Privacy Notice

We are committed to respecting your privacy. This notice is to explain how we may use personal information we collect before, during and after your relationship with us. This notice applies to you if you have registered to become or are a member, a player in a competition, participant in coaching or requesting a service from us. This notice explains how we comply with the law on data protection, what your rights are and for the purposes of data protection we will be the controller of any of your personal information.

References to “ the company,  we,  our or  us “in this privacy notice are to the

LANCASHIRE UNION OF GOLF CLUBS LIMITED

County Office, Hurlston Hall Golf Club, Hurlston Lane, Scarisbrick, Ormskirk, L40 8HB

Tel:      01772 731330

email:  secretary@lancashiregolf.org

References to “ you, the member, the customer or  the player” refers to anyone who requests a service from us, enters a competition administered by us, takes part in coaching or player development or becomes a customer of the company for any reason.

We have appointed a Data Controller to oversee our compliance with data protection laws who has overall responsibility for data protection compliance in our organisation.  Contact details are set out in the "Contacting us" section at the end of this privacy notice.

1. PERSONAL INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT FROM YOU

Depending on the type of service or membership you register for with us, you may initially provide us with or we may obtain personal information about you, such as information regarding your:

• personal contact details that allows us to contact you directly such as name, title, email addresses and telephone numbers;
• date of birth;
• gender;
• membership start and end date;
• records of your interactions with us such as telephone conversations, emails and other correspondence and your instructions to us;
• any credit/debit card and other payment details you provide so that we can receive payments from you and details of the financial transactions with you;
• use of and movements through our online portal, passwords, personal identification numbers, IP addresses, user names and other IT system identifying information;
• records of your attendance at any events hosted by us;
• images in video and/or photographic form and voice recordings;
• your marketing preferences so that we know whether and how we should contact you.
• identification documents such as passport and identity cards;
• details of any golf club membership;
• details of next of kin, family members, coaches and emergency contacts;
• records and assessment of any player rankings, grading or ratings, competition results, details regarding events/matches/games attended and performance (including that generated through player pathway programmes);
• any disciplinary and grievance information;

2. SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may also collect, store and use the following “special categories” of more sensitive personal information regarding you:

• information about your health, including any medical condition, health and sickness records, medical records and health professional information; and
• information about criminal records for the purposes of safeguarding of young people and vulnerable adults.

We may not collect all of the above types of special category personal information about you. In relation to the special category personal data that we do process we do so on the basis that

• the processing is necessary for reasons of substantial public interest, on a lawful basis;
• it is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims;
• it is necessary for the purposes of carrying out the obligations and providing appropriate advice to medical professionals in case of emergency;
• based on your explicit consent.

In the table below’ we refer to these as the “special category reasons for processing of your personal data”.

3. WHERE WE COLLECT YOUR INFORMATION

We typically collect personal information about our members when you apply to become a member, enter a competition or request a service from us or you register an account with us at  www.lancashiregolf.org  or when you purchase any services or products we offer, when you make a query and/or complaint or when you correspond with us by phone, e-mail or in some other way.

We also may collect personal information about you from any third party references you provide as part of the your service request.

If you are providing us with details of referees, next of kin, beneficiaries, family members and emergency contacts they have a right to know and to be aware of how what personal information we hold about them, how we collect it and how we use and may share that information.  Please share this privacy notice with those of them whom you feel are sufficiently mature to understand it.  They also have the same rights as set out in the “ Your rights in relation to personal information” section below.

4. USES MADE OF THE INFORMATION

The table below describes the main purposes for which we process your personal information, the categories of your information involved and our lawful basis for being able to do this.

For some of your personal information you will have a legal, contractual or other requirement or obligation for you to provide us with your personal information.  If you do not provide us with the requested personal information we may not be able to admit you as a member or we may not be able to properly perform our contract with you or comply with legal obligations.  For other personal information you may not be under an obligation to provide it to us, but if you do not provide it then we may not be able to properly perform our contract with you.

Where you have given us your consent to use your personal information in a particular manner, you have the right to withdraw this consent at any time, which you may do by contacting us as described in the "Contacting us" section below.

Please note however that the withdrawal of your consent will not affect any use of the data made before you withdrew your consent and we may still be entitled to hold and process the relevant personal information to the extent that we are entitled to do so on a basis other than your consent.  Withdrawing consent may also have the same effects as not providing the information in the first place, for example we may no longer be able to provide certain benefits or services to you.

5. DIRECT MARKETING

Email, post and SMS marketing: from time to time, we may contact you by email, post or SMS with information about golf related services we believe you may be interested in.

We will only send marketing messages to you in accordance with the marketing preferences you set. You can then let us know at any time that you do not wish to receive marketing messages by emailing us at  secretary@lancashiregolf.org  You can also unsubscribe from our marketing by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the marketing messages we send to you.

6. DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We share personal information with the following parties:

• Any party approved by you.
• To any governing bodies or regional bodies for golf: to allow them to properly administer the sport on a local, regional and national level.
• Other golf related service providers: for example competition and handicap management software providers, email marketing specialists, payment processors and mailing services.
• The Government or our regulators: where we are required to do so by law or to assist with their investigations or initiatives.
• Police, law enforcement and security services: to assist with the investigation and prevention of crime and the protection of national security.

7. TRANSFERRING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION INTERNATIONALLY

The personal information we collect may be transferred to and stored in countries outside of the UK and the European Union. Some of these jurisdictions require different levels of protection in respect of personal information and, in certain instances, the laws in those countries may be less protective than the jurisdiction you are typically resident in. We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your personal information is only used in accordance with this privacy notice and applicable data protection laws and is respected and kept secure and where a third part processes your data on our behalf we will put in place appropriate safeguards as required under data protection laws. 

8. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR?

The duration for which we retain your personal information will differ depending on the type of information and the reason why we collected it from you. However, in some cases personal information may be retained on a long-term basis: for example, personal information that we need to retain for legal purposes will normally be retained in accordance with usual commercial practice and regulatory requirements.  Generally, where there is no legal requirement we retain all physical and electronic records for a period of 6 years after your last contact with us or the end of your membership. 

It is important to ensure that the personal information we hold about you is accurate and up-to-date, and you should let us know if anything changes, for example if you change your phone number or email address. You may be able to update some of the personal information we hold about you through our website.  Alternatively, you can contact us by using the details set out in the " Contacting us" section below.

9. YOUR RIGHTS IN RELATION TO PERSONAL INFORMATION

You have the following rights in relation to your personal information:

• the right to be informed about how your personal information is being used;
• the right to access the personal information we hold about you;
• the right to request the correction of inaccurate personal information we hold about you;
• the right to request the erasure of your personal information in certain limited circumstances;
• the right to restrict processing of your personal information where certain requirements are met;
• the right to object to the processing of your personal information;
• the right to request that we transfer elements of your data either to you or another service provider; and
• the right to object to certain automated decision-making processes using your personal information.

You should note that some of these rights, for example the right to require us to transfer your data to another service provider or the right to object to automated decision making, may not apply as they have specific requirements and exemptions which apply to them and they may not apply to personal information recorded and stored by us.  For example, we do not use automated decision making in relation to your personal data.  However, some have no conditions attached, so your right to withdraw consent or object to processing for direct marketing are absolute rights.

To exercise any of the above rights, or if you have any questions relating to your rights, please contact us by using the details set out in the "Contacting us" section below.

If you are unhappy with the way we are using your personal information you can also complain to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office or your local data protection regulator.

https://ico.org.uk/concerns/

Tel : 0303 123 1113.

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire SK9 5AF

We are here to help and encourage you to contact us to resolve your complaint first.

10. CHANGES TO THIS NOTICE

We may update this privacy notice from time to time. When we change this notice in a material way, we will update the version date at the bottom of this page. For significant changes to this notice we will try to give you reasonable notice unless we are prevented from doing so. Where required by law we will seek your consent to changes in the way we use your personal information.

11. CONTACTING US

In the event of any query or complaint in connection with the information we hold about you, please email secretary@lancashiregolf.org or write to the Data Controller, Mark Bardsley at

LANCASHIRE UNION OF GOLF CLUBS LIMITED

County Office, Hurlston Hall Golf Club, Hurlston Lane, Scarisbrick, Ormskirk. L40 8HB

Version dated 3rd March 2021