order to manage your membership of the Club and communicate with you, it may sometimes be necessary for us to transfer your personal data outside the United Kingdom. However, we will only do so in accordance with the Act that is most likely to involve either approval that the country to which your data is being transferred provides adequate protection for personal data or on the basis of agreeing standard contractual clauses with the organisation to which we are transferring your data.

4.2 We have implemented generally accepted standards of technology and operational security to protect personal data from loss, misuse, or unauthorised alteration or destruction.

4.3 Please note however that where you are transmitting information to us over the internet this can never be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

4.4 For any payments which we take from you online we will use a recognised online secure payment system.

4.5 We will notify you promptly in the event of any breach of your personal data which might expose you to serious risk.

Who else has access to the information you provide us?

5.1 We will never sell your personal data. We will not share your personal data with any third parties without your prior consent (which you are free to withhold) except where we are required to do so by law or as set out in the table above or in paragraphs 5.2 and 5.3 below.

5.2 We may pass your personal data to third parties who are service providers, agents, and subcontractors to us for the purposes of completing tasks and providing services to you on our behalf (e.g. to print newsletters and send you mailings). We do this for the purpose of our legitimate interests in operating the Club and for performing our contract with you. However, we disclose only the personal data necessary for the third party to deliver the service and we have a contract in place that requires them to keep your information secure and not to use it for their own purposes. It is possible that third parties may themselves engage others (sub-processors) to process your data. Where this is the case third parties will be required to have contractual arrangements with their sub- processor(s) that ensure your information is kept secure and not used for their own purposes.

5.3 We may also pass your personal data to the RYA for the purposes of carrying out surveys when it is in the legitimate interest of the Club and the RYA to do so. The RYA may use third parties to carry out the surveys but disclose only the personal data necessary for the third party to do so and will have a contract in place that requires the third party to keep your information secure and not to use it for their own purposes.

How long do we keep your information?
6.1 We will hold your personal data on our systems for as long as you are a member of the Club and for as long afterwards as it is in the Clubs’ legitimate interest to do so or for as long as is necessary to comply with our legal obligations. We will review your personal data every year to establish whether we are still entitled to process it. If we decide that we are not entitled to do so, we will stop processing your personal data except that we will retain your personal data in an archived form in order to be able to comply with future legal obligations e.g. compliance with tax requirements and exemptions, and the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
6.2 We securely destroy all financial information once we have used it and no longer need it.

Your rights explained
7.1 It is important that you understand what rights you have in respect of the Personal Data and Special Category Personal Data that we hold about you. To let us know that you wish us to exercise any of your rights outlined above please contact our Commodore commodore@lochearnsc.com.

a. The right to be informed (knowing how we will use your data).
You have the right to be told how we will use your Personal Data – which is set out in This Notice.

b. The right of access (being provided with copies of your data).
You have the right to ask us to provide you with a copy of your Personal Data. We will supply any information you ask for as soon as possible but may take up to 1 month once we are satisfied as to your identity. We will not charge you for this. This is called a data subject access request.

c. The right to rectification (changing incorrect information we hold).
If you believe our records are inaccurate you have the right to ask for those records concerning you to be updated. Contact details for any requests can be found above.

d. The right to be forgotten (erasure) (requesting deletion of your Personal Data).
In some cases, you have the right to be forgotten (i.e. to have your Personal Data deleted from our database).

e. The right to restrict processing (limiting how we use your data).
In certain situations, you have the right to ask for processing of your Personal Data to be restricted because there is some disagreement about its accuracy or legitimate usage.

f. The right to data portability (moving your data in a useable format).
You have the right to request the Personal Data you provided to us, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and/or transmit that data to a third party – in certain situations.

g. The right to object (when we must stop processing your data).
You have the right to object to us processing data purely for our legitimate interests. If you make such a request, we must stop processing your Personal Data unless: we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing, which override your interests, rights, and freedoms; or the processing is for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims.

h. The right not to be subject to automated decision-making including profiling (deciding solely by automated means without any human involvement).
The right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing (including profiling) that produces legal effects concerning youor similarly significantly affects you. The Club does not undertake automated decision making or profiling.

7.2 You have the right to take any complaints about how we process your personal data to the

Information Commissioner
https://ico.org.uk/concerns
0303 123 1113
Information Commissioner’s Office Wycliffe House
Water Lane Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 5AF

7.3 For further information on each of those rights, including the circumstances in which they apply, please see the Guidance from the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on individuals’ rights under the General Data Protection Regulation.

Thank you!