PRIVACY STATEMENT
This privacy statement sets out how the National Hill Climb Association Ltd uses and protects any information that you give the club when you use our services.
The club is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
The club may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 21/05/2018.
What we collect
We may collect the following information:
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Name and date of birth/age;
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Contact information including email address;
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Demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests;
What we do with the information we gather
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
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Internal record keeping;
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NHCA membership management
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To aid us in improving our services;
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We may periodically send mail (physical and electronic) to provide you with club and event news (such as the club magazine) which we think you may find interesting using the addresses which you have provided;
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From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, or mail. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
How we use cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. These are used on our website to speed up performance and use analytics software for information such as number of visitors.
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.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Controlling your personal information
The collection or use of your personal information can be restricted in the following ways:
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Whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that indicates you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes and make sure it is unchecked;
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If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or sending us an email.
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you, please write to Membership Coordinator, Keith Cooper.
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.